text: CONSUMER GUIDE® AUTOMOTIVE ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF SECOND ANNUAL CHICAGO AUTO SHOW AWARDS February 9, 2007 12:00 AM CHICAGO--Consumer Guide Automotive, the definitive source for new and used car reviews, announced today that 2008 Pontiac G8 and 2008 Toyota Highlander are the recipients of its second annual Most Significant New Introduction Awards at the 2007 Chicago Auto Show being held at McCormick Place until February 18. Details on the award winners, as well as other auto show highlights, can be found at ConsumerGuideAuto.HowStuffWorks.com. "With so many factors to consider, car shopping can be an overwhelmingly confusing experience," said Kirk Bell, Consumer Guide Automotive Associate Publisher. "By naming the most significant new car and truck introductions, we're helping car buyers everywhere identify vehicles worth consideration. Visitors attending the nation's premier consumer show here in Chicago can see the standout vehicles firsthand." Consumer Guide's editors considered only new or completely redesigned cars and trucks which were unveiled at the 2007 Chicago Auto Show as potential award candidates. The winning vehicles were determined based on their outstanding consumer value as well as their innovative features. To determine the winners, each Consumer Guide editor allocated 25 points among all vehicles open for consideration. Vehicles were awarded no more than 10 points and winners were chosen based on the highest number of overall points in both the car and truck categories. Last year's inaugural award winners were the Lexus 350 ES and the Toyota Tundra. Revered for providing expert insight and objective reports for more than 35 years, Consumer Guide Automotive's staff test-drives more than 200 new vehicles each year. Consumer Guide Automotive has published authoritative, consumer-oriented reviews of new and used vehicles since 1967 and releases its Best Buy and Recommended Awards annually. In addition to information about this year's Most Significant New Car and Truck Introduction award winners and other new car reviews, comprehensive used vehicle information can also be found on Consumer Guide Automotive's Web site, ConsumerGuideAuto.HowStuffWorks.com. The site now features Experian Automotive's AutoCheck vehicle history report which provides used-car buyers with quick access to the history of any used vehicle, revealing possible undisclosed or unknown problems that can affect an automobile's safety and resale value. About Consumer Guide Automotive Consumer Guide Automotive has produced new- and used-vehicle reviews since 1967, earning the trust of its readers with authoritative, objective reports that spotlight the best values in cars, trucks, minivans and SUV's. A division of Lincolnwood, Illinois-based Publications International, Ltd., Consumer Guide Automotive produces Car & Truck Test, the nation's most complete new-vehicle buying guide. Consumer Guide also publishes the award-winning Collectible Automobile® magazine and a variety of automotive hardcover titles. Consumer Guide Automotive's content is published exclusively on the Internet by HowStuffWorks and can be found online at ConsumerGuideAuto.HowStuffWorks.com. About HowStuffWorks Founded in 1999, HowStuffWorks is an online publishing company that provides objective, credible and useful information for people to learn about the world around them. The company's award-winning Web site attracts millions of unique visitors each month and is the source for in-depth, easy-to-understand explanations on hundreds of topics ranging from science and technology to health and electronics. In 2005, HowStuffWorks became the exclusive online publisher for Publications International Ltd., Consumer Guide and Mobil Travel Guide. HowStuffWorks is headquartered in Atlanta, GA, and is a subsidiary of The Convex Group, a media and technology company. For more information, visit www.HowStuffWorks.com. Back to News


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ORLANDO, Fla. Blackboard and Barnes & Noble announced a partnership that aims to make it easier for millions of higher education students to access and use interactive e-textbooks as part of their online course experience.
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Pretty disappointing. Played a statement game with a wimper. You just can't do this. Big opportunity in front of a big hometown crowd and basically just fumble away the game.
They better learn to how to play Detroit because Laimbeer is going to always play physically with the Fever. Brian Winters has got to respond.


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1. Puiden sydämet antavat tahdin2. Kellari juniversumi LISTEN3. Taivas ja meri, yhteensulautuneina LISTEN4. Utuaurat LISTEN5. Mustametsä6. ...on pieni metsä7. Planeetta kaukainen muo kutsuu LISTEN8. Kuuntelin kuinka puut kuiskivat9. Monien kalojen aalto10. Kuuma tomu LISTEN11. Amerikka12. Kummitushiiri LISTEN13. Salainen paikka14. Pallo LISTEN15. Kuutarhassa16. Soihdun tuhkaa LISTEN17. Heijastuksia! Kaikuja!
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Many are the rumors that revolve round the Tamperean tribe called Kemialliset Ystävät (Chemical Friends), regarding for instance the recipe for their brand of magic potion and their ethnic background. Contradicting the common beliefs, this group, which is now, depending on how you count, releasing its first or tenth album, does not consist of elves, gnomes or some lesser known folk of the forest, but is mainly the product of one human risen from the rotten ditch of Nekala (a Tampere suburb). With his vast set of allies he has by the power of his spirit carved a whole multitude of caves into the cellar of an otherwise unsuspect looking house. From that Cellar Yuniversum (a rough translation of the disc's name) originates this record, which I myself regard rather as the first, as its many predecessors have been either halves of a long player, virtually unobtainable or partial rereleases. Now, at last, as we venture deeper into the cellar than ever before, we see the aforementioned elves and gnomes in their festivities, as the urbanization process has cut down the Tampere backwoods and has thus forced them to flee into the caves of Kemialliset Ystävät, who naturally are in good terms with all tiny earthlings with pointed ears. (Allow me to return to the subject magic potion: I've heard that in order to compensate the Lebensraum, the forest tribes have provided for Kemialliset Ystävät an unlimited supply of bottled fairy's pee, which is the strongest nordic hallucinogen known to man. Whether it ends up being sold at schoolyards and potato markets or to inspire this music, to that information I've got no acces.) By the time one has sunk deep enough into the world of the record, it isn't any more a question of seeing, but knowing in the sense of Plato's anamnesis, re-remembering. The same bearded chap, the Fostex left to the cave by higher powers and a varied selection of nearly broken instruments guarantee that this certainly psychedelic avant folk which stutters just as much as it should makes me remember myself once more at the mountains, naked, as the only human in the whole world. Alone, but still in unity with the world. A mysteriosly long trip across the stars too, and the smell of a Lettish fish factory and, yes, the Cellar Yuniversum is foggy. Kellari Juniversumi fills my head with all this, and countless other things as well, and all I can do is to Quote Janne Porkka (a slightly retarded Finnish TV quiz personality) and state: "It is correct!"
-Ralf Normaali, a lowlife from the capital area
Format: CDTotal lenght: 47 minutes.Catalogue Number: FR-21Released: 2002ISRC: FI-SSP-02-00016 - 00032
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This set of Loetz candlesticks was produced sometime after 1918 due to the presence of the later acid etched oval signature. Finding a matched pair still together was icing on the cake. The lower portion is covered in cobalt blue papillon. Its interesting to see the color variation beweeen the two. They stand over 8" tall.


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Thanks for Your Service, Pothole Warrior
A pothole leaves the writer stranded on the Palisades Parkway, without a spare but with plenty of time to ponder how she got into this mess.
April 13, 2017, Thursday
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Dodges Recalled Because of Risks in Changing Tires
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is recalling almost 505,000 2011-16 Dodge Chargers.
February 7, 2016, Sunday
Making Tires From a Desert Shrub Found in the U.S.
In seeking a domestic source for natural rubber, Cooper Tire and Rubber Company has created a way to make tires with rubber from the guayule plant, which thrives in the Southwest.
August 19, 2015, Wednesday
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François Michelin, Head of Tire Company, Dies at 88
Under Mr. Michelin's leadership, which ended when he left the company in 2002, the Michelin Group became the world's biggest tire maker, establishing a big presence in the United States and other major markets overseas.
April 30, 2015, Thursday
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On-Site Fixes for What Winter's Potholes Wrought
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A Tire That Evolves as It Wears
Michelin has developed a tire for wet roads with channels that grow wider and hidden rain grooves that emerge as the tire is used.
January 19, 2014, Sunday
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Labor Tactic Raises Fear for France
The kidnapping of two executives at a Goodyear factory have become one of the most potent symbols of the challenges companies face in France.
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Michelin Recalls 1.2 Million Tires
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Mulligans was one of the more charming and poignant gay independent movies to come out in recent years — a summer romance between a young man and his friend's father ends in heartbreak. The screenplay was written by actor Charlie David, who appeared on Dante's Cove and hosts the travel series Bump! Now David has adapted it for the stage, and QLive! (the theatrical arm of Fort Worth's Q Cinema) is putting it on.
A staged reading of the adaptation will be part of QLive's June lineup, and the group will be holding auditions for the six roles — two men in their early 20s, a man in his 40s, a woman in her 40s, a girl in her early 20s and an 8-year-old girl — on March 31 at the Celebration Community Church, 908 Pennsylvania Ave. from 2 to 5 p.m. To find out more, visit QCinema.org.


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Lift Every Voice
Let's let the Glory of God be shown through praise and Join us for this Annual NYC friendly Gospel Choir Competition!
"Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father which is in Heaven." Matt 5:16
Choirs will be performing from all over New York City and the Tri-State, Special invited Gospel Artist JJ Harrison and Youthful Praise!
Host: Super Funny Gospel Comedian and Playwright for Never Could have made it! Grandma G
Judges: Are Cynthia Bellinger From the Televised Total Faith Network, Producer, Talent Agent, and President of R.O.U. MARKETING INTERNATIONAL INC. Roussan Etienne Jr., and TV, Radio Personality and Ceo, NIKKI from the Nikki Rich Show
Tickets are $25 in advance or $30 on Location.
Location and Time: August 24 2014 @ 6pm
Greater Faith Temple 4214 White Plains Rd, Bronx, NY
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veganray wrote:Meh. They've ruined this year's USRFC, changing the scoring system from a raw competition to one that is handicapped according to the number of sexual partners an entrant has enjoyed. Rumor has it the queen & her court are boycotting the event. Mark my words, a virgin (maybe even a wench) will walk away this year's USRFC golden turkey leg. Huzzah!
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This latest MCV – which is now available to view online – contains ten pages of images from this year's MCV Awards. The winners, the parties and THAT video.
We also discuss the latest video games drought hitting retail, and speak to EA about its bid to take down Call of Duty with FIFA.
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The 2016 Honda CR-Z will be priced from $21,130 including destination. Going on sale starting November 3, the Honda CR-Z dedicated hybrid received more aggressive styling for the 2016 model year along with upgraded standard and available features. The redesigned front end has sharper lines that terminate in an angular eight-point polygon grille while the […]+ Read More
Honda is heading to this year's Pikes Peak race with a new technology concept. At the 2015 Pikes Peak Hill Climb, Honda will compete in a CR-Z outfitted with next-generation hybrid technology featuring Electric SH-AWD paired with Precision All-Wheel Steering (P-AWS). While details on the new Electric SH-AWD system are scarce at the moment, it […]+ Read More
Yesterday marked the start of availability of the 2015 version of Honda's sport hybrid coupe, the 2015 CR-Z. The 2015 CR-Z went on-sale with a manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP) starting at $20,1452. As it has been for 2014, the 2015 CR-Z is powered by a 1.5-liter i-VTEC engine with an Integrated Motor Assist (IMA) […]+ Read More
Tomorrow, the only hybrid to offer a manual transmission option – the 2014 Honda CR-Z Sport Hybrid – will be offered for sale. The line was fully refreshed for the 2013 model year, and for 2014 it carries forward with an EPA mpg rating of 31 city/38 highway/34 combined for the manual transmission, and 36/39/37 […]+ Read More
A 2010 Honda CR-Z has hit the landmark of clocking up 100,000 miles in just three years. The car is part of a UK-based ten-strong fleet made up purely of Honda hybrids, also including Jazz and Insight models, which has racked up an amazing half a million miles since 2010. The fleet is owned and […]+ Read More
The most maligned hybrid on the market today is the Honda CR-Z. It comes down to false expectations. Take one look at the sporty design of the coupe, and you might expect it to be a rip-roaring fast automobile. The people who complain most about the CR-Z—as if it's some kind of personal attack on […]+ Read More
Last year, HybridCars.com staffers drove a CVT-equipped Honda CR-Z on a 125-mile loop to see how the sporty hybrid coupe fared. The drive consisted of a broad sampling of road conditions: highways, town streets, and sweeping country roads. At the end of the run the coupe tallied 35.3 miles per gallon—three tenths more mpg than […]+ Read More
The Japanese Prime Minister, Kan Naoto, is presenting Japan's Good Design Grand Award today to the Honda CR-Z sporty hybrid. This follows yesterday's news that the CR-Z was named the 2011 winner of Japan's prestigious Car Of The Year award. These honors punctuate a triumphant first year for the CR-Z, in which the hybrid greatly […]+ Read More
Twelve modified 2011 Honda CR-Z sport hybrid coupes were unveiled today at the 2010 SEMA (specialty equipment) Show in Las Vegas. Honda placed a strong claim on the tuner tradition of the classic Honda CRX, which served as inspiration for the CR-Z hybrid. "With the CR-Z sport hybrid coupe, drivers can achieve the great efficiency […]+ Read More
122 horsepower. 37 mpg. 2 seats. And $20,000. Those are the key stats for the all-new 2011 Honda CR-Z Sport Hybrid Coupe. We took the car out for a 125-mile loop to see how it fared on the two categories by which the CR-Z will be measured: efficiency and fun. Honda is billing the CR-Z […]+ Read More


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As baby boomers age, demand for public services will increase. By 2025 -- 13 years from now when many of us will be living in retirement on fixed incomes -- consultancy Accenture estimates that government at all levels -- from municipalities on up -- will have to spend an additional $940 billion annually to pay for the services that an aging population will require.
This increase is coming at a time when governments are responding to the demand to control taxes by cutting back on personnel. In my neck of the woods that has already meant shortened hours, longer waits, fewer services and a general grumpiness among our public servants. Apparently I'm not the only one who has experienced this. Accenture surveyed people ages 50 to 64 and found that about 70 percent said they were dissatisfied with government services, with only 27 percent saying that they believed that government is capable of delivering services that meet their needs and expectations.
If you plan to rely soon on Social Security and Medicare, this is a significant retirement planning dilemma. Fortunately, Accenture has an easy fix. It calculates that if the level of public sector productivity rose just 1 percent, the entire problem -- about $1 trillion cumulative -- would go away.
I mentioned this to the guy behind the counter at the post office this morning, and he told me that I didn't know what I was talking about. That he was already being asked to do twice as much as he used to do, and how much could one body actually accomplish?
Using technology and the increased efficiency that it brings, public employees will be able to accomplish a lot more than they do now, says Brian Moran, global director for Accenture's Delivering Public Service for the Future program. "Shift the management model to reward productivity," says Moran. "Integrate good technology and self service into the process."
Moran doesn't see this as revolutionary. He says it simply requires bringing how the public sector operates more in line with what is already happening in the private sector. "It is only 1 percent. It is just getting on track a little bit," he says, "but it offers tremendous financial potential."


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What happens is a four-hour-and-19-minute-long mess, in which the teams combine for 17 runs, 25 hits, and five errors. Thirteen pitchers are asked to throw 391 total pitches. The winning team's star All-Star left fielder calls it "the best worst night ever." The home team's mascot pulls double duty after assisting the grounds crew. And one of the visiting team's beat writers begins to lose his mind while wondering why viewers are still tuned in to a game they are not being paid to watch.
The Rockies eventually prevailed, 9-8, to complete a twin bill sweep—after winning the opener, 8-4—as Jordan Pacheco rolled a walk-off single through the right side to complete a two-out rally off of Greg Burke. Burke, by the way, was the last pitcher used by manager Terry Collins in the matinee, too. By ending the game before it could reach the 11th inning and beyond, Pacheco prevented it from meeting Kevin Goldstein's official #weirdbaseball criteria. Then again, as midnight neared in Denver, no one at Coors Field was in the mood for ice cream, and the weirdness had long since commenced.
In the bottom of the fifth inning, with an 8-2 lead beginning to slip away from Josh Edgin, Collins turned to quadragenarian right-hander LaTroy Hawkins, who logged a five-pitch strikeout in the seventh inning of game one. Hawkins entered with one out and the bases loaded—and he promptly unloaded them, by coughing up a sacrifice fly to Chris Nelson and a two-run double to Yorvit Torrealba. Suddenly, the scoreboard read "8-6," and if you smelled that meltdown coming before it struck, you weren't alone.
Three frames later, a brutal throwing error by shortstop Ruben Tejada—understandable only in light of the playing conditions, and perhaps unforgivable nonetheless—completed the Rockies' comeback. A 10th-inning miscue by David Wright helped to fuel the rally off of Burke, but the official scorer later changed his ruling to a single for Michael Cuddyer, thereby keeping the third baseman's 68-game errorless streak intact.
When the teams finally retired for the night, the Rockies had improved to 10-4, surging into first place in the National League West, a perch they last held alone on May 17, 2011. It was "the best worst night" for Walt Weiss' squad, but "not very much fun" for Terry Collins'.
The Mets could take solace in only one fact: It could have been worse. Their PR man wanted them to play three.
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When the home team comes to bat in the bottom of the first inning, Wieters will be one of the few Orioles thrilled to see Matt Moore on the mound for Tampa Bay. The 23-year-old southpaw has steadily rounded into form after a rough first half in 2012, but while Moore held both the Indians and Rangers scoreless in his first two starts of 2013, he handed out eight walks in 11 1/3 innings along the way. And if Moore is truly on the verge of emerging as a major-league ace, then he will need to prove it to the Orioles' catcher.
The American League East counterparts have locked horns 11 times, and the first chapter has featured Wieters, Wieters, and more Wieters. The former Georgia Tech standout has reached base in eight of those 11 trips to the box, five times via hit and thrice via walk. In fact, since the three occasions on which Moore retired Wieters were all strikeouts, every ball that Wieters has put into play has resulted in a hit. His OPS against Moore (2.102) is more than 700 points higher than the next-best mark (Jesus Montero, 1.267) among hitters that have faced the lefty at least 10 times, and he is the only big-leaguer that can boast two home runs off of Moore, who allowed 18 of them in 177 1/3 innings last year.
Both of those long balls came on first-pitch, fastballs: a letter-high challenge on September 14, 2011, and a thigh-high heater on the inner half on June 3, 2012. The four-seamer also produced two of Moore's three punchouts against Wieters, so he would be unwise to eschew it entirely. But if the mid-90s gas is to have its intended effect, Moore must either pitch backward to set the stage or vary his spots, as he did in this August 3, 2012, at-bat, when he went down and away, and then climbed the ladder to send Wieters back to the dugout on three pitches.
The plot above, from Wieters' hitter profile, illustrates the driving force behind his success against left-handed pitching (.324 career TAv), which—despite his switch-hitting abilities—has far exceeded his results against northpaws (.246). Wieters simply doesn't have many holes in his right-handed swing, so pitchers that rely on their hard stuff must find a way to either slow down his bat or tempt him to chase.
Moore, based on the aforementioned 2.102 OPS against, has learned the perils of throwing ill-placed four-seamers to Wieters firsthand. Tonight, we'll find out if he has devised a new approach to turn the tide (7:05 p.m. ET).
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Daniel Rathman is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @danielrathman
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This is the first of many examples of how the ridiculous expansion of interleague is going to seriously mess with the season. I hope someone keeps track of the number of doubleheaders in unplayable conditions and other outcomes that wil, distort the standings for unlucky teams.
Apr 17, 2013 08:27 AM
Notice how that's also leading to other ridiculousness like some teams' only visits to cold-weather cities coming during the balmy month of April. NYY already lost 2 of 3 games to rain on its sole visit to Cleveland, while the Angels are playing in horrifically cold conditions right now on their lone trip to Minnesota.
Apr 17, 2013 13:21 PM
I watched the second game (after the Yankees and NY Rangers games were over) and I thought it was pretty entertaining. Not the "cleanest" baseball but entertaining nonetheless. Something has to be done about Major League benches though. MLB needs to raise the roster limit to 26. Too many roster spots allocated to bullpen arms.
Apr 17, 2013 08:33 AM
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ENGL 297 - Honors Introduction to the Humanities
3 credits
A discussion and survey of some seminal works in the Western literary, philosophical, and cultural tradition. Enrollment is generally limited to entering freshmen who have been accepted into the University Honors Program.
The Honors Introduction to the Humanities is made up of four different course listings: ENGL 297, HIST 297, MLANG 297, and PHILO 297. All classes in the Honors Humanities have a common reading list and follow approximately the same course format, but details of the schedule and assignments may differ from course to course. Each of these classes is interchangeable for the the Basic Requirements for the College of Arts & Sciences. For example, taking the MLANG 297 course can count as a philosophy course or a western heritage course (but not both).
In ENGL 297, we will pay particularly close attention to the ways language functions in representing and shaping the individual's values and relations to the divine, to nature, to society or culture, and to other individuals.
PLEASE NOTE that at four times during the semester, all sections of the Honors Introduction to the Humanities will meet together. Because these evening meetings may cause conflicts, but are a required portion of the course, you should plan to reserve these four evenings immediately upon their announcement in class.


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Recalling the days of sportscasting's legends—Mel Allen, Red Barber, Curt Gowdy And Others—When baseball and cigar smoke were in the air.
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At the mike for NBC is "Cowboy" Curt Gowdy, known for cowboy hats and a soothing Wyoming twang. A Gold Label Bonita lies smoking in an ashtray, waiting to be puffed between pitches. There are 67,101 fans in attendance, with a sea of Stetsons and cigar silhouettes emerging from the shadows. The game is tied, 1-1, with the Yankees coming to bat in the bottom half of the ninth to face reliever Barney Schultz.
It is Schultz's singular misfortune that he'll be pitching to a living legend, Mickey Mantle. Gowdy picks up the call: "Here's Mantle. He's grounded to short, he's walked, he's doubled to right. Facing 38-year-old Barney Schultz. The big Yankee crowd roaring now for some action." Gowdy's voice rises a notch, mirroring the excitement of the Bronx faithful. Schultz delivers. "There's a high drive to deep right! And...forget about it! It is gone. The ball game's over.... Mantle has just broken a World Series record. He now has 16 World Series home runs. He and Babe Ruth were tied with 15 apiece."
The ball lands in the stadium's second deck, a familiar resting place for Mantle's mammoth blasts. He hobbles around the bases on damaged legs, while Schultz, disgusted, hangs his head in a long walk to the dugout. Mantle is mobbed by teammates Tom Tresh, Joe Pepitone and Elston Howard. He did not pose at home plate and admire his drive. He hit a combined 554 career homers in the regular season and World Series in the same manner: He just hit them, he ran and the ball disappeared.
"It was a record-breaking homer," Gowdy recalls. "After games like that I usually went to Toots Shor's or Al Shack's (named after the "Clown Prince" of baseball) or Mama Leone's. I ate dinner, rehashed the game and smoked a cigar." For an eclectic smoker like Gowdy, a cigar might have been anything in those days. But he usually smoked a Dunhill or Partagas. "I like the small Partagas," he says. "I never liked a great big cigar."
When it comes to baseball, the men at the mike and cigars have gone together like cool Kentucky bluegrass and clay-colored infields. Dizzy Dean and Russ Hodges, Bob Prince and Howard Cosell, Ralph Kiner and Curt Gowdy, Steve Stone and Tim McCarver--all found cigars suited the ebb and flow of baseball. And why not? Men in sports work in the "toy department of life," as baseball writer Jimmy Cannon once put it. And cigars are a pastime that fills time. Some announcers--such as Kiner with the Mets and Stone with the Cubs--still smoke in the booth. They'll tell you a slow smoke makes a slow game more palatable.
Baseball writers, on the other hand, usually didn't enjoy the luxury of time. Covering the Brooklyn Dodgers for the New York Herald Tribune in the early 1950s, Roger Kahn found that the leisurely rhythms of cigar smoking didn't suit the fevered pace of cranking out copy on deadline. "The game would end at 11:15 p.m. and the edition closed at five to twelve. You must write 700 words in half an hour; it's hectic. So Red Smith, Dick Young and Jimmy Cannon stayed with cigarettes." Then he laughs, recalling one of his sportswriting brethren. "At the New York Post, Arch Murray, a Princeton guy, smoked sloppily. Wherever he sat in the press box there would be a pile of ashes behind him. We used to call them 'Murray's Droppings.' "
A rare occasion it was when scribes lit up a cigar. But it did happen now and then. Kahn recalls Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley, who would later be despised by millions when he moved the Dodgers from Brooklyn to Los Angeles in 1958. "He had a baronial manner and always had a cigar," recalls Kahn. "Actually he was part German, loved German food. When the Dodgers played the Braves in Milwaukee, he'd take the assembled press to a German restaurant for cigars. Later, when I was a sports editor at Newsweek, we would hire the cellar of Mama Leone's restaurant, have an annual banquet and the cigars would come out." Then, too, writers often lit up with the players on a train ride from city to city. But that was not on deadline. Cigars always suited the booth, however, especially during the late '40s and '50s, a time that Kahn calls the "golden age of baseball."
New York was baseball's capital city during that era. In the 12 seasons from 1947 to 1958, either the Giants, Yankees or Dodgers played in the fall classic an incredible 11 times. Only in 1948, when the Boston Braves and the Cleveland Indians squared off, did a New York team fail to make the Series.
It was a time of four-digit player salaries and four-digit World Series bonuses. Carousel and Oklahoma! were on Broadway, as was John Geilgud's production of The Importance of Being Earnest. Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca were starring live in "Your Show of Shows" at the Roxy on Seventh and 50th. And in sports there was no shortage of famous moments at the mike, courtesy of legendary voices like Red Barber, Mel Allen and Russ Hodges.
The Yankees were the imperial club, a team whose icy excellence inspired their opponents to detest them. Baseball's aristocrats, they played with swagger, dressed smartly when they traveled and were detested by their opposition. They were such a sure thing every fall that sportswriter Smith once said that, "rooting for the Yankees is like rooting for U.S. Steel." To a national audience that got its television baseball only in the fall, players like DiMaggio and Berra, Ford and Mantle were household names signifying perennial excellence.
Jerry Coleman, the Yankees second baseman and the Associated Press rookie of the year in 1949, revealed a secret of those stalwart teams. "Looking back at that time, I'd say it was a death struggle," recalls Coleman, who now broadcasts San Diego Padres games. "My salary was $7,000 and the World Series share was what we fought for every day. In 1949, my share was $5,400 and I bought my first car for $1,700, a beautiful green Pontiac with four doors. To me it looked like Cinderella's carriage." Year in and year out, the tough salary negotiations of general manager George Weiss made Yankees players work extra hard for that World Series share. In the 16 seasons from 1949 to 1964, they captured 14 American League pennants and nine World Series.
The universal loathing of the Yankees was never more public than in 1955, when Damn Yankees hit Broadway. In the show, Joe Hardy, a slugger on the Washington Senators, makes a deal with the devil so that the Yankees could be beaten. The play proved that the Yankees could lose, if only in Broadway musicals.
The Yankees' swagger was taken for arrogance. Even the "Voice of the Yankees," Mel Allen, rooted for his team. Not only were fans comparing Willie, Mickey and The Duke, they also compared announcers.
Larry King--yes, that Larry King--was one Brooklyn fan who remembers the difference. In Peter Golenbock's evocative book, Bums, King goes on record about the depth of hatred that Brooklyn kids had for the Yankees. "The Yankees were Mel Allen, who we hated. 'Going, going, gone!' he'd say when a Yankee hit a homer. Oh Jesus, we hated him. We argued who was best, Russ Hodges versus Mel Allen versus Red Barber. The big complaint Yankee fans had against Red Barber was that he didn't get excited enough. This was because Mel Allen openly rooted for the Yankees. It was as though Mel Allen was himself a Yankee. Barber was, to us, a class act. He never rooted for the Dodgers. And he taught us a lot more about baseball than Mel ever taught anyone. Red was the best, because you learned the game from Red."
Barber versus Allen--the debate could rage forever. But one point couldn't be debated. When it came to promoting a product, Mel was peerless.
"Mel took great pleasure in making White Owls a national institution," says Curt Smith, author of the bible on broadcasting, The Voices of the Game, and his more recent book on broadcasting, The Storytellers. "As an eight-year-old boy in Caledonia, New York, I'd listen to Mel say, 'Go grab yourself a White Owl and a Ballantine.' If Mel said it was all right, I couldn't understand why my parents said I couldn't have them," Smith recalls with a laugh. Allen was a sponsor's dream. But he wasn't the only one to realize the importance of pleasing the sponsors. Between 1956 and 1961, Bob Wolff, a broadcaster for Mutual Radio and NBC, announced more World Series games than anyone except for Allen. Paraphrasing the immortal words of Grantland Rice, Wolff once said: When the sponsor writes against your name.what he wants to hear.is not who won or lost the game but how you sold the beer.
By that measure, Allen was king. "No one ever sold a sponsor as well as Allen," says Smith. "He actually alternated sponsors with home run calls. So it was 'Maris hits a Ballantine Blast and Mantle follows with a White Owl Wallop.' It was a marvelous interspersal of play-by-play and advertising. I can still hear Allen and see those games." He shakes his head. "Those Series of the 1950s and 1960s were invariably played at Yankee Stadium. There were the visual silhouettes of fans with cigars and cigar smoke wafting over the infield. What a marvelous confluence: the Yankees in the World Series, Allen at the mike and White Owls." He pauses, adding another fond recollection. "And I was at home with my father, who was smoking Dutch Masters."
But live television spots led to misadventures, too. Wolff knows. "One problem I had in TV's early days was that I had to sell the product. This is before taped commercials; everything was live," says Wolff, who is now a television broadcaster on Long Island. "Once, I got cigar smoking lessons from Dave Berman at the Young and Rubicam ad agency. 'Don't do it like Mel Allen,' he told me. 'He puts it in the front of his mouth. Put it on the side.' One night, I'm working that cigar and put it in the ashtray. 'Stop!' this guy orders. 'What happened?' I said. He says, 'Cigarettes, you put in the ashtray. Cigars, you put in your mouth. No cigar smoker uses an ashtray.' Finally, I got the technique right, and it helped my career. In the mid-'50s, I became the voice of Madison Square Garden. The reason I got the job is that the cigar sponsor and others said to the Garden, 'You got to hire this guy; he can sell anything--not well, but he tries.'
"My first night at Madison Square Garden, they let me ad-lib the cigar ads. The big commercial was the Robert Burns Imperial, which was 25 cents, their top-of-the-line cigar in that glass tube. They told me to talk about its aroma--the smell of that fresh tobacco--and I'll never forget looking in the camera, the cigar under my nose, and saying, 'Boy, this has a wonderful fragrance and aroma. And what rich tobacco!' The telephones start ringing and the vice president of the ad agency said, 'Congratulations, those words were great. Just one suggestion. The next time you're talking about that cigar and its wonderful aroma, please take it out of the glass tube first.'"
Wolff found himself in the middle of another ill-fated live spot. "Another time I was supposed to talk about the ash and the burning process of the Robert Burns Cigarillo. I held up the cigar, looked into the camera and smiled, 'Just look at the ash on this one!'" Not the gentlest choice of words. "The cameraman howled," Wolff says. "I did change the wording for the next live spot. But what's done was done; it was live and there were no second takes."
Working briefly with Allen in the late 1940s, Curt Gowdy watched another live spot go up in smoke. "Mel had a network show, 'The Wednesday Night Fights,'" Gowdy recalls. "They were also known as 'White Owl Spotlights,' since White Owl was the chief sponsor. One night in 1949, the famous Alabama football coach, Bear Bryant, was his guest. So, on camera, Mel says, 'Here Bear, have a White Owl.' Bryant says, 'Nah, Mel; they make me sick.' During a commercial, a friend of Mel's says to Bear, 'You can't say that; you just killed Mel. White Owl is the sponsor and we're going to get a lot of complaints about this.' So Bear apologizes and says, 'I'll go back out and make amends.' He interrupts Mel on camera during a commercial and says, 'Excuse me, Mel, I think I will have one of those fine White Owls after all.' So Bear lights up and immediately starts coughing and wheezing. They got the camera right off him." Gowdy laughs. "He says, 'I'll make amends' and ends up making the situation even worse." It was a slip born of live television, but with Allen it was forgiven.
Allen became a master voice almost overnight. "I remember coming to New York after a successful voice test at CBS," Allen recalls. "Coming from Birmingham, it seemed at first that New Yorkers were always shouting. Of course, they had to compete with all that subway noise."
Getting his start with the Yankees in 1939, Allen was immediately known as a Southern gentleman with a voice as smooth as corn silk. "I think New Yorkers like Southern voices because they're slow, conversational, even musical," he says, still speaking in the same dulcet tones that entertain modern-day viewers on "This Week in Baseball." He joined a franchise that had already seen names like Ruth and Gehrig and DiMaggio. But joining the Yankees had its price. He passed up a career in law to go behind the mike. "At first, I made $45 a week," he recalls, "and $50 more doing General Tobacco commercials."
In his first year the Yankees won their fourth consecutive world championship. Allen was already employing expressions that will live as long as the game itself. His signature greeting was "Hello there, everybody." Registering surprise at a great play he'd exclaim, "How about that!"
His epithets for Yankees players resonated with verve and swagger. In the lexicon according to Mel, Ed Lopat would forever be "Steady Eddie;" Tommy Henrich, "Old Reliable;" Vic Raschi, "The Springfield Rifle." And of course, Joe DiMaggio was "The Yankee Clipper." Mel even came up with names for the enemy. The lithe and indomitable Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox was dubbed "The Splendid Splinter."
While "How about that!" and "Hello there, everybody" became synonymous with Mel Allen, his most famous coinage was derived through more practical concerns. Three short words--"Going, going, gone!" served their speaker two purposes. "For one," Allen claims, "I could build drama. And then, often I couldn't tell where the ball would land. So I gave myself a little time and kept up the excitement by saying 'Going....going...gone!'"
By 1954, Barber had done the unthinkable, leaving his "catbird seat" in Brooklyn's Ebbets Field for the cavernous Yankee Stadium. The move may have been traitorous to Dodgers fans, but not to Red. "I was a reporter," Barber said with a shrug.
Besides legends Mel and Red, the Yankees booth included a broadcasting newcomer, Jim Woods. "It was baseball's greatest threesome ever," Barber would say just two years before his death in 1992. "Can you think of a better one?"
No one can. While one might question whether moments make the broadcaster, or broadcasters make the moment, one thing can't be doubted. Barber and Allen owned more than their share of the game's greatest memories. In the 1947 Series alone, Barber immortalized Al Gionfriddo's sensational catch of DiMaggio's 400-foot drive in Game 6 and Cookie Lavagetto's breakup of Bill Bevin's no-hitter with two outs in the ninth of Game 4. Allen described the end of DiMaggio's 56-game streak in Cleveland on July 17, 1941, not to mention the Dodgers' wait-till-next-year dream come true in Game 7 of the 1955 Series. Each had so many other famous calls that they can't be counted.
But many observers agree that the greatest call in baseball history was made by neither Red nor Mel. Russ Hodges--an equal opportunity smoker of Phillies, Admirations, El Productos and most anything else he came upon--broadcast the Giants from 1949 until his death in 1971.
One moment--3:58 p.m. on Oct. 3, 1951--would outstrip all his other hours and days and years in the booth. It was the third game of a best-of-three playoff series between the New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers.
The Dodgers led the Giants by 13 1/2 games on Aug. 7, but the Giants streaked to a 37 and 7 record in their last 44 games and drew even to force the playoff series. The teams split the first two games and now the deciding game was at the Polo Grounds. The powerful Dodgers--with Duke Snider and Jackie Robinson and Gil Hodges--clung to a 4-1 lead going into the bottom of the ninth.
The Giants got three hits in the bottom of the inning to close the score to 4-2. They had runners on second and third with one out when Dodgers manager Chuck Dressen called Ralph Branca from the bullpen to replace Don Newcombe. Branca would face Bobby Thomson, who had homered off Branca to win the first playoff game.
Russ Hodges' raspy voice, rising in volume as it competed with 34,320 clamoring fans, told us the rest. "Bobby Thomson up there swinging. He's had two out of three, a single and a double, and Billy Cox is playing him right on the third-base line.... One out, last of the ninth, Branca pitches. Bobby Thomson takes a strike call on the inside corner! Bobby hitting at .292.... He's had a single and a double and he drove in the Giants' first run with a long fly to center. Brooklyn leads it, 4 to 2. Hartung down the line at third, not taking any chances. Lockman without too big of a lead at second--but he'll be running like the wind if Thomson hits one. Branca throws...there's a long drive! It's going to be, I believe! The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant! Bobby Thomson hits into the lower deck of the left-field stands! The Giants win the pennant! And they're going crazy! They're going crazy! Oh-ho...[silence in booth, pandemonium in background] I don't believe it! I don't believe it! I do not believe it! Bobby Thomson...hit a line drive into the lower deck of the left-field stands...and this whole place is going crazy! The Giants--Horace Stoneham is now a winner--the Giants won it by a score of 5 to 4, and they're picking Bobby Thomson up and carrying him off the field!"
Hodges' call forever immortalized Thomson and his "Shot Heard 'round the World." To that point, no homer had ever ended a World Series or playoff series. But as large as the event was, Hodges' call made it 10 times larger. "I called it on television," recalls broadcaster Ernie Harwell. "I said 'It's gone' and let it go at that and let the picture take over." But that's television. Hodges' call--with its crazed, raw emotion--would never have been as superb were he describing an event we could already see. Since we couldn't see it, he just had to scream about it.
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On Thursday I received a call from Kevin Barnett, the owner of the now-closed Sisters Club on Maple Avenue. Rumor had it the place was closed due to flooding issues, but Barnett says that's not true.
"We were bought out. In fact, the whole block has been bought out by Trammell Crow," he said.
By block, he means everything from his location to Herrera's restaurant, and it's all expected to be razed at the beginning of next year. No telling what other business owners think, but Barnett said he never felt slighted or wronged.
"They were very generous," he said. "We were aware this was eventually going to happen, just not this soon. But they bought us out of our lease. "
Barnett said he never got a vibe that there was anything anti-gay about the process and said it was all a business move by Crow to expand and develop Maple Avenue to co-exist with the company's headquarters at Maple and Oak Lawn avenues. And even though he opened the club eight months ago, Barnett has no regrets about what happened. Instead, he sees it as a blessing in disguise.
"I have no regrets about anything and I learned a lot," he said. "We love the community here, but one of our biggest mistakes was to take a dead horse and bring it back to life. People wouldn't let that Buddies II reputation go. That didn't let us have our own identity."
Barnett had the option of operating until November, but it sounds like he was ready to move on. He shut down the shop, packed everything and began making his move. With the same vibe, but different name, he'll reopen the club in Fort Worth to take advantage of the newly thriving LGBT community there — and to establish an identity of his own.
"I'm excited to see growth in Dallas, and I think Trammell Crow will improve Maple Avenue," he said. "But Dallas is overpopulated with bars, and Fort Worth is not. We'd get a brand new start and create our own reputation. We looked at buildings in Dallas but found a place in Fort Worth. We're planning to open definitely this year."
According to Barnett, the only thing Trammell Crow asked was to keep it on the down-low until the details were ironed out. With people asking him what was going on with the club when he shut the doors, Barnett had to create a diversion. This led to those plumbing rumors.
"I had to say something when people kept asking, so I just said that we had some flooding issues," Barnett said. "It was silly but people kept talking and I was trying to not say anything. It bought me some time and so that's why I'm calling now. But in the end, we're not scorned by any means and financially, we came out OK. Everything was done like it should have been."


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DETROIT -- For one at-bat Friday, Matt Tuiasosopo performed the job the Tigers put him on the team to do when he made the Opening Day roster. -- he hit a left-handed starting pitcher. His bases-loaded, two-run single off Paul Maholm was the biggest hit of a four-run third inning.
His first home run as a Tiger, however, and his first Major League home run since Sept. 8, 2010, came against a right-hander after the Braves pulled Maholm for Anthony Varvaro.
"I was so pumped up, [Austin Jackson] was saying, 'Man, you ran the bases too fast,'" Tuiasosopo said. "I was like, 'I couldn't wait to get back in the dugout and celebrate with you guys.'"
Between that bonus hit and the Tigers' lingering concern over Andy Dirks' sore right knee, Tuiasosopo earned a bonus start Saturday afternoon against Braves righty Kris Medlen.
With lefty Mike Minor scheduled to start for Atlanta Sunday night, Tuiasosopo is expected to get three consecutive starts after starting just four of Detroit's first 18 games. It's something Tuiasosopo doesn't take for granted.
"I feel very thankful," Tuiasosopo said. "The last few years, it's been [about] trying to get back up here, trying to figure things out. It feels good every day to be back in the big leagues and be able to contribute."
Tuiasosopo's single was just the third hit of the season for the Tigers with the bases loaded. They were 2-for-20 in those situations going into the evening.
Jason Beck is a reporter for MLB.com. Read Beck's Blog and follow him on Twitter @beckjason. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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An uplifting benefit for Down's syndrome kids corraled a bunch of Kaiserman JCC children to compete in a triathlon-a-thon.
Mitzvah Heroes: This summer, kids at Camp KEF at the Kaiserman JCC took part in a triathlon-a-thon on behalf of Rock for CHOP. The charity supports the Trisomy 21 Program for Down syndrome research and treatment at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
What It's All About: Youngsters ages 3 to 14 swam, ran and rode bikes to raise money for the hospital. The benefit hit home for co-founder Geoff Lyman, assistant marketing director at the Kaiserman, whose nephew has Down syndrome. The name of the disorder, which comes from the last name of the doctor who discovered it, can be misleading, Lyman says, because Down syndrome kids "are always smiling, so happy."
Not a One-Time Thing: Marci Rubin, who directed Camp KEF for many years before leaving in 2001 and then returning last year, initiated the idea of doing mitzvah projects every summer. "We have always tried to focus our children on helping and respecting others, reflecting our Jewish values theme," says Rubin, also a longtime Kaiserman board member.
Good for Them: This year's activities at Kaiserman raised some $4,000 and helped keep the kids aware of the impact they can have on others, claims Rubin. "Has it changed any kids?" she muses. "How could it not?"


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Billingsley has setback with elbow
CINCINNATI -- Right-hander Chad Billingsley had a setback in his bullpen session in Arizona on Tuesday, in which he threw approximately 30 pitches and felt discomfort in his elbow.
Billingsley underwent Tommy John surgery on his elbow in 2013 and after beginning rehab, was shut down due to flexor tendinitis that developed in his right arm two months ago. He restarted the rehab assignment with an outing for Class A Advanced Rancho Cucamonga on Sunday, reaching his 30-pitch limit in 1 2/3 innings.
"They've stopped his rehab," Mattingly said. "I think he's going to see Dr. [Neal] ElAttrache, and we'll find out more from there. It's frustrating for him. For us it's tough, because you don't really have him until you have him. Hopefully it's another little minor thing like he had last time, but we'll see.
Manny Randhawa is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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BILLERICAY Town owner Grant Gordon feels that other clubs accuse them of playing an ugly brand of football to cover their own "shortcomings".
Town picked up a terrific point – which Gordon felt should have been all three – with a 1-1 at fierce derby rivals Chelmsford on Monday.
Afterwards Clarets manager Glenn Pennyfather said "they made the game ugly and we played into their hands", comments which have irritated those at New Lodge.
Gordon said: "I think because we have two giant centre backs (Rob Swaine and Chris Wild) we get a bad rap.
"But apart from Jay May (Town's centre forward) we are a side full of small and skilful players like Glenn Poole, Paul Semakula and Junior Luke.
"So I think when we hear things like this we think it is just a way for other teams to make light of their own shortcomings.
"If Chelmsford were good enough they should be able to play their football against us, and I think what's been said is a bit embarrassing.
"And anyone who watched the game will tell you that the only team playing 'hoofball' that night was Chelmsford."
Gordon says the team need to build on four points from the last two games, which have both been away, with another good display at Maidenhead United today.
Billericay start the weekend second-from-bottom in an incredibly congested table which sees them just five points behind eighth-placed Hayes & Yeading.
They have games in hand on many teams, and know for sure a win tomorrow will take them above Maidenhead, but Gordon's anticipating a tough game.
He said: "It's not an easy place to go. Like us, they work very hard and this will be a tough away fixture.
"But we're happy with how we've played in our last two games and we'll be going there to win."


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NATHAN Greaves is expected to be fit for the Robins' meeting with Wolverhampton on Thursday following his crash against Leicester.
The young reserve hit the fence after Max Clegg took his bike from under him in heat two last Thursday night, with both riders ultimately ruled out of the meeting with a suspected broken collarbone.
However, the teenager has confirmed to the Advertiser he only suffered collarbone bruising and a sprained ankle in the incident and is ready to return against Wolves this week.
The Robins are also likely to be without Dakota North for at least a week after the Aussie injured knee ligaments in a crash involving Sam Masters, but the injury appears to be better than first feared as he did not suffer a tear.


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Reframe Austin part 4
April 28, 2009
Yesterday was great. I managed to get inspired by some of the top wedding cinematographers in the country and from around the world. And the week isn't over yet!
After some great industry discussion over drinks and food and impromptu gatherings have happened already and I'm still looking forward to more inspiration and lively discussion. Right now, I'm sitting in a talk by UK cinematographer, Philip Bloom. His stuff is ridiculous. Feel free to Google him – rad.
But just real quickly, an update on last night's after-hours hangout/karaoke time:
Joe Simon looks uncannily like Plastic Man.
Ryan Koral and Jen Moon
Tina and Kyle (Both recent "Mrs. Simons")
Kristen* and Bruce – 2/3rds of the Collective. (Julie was prepping for her Karaoke run.)
By the way, you can check out some videos and other media here (some funny, some not as funny, all rad):
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my 135lb ass?
god i have too much time on my hands
maybe i should lose the box?
my 135lb ass?
god i have too much time on my hands
maybe i should lose the box?
Last edited by Jeff.Liu; 09-27-2006 at 12:32 PM.
run out of room for your gundam models?
ran out of room for my tea tableOriginally Posted by ilikadacaca
your bed will collapse and some tea spoon will puncture a lung and you will die.
you will die by a tea spoon. and that will suck.
ForeverSkim - Editor/Owner/Art Director/Etc
20/30north Studios - Print/Web/Motion
Originally Posted by 4evrskm::Derek
dont hex me o_O
you need to brace the legs
yeah add some reinforcements-is it a bunk bed?
i did that with wood, but im gonna buy braces anyways (better security i guess)Originally Posted by BART
no, bed and tea/homework/w/e tableOriginally Posted by fireball
no it wont
Ryan Wachter
[QUOTE=Aaron Peluso]analagous[/QUOTE]
its not going to fall straight down but the top looks unstable and may rotate down due to lack of horizontal stability.
you should X- out the back (truss style) and add a "/" on one side and a "\" on the other side, leaving only the front open.
then check it thoroughly for strength and stability. If there is any doubt in your mind that it will hold, keep reinforcing. Its not worth somebody getting hurt over.
i would lose the box spring. there is no need for it. and you better put some railing on it so you dont fall off that thing.
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You don't get laid very often do you?
When Obama took office, you were only paying $1.95 per gallon of gas...
can u use one of my pictures with paint and crash edit what u said?Originally Posted by Aaron Peluso
jeff, add an angle brace. ANYWHERE. You have a big parallelogram ready to fall when those screws start bending. Put a triangle in there somewhere and you are at least better off. Imagine how it will collapse and add a beam that is in line with that direction. even a 2x2 would help although not be strong enough. You need and angle on each of the 4 sides for it to be stiff. That's generic mountain bike frame is like a diamond with a tube in the middle. Triangles are stiff.
Originally Posted by Utah
i have 2 rooms
same girl for almost 7 years, she could give a rats ass how i sleep
ive been sleeping on Futons for the pass 1.5 years, friends dont know how i do it, i just tell them "hey im asian we can sleep anywhere and on anything"
Thats the cool thing abotu long term relationships, you can get away with shit like that, haha...Originally Posted by Jeff.Liu
When Obama took office, you were only paying $1.95 per gallon of gas...
doing that on 2 sides should be good right?Originally Posted by everlast
oh its 6 feet all around and 58.5inches high
all i'm sayin is keep tea spoons someplace else.
ForeverSkim - Editor/Owner/Art Director/Etc
20/30north Studios - Print/Web/Motion
any angle brace will deffinitely make alot stonger
Your authority is not recognized in Fort Kickass
Do it on 3 sides jeff. you dont even need to use a full X pattern either, just one corner to another corner. like peluso said, use a pattern like this " / ". Leave the big front part open and youll be able to walk underneath the bed.
Ryan Wachter
[QUOTE=Aaron Peluso]analagous[/QUOTE]
Heres a few examples of some very simple trusses. if you dont get the idea theres something wrong, haha.
Ryan Wachter
[QUOTE=Aaron Peluso]analagous[/QUOTE]
haaaaaaaaaahahhahahah utah
like gunstock said, but don't hump on that side of the bed that has no support. The shear force from the thrusting will cause more torsion and possibly collapse than if you hump on the supported side. You don't need an "X", just a "/". The other "\" is pretty much redundant.
these guys said it
this is what i meant by bracing jeff
what did you scratch out in that one picture? Hmmmm?
when talking about humping, redundancy cant hurt.Originally Posted by everlast
depending on the people involved, redundant humping could hurt a lot of things.
ForeverSkim - Editor/Owner/Art Director/Etc
20/30north Studios - Print/Web/Motion
if u only have
a /
your not protected against a motion goines ->
an X protects from both directions and is stronger /=
(i took a UXL class and we made bridges out of toothpicks )
90 guard
and tat x thingy with the v's
when you plave the support pieces in there think about which direction the pressure will be transfered
in tech using 3 feet of balsa wood realli thin balsa wood and weighing 8 grams my structure held aobut 856 pounds to lazy to type out every dimension
noobasarus rex
oh, well then you must know what you're talking aboutOriginally Posted by hobo
hmmmm humpingOriginally Posted by 4evrskm::Derek
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The tasting ritual
As was the custom in the past, this is a wine to be handed over in person and shared as a sign of friendship, for apéritif, around a seafood platter or a dish of sushi.
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World's hottest-ever recorded temperature turns 100
If you needed an excuse to perhaps grab an ice cream cone or a Popsicle, you can say you're celebrating the 100 year anniversary of the hottest temperature ever (reliably) recorded on Earth.
It was July 10, 1913 when Death Valley, California recoded a high temperature of 134 degrees -- a number yet to be matched anywhere else on the planet (at least, officially).
That hot day was among a stretch of heat where Death Valley would reach 130 two days later and then 131 on the 13th. It stands today as the only three recorded temperatures at or above 130 degrees there stretching back to 1911. (There is more to that story I'll get to in a bit.)
The celebration comes as Death Valley is probably still getting used to its status as world's hottest temperature holder. For 90 years, that distinction was given to El Aziza, Libya which had recorded a 136.4F degree reading (58C) on Sept. 13 in 1922.
But last September, on the 90th anniversary of that record, the World Meteorological Organization stripped Libya of its title after a two year investigation, citing five troubling aspects about the measurement including a potential problem with the thermometers, and a new, inexperienced observer.
The 136 degree reading didn't really match well to surrounding readings taken at the time, didn't match current weather conditions, and also didn't match subsequent observations. In other words, the reading came out of left field.
The record has always faced suspicion in the weather community over the years -- in the 90 years since that record, no Earthly temperature has even come close. But in 2010, Christopher Burt, who writes the awesome "Weather Extremes" blog for Weather Underground took it upon himself to delve into the record to see if it could be proven for good, one way or the other.
He got in contact with the director of the climate department in Libya, who was eager to help and provided much data to Burt, including the original records of the observation -- something that had not been seen before.
Burt's blog details how the investigation proceeded. Among the "smoking guns" of the investigation was a note that a new, inexperienced observer was put in charge just two days before the 58 degree temperature was recorded. Also of note on that day, the temperature readings were about 7 degrees (C) warmer than surrounding stations. Thermometers at the time used a peg that sat on top of the mercury and would remain there at the day's highest spot, recording the high temperature. Burt said the peg was roughly the height of 7 degrees on the thermometer scale so it is possible the observer erroneously read the top of the peg as the day's high instead of the bottom and it was "only" really 51C (124F) that day.
So much like the runner up in Miss America getting the title when the champion resigns, the title fell to Death Valley's 134 in 1913. But there are some suspicions about that record as well.
Death Valley's record a surprise considering nearby thermometer readings
Burt wrote another blog entry going through all of the hottest temperatures recorded around the world and presenting his evidence of their flaws and why they're not considered official. (It too is a great read. My favorite story is a record that had stood for a long time: a 54 degree C (129F) reading in Israel in 1942. But you can see on the bar chart the temperature only hit 53, but the person misread it and noted 54. The 54 had stood as hottest Asia temperature until this obvious error was discovered.)
And along those lines, Burt (and many others) have found that Death Valley's now-record 134 degree record has some suspicions as well -- mainly that surrounding stations reported temperatures below 120, and that Death Valley has yet to reach 130 again in the 100 years since.
Here is the official list of records for Death Valley since 1911:
(Note: The June 30, 2013 temp has since been updated to 129)
And here is how Death Valley shaped up with their highs (black line) versus surrounding sites. Death Valley was on average about 13 degrees warmer than these cooler sites but that week of 130s, they were at times over 20 degrees hotter.
Chart courtesy: John Christy
Burt says while there are these suspicions, there is no conclusive evidence to overturn it so it stands today and there is a big party down there to mark the 100-year anniversary.
But even if some day the WMO were to invalidate Death Valley's stretch of 130s, the record would stay at Death Valley. The spot has recorded 129 a handful of times using modern thermometer equipment (including just last month on June 30!) and some say it is probably the most accurate highest temperature recording on the planet. (Just think, they could have six parties a year celebrating 129 than just the one now!)
They just have to hope no one is brave enough to ever put a thermometer out in Iran's Lut Desert. There are no observation stations there but some infrared satellite images have suggested ground temperatures that have reached around 70 degrees C -- or 158 degrees F!
By the way -- the forecasted high temperature in Death Valley for the anniversary? A relatively cool 118.


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Steele's Stockton out of Malcolm Brown's shadow
Updated 8:02 pm, Thursday, December 6, 2012
Steele running back Justin Stockton used to go by the nickname "Mini-Malcolm," but it's been at least a year since anyone has called him that.
Stockton has outgrown the shadow of former Steele star Malcolm Brown, leading the Knights to an undefeated season entering Saturday's Class 5A Division II state quarterfinal against Brandeis.
Not that he ever saw Brown's shadow as a bad thing.
"Shoot, he's my role model," Stockton said. "I look up to him a lot. I'm honored to follow him."
As a freshman during Brown's senior year, Stockton had a lot to learn from him. He even copied a few mannerisms from Brown, often dropping in the word "shoot" as Brown did.
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Since then, Stockton has made his own way. He's rushed for 1,747 yards and 28 TDs this season, averaging 10 yards per carry.
His only 200-yard games this season were in Steele's first two, against Madison and Judson. He might have much gaudier stats, but the Knights haven't needed him to be a workhorse. Stockton's only game with at least 20 carries this season was against Judson on Sept. 7.
"First it was Malcolm, and now Justin's putting up the same numbers," said safety Jordan Sterns, who split time at running back last season. "People might wonder if it's the system or the player, but it's both. The way Justin runs, he's a perfect fit for the system."
Steele coaches have been able to mold Stockton, partially because they had a blank slate.
He moved to Texas from Florida in the eighth grade and didn't realize the commitment to football in this state. During Steele's 2010 state championship run, he missed a practice because there wasn't school that week — so he assumed there wasn't practice, either.
Called up to varsity midway through the season, Stockton's speed complemented Brown as he rushed for 607 yards.
"I was really nervous being on that team," Stockton said. "I probably said 10 words my entire freshman year. And they were all to Malcolm."
After rushing for 1,499 yards as a sophomore in Steele's state final run last season, Stockton added about 15 pounds of muscle over the offseason.
At 5-foot-9 and 175 pounds, Stockton can't qualify as "mini" anymore, as he can bench press 280 pounds. He didn't lose any speed either, qualifying for the state track meet in the 100-meter dash.
By the end of his Steele career, Stockton may even pass Brown. Stockton's 3,853 career rushing yards are ahead of Brown's pace, but Brown missed half of his sophomore season because of an injury. Brown finished his Steele career with 6,188 rushing yards.
"One of the great joys of this profession is seeing a kid like Justin grow up in front of you," Steele coach Mike Jinks said. "Everybody just thinks he's fast, but there's a lot more to him. If there's a better all-around back in the state, I haven't seen him."


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...But he turned down the offer to drive the Pace car.
On March 24, Manning's 31st birthday, he's slated to be the guest host on "Saturday Night Live," which will give him a national forum to show a comedic side fans rarely see outside his commercials.
May is filling up, too. Manning told The Associated Press on Monday he will be the grand marshal for the Indianapolis 500 parade and the official starter for the May 27 race. But he turned down the invitation to drive the pace car so he wouldn't risk injury while going at 150 mph around the 2 1/2 -mile oval.
Note by Bball: I don't think the Pace car ever reaches 150MPH. I know it accelerates on the pace lap coming to the green flag to separate from the field and get in the pits in turn 4 but I don't that is even 150MPH. 100MPH sounds more like it.
In any case, gotta respect the decision not to risk something like that even tho the odds of anything happening are pretty small.


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chownah wrote:Spiny Norman wrote:Maybe his enlightenment was a hallucination too.
I think it is reasonable if you want to consider this too, but it is not so directly on topic as considering his rebirth memories.
I think it's fine to question these things, and the authenticity of the suttas, etc, what bemuses me is how selective people can be about which bits they question.


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Addicted moms: AZ battles surge of prescription drug overdosesPosted: Updated:
The nation's fastest growing drug problem could be happening right next door. Typical drug addicts now include suburban moms popping pills from Percocet to Xanax just to get through the day.
"Everyone was doing it, pretty much," said a Scottsdale woman we'll call "Lori," who agreed to share her story with CBS 5 Investigates in hopes of shedding light on a dangerous problem.
"During the two years, I was what you would say was a functioning drug addict. It was something I did from morning 'til night. Something I was ashamed of," said the 40-year-old mom.
From the outside, Lori appeared to have it all together. She had a lot of friends, a beautiful home and a loving family. But the economy took a turn and so did her business, which prompted Lori to get help to deal with the stress.
"It started with some financial stress and my doctor put me on a Xanax prescription as well as some anti-depressants for some anxiety," she said.
Lori said the drugs put her at ease almost immediately.
"When I first started, it worked," she said. "But the more that I took, the less it worked, so I had to up it."
It wasn't long before Lori was hooked. She soon supplemented her doctor's prescription any way she could.
"I could get a pill from anyone - at a school function, those women just carry them in their purse," she explained.
A network of medicated moms toting powerful opiods and anti-depressants to stimulants that temporarily transform them into high-energy supermoms.
"It's so prevalent in an area like this," Lori said of the affluent Scottsdale neighborhood. "You would be very surprised to know that it is in more households than you would ever believe - so many housewives."
Valley housewives who can easily get a prescription.
"They know which doctors prescribe. They all go to the same ones," she said.
Lori eventually ordered pills online, visited a shady pain clinic and made trips to Mexico to get her hands on more drugs.
"I literally would go around to pharmacy to pharmacy and stock up on it," she explained.
It's a dangerous habit that's turning ordinary moms into common criminals and bona fide drug addicts.
"In the end, I had an actual dealer. So pretty tough stuff for me to say," Lori admitted.
Arizona has one of the highest death rates in the country for prescription drug overdoses, according to a new study by the Trust for America's Health. That means in Arizona, the abuse is so bad someone is now more likely to die of a prescription drug overdose than a car accident.
"I can tell you they're as addictive and probably worse than many of the street drugs out there," explains Dr. Michael Yasinski, a Scottsdale psychiatrist.
He says it's shocking how many affluent middle-aged women are getting hooked on prescription drugs.
"It's a rampant drug movement out there where it's moms and grandmothers and all sorts of people in that community are using," said Yasinski.
According to the Centers for Disease and Control, sales of prescription painkillers have quadrupled since 1999, and so have the number of overdose deaths. They've also seen a spike in Xanax, where an estimated one in eight Americans, or 40 million people, have prescriptions.
"You pop it and magically you feel better," describes Yasinski of the euphoric properties of some pills.
There are millions of people who suffer from chronic pain and truly need prescription drugs in order to function.
"Anti-anxiety medicines are for people with legitimate anxiety from a psychiatric condition or to use temporarily if you lose a mother or have a loss in your family - some kind of really stressful situation," said Yasinski, who admits the risk of addiction is high.
CBS 5 Investigates pulled the data to find the top five drugs dispensed last year in Arizona. In order by common brand names they are listed as Vicodin, Percocet, Ambien, Oxycontin and Xanax. Oxycontin prescriptions surpassed those of Xanax since 2010, surging 46 percent according to the Arizona State Board of Pharmacy.
Yasinski says his patients most often request something to help them cope when reality is too much to take.
"When they start to lose the superficial type of stuff that kept them happy, there's an emptiness left inside, and that's typically when they start to look for someone to fill and numb that emptiness which is really painful," he explained.
For Lori, the drug abuse eventually made things worse.
"It was definitely a numbing factor but the problems didn't go away."
Her drug habit became incredibly expensive. She told CBS 5 Investigates she was spending $2,000 to $3,000 a week. But it ultimately was costing her so much more.
"Things were starting to fail. My business was failing, my friendships were failing, my marriage was failing and it was going downhill pretty quick," she said as she described the most painful time in her life.
One night, she hit rock bottom and finally decided to pull the plug on her destructive way of life.
"Honestly the night I decided to quit, I thought my family was going to bury me. I thought it was to the point where I wasn't going to live," she admitted.
Lori has been clean for several years but said getting to this point was one of the hardest things she's ever done. She says a tight support network of friends, family and professionals has been the key to her recovery.
Yasinski points out that without professional help, addicts have only a very small chance of recovering on their own. He suggests masking or numbing emotions should only be a temporarily fix through seriously stressful times. Ultimately he says emotions are meant to be felt, dealt with and processed in order to move on and function normally in society again.
"As a 40-year-old woman without substances, it's kind of learning how to live again," said Lori.
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