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Sunday, August 3, 2008
Reclusive Waltrip On TV Monday Night
It was the question everyone was asking during and after the race. Why had the ESPN crew not talked to Michael Waltrip, the first car out of the Sprint Cup Series race at Pocono?
This was a crucial moment in Waltrip's season as he retired from the event with apparent engine failure. Waltrip is the owner of Michael Waltrip Racing, and this finish was going to deeply affect his points situation and qualifying status for the rest of the season.
Since Waltrip had another car in the race, the question of whether or not he departed the racetrack was never made clear by ESPN. Last season, TDP criticized ESPN's pit reporters for not following-up with the drivers that fell out of the race. What happened this time is not clear.
Even if Waltrip refused to speak, ESPN owed it to the viewers to update the status of a Sprint Cup Series driver/owner for the TV viewers. Waltrip is a very high-profile individual with his TV commercials and his various roles on SPEED programs that span more than ten years.
This lack of information had fans wondering what the real issue had become? Waltrip is a veteran driver and has experienced the highs-and-lows of racing over the years. Simply having an engine problem should be nothing more than an opportunity to encourage the team to do better and mention the sponsor.
Monday night at 8PM on SPEED should now be very interesting. Waltrip is scheduled to join Chad Knaus as the panelists on This Week in NASCAR. Steve Byrnes hosts this one-hour show that looks in-depth at both the previous weekend's event and the upcoming Sprint Cup Series race.
This program revolves around Waltrip. As they say in TV land, Waltrip is "the franchise." Characters like Allen Bestwick, Johnny Benson and Kenny Schrader have come and gone, but Waltrip remains as the personality who can draw a wide variety of viewers who either love or hate his very unique perspectives on racing.
This is what makes Waltrip's disappearing act at Pocono even more strange. During the rain delay it would have been responsible for ESPN to update Waltrip's status even if he refused to do a TV interview. If ESPN was dismissing Waltrip as a backmarker who fell out of the race, that certainly is going to be a big shift in status for this owner/driver.
In an interesting twist, it will be all four of the NASCAR on ESPN pit reporters appearing as the panelists on Monday's NASCAR Now on ESPN2. This 5PM ET show should be very different as host Allen Bestwick goes into this episode without a former driver or crew chief to lend expertise to the commentary. One of the pit reporters was however assigned to Waltrip, so viewers may want Bestwick to ask about the reality of what happened.
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47 comments:
- speedangel said...
If ESPN was dismissing Waltrip as a backmarker who fell out of the race, that certainly is going to be a big shift in status for this owner/driver.
It actually wouldn't be as big of a shift as you make it out to be. In my opinion, this instance you bring up with Waltrip is symptomatic of something more encompassing with the coverage.
Waltrip does have a marquee name and many loyal fans, but he (like many others) fall short of the radar screen ESPN has for a seemingly select number of drivers. How many times has someone posted wondering if the commentators have even mentioned a certain driver's name during the telecast (i.e. during Indy I remember people asking if they had mentioned Regan Smith, and in jest asking if other drivers were even racing)?
On air they did mention Waltrip was in the garage, but it wasn't followed up on. That lack of follow-up has happened on many storylines this season (NW coverage included). It even happened later on in the Pocono race itself. None of the drivers that fell out of the race later on in addition to Waltrip -- Nemechek, Menard, Montoya -- were interviewed either.
So in my mind, it's just that ESPN has a certain list of drivers that they feel that it's paramount that fans know everything that happens to them, while there are others that fall through the cracks.
- August 4, 2008 at 12:14 AM
- speedangel said...
I apologize for two posts back-to-back like this, but I forgot to say that Waltrip was interviewed after he went back to the garage. He said the following:
"Something wasn't right with the motor right from the get go. I'm really disappointed and I hate it for our Napa Toyota because we had the wreck at Indianapolis and now we are out early this week. We were on a good roll there for a good while and now we have had some bad races and it's frustrating. We are going to keep working and try to turn thing around next week."
- August 4, 2008 at 12:22 AM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Who interviewed him and where did that quote appear? Please attribute that information so we know where you got it.
It would certainly help this story to have that info. Many of the people who emailed me that ultimately caused me to generate this column were rabid Waltrip fans upset at the lack of coverage on TV.
Thanks a lot,
- August 4, 2008 at 12:28 AM
- Dot said...
you bring up something that drives me crazy too. Only certain drivers are ever mentioned regularly. (why aren't the owners/sponsors up in arms about this?) We should've been told about why Mikey was out of the race, interview or not.
This goes for all drivers. Is it in someone's job description to tell us? The booth, the pit reporters. Someone up the food chain keeping it a secret? Inquiring minds want to know.
TWIN ought to be interesting. Watch Mikey's body language.
- August 4, 2008 at 1:01 AM
- Kyle said...
MW is a backmarker, and has been for the most part of his career. Hes got what 4 wins? All at drafting tracks. That said, he is a GREAT ambassador for the sport and his sponsors.
One of the more public faces of NASCAR, without a doubt in the top 10 in current drivers name recognition.
I doubt there is a person out there (other then jack rouchs sway bar) that would have a bad word to say about the guy.
The least ESPN could do is say, MW blewup and Elvis has left the building.
- August 4, 2008 at 2:42 AM
- Anonymous said...
Tonight's TWIN should be interesting. I thought it odd that no one followed up with Mikey. As for the pit reporters, it was obvious that one was having a bad day based on the comments being made (like in not knowing what they were talking about). As for TWIN, I'm no big fan of Brian Vickers,but he does a much better job of explaining things than Biffle.I'll admit that Biffle is doing a better job lately.
- August 4, 2008 at 3:36 AM
- Anonymous said...
Who cares to keep up with the MW issue other than maybe the Speed people wanting to get him some face time. Everyone knows that he is no race driver. He has been purely promotional material for commercialism. People are fed up with commercialism and MW as well.
- August 4, 2008 at 4:44 AM
- Anonymous said...
Since when has any of the coverage this season gone running after a "back marker" (as someone up top called it) when they make their early exit.
I am a MW fan and this is NOT the first time that the coverage has not informed me of the reason he has exited a race early.....that is why I have RaceView.
- August 4, 2008 at 7:03 AM
- Anonymous said...
I'm really tired of hearing jery Punch say, "For you ___fans," if he's not talking about someone in the top 12, like he really means, "Who else cares about any other driver?"
In this case, he used the phrase about MW to promise information we never got on the broadcast: what happened to him.
His engine blew up, but you wouldn't know that by watching ESPN.
- August 4, 2008 at 7:26 AM
- Dee said...
ESPN is really bad about talking about all of the drivers. It did seem to have a select few that it would talk about all the time. I never saw anything about why Waltrip left the race. If I did not have scanner to hear him and his crew discuss the engine problem I would not know.
- August 4, 2008 at 7:43 AM
- Deborah said...
The quote from Michael that someone posted above was in the Toyota post-race notes so Michael did indeed make himself available at some point to explain what had happened.
This issue isn't something that's just specific to Michael or ESPN. No matter the network in general they do not do a good job of informing fans about what's going on with many of the teams. There are certain drivers and teams that will be discussed whether they're racing in the top ten or in 35th, but many of the other drivers never get mentioned unless they're involved in an incident. And forget about follow-up if a non-elite driver has a mechanical issue and drops out of the race. Like Dee, without Trackpass I'd have no idea what was going on with Michael, not just yesterday but every week. The same is true for many other drivers - instead of listening to the broadcast to find out what's going on with a particular driver in a lot of cases if I'm curious as to what their issue might be I'll switch to their radio channel on Trackpass or go to their fan forum if they have one.
Of course it's impossible for those in the booth to mention what's going on with all 43 drivers at every point in the race but at times it seems like there is a belief that fans are only interested in hearing about the top-tier drivers when in fact every driver on the track has fans who want to know how their driver is doing. Some drivers truly do go unmentioned during races - even sometimes when they are racing well - which is not only frustrating for fans but can't make sponsors too happy either.
- August 4, 2008 at 8:12 AM
- Anonymous said...
He was on the radio immediately after he went to the garage. Mentioned it was unfortunate, but made a joke that he could talk longer since Pocono was such a long track.
- August 4, 2008 at 8:23 AM
- Anonymous said...
The problem is not just that the ESPN guys don't tell us what's happened to these drivers.
The problem is that the ESPN guys don't know what's happened to these drivers.
When a car pits unexpectedly, Punch and crew have no idea why.
They guess.
But anyone with a scanner can tell you why...so why don't they get some Production Assistants (read: Interns) to listen to scanners and tell them what's happening?
Or do what the Fox crew does and pay attention? As much as DW gets flak, he looks out the danged window and sees the action before it shows up on the TV monitor, something that Punch and crew clearly don't do.
- August 4, 2008 at 8:31 AM
- Ritchie said...
Mr. Daly,
You chose the perfect race to rake ESPN over the coals. Pocono, especially with a rain delay, did have a lot of time to bring up what happenned to Michael Waltrip. However, that doesn't mean that they should. I would say ESPN shouldn't take time away from coverage to give us an interview with Mr. Waltrip anymore than they should have taken time away from coverage to give us an interview with Joe Nemechek.
I believe it was Benny Parsons who used to say that if teams want to be on TV, they should run better. That should also apply to Mr. Waltrip. Mr. Waltrip gets so much free press from his last name, his brother being a commentor on FOX, his association with SPEED, his commercials, etc., that his commercial value is not balanced by his on-track performance. So forgive me if I have little sympathy for his plight. Joe Nemechek lost his brother to racing, and his plight doesn't warrant a blog about his lack of media coverage. Maybe he should make silly commercials instead of focusing on racing. His value as a driver would skyrocket.
Racing is a tough business. Many people lose hard earned fortunes (and lives) trying to participate in it. I can't see a reason why ESPN should choose to help one driver over the other in this regard.
- August 4, 2008 at 8:58 AM
- Ken said...
TV coverage of the drivers is why the gap between the haves and have nots has widened and will continue to do so. A sponsor spends milions of dollars for exposure of their product. If they sponsor a front running team, they get exposure but if they sponsor an average team, they are ignored. They are better off being a part time sponsor to a "chosen" driver than to be a full time sponsor to an ignored driver.
- August 4, 2008 at 9:02 AM
- Anonymous said...
Having Trackpass on Directv, I usually listen to MW's audio channel.
It was apparent right from the get go and MW said, that something was wrong with the motor.
It sounded like they lost a cylinder early and it was something internally, they checked everything under the hood that they could on pit road.
Radio traffic was basically, it's internal we can;t fix it. The ended up dropping quite a bit of oil on pit road and in the garage area. They were talking like they lost a lifter or something on the top sideof the motor.
One of the last radio transmissions from the team was that NASCAR ordered them to clean up the oil under the car before putting it in the hauler.
If I can get this info sitting in my living room, What's up with broadcast team?
Interns indeed. The 55 was the only car off the track It wouldn't have taken much for someone on the production team to listen in and get some info to pass on.
Dave in Wisconsin
- August 4, 2008 at 9:11 AM
- Anonymous said...
I would say ESPN shouldn't take time away from coverage to give us an interview with Mr. Waltrip anymore than they should have taken time away from coverage to give us an interview with Joe Nemechek.
But they should.
When a driver, any driver, drops out of the race, we deserve--at a minimum--to be told why.
A quick interview wouldn't hurt, either,
- August 4, 2008 at 9:13 AM
- Rockin Rich said...
Re - Ken @9:04 AM:
And there my friends, is a great "netted out" analysis of how the "tail is wagging the dog" in this sport!
It isn't just NASCAR, and the economy that is causing corporate America to reexamine the value race car sponsorship. TV coverage decision making is accountable too.
- August 4, 2008 at 9:14 AM
- Rockin Rich said...
Oops, sorry, I was referring to Ken @ 9:02 AM, not 9:04.
- August 4, 2008 at 9:15 AM
- Dmo said...
Perhaps ESPN ducked Mikey because of his affiliation with SPEED? Biffle and Chad Knaus are mentioned liberally on ESPN - but their respective cars are also top-10 and thus unavoidable.
- August 4, 2008 at 9:46 AM
- speedangel said...
The question you posed to me was answered later on, but I'll answer it again anyway. He was interviewed on radio and his quotes did appear in Toyota's post-race quotes as well.
My main point, like some others have gotten a hold of, is that there are about 25 or so drivers whose engine could've blown and they probably wouldn't have gotten a TV interview. It's a different story with radio coverage, however.
- August 4, 2008 at 10:10 AM
- Ritchie said...
This discussion that we are having is sort of associated with the fans who are upset with the coverage that Kyle Bush gets. Mr. Bush doesn't have as many fans as say, Dale Earnhardt Jr. has. However, he wins a lot of races and is very sucessful therefore he gets a lot of media coverage.
Unfortunately, race coverage is a zero-sum game. So, unless you divide the coverage into 43 equal segments for each driver, someone is going to be left out. Analytically, the teams who are performing poorly should get less coverage and the teams performing best should get more coverage.
Now, here is where it gets weird. If we pander to the Michael Waltrip fans, Mr. Waltrip deserved an interview because he blew an engine. However, Dave Blaney was running at the end of the race and no one thinks he deserves an interview.
So, the conclusion one could make is that you deserve media coverage if you do very well, or don't finish a race. If you finish the race, but aren't a contender, your sponsor gets no love.
This kind of thing is important because sponsors pay dollars for such media coverage.
That is why I don't believe Mr. Waltrip deserved an interview for finishing last.
- August 4, 2008 at 10:57 AM
- Anonymous said...
Oddly, MRN managed to explain what happened to Waltrip, includidng an interview, and despite your "Zero-sum" assertion, I don't believe anyone is complaing that MRN's coverage was lacking as a result.
Used to be, when a driver went out of the race early, we were told why by the TV people. Heck, Punch even promised we would be, although he failed to deliver on that promise.
- August 4, 2008 at 11:24 AM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
One of the key elements to keep in mind is that pictures and sound are different when a TV network is doing a live race.
In the older days, the pit reporter would talk to the driver who was out of the race while the video of the live race continued on the screen.
There was no issue about who "deserved" and interview and who did not. If a car fell out of the race the driver was interviewed as a part of the network's coverage. It did not matter if it was a traditional backmarker or a star.
With today's TV technology, two video boxes appear on the screen and an interview is done in one while the live racing continues in the other. There is no interruption in the live coverage of the race.
At the time Waltrip retired from the event, it was not in a big crash with multiple cars. He was the only car heading to the garage. ESPN made a decision to keep the pit reporters on pit road and call the pit stops.
This issue arose last season when ESPN absolutely avoided interviewing the drivers involved in accidents as they were released from the Infield Care Center. Fans had to scramble to the Internet or radio to find out the info about their favorite driver.
ESPN has three people in the Infield Pit Center, four reporters on pit road and three more announcers in the booth. With ten people on the telecast, there is no excuse not to follow-up on stories of the race.
Ultimately, as we see with other networks like SPEED, the ability exists to just have the driver put on a headset briefly and talk directly with the announcers in the booth.
In the end, there is a four hour window of live TV in which decisions are made about how to present this event to the TV viewers. Not speaking with a driver who retired from the race early and finding out what went wrong is fundamentally avoiding the responsibility of a NASCAR TV partner.
- August 4, 2008 at 11:30 AM
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- August 4, 2008 at 11:55 AM
- Ritchie said...
The Daly Planet editor wrote:
There was no issue about who "deserved" and interview and who did not. If a car fell out of the race the driver was interviewed as a part of the network's coverage. It did not matter if it was a traditional backmarker or a star.
I am man enough to admit if I mis-interpreted your original blog, but I'm not sure I did. You wrote an ENTIRE post about Mr. Waltrip not being interviewed after he fell out of the race early. Just Waltrip, nobody else. You pointed out that he is a car owner, TV celebrity, and how he has many fans. Does Mr. Editor believe readers are not going to infer from this that The Daly Planet thinks Mr. Waltrip deserves an interview regardless of other drivers who drop out of the race?
Its similar to visiting an art museum. The paintings that get an entire wall to themselves are considered the most important and valuable.
- August 4, 2008 at 12:17 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
There was no one else out of the race...how hard could it be?
- August 4, 2008 at 12:37 PM
- Anonymous said...
Altho I think the ESPN people need alot more polish with their broadcasts, I did'nt miss a Mikey interview at all. All you would hear is him blaming someone else for his team's errors and how they will turn it around. How long do you think a sponsor is going to listen to that crap? I give him until the end of this year, at best. Since his Monday nite show is UNWATCHABLE I can do something constructive. Now if we can just think of a way to retire 'Ol DW from Fox, we could start improving their announce crew.
- August 4, 2008 at 12:43 PM
- Newracefan said...
Many here are making this about Michael Waltrip but in my opinion it is not just about him. It's about all the cars that fall out of a cup race. At least give us an update about it and as JD said with the small video box we can even see the interview. Did they interview anyone who fell out or crashed out yesterday. Not that I can remember 55, 15, 78. We are not talking about start and park cars. Someone posted using Dave Blaney as an example while I agree he perhaps did not deserve an interview we could at least have heard about him once with view of his car during the race. I know we bashed FOX big time this year but they seemed to understand the every team deserved at least some type of mention even if it wasn't for a good thing. Heck show the poor guy getting lapped at least his sponsor will get some airtime.
- August 4, 2008 at 12:50 PM
- Anonymous said...
All 43 drivers have their fans, and when only a few get talked about.........and not a word said about laps lost, or out of the race, it is a slap in the face to loyal fans. I stayed with the whole darn thng waiting for a mention of Mikey, watched Victory Lane...nothing.....D Despain.... nothing. Wonder how NN will handle it tonight.
Grani Girl
- August 4, 2008 at 1:01 PM
- Anonymous said...
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- August 4, 2008 at 1:05 PM
- Ritchie said...
Mr. Editor,
No, it would not have been difficult. As I said in my first response, you picked a great race to use as an example of this.
Also, like I said, if your only point is that EVERYONE who drops out of a race deserves an interview I would respectfully disagree, but understand your point.
If however, this became a serious issue when Mr. Waltrip didn't get an interview, I think that is disingenuous.
There were five drivers who dropped out of the race:
Yeley, Montoya, Nemechek, Menard, and Waltrip.
Did any or all of those guys get an interview? I admit, I wasn't keeping track, but I certainly will in the future.
- August 4, 2008 at 1:09 PM
- Anonymous said...
Ritchie, your post makes the point.
I had NO IDEA so many drivers were out of the race, because ESPN didn't tell me!
That's part of their job; it isn't just some waste of time that takes away from covering the race. It IS the race.
- August 4, 2008 at 1:29 PM
- Anonymous said...
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- August 4, 2008 at 1:45 PM
- Lisa Hogan said...
I will check out TWIN and stick around if the show isn't backwards. I will skip Nascar Now tonight as I have no interest in listing to more of the ESPN pit reporters.
- August 4, 2008 at 1:58 PM
- Richard in N.C. said...
In light of the unusual strain on motors at Long Pond and since most of the Toyota motors (except JGR) come from the same place, I was surprised that ESPN had nothing on why MW fell out so early.
- August 4, 2008 at 3:00 PM
- Kenn Fong said...
Are the pit and infield reporters expected to do find stories outside of their assigned beats, or must they be sent to cover stories such as MW (or other drivers) who left the race? How was this handled in your day?
Every driver has his own constituency. I would like to hear a "through the field" at least once every quarter of the race, supplemented by a chart bumper coming in or out of spots several times during the race. It could even become a shtick, with those who finish in the bottom 13 consistently taking on the sobriquet, "Unlucky 13."
Do you know if this absence of reporting on the field-fillers is a deliberate decision by the production team or simply an oversight?
Pacific Time Zone Kenny
[To those West of the Mississippi, please shout out where you are so the Eastern Time Zone folks know how many of us there are out here.]
- August 4, 2008 at 3:09 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Pit reporters are assigned drivers for the race, remember TNT doing a pit reporter run-down before the event?
There is a Pit Producer in the Truck who coordinates the movement and the on-air activity of all four pit reporters. This Producer also sends them to the garage or the Infield Medical Center as needed.
Each crew has a complete wireless camera crew with them (called RF) and can go anywhere.
- August 4, 2008 at 3:19 PM
- Anonymous said...
I am a MW fan, but that really isn't the point, ESPN had 4 hours including a lengthy red flag.
It wouldn't have mattered to me if they did an interview with the drivers who were out of the race but they should have at least mentioned why the drivers who were out, were out.
If any of the Hendrick drivers, Gibbs, Rousch, Childress drivers had just dropped out of the race that early, that RF crew would've had their work out start early.
I don't buy conspiracy theories about network affiliations being to blame, You think ESPN would avoid talking to Chad Knaus if JJ dropped out that early?
I don't think so.
Dave in Wisc.
- August 4, 2008 at 3:35 PM
- Anonymous said...
I was going to make a nice comment about ESPN but everyone else pointed out how lame they are, so I don't need to. I DO want to point out, however, that even though you claim that this devastated Michael in the points, you couldn't be more wrong. He's still in the top 35, he's pretty good at road courses too. He's still got a good chance. I have noticed that you, Mr. Daly, have a bad habit of dogging Mikey every chance you get. Why don't you write something nice once in a while. Your article, honestly, was nothing but filler since you apparently couldn't find anything better to write about.
How about writing how Carl finally won a race this year without cheating? How about how Roush has finally stopped yapping like a chihuahua about Toyota(for now), how about Junior loses yet ANOTHER race, how about how close Tony got to winning finally? None of those interest you?
- August 4, 2008 at 3:44 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Anon 3:44PM,
That was a swing and a big whiff.
My feedback on TWIN with Waltrip has been overwhelmingly positive. Of course, that would require you to read those posts rather than just bashing me.
This column is pro-Waltrip in almost every way. It is asking why someone who is a driver/owner who retired in a race was never interviewed.
His issues were never detailed and he was dismissed as nothing more than a backmarker. My point is that this is unfair and should never happen in a Cup race.
If you would like I list of my recent columns promoting Waltrip and TWIN, just drop me a line. Be happy to help you with a little reality.
- August 4, 2008 at 4:06 PM
- Anonymous said...
Mike will be likely filling in the details tonight
He is a great guy and a great driver , nice to see him get back on track so to speak after the poor finish in the last 2 races.
- August 4, 2008 at 4:53 PM
- Anonymous said...
JD, I think you were the one who pointed out yesterday that no explanation was offered re #7 being 2 laps down. ESPN's housekeeping during the race is poor at best. I agree w/Dave in WI that at least they could have updated all the cars that an abnormal day during the rain delay. I know we're not going to get any 43 car thru-the-field rundowns but ESPN can do better than they have.
- August 4, 2008 at 6:09 PM
- Richard in N.C. said...
If the announcers give a full field rundown, or a rundown of the cars a lap or more down, or the cars out of the race that would fill some air time - without having to think - and give everyone in the booth a chance to catch their breath AND inform the fans. MRN and PRN both give frequent full field rundowns.
- August 4, 2008 at 6:22 PM
- Newracefan said...
If the booth needs a break have AB do a follow up on the guys having problems as part of a commercial bumper or something. The point here is give us the info, I figured out what happened to Mikey from Pit Command (a TNT product) and Foxtrax (a FOX product) because ESPN wasn't giving me the info and they were calling the race. That's the issue and I was paying attention to Mikey but I missed the R Gordon issue and still don't exactly know why he was 2 laps down. The same thing happened with Reutimann at Indy, if I didn't have Pit Command I would have been clueless.
- August 4, 2008 at 6:38 PM
- Anonymous said...
I listened to MRN and they run thru the field. Its simply laziness on ESPNs part. They have the ticker on top - which tells you basically zilch. OUT why is the car out? When did the car leave the field and why?
ESPN is supposed to provide race coverage, not a wheres the top 12, Jr. & the "newest fav driver" of the week, each race.
Race coverage -imho- should include updates of all the cars entered, where they are & why.
- August 4, 2008 at 8:01 PM
- AMS fan said...
Good posts from everyone. A lot of discussion here.
I don't require an interview with any specific driver at any time. My personal opinion is the media is a little to close most of the time. These drivers do have a job. Driving a race car. Even Mikey, as a self employed owner/driver still has people to answer to and business to take care of. I say let the drivers take care of business then do the media tour. (I know it don't work that way)
All said, all I expect from a broadcast crew is to keep us fans aware of what happened,(other than he's in the garage) or in DW's case forsee the future when an engine is about to blow.
I haven't re-watched the race yet to find the Mikey interview that one poster said happened. Maybe tonight. If it happened, I missed it.
Just tell us what happened. I'm not there, I don't have a clue.
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But on Wednesday, at around 1 p.m., Vernon fire Chief Todd Capen was driving by the business when something caught his eye.
"I thought it was a little more than steam," Capen said. "I stopped just to make sure there wasn't anything major."
He quickly realized that one of the piles -- which he estimated at 40 or 50 feet high -- was burning. Crews assembled to fight a fire that eventually brought firefighters from Vernon, Guilford, Westminster and Brattleboro along with personnel from Northfield and Bernardston, Mass., and from Hinsdale and Chesterfield, N.H.
"It's just very stubborn and time-consuming," Capen said.
Frigid temperatures also complicated matters, though Capen said there were no injuries reported.
The company "had a building for us where we could get out of the cold," Capen said. "There's a very good working relationship between the fire company and the mulch company and Cersosimo."
Around 5 p.m., Capen said, volunteers thought they had the fire extinguished and packed up their gear. But they were summoned to the scene again less than 15 minutes later, he said.
Firefighters eventually wrapped up their work around 2 a.m. Thursday, Capen said, estimating a 13-hour time investment for his department. Still, he said the incident went as well as it could have.
"We've never dealt with a mulch fire," he said. "Cersosimo had all the equipment that we could need if we needed it."
Morse said the fire started through spontaneous combustion in a pile of bark, which the company uses as raw material for mulch. It was a stockpile that had grown more than it should have as the business got under way, he said.
"They got bigger than they ever will be again," he said.
Under normal circumstances, "they'll manufacture the mulch as they get the raw materials in," Morse said.
In this case, the delay between receiving bark and making mulch "was a longer time period than they had anticipated," he said, adding that there are fire controls at the business.
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Anderson County Mayor Terry Frank is asking the Andersonville Volunteer Fire Department to put its subscription-based fire plan on hold.
Anderson County Mayor Terry Frank is asking the Andersonville Volunteer Fire Department to put its subscription-based fire plan on hold.
"Since elected to office, I have received more calls on the Andersonville subscription plan than on any other issue. I have spent more than one late night at the office on the phone listening to concerned citizens, and it seems it is the number one topic of concern at most of my meetings outside of the Courthouse," Frank stated in a news release.
"I am a big fan of our volunteer fire departments, and I really love and respect so many dedicated volunteers and their supporters in Andersonville," Frank said. "However, when there are more questions than answers for the plans as presented, I feel it is my duty to step forward. Citizens feel they have no recourse, and it is my duty to help them.
"Too many citizens in the AVFD service area are concerned about their financial well-being, as well as their emergency service response," the mayor said. "The success of any plan, not just a fire plan, depends on the trust of those you serve. I feel the sheer number of questions and the level of concern and risk are setting the fire department a step back.
"I know Chief (Jeff) Bagwell has his heels dug in hard on this, but I encourage the full Andersonville Volunteer Fire Department board to stop with the plan until a full and thorough hearing and review can be held.
"I have consulted with our county law director, Jay Yeager, and though it is a lot of work and research, he has agreed to answer several valid legal questions put forth by concerned citizens," Frank said. "If the full fire department board is willing to put their plans on hold, we can set a date for some of those questions to be answered."
Because there are so many legal issues associated with the rights of citizens in this case, Frank said she will also be submitting a list of questions to the law director for clarification where he might be able to provide some assistance.
The Operations Committee of the Anderson County Commission will hold a special hearing on the subject of the fee-based service at 7 p.m. Monday in Room 312 of the Anderson County Courthouse.
Residents served by the Andersonville Volunteer Fire Department were sent notices in October that the subscription-based program would start Jan. 1.


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Trusted partner Viglen allows Alperton School to focus on achieving positive outcomes for pupils
The Importance of Trust. Alperton Community School is a large secondary school with specialist status for Maths and Computing. The use of ICT pervades every aspect of the school at all levels, so having a reliable ICT supplier is vitally important.
Having an ICT supplier which it can trust entirely means that the school can focus all its efforts and teaching resources on enhancing the learning experience and achieving positive outcomes for pupils.
Setting High Standards
From the moment children enter the school at the age of 11, right up to the day they leave, aged 16 or 18, pupils have every opportunity to learn about and experience digital technologies, because it is an integral part of their education. The pupils can work towards a number of different recognised IT qualifications but, more importantly, they are encouraged at every step of the way to gain real confidence in technology, to prepare them to play a full and active role in the dynamic information-centric society of the future. The school has a solid reputation, not least for its excellent ICT facilities. It consistently achieves good results at both GCSE and A-level and the most recent Ofsted inspection, in May 2011, rated Alperton as 'Outstanding' — the highest grading and one that has only been achieved by 12% of schools nationwide.
Providing IT Excellence Across the School
"We have computers and projectors in every classroom and most rooms also have interactive whiteboards. We make use of IT to enhance teaching and learning experiences, to mange registrations, to record and assess pupil behaviour and achievements and to plan and schedule lessons. IT is at the heart of everything we do at Alperton and it underpins the efficient running of the school", says Pan Niranjan, IT Network and MIS Manager at Alperton.
Managing all these computers, keeping them up to date, equipped with the right software, secure and in full working order, is what keeps Pan and his team of four technicians occupied day-to-day. While they can deal with most of the everyday IT support and maintenance needs of the school, it's also vitally important to have a supplier that can be trusted and relied upon when help is needed.
How Alperton and Viglen work Together
Almost all of the computers in use at Alperton today have been provided by Viglen, which has been the school's primary supplier of IT systems and service for more than 12 years. What started as a simple customer-supplier relationship has, over the years, developed into a strong partnership between the two organisations, with Viglen providing 90 percent of the school's needs in terms of PCs, servers, software and network architecture.
Achieving Positive Outcomes
Pan says "We have confidence in Viglen and we have a good relationship. We have regular meetings with the sales manager to discuss our needs. When we need help, if we want a particular engineer to come and work on a project, Viglen always tries to make them available."
"Having a reliable supplier is so important to the school. You don't want things going wrong but when they do, you want prompt and professional service. Technically, Viglen is always one step ahead as well. Its hardware and the infrastructure it has set up here is really solid, and we have the reassurance and peace of mind of a five-year warranty.


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- Using OneNote for your next household project
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References for this webinar
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They're not quite dead yet...
Today in the forums, Sean McCarthy reacted to JREF's declaration of Steorn's death, based on a quote over at What's New by Bob Park:
Steorn: Wow, I wish that some one would tell me this stuff, I need not have turned up to the office all that time. Good to see that JREF is reliable as ever!Also today, an anonymous poster shares with us a newly available patent application filed by Steorn:
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING INTERACTION OF LOADSThis patent was filed right around the time of Steorn's Economist Ad. It will be more interesting if we start seeing Steorn's core Orbo patents start appearing on these sites. Another anonymous poster did some research on the named inventors, two of which haven't appeared before in documents relating to Steorn. They are Ciaran Mythen and Guillaume Reux. Here is a translated version of Guillame's resume.


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Tourette syndrome (TS) is a type of tic disorder. Tics are sudden muscle movements or vocal sounds that can range from mild to severe. TS, a neurological condition, is usually diagnosed during childhood.
TS may be a genetic condition, passed from parents to children. This is still being studied. TS may also be linked to problems with dopamine levels, a chemical in the brain that sends signals to neurons.
Risk Factors
TS is more common in males. Risk factors include:
- Family history of TS, other tic disorders, or obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Low birth weight
- Maternal factors, such as stress during pregnancy
Symptoms can range from mild to severe. They can occur suddenly, and the length of time they last can vary. Tics may temporarily decrease with concentration or distraction. During times of stress, they may occur more often.
Tics can be muscle movements (motor tics) or vocal sounds (vocal tics). They can also be characterized as simple or complex. Here are some common examples:
Motor tics
- Simple—eye blinking, facial grimacing, head jerking, arm or leg thrusting
- Complex—jumping, smelling, touching things or other people, twirling around
Vocal tics
- Simple—throat clearing, coughing, sniffing, grunting, yelping, barking
- Complex—saying words or phrases that do not make sense in a given situation, saying obscene or socially unacceptable words (called coprolalia)
Your child may also have other related conditions, such as:
- Attention deficit disorder with or without hyperactivity (ADD or ADHD)
- Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
You will be asked about your child's symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will also be done. Your child will probably be referred to a mental health expert. This person will evaluate your child.
Work with the doctor to create a treatment plan that is right for your child. Options include:
Education and Counseling
One important part of treatment is for the child and his family to learn about this syndrome. It is also helpful if the child's teachers, classmates, and friends understand the condition.
Your child may also benefit from behavior therapy. This can include doing relaxation techniques and self-monitoring. A technique known as "habit reversal therapy" and other behavioral treatments have proven helpful for some children.
In most cases, medication is not needed to treat TS. If tics are severe and disrupt your child's life, medications may be advised to reduce symptoms. If medication is ineffective or otherwise not right for your child, several experimental non-drug treatments have shown promise. Among these are magnetic brain stimulation and—for severely affected children—deep brain stimulation.
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Sunday, February 14, 2010
Sunday Sound Out
Any guesses who this is?
How about this one?
I know you have probably posted it before, but I have to know what kind of shoe that is you are wearing in that picture. I love the black rainbow effect and must have them!
They're my Dansko clogs and the color is "petrol". They're the most comfortable shoes I own and they make me tallish so I love them!
Or were you being even more health conscious, and just didn't want it for the fat content? [ordering my chicken sandwich without mayo]
I'm not especially fond of mayonnaise, plus I was following the rule that if you order something without mayo, it magically makes it healthy. It doesn't matter that there's bacon on the sandwich as long as there's no mayo. And, of course, everyone knows you negate the calories and fat in anything by washing it down with a Diet Coke.
That is funny and delicious and culturey. Yesterday when I was making peanut butter, banana, honey, cinnamon sandwiches for me and the kids....
On purpose?
Poor Lexi - did she eat it on her own toast?
Nope, I guess she didn't eat it and I was too tired and half-asleep to even notice that she didn't eat it. She never said anything to me. Silly girl.
Remember, if you're in the Chicagoland area, make sure you leave me a comment HERE to win tickets to a mother/daughter event in Naperville with parenting expert, Rosalind Wiseman. Attendees will receive a gift bag featuring free samples of Dove go fresh deodorant, a one year subscription to Family Circle, and parents will receive Queen Bees & Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and the New Realities of Girl World and daughters will receive Rosalind's debut young adult novel Boys, Girls, and Other Hazardous Materials.
Posted by Dawn at 3:54 PM
28 comments:
The 1st picture is princess Brooklyn but the 2nd could be almost any if them. I'm guessing Lexi because with Savannah being a teenager, she would " just die" if you posted her baby picture.
- February 14, 2010 at 9:15 PM
- Chick Hatchers said...
I'm going to guess that the first angel is Brooklyn and the second is Clay, but I'm not positive about the second.
I'd love to take my almost 10-year old to the thing in Naperville, and I'm probably halfway between you and it, but we have something else at that time, so I'll have to wait for another time. It sounds like a great event and I hope you have fun! A real mom and daughter bonding experience!
- February 14, 2010 at 9:24 PM
- Queen@home said...
You;re so cute. Nice kids too !
Love the blog..
- February 14, 2010 at 9:30 PM
- Michelle said...
Aww, happy birthday to the kids! I LOVE those cakes. You really do a great job. If I don't make it to a cake decorating class in the next ummm six months, any chance I can hire you? (I know the answer already - it's rhetorical, don't worry!). You rock as a mom!
- February 14, 2010 at 9:46 PM
- ClistyB said...
Toss up between Clay or Austin
- February 15, 2010 at 12:02 AM
- Sandy in Illinois said...
The first angel picture is of Brooklyn. I'm guessing the second one is Lexi but I'm not sure. Could be any of the others. But probably not one of the boys. But who knows?
Awesome cakes as usual.
- February 15, 2010 at 12:25 AM
- Hildigunnur said...
I'd say the other way round, first one's Clay, second Brooklyn :) Congrats on the birthdays.
- February 15, 2010 at 3:10 AM
I'm guessing the two little angels are austin and savannah, because after two kids, who has time to take their baby for a Valentine's Day portrait? We're lucky if we even get around to Christmas cards!
- February 15, 2010 at 6:01 AM
- MaBunny said...
I know the top cupid baby is Brooklyn - not sure about eh other one - but both are adorable as all get out!
The birthday cakes were really cute too!
- February 15, 2010 at 7:40 AM
Love the cakes! But there must've been enough to feed all of Chicago - the treasure chest cake looks HUGE!
- February 15, 2010 at 7:50 AM
The 1st Angel is Brooklyn (She really looks like an angel without the costume tho). The 2nd one is Lexi, I always think she looks very different from the rest of your kids
- February 15, 2010 at 9:26 AM
- Sarah said...
Cute baby with wings...I agree 1st one is Brooklyn but I haven't any guesses about the 2nd. What is the name on Brooklyn's cake? I know she has a nickname but can't think of what it is? Oata? (and can't remember the story behind that?) :) GREAT looking cakes, too...Brooklyn is of course the one changing at the fastest rate because she was a baby when I first started reading your blog. :) Hope you have a good week. Praying for y'all! :)
- February 15, 2010 at 11:28 AM
Okay my guess is Brooklyn and Lex, so what do we win?? LOL
- February 15, 2010 at 11:59 AM
- Tiff said...
I have to say the first one's Brooklyn, and the second one is Lexi. Great cakes!
- February 15, 2010 at 12:13 PM
- Dayna said...
My guesses on the angel pictures would be Savannah and Brooklyn.
- February 15, 2010 at 12:21 PM
- Missi said...
My guesses on the cute angel babies are first Austin then Savannah, but again those are guesses & I'm usually wrong at this stuff :)
- February 15, 2010 at 2:14 PM
Brooklyn and Jackson.
- February 15, 2010 at 2:14 PM
- Sandy in Illinois said...
I have had second thoughts as to who are in the pictures. The first is Brooklyn but I think the second one is you Dawn. Am I right?
- February 15, 2010 at 2:45 PM
- Pam said...
I'm guessing the first pic is Brooklyn and the second is Clayton
- February 15, 2010 at 6:59 PM
- Chantel said...
Ok, my guess is the first is Brooklyn, and maybe the second is Clay...honoring the Birthday kids??
- February 15, 2010 at 7:14 PM
- kimbalaya said...
RE: the peanut butter, honey, banana and cinnamon sandwich... I would so make that! And yes, on purpose. I'm not the one that originally asked, but that's something we've eaten here for years!
- February 15, 2010 at 9:04 PM
Oh and I have a question, usually how long does it take for your family to finish the HUGE cake you made?
- February 15, 2010 at 10:18 PM
- Holly C. said...
Brooklyn and Lexington. These photos are bea-u-ti-ful
- February 16, 2010 at 8:17 AM
- Emiliy said...
(Re: And, of course, everyone knows you negate the calories and fat in anything by washing it down with a Diet Coke.)
It is also common knowledge that if someone buys your food for you there are no calories. Free food=calorie free! So the next time you go out with girlfriends, everyone buys someone else at the table their dessert.
- February 16, 2010 at 4:18 PM
I'm guessing the first angel baby is Savannah and the second one is Lexi.
- February 16, 2010 at 8:01 PM
- dhaynes said...
Yep, I'm saying def Brooklyn for the first one and Clay for the second! When are you going to tell us?
- February 16, 2010 at 11:41 PM
The first angel is so obviously Brooklyn that it's not funny!
What's Oata?
- February 18, 2010 at 4:52 PM
The photos are so precious! Did you have angel baby pictures taken of all 6 kids? I vote Brooklyn for #1, #2 is Lexi or Clayton.
- February 23, 2010 at 10:48 AM


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Integrated Fertility Survey Series, Release 7, 1955-2002 [United States] (ICPSR 26344)
Principal Investigator(s): Smock, Pamela, University of Michigan. Population Studies Center; Granda, Peter, University of Michigan. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research; Hoelter, Lynette, University of Michigan. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
The Integrated Fertility Survey Series (IFSS) integrates data from ten underlying component studies of family and fertility: the Growth of American Families studies of 1955 and 1960; the National Survey of Fertility of 1965 and 1970; and the National Surveys of Family Growth of 1973, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1995, and 2002. The first release contains harmonized sociodemographic variables for all respondents from all ten component studies, including those related to marital status, race and ethnicity, education, income, migration, religion, and region of origin, among others. The second release adds harmonized husband/partner sociodemographic variables as well as harmonized union history variables. The third release adds harmonized pregnancy, adoption, non-biological children, and menstruation variables. The fourth release adds harmonized fertility variables. The fifth release includes the addition of the pregnancy interval file. This file contains 217,128 pregnancy records with information pertaining to the pregnancies of all respondents. The sixth release adds comparative sample variables to the respondent and pregnancy interval files, and includes the addition of the contraceptive calendar file. This file contains 53,317 records with information pertaining to type and frequency of contraceptive use. The seventh release includes additional variables related to contraceptive knowledge, contraceptive use, birth control and family planning services, sexual history, infertility, and sterilizing operations. It also adds sociodemographic and union history variables. Imputed data through the third release are also included.
Additional information about the Integrated Fertility Survey Series can be found on the IFSS Web site.
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Smock, Pamela, Peter Granda, and Lynette Hoelter. Integrated Fertility Survey Series, Release 7, 1955-2002 [United States]. ICPSR26344-v7. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2013-05-14. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR26344.v7
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Scope of Study
Subject Terms: adopted children, adoption, birth control, children, demographic characteristics, families, family background, family planning, family size, fertility, income, marital status, marriage, pregnancy, religion, sexual behavior
Geographic Coverage: United States
Time Period:
- 1955--2002
Universe: The universe includes all respondents in the following studies: the Growth of American Families studies of 1955 and 1960; the National Fertility Surveys of 1965 and 1970; and the National Surveys of Family Growth of 1973, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1995, and 2002.
Data Types: survey data
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All variables contained in this data release are recoded from the ten component IFSS studies. Recode specifications are contained in comparability notes which can be found under the Harmonized Data Extracts tab on the IFSS Web site. No primary or original data collection was performed to obtain these data.
Due to further processing by the IFSS team, some variables, as well as some values have changed from previously released data.
Study Purpose: The purpose of the Integrated Fertility Survey Series is to create a harmonized data set of ten component surveys of fertility and family growth. Integration of these data sets will allow for easier and more efficient analysis of family and fertility data over time.
Study Design:
Data were harmonized from ten component studies of family and fertility, including the 1955 and 1960 Growth of American Families studies, 1965 and 1970 National Fertility Surveys, and the 1973, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1995, and 2002 National Surveys of Family Growth. IFSS staff harmonized all concepts that appeared in at least five of the component studies. In special cases, concepts that appears in as few as two component studies were also harmonized. Comparability notes, located on the IFSS Web site, outline the processes by which data were harmonized.
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Growth of American Families, 1955 (ICPSR 20000)
Growth of American Families, 1960 (ICPSR 20001)
National Fertility Survey, 1965 (ICPSR 20002)
National Fertility Survey, 1970 (ICPSR 20003)
National Survey of Family Growth, 1973 (ICPSR 7898)
National Survey of Family Growth, 1976 (ICPSR 8181)
National Survey of Family Growth, 1982 (ICPSR 8328)
National Survey of Family Growth, 1988 (ICPSR 9473)
National Survey of Family Growth, 1995 (ICPSR 6960)
National Survey of Family Growth, 2002 (ICPSR 4157)
Description of Variables: Variables include sociodemographic, union history, pregnancy, fertility and pregnancy interval variables. These include variables related to: birth and date of interview; education; family structure in the respondent's childhood; life on farms; geography; household roster; income; respondent's mother; nativity; geographical origin; race and ethnicity; religion; marital status; urbanicity; employment; dates of marriage, divorce, and death of husbands; dates of cohabitation; age at marriage; husband characteristics; subsample filter variables; weights and standard error codes; menstruation; adoption; non-biological children; fertility assistance; fertility intentions; and pregnancy including outcomes, dates, contraception, nursing and additional variables.
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Wiener dog race in Washington
Owners showed off their miniature dachshunds on the track at the 17th Annual Kent & Alan Wiener Dog Races at Emerald Downs in Auburn. Three heats of short-legged competition had crowds cheering and participating dog owners rooting for their own little canine athlete.
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Carmack said that the uncompressed build of Rage encompasses a terrabyte of data, and that id will need to use a "different type of compression" to fit the game on two dual-layer Xbox 360 DVDs.
When asked whether the difference will be significant, Carmack noted that "hero shots" should look similar, but that Xbox 360 players might find a rock that is more blurry when exploring the periphery of Rage's world.
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According to Carmack, the royalty fees to include a third disc in the Xbox 360 version would be so high that it simply isn't a feasible solution, with the programmer hoping for Microsoft to make a concession. He stressed that the issue is merely a storage problem and has nothing to do with the power of the Xbox 360 hardware, while adding that the PlayStation 3's Blu-ray format is Sony's one leg up on the competition.
Carmack also noted his belief that neither Doom 4 or Rage will be digitally distributed online, as id isn't looking into that sort of distribution for its major titles at this point.
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Wednesday, 6 November 2013
The 2013 Challenge, day 8: Through the Gaick Forest (5)
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A gentle stroll through the Highlands of Scotland with the occasional photograph of wonderful sights seen along the way. This blog charts my experiences on the TGO Challenge - the world's premier backpacking event. The Challenge is to plan and execute your own unsupported foot crossing of Scotland, from the West coast to the East coast, and takes place during 15 days each May. Sounds easy? Think again! Sounds your sort of thing? Then read and enjoy ... and come join us some time!


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Runic Games has announced that Torchlight II will release at the same price point of the original game. It will be $19.99 when it comes to downloadable services later this year. Given the response toward the first game, it only makes sense to imitate success.
"It's always been our goal to provide exceptional value for the price," said CEO Max Schaefer in the announcement.
"Everyone who wants to play Torchlight II will be able to comfortably afford to do so, and they'll be able to play with their friend online or via a LAN, or play single player offline, all with no further purchases."
Runic also announced the fourth and final playable class, the Embermage. The lore page for the Embermage details her powers, which include the usual elemental spells along with manipulation of time and space. In context of the game, this means teleporting to a better position for her dual blades. She joins the Outlander, Berserker, and Engineer.
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TAUNTON — A city woman was arrested Tuesday afternoon after a confrontation with police responding to a report of a heroin overdose.
Alexandria Anderson, 26, was arrested in her apartment at 549 Bay St. and charged with witness intimidation and being present where heroin is kept.
Anderson allegedly became enraged and berated the sister of a 28-year-old woman who had overdosed — after the woman told police where her sister was stashing half a gram of heroin in the apartment.
Emergency personnel had to administer three doses of the heroin antidote Narcan to revive the victim, who was then brought to Morton Hospital to be evaluated.
Tuesday's incident marked the 67th heroin overdose in Taunton since the beginning of 2014, police said.
Anderson allegedly told police when she picked up the victim and her sister that morning she assumed the vicitm was simply drunk, which is why she told her to go to bed and "sleep it off."
The victim's 27-year-old sister, however, told police she knew her sister had used heroin earlier that day. She also said when she decided to wake her up, the woman was making gasping and snoring noises and was beginning to turn blue.
The victim, police said, later told them this was her second recent overdose, but declined to provide details of what had happened to her that day.
Before she screamed at the victim's sister, police said Anderson repeatedly stated that an official from the Department of Children and Families had visited that morning, and that she would not tolerate illegal drugs to be kept in her apartment.
There is no reference in the police report of a child residing in the apartment.
Police did not charge the victim's sister with a crime. They said by calling 911 to report the overdose, she is protected by the state's Good Samaritan Law, which shields anyone from criminal prosecution who reports an emergency related to a drug overdose.
Just before telling them where they could find the contraband, police said the victim's sister became emotional, and stated she didn't "want to see anyone else die" from heroin overdoses, which police say has claimed five lives during the past six weeks.
The victim and her sister were involved in an early morning disturbance involving a loud party at another Bay Street apartment in February 2012. Both were charged with disorderly conduct; the sister of the woman who overdosed Tuesday was also charged with assault and resisting arrest.
The woman who overdosed previously has been arrested and found guilty of charges including driving under the influence, driving on a suspended license and disorderly conduct, according to district court records. The last time she was on probation was in 2012, records show.
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Walker, Vicki Weis' prize Shetland Sheep Dog, finally walked off with a Best of Show.
Last May, the Gazette did a story about Vicki Weis of Redwood Falls, and about how she attends up to 30 dog shows a year with the Shetland Sheep Dogs ("shelties") she breeds.
Here is how the Gazette described Weis's goal last summer:
"...Weis prefers the contests in which the dogs are judged for features such as bone structure, size, movement, and expression.
"I'm trying to get the perfect sheltie," she said.
Weis may be getting close. Currently she owns a sheltie named Walker who has won 'Best of Breed' at 28 different shows, and was ranked the number seven of his breed in all the United States last year."
Well, on Saturday, Feb. 16, Walker cane close to perfection, walking away with a Best of Show at the Cyclone Country Kennel Club of Ames, Iowa dog show.
To get "Best of Show", Walker beat out 1,171 other dogs of all other breeds to be judged the best groomed and behaved in the contest.
Weis bought Walker from a breeder in Washington state when he was eight weeks old.
"When I got him, I said I wanted to name him Walker, and the breeder said, 'He's going to be a walk in the park,'" Weis said.
"He was born to show. His personality is bubbly; everyone just falls in love with him."
Being named "Best of Breed" is a big deal in itself, but Walker is used to that. He's already cleaned up in those competitions many times, and has spent most of his two and a half years being listed as one of the top sheltie show dogs in the United States.
Ironically, Weis almost didn't get to see her long-time goal of Walker winning a Best of Show because of puppies at home.
Walker has sired puppies all across the world, from Japan to various states in the U.S. But a litter of his puppies was due to be born in Redwood at about the same time as the show in Ames.
Weis couldn't stand it, and took a chance. She attended the Ames show, saw Walker win, then rushed home just in time to help deliver his five daughters and one son.
Unfortunately, Walker won't be back home in Redwood Falls to see them until March. Currently he's out on the road with his full time handler, Karen Munster of Illinois.
It is Munster's job to show Walker and other dogs at shows while Weis takes care of her other dogs at home.
"When Walker is at home he enjoys just being a dog," Weis laughed.


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Great Expectations: Arrive Early for a Sellout
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In his classic novel Great Expectations, Charles Dickens says: "Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There's no better rule." What a great mantra for Nebraska men's basketball right now. Picked to finish last in the Big Ten Conference, fans didn't know what to think about how the Huskers might look this season. But with six wins in their first seven games, including decisive back-to-back wins at Wake Forest and at home against USC, Nebraska fans – and former players – are seeing early signs of positive evidence.
The result of that evidence is a possible sellout crowd Thursday at 7 p.m. when the Huskers host No. 16 Creighton in a marquee non-conference matchup in season No. 36 – the final one at the Devaney Center.
Since this game will not be carried on television anywhere, less than 1,000 tickets remain and can be purchased for $20 (regular seats) or $10 (standing-room-only). "We're expecting a sellout and encouraging fans to arrive early so they're in their seats well before tipoff," Nebraska Executive Associate AD Marc Boehm said Wednesday. "There's a lot of excitement for this matchup, and we want to make sure fans plan accordingly."
Ray Gallegos: One of Nation's Hottest Shooters
The excitement revolves around a powerful Creighton team coached by a man whose son is a returning first-team All-American and a Nebraska team led by Ray Gallegos, a 6-2 junior guard who might be one of the nation's hottest shooters following back-to-back 20-point games against Wake Forest and USC. In his first two seasons at Nebraska, Gallegos made 21 3-pointers. In his first seven games this season, he's bulls-eyed 23 "from downtown".
Gallegos' long-range firepower keyed the Huskers' 63-51 win over USC but let's not forget the hot hand of Andre Almeida, the 6-11½, 314-pound senior center who has made 24 of his 28 shots in his last five games for a staggering 85.7 percent.
Remember, this is a series in which the home team has prevailed while shooting on its own rims for seven consecutive years, so familiarity and atmosphere could be mutually beneficial. If the game does achieve sellout status, it will be Nebraska's first non-conference sellout in six years.
Unless you plan to hop on ESPN3.com's online-only platform, you won't be able to see what Husker Sports Network announcers Kent Pavelka and Matt Davison have been describing on radio during the Huskers' impressive 6-1 start. ESPN3.com is a subscription-only, high-speed internet service (http://espn.go.com/watchespn/affList). The game also is available on the WatchESPN app for customers in participating cable systems and can be heard for free on Huskers.com through an app that accommodates iOS or android devices.
Eric Piatkowski Scorched KU in 1994 Sellout
If a sellout becomes reality, it will seem like old times for the second-leading scorer in Nebraska basketball history. Eric Piatkowski will be honored Thursday night for one of his most memorable moments at the Devaney Center, which was sold out on Feb. 23, 1994 when he scored 33 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in the Huskers' 96-87 win over No. 10 Kansas.
Interestingly, Tim Miles became the first Husker basketball coach since 1920 to win his first road game when the Huskers scored 51 second-half points to top Wake Forest, 79-63 last week.
Husker fans smart enough to buy a ticket and get inside the Devaney for this game can make a little history of their own Thursday night. Beginning at 5:30 p.m., fans can sign the last steel beam that will be hoisted into Lincoln's Pinnacle Bank Arena. They also can use their ticket to gain access to the beam on display in the Hendricks Training Complex at halftime.
Fans unable to attend Thursday night's game can sign the same historic beam Friday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Iron Horse Park in the Haymarket district. The signing there will coincide with the Haymarket's First Friday Art Walk.
Devaney Transformation Will Surprise You
"If fans have been waiting to see the transformation at the Devaney, Thursday night would be a good time to help us pack the house and experience our new era," Boehm said. "We've gone to great lengths in remodeling a facility named in honor of Coach Devaney. People are pleasantly surprised when they see our new concourses with bigger rest rooms and better concession facilities."
The Huskers' also lauched an energetic drum line for the pregame lineup introduction and have changed up the music and the overall atmosphere to encourage and inspire more fan interaction. "Everything's new and different – from the Spirit Squad routines to the band's choice of music," Boehm said. "We're getting good feedback on the Red Zone and the music mix, and we would love nothing more than to see our fans snap up every standing-room-only ticket and be so entertained that they don't even want to sit down."
Great expectations are part of the pregame lineup introduction, and Tim Miles knows the ultimate rule of competitive entertainment. The evidence will depend on which side of the scoreboard his team finishes in the last game Nebraska and Creighton will ever play at the Devaney.
Important Parking Directions for All Fans
So buy your tickets now, leave home early, arrive at the Devaney early and help Nebraska sell out an historic game. All ticket windows and gates will open at 5:30 p.m.
To avoid traffic delays around the Devaney Center, fans with single-game tickets are strongly encouraged to enter the parking lots along Salt Creek Roadway to avoid excessive waiting. From the North, enter from North Fair Park Drive (29th and Cornhusker) and stay on that road to the public cashier entrance. From the South, the best way to enter the public lots is to stay on Salt Creek Roadway to the public cashiers after 14th Street (the Military Drive entrance is primarily for donor/season ticket parking).
Boehm wants fans in their seats early so they can contribute to the atmosphere and be ready for tip-off when first-year Husker P.A. announcer Doc Wininger says: "Now, gentlemen: LET'S PLAY BASKETBALL!"
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