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Thursday, June 12, 2008
Big "NASCAR TV Friday" For Fans
With all of NASCAR's national touring series underway this weekend there is hardly room on the TV schedule for the Friday action. SPEED and ESPN2 will be the NASCAR TV partners on-the-air with a long day of all types of programming.
It will be SPEED's John Roberts who will kick-off the day from Michigan with NASCAR Live at 11AM Eastern Time. This thirty-minute edition will set-up the schedule and review the news stories with Hermie Sadler reporting for Roberts from the garage area.
Next up will be the Sprint Cup Series cars on the track at Michigan for practice at 11:30AM. It will be Steve Byrnes calling the action with Jeff Hammond and Larry McReynolds alongside in the booth. Down in the garage will be TNT's Ralph Shaheen and Marty Snider. Practice should run about ninety minutes.
Roberts returns to run-down the teams outside of the Top 35 who must qualify on time in the Go or Go Home show at 1PM. This fast-paced program has veterans Randy Pemberton and Bob Dillner talking to the teams in question from the garage.
It will be the Craftsman Truck teams who take to the track for practice at 1:30PM. That will bring Rick Allen and Phil Parsons on-the-air along with Ray Dunlap and Adam Alexander as reporters. Michael Waltrip may be able to make this session, depending on his Sprint Cup duties.
The big boys come back for Sprint Cup qualifying at 3PM. Byrnes, Hammond and McReynolds return and this time it will be Matt Yocum and TNT's Lindsay Czarniak handling the interviews on the grid.
On a non-NASCAR note, it will be the ARCA Re/Max Series running in Michigan after qualifying is over at around 5PM. This is a big track, and this season lots of ARCA competitors have the old NEXTEL Cup cars underneath them. It should be interesting.
ESPN2 will be next, and this one should be a challenge. First, it will be NASCAR Now at 6PM for thirty minutes. This TV series has been walking a very careful line since a civil lawsuit was filed by a former NASCAR employee claiming both sexual and racial harassment against the sanctioning body.
Friday will finally bring more definitive reporting and information. Only thirty minutes after NASCAR Now is over, ESPN2 will televise Nationwide Series practice.
ESPN has all the Nationwide Series races, the final seventeen Sprint Cup Series races and the only daily NASCAR show on TV. The company is by far NASCAR's biggest TV partner. ESPN also prides itself on its sports news reputation.
How ESPN2 deals with the lawsuit issue in the studio and at the track is going to be a interesting to watch. As so often happens when things are tough, it will be TV veteran Marty Reid handling the hosting duties from Kentucky Speedway with Rusty Wallace and Andy Petree alongside. Reid is not one to mince words, and is the announcer who called-out Boris Said earlier on NASCAR Now.
While there is no doubt that this team will cover the Nationwide stories like Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski, they cannot avoid the wave that is slowly building and heading directly for the Nationwide beach. What Wallace and Petree say or do not say about the Grant lawsuit will be watched very carefully by a lot of fans.
This topic will spill-over onto SPEED as Trackside is up next at 8PM from the SPEED Stage in Michigan. Byrnes, Hammond, McReynolds and Elliott Sadler are going to have to deal with some uncomfortable issues on this episode. Scheduled guests include Kasey Kahne and AJ Allmendinger.
The NASCAR TV night closes with Tradin' Paint at 11PM. Perhaps, media guest Joe Menzer from NASCAR.com had no idea what an exciting program awaited him when he agreed to appear.
Panelist Kyle Petty only Wednesday announced a merger of Petty Racing with an investment banking firm and now a multi-million dollar racial and sexual harassment suit has been filed by a former Nationwide Series official. John Roberts will do his best as host to organize this thirty minute program.
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34 comments:
- SonicAD said...
And it'll probably all be for naught, as the weather for tomorrow looks terrible. I think most of the Michigan action tomorrow will be rained out, as will the Nationwide practices in Kentucky. Severe weather supposed to hit both tracks at some point during the day, maybe a possibility of tornadoes. I know there's Tornado Watches and Warnings tonight just a little to the north of me here in West Michigan. Tomorrow doesn't look any better down southeast.
- June 12, 2008 at 11:07 PM
- Anonymous said...
I live in Northern Illinois and we've had these storms just about every single day! I can handle the storms, but not with all these bad tornado warnings!!! It's getting pretty tiring, that's for sure!! But it'll be all SPEED tv for me all weekend. Just hope nothing at the track gets rained out! I'll keep my fingers crossed. That makes for a long long weekend for the drivers & crew.
- June 12, 2008 at 11:33 PM
- glenng said...
Well we can bet one thing for sure. The race won't start till late in the day when we have rain chances. GOD forbid we race early when the sun is shining.
- June 13, 2008 at 6:57 AM
- Anonymous said...
The TV folks can and will ignore the lawsuit. They act as if they must keep NASCAR happy, which is funny, since the networks are the [b]customers[/b] who paid for the right to carry the race they broadcast.
But there will be nary a mention of the lawsuit this weekend.
- June 13, 2008 at 7:19 AM
- Lou,Kingston,NY said...
OK, 1123am. Coverage ok, like Bob D interview w/the dvr of the 43.
- June 13, 2008 at 11:25 AM
- jfs-va said...
Weather seems pretty nice at the speedway right now. Ahh, the joys of working from home and with a tv right next to my computer. :>)
- June 13, 2008 at 11:29 AM
- Anonymous said...
JD, you can't honestly believe that Trackside will bring up the lawsuit, can you? Their mission is purely promos and puff pieces. They are there to pump up the fans and interview a couple of drivers about "how is your season going?", nothing more.
- June 13, 2008 at 11:30 AM
- Lisa Hogan said...
I won't be able to watch any coverage until tonight.
For me personally, I have read/heard all that I want to read/hear about the lawsuit for now. It has been filed. Nothing else to discuss until something new happens with the lawsuit itself. Don't need to be informed of the PR for either side.
Same amount of coverage as the male, who recently lost his lawsuit against NASCAR, would be appropriate.
- June 13, 2008 at 12:33 PM
- Lou,Kingston,NY said...
I can not help it JD, The #7 third in practice.YES!!! Thanks. Gotta agree w/Lisa. I think we should let it play out. And from comments that I have read, let it just play out in the system. And any information we get on the blog or from other blogs it is just another reason that I am glad I served my country for 30 yrs so we can express our opinions. It will shake out in the end. If we agree w/it or not. Anyway, enjoy the coverage today, (yea,LOL work nights, still up.) love your blog. still on.
- June 13, 2008 at 1:11 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
That is what makes TV fun to watch. We never really know how things will shake-out until they happen.
We have seen folks like Jimmy Spencer and Kyle Petty and Rusty Wallace address issues that were controversial in the past.
While we might think things will go one way or another, we can only wait and watch NASCAR Now, Trackside and RaceDay.
I wonder how AB will deal with this on NASCAR Countdown from Kentucky at a stand-alone Nationwide Series race.
Bottom line is, just as I mentioned, there is a wave building and headed for the NASCAR beach.
- June 13, 2008 at 2:24 PM
- Lisa Hogan said...
A $225M wave, JD?? :)
- June 13, 2008 at 2:36 PM
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- June 13, 2008 at 2:38 PM
- Lou,Kingston,NY said...
JD, why do I not believe the USAtoday articule that Gary 238pm mentions? Is it just a thing or what? I hope not. But like you said, out of context. "wave is building and headed for the NASCAR beach". Jim Hunter can fool some of us, but not all of us. Oh yea, I was born in daylight and not in the dark,LOL.....Our court system, gotta love it. This may get interesting in the future. Being from NY I relate this to the issue in NYC this year. And stuff like this only puts a black mark on the sport, be it basketball or NASCAR. baseball. or any other sport.
- June 13, 2008 at 3:09 PM
- Lou,Kingston,NY said...
OK, enough, lets enjoy qualifying. So much TV coverage, and enjoying it.
- June 13, 2008 at 3:23 PM
- Anonymous said...
I read a story in the Orlando paper where a reporter tried to contact ESPN to get Brad Daugherty to make a comment. An ESPN spokesman said Brad doesn't have anything to say.
This story is the big elephant in the room. Its going to be hard to ignore.
- June 13, 2008 at 3:53 PM
- red said...
for news junkies, a sad fyi: tim russert has died this afternoon of a heart attack while at work in the nbc studio. he was 58 years old.
very sad: political journalism has just suffered a big hit.
and now, back to nascar.
- June 13, 2008 at 4:04 PM
- stricklinfan82 said...
Let's just hope we still get some kind of TV coverage of the ARCA race tomorrow if it's rained out. Looks like quite a full Saturday of live racing on Speed already, so it would be a terrible happening if there's no room for the race on Speed.
JD, any whispers on what Speed's contignecy plan might be for the ARCA broadcast?
- June 13, 2008 at 4:26 PM
- Anonymous said...
Jim Hunter was just on Speed - if they can't run ARCA tonight it will be @ 8:30 am.
Cup quals canceled.
JD - anyone know if SPEED will show ARCA?
- June 13, 2008 at 4:30 PM
- Anonymous said...
@lou--I've never heard it said that way, but more like "I was born at night, but it wasn't last night"
@anon 4:30--Rick and Phil just said they're airing it tomorrow at 5:30 eastern after the Pick 'em ups. With the 24 hours of Le Mans that's the only window they have so luckily it was a "break" in the coverage already.
- June 13, 2008 at 5:07 PM
- Renata said...
I just read that the closed-door meeting referred to was to discuss the new car, not the lawsuit as probably implied.
According to the quotes from drivers on SceneDaiily, NASCAR basically wanted the drivers realize that good things about the sport were being "overshadowed" by their constant public criticism of the car.
Also I know this is a completely different story, but RIP to Tim Russert.
- June 13, 2008 at 5:07 PM
- stricklinfan82 said...
Well Speed just answered the ARCA TV question - it will be tape-delayed until right after the live Truck broadcast (at about 5:30).
Just one request if Rick Allen, Phil Parsons, Michael Waltrip, Krista Voda, Ray Dunlap, or Adam Alexander are reading this - please don't spoil the outcome of the ARCA race during the Truck broadcast like you did a few weeks ago as Kansas. If for some reason it is absolutely imperative to spoil the ARCA winner during the Truck broadcast it would be greatly appreciated if you could at least warn us before you say it so we can change the channel if we don't want to know.
I know I for one would like to be surprised about at the winner when I watch the tape-delayed ARCA race and I'm sure I'm not alone, so your help would be greatly appreciated :)
- June 13, 2008 at 5:12 PM
- Anonymous said...
David Poole already has commentary -a story and a blog - on the "closed door" meeting for the drivers to stop criticizing the COT on That's Racin.com.
Carl Edwards said he thought Helton merely wanted to remind Cup drivers that "we got it pretty good."
"You've got to be careful when you start complaining and whining and acting like things aren't that great," Edwards said. "It's detrimental to all of us and to the sport. He was making us aware of the weight of our comments, and you've got to take a moment and think about what we have here. I think that's a good little wake-up call there."
What's funny is David says he heard NASCAR's TV partners also got a talkin' to.
Drivers weren't the only people who got a talking to Friday. I was told that similar messages were delivered to the sport's television and radio "partners."
So it appears we will hear hours and hours of "everything's great in NASCAR" coverage the entire summer. I'm really starting to dislike NASCAR - not the drivers, just NASCAR - and it's starting to affect how I feel about the TV broadcasts, because they clamp down on anyone who has a contrasting thought from theirs.
NASCAR...bringing the Kremlin and the Politburo back, American-style! Or as David Poole calls it, a "come-to-Jesus" meeting. That fits too.
The phrase refers to the fervor with which a preacher might make his altar call at the close of a service. It's not meant to be sacrilegious. When you go to such a meeting, you don't get advice. You get admonition.
- June 13, 2008 at 6:15 PM
- Joan said...
WOW is it not bad enough the NA$CAR brass claim the drivers are "independent not employees of NA$CAR" and then tell them what they may or may not say, now they tell the media partners " no critical speak" welcome to 1984NA$CAR!
It amazes me - do they think we fans don't SEE whats on the track on raceday? Are they that arrogant? (yup)
- June 13, 2008 at 6:28 PM
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- June 13, 2008 at 6:40 PM
- Richard in N.C. said...
It is definitely wrong to tell someone what they can and cannot say - unless you tell someone something in confidence.
At the same time, drivers are notorious whiners - just ask Jeff Gordon - and don't like change. Now what they say is trumpeted, and twisted, around the world in a matter of hours. I want the drivers to speak frankly and honestly, but I see nothing wrong with they're being reminded that there is also a lot of good in the sport, and what they say has an impact.
Some drivers who complain constantly do look a little silly when Carl Edwards complains about almost nothing.
- June 13, 2008 at 7:03 PM
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- June 13, 2008 at 7:23 PM
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- June 13, 2008 at 7:35 PM
- Anonymous said...
Wow, I just watched the video of Marty Smith on the Hotlist (ESPN News) talking about the driver's meeting and the woman official's lawsuit. I usually like Marty, but he didn't come off well IMO. He came off as an apologist for NASCAR, which I usually don't think he does. Maybe since he was on a non-NASCAR show, it was more noticeable.
And Marty? When you're talking about a lawsuit with a racial aspect, maybe you shouldn't refer to it as "definitely bit of a black mark" for NASCAR. Just a poor choice of words for the particular issue.
The Hotlist phone interview with someone from USA Today was much better than Marty. Sorry Marty.
- June 13, 2008 at 7:48 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
It is going to be fascinating to see ESPN put in the position of being between a rock and a hard place.
Avoiding this issue is just not going to work, and having the NASCAR reporters address it may not be the best way to deal with it either...
Time for a little Bob Ley and Outside the Lines.
- June 13, 2008 at 8:03 PM
- Joan said...
Great idea to have Outside the Lines cover it, yet, ESPN will always be in a bit of a spot. Trying to make NA$CAR (brass) happy and do legit reporting. OTL isn't gonna mince words and may dig up a bit of the past history NA$CAR may not want light to shine on again.
Marty on the Hotlist looked very uncomfy, and the "black mark " comment as Anon @7:48 said was a really bad choice of words.
- June 13, 2008 at 8:14 PM
- Anonymous said...
Is it known when Tradin' Paint and NASCAR Performance were taped? I'm curious what impact the NASCAR missive to be more positive will have on those shows since we hear that the media as well as drivers/owners recieved the dressing down.
- June 13, 2008 at 8:18 PM
- Anonymous said...
The guys on Trackside are not clicking tonight. Say what you will about DW, you knew he was excited to be there. Maybe everyone is tired. they seem to have a hard time talking tonight with any energy. And Steve Byrnes is using every opportunity in a question or answer to plug other SPEED shows and it is awkward the way he does it.
On the plus side, Kasey Kahne is more animated than usual and seems willing to talk, but unfortunately the guys aren't doing anything with that. They're just off tonight.
One last thing: what was with the filmed highlight reel from the Dover race "presented by Sprint" being on Trackside about 15 minutes into the program? Seems like this highlights package should be on This week in NASCAR because it was several minutes long. Trackside is supposed to be about live interviews, not a taped wrapup of last week's race. I hope they're not headed away from live stuff.
Again, this show is off tonight. Hopefully it's a one time thing.
- June 13, 2008 at 8:34 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
I have a new post for your comments as we are going to watch the TV and NASCAR Internet media cover this breaking story over the weekend.
This will keep it away from the racing issues and let it be talked about directly. Remember, we are watching the media, not debating the lawsuit.
- June 13, 2008 at 8:48 PM
- SophiaZ123 said...
Interesting to hear Trackside guys were off...wonder what was up with that. I was out listening to music and missed the whole evening except for TP which was disappointing.
Yes, DW was always happe to be on tv...and the fact "taped video" packages are taking up more time in LIVE CONVERSATION shows is disappointing to hear.
Seems to be the norm with SPEED these days. :(
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Clisty wrote back, "Dawn I challenge you to a purse dump blog post."
So, here it is. It isn't pretty. Parental guidance is suggested. You may have to avert your eyes at times.
No normal sized purse for me thankyouverymuch.
I put my purse on the scale to weigh it first. 9.8 pounds. OK, so it doesn't weigh as much as my toddler, but it's close.
Let the dumping begin.
a container of diapers and wipes - normal and necessary
pics of the kiddos - what any good mom should have in their purse
Jackson's CD - I'm not sure why this is in my purse...
a book, stamps, my wallet and Jackson's wallet - I'm sure I have a perfectly good reason for having his wallet in my purse.
Jackson's old eyeglass case - It's empty. I have no clue why it's in my purse, but it might come in handy one day. You know, if I get a new pair of glasses. And they forget to give me a case for them.
a case of business cards, my memory card adapter thingy and my headphones
misc. cards - some are business cards, some are rewards cards, some are gift cards. I'm pretty sure I've never used the one for the fabric store. Ever.
Well, look at that. I have 3 Lego cards. You know why? Because every time I go to a Lego store, I can't find my punch card, so they give me a new one. Each one has 3 or 4 stamps in it.
Shhhh, don't tell my dentist about all the gum.
Ummm, a couple batteries and a luggage lock. I lost the key to the lock on my way home from Sonoma because I left the key dangling from the lock when I checked my luggage. I still have the lock because I'm pretty sure the airline is going to call me any day now and say, "We found a key to a lock and we're pretty sure it belongs to you, Mrs. Meehan." And the batteries are in my purse because - well, you just never know when you're going to need them.
Here we have half a tomato, a fairy and an ant. All reasonable things to carry in a purse.
My phone, my bluetooth Jawbone, and my Flip (because you just never know when someone like Ty Pennington might walk by and that's the kind of thing you want to get on film, my friends.)
These are some segments Jackson earned when he was in Cub Scouts. He hasn't been in Cub Scouts for 2 years. I'm going to sew them on his vest any day now.
My books are on here. Well, actually I need to update this because if my computer crashes, I'll lose about 10,000 from my second book.
a little plastic pizza - you know, in case someone gets hungry.
Jackson's DS game. Sigh, ok, I'm running out of excuses for having all this stuff in my purse.
Yes, there are 15 coupons for Bed, Bath & Beyond. One of these days I'm going to use them. Yes I am.
2008 calendar, 2009-10 calendar, a book about Wings women's shelter, and my book because you just never know when an opportunity will arise for you to whip out your book and make a fool of yourself to a complete stranger.
8 pens - more than half of these were umm borrowed from hotels. What?! They're just pens. At least I didn't pull a Ross and take the salt from the shakers!
One of the kids' notebooks full of interesting drawings.
a paper which had an important phone number on it. Clay got ahold of it and now it has an important phone number on one side and CLAYTON written on the other.
a receipt from my train ride last week
A gum wrapper. Hey, you never know when you might need to spit out a piece of gum. Eventually gum loses flavor and you must discard it. Well, where are you going to spit it? Into the wrapper, of course!
Ahhh yes, the compact I got when I went to Johnson & Johnson's Camp Baby last year. Yes, it does really say, "What's happening down there? Let's talk about bladder prolapse." I remember this talk well. I think it began something like this...
"Do you ever leak urine when you sneeze? How about when you laugh?"
At this point, I started cracking up (and of course, had to excuse myself to use the bathroom.)
These are ear drops from when Clay and Lexi had tubes put in their ears over a year ago.
misc. stuff - epi-pen (I think this can be packed away since bees aren't prevalent in DECEMBER!), nail polish, several bottles of lotion, rubber bands, Advil, perfume, tissues, Dentabursts, rice paper, tampon, SpongeBob bandaid, you know - the usual stuff you need in a purse
9 things of lipstick/gloss/chapstick. What?! I believe in the Boy Scout motto - BE PREPARED! You never know when you might need to regloss.
I'd like to clean out my purse, but really I can't think of a single thing that I can take out. I mean, I only have the absolute essentials in my purse.

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Clinical Trials
Raltegravir + Lopinavir/Ritonavir Versus Efavirenz + Tenofovir + Emtricitabine in Treatment Naive Patients
California Collaborative Treatment Group
California HIV/AIDS Research Program
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Information provided by (Responsible Party)
California Collaborative Treatment Group
First received: September 13, 2008
Last updated: March 31, 2014
Last Verified: March 2014
History of Changes
CCTG 589 is a randomized, open-label, pilot study comparing the efficacy, safety and
tolerability of RAL plus LPV/r to EFV plus TDF/FTC in HIV-infected, treatment-naïve subjects.
Subjects will be ineligible if they have any evidence of drug resistant virus in the past or
at the time of screening (if never previously tested). Those who are found to be eligible
will be randomized 1:1 to initiate either LPV/r (400/100 mg) plus RAL (400mg), both given
twice-daily, or fixed dose combination of EFV (600 mg), TDF (300 mg) and FTC (200 mg) given
as once-daily Atripla® for 48 weeks.
- The novel nucleoside-sparing combination of LPV/r + RAL will have a faster phase 1 viral
decay rate compared to standard-of-care therapy with EFV/TDF/FTC in antiretroviral-naïve
- Faster phase 1 viral decay dynamics will be associated with improved longer-term (week 48) viral suppression.
- Faster phase 1 viral decay dynamics will be associated with accelerated early (Day 0-14) clearance of cell-associated HIV DNA.
- Faster phase 1 viral decay dynamics will be associated with greater early (baseline to week 12) CD4+ T-cell recovery.
- The LPV/r + RAL arm will have greater decreases in early (baseline to week 4) CD4/CD8 T-cell immune activation and apoptosis which will be associated with greater late (week 12 to week 48) CD4+ T-cell recovery.
- Subjects treated with LPV/r + RAL arm will have smaller changes in total cholesterol and
HIV Infections
Drug : Kaletra + Isentress
Drug : Atripla
Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Nucleoside-Sparing Combination Therapy With Lopinavir/Ritonavir (LPV/r) + Raltegravir (RAL) vs. Efavirenz (EFV) + Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate + Emtricitabine (TDF/FTC) in Antiretroviral-Naïve Patients
Further study details as provided by California Collaborative Treatment Group:
Primary Outcome Measures
- To compare the phase 1 viral decay rates between LPV/r + RAL vs. EFV/TDF/FTC treatment combinations. [ Time Frame: 14 days ]
- To determine the antiviral efficacy of LPV/r + RAL compared to EFV/TDF/FTC after 48 weeks of treatment. [ Time Frame: 48 weeks ]
- To compare early (baseline to week 12) and late (week 12 to week 48) CD4+ T-cell recovery rates between treatment regimens. [ Time Frame: 48 weeks ]
- To evaluate the association of phase 1 viral decay dynamics (baseline to day 14) on phase 1 (baseline to week 12) CD4+ T-cell recovery. [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]
- To evaluate the association of early changes in immune subsets (baseline to week 4) on phase 2 (week 12 to week 48) CD4+ T-cell recovery [ Time Frame: 48 weeks ]
- To evaluate the safety and tolerability of this novel nucleoside-sparing combination of LPV/r + RAL compared to EFV/TDF/FTC therapy [ Time Frame: 48 weeks ]
|Study Start Date:
|September 2008
|Study Completion Date:
|November 2010
|Primary Completion Date:
|November 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Kaletra (lopinavir/ritonavir 400/100 mg) + Isentress (Raltegravir 400 mg) twice-daily
Kaletra + Isentress
kaletra 2 tabs twice a day + Raltegravir 1 tab twice a day
Other Name: lopinavir ritonavir raltegravir
Active Comparator:
Sustiva (EFV 600 mg), Viread (TDF 300 mg) and Emtriva (FTC 200 mg) taken as Atripla® once-daily
Atripla 1 tab once a day
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Documented HIV-1 infection.
- Treatment naïve (defined as having never received any HIV antiretroviral agents in past).
- CD4+ T-cell count greater than or equal to 50 cells/mm3
- HIV viral load greater than or equal to 5,000 copies/mL
- Laboratory values obtained by screening laboratories within 30 days of entry:
- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) greater than 750/mm3.
- Hemoglobin greater than 8.0 g/dL.
- Platelet count greater than 50,000/mm3.
- Calculated creatinine clearance (CrCl) > 60 mL/min as estimated by the
Cockcroft-Gault equation:
- For men, (140 - age in years) x (body weight in kg) ÷ (serum creatinine in mg/dL x 72) = CrCl (mL/min)
- For women, multiply the result by 0.85 = CrCl (mL/min)
- AST (SGOT), ALT (SGPT), and alkaline phosphatase less than 5 x ULN.
- Total bilirubin less than 2.5 x ULN.
- Females of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test at screening and agree to use a double-barrier method of contraception throughout the study period.
- Men and women age greater than or equal to 18 years.
- Ability to obtain prescription for HIV antiretroviral medications and to have required prescriptions filled prior to entry.
- Ability and willingness of subject to give written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnancy or breast-feeding
- Serious illness requiring systemic treatment and/or hospitalization until subject either completes therapy or is clinically stable on therapy, in the opinion of the investigator, for at least 30 days prior to study entry (day 0).
- Acute therapy for serious infection or other serious medical illnesses (in the judgment of the site investigator) requiring systemic treatment and/or hospitalization within 14 days prior to study entry (day 0).
- Evidence of HIV seroconversion within 6 months prior to study entry.
- Evidence of any major HIV drug resistance-associated mutation on any genotype performed prior to study entry or at the time of screening.
- History of chronic hepatitis C (defined as HCV antibody positive and HCV RNA detectable).
- History of chronic active hepatitis B (defined as surface antigen positive and/or HBV DNA detectable).
- Active drug or alcohol use or dependence that, in the opinion of the investigator, would interfere with adherence to study requirements.
- Use of any immunomodulator, HIV vaccine, or investigational therapy within 30 days of study entry.
- Use of human growth hormone within 30 days prior to study entry.
- Initiation of testosterone or anabolic steroids within 30 days prior to study entry.
Contacts and LocationsChoosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision.Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below.For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00752856
Locations Show More
|United States, California
|Living Hope Clinical Foundation
|Long Beach, California, United States, 90813
|University Southern California
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 90033
|Univerisity California Irvine
|Orange, California, United States, 92868
|Desert AIDS Project
|Palm Springs, California, United States, 92262
|University California San Diego
|San Diego, California, United States, 92103
|Torrance, California, United States, 90502
Sponsors and CollaboratorsCalifornia Collaborative Treatment Group
California HIV/AIDS Research Program
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
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|Responsible Party:
|California Collaborative Treatment Group
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00752856 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|September 13, 2008
|Last Updated:
|March 31, 2014
Keywords provided by California Collaborative Treatment Group:HIV treatment
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Raltegravir Potassium
Efavirenz, Emtricitabine, Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate Drug Combination
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this data on July 20, 2018
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"Looks like we are both leaving," Tylo tweeted in response to a fan's question. "More on my site soon."
She later confirmed his last airdate would be July 3, which happens to be her birthday. And then posted more details at HunterTylo.com.
"I am getting bombarded with questions to quell rumors, and here in my forum, I will clarify that Jackie and I are (coincidentally) off our contracts," the actress posted. "I have been very successful outside of B&B and I have no doubt she will be too. And more so, because she is free and single to travel all over the world.
"For me, contract talks ended four weeks ago," she continued. "I am moving forward and opening back up to the thousands of acting roles available, writing and pursuing my skin care line. My friends and B&B fans will be sorely missed. But don't worry! I'll keep you posted of my every new adventure."
Tylo has played the role of Taylor (Hayes) Forrester since 1990.
- Darin Brooks Joins THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, Debuts In BLOOMERS


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Oh yes, another hard boiled egg cookie! This time we invited oatmeal, raisins and walnuts to join the party! And what a great party it was!
I meant to have written this post earlier, but I do have to work sometimes. Haven't you read my last post where I gave a Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe made with hard boilded egg? Well did you think me, Anna and Katrina would finish there? Oh no! We then made an Oatmeal version!
This time the 3 of us came up with 3 slightly different recipes and although I haven't tasted theirs I can say they were probably equally delicious. In fact Katrina that is a chocolate girl said that from all the cookies she made using hard boiled eggs, this one was her favourite!
AMAZING HARD BOILED EGG OATMEAL COOKIES (Small Batch)
- 2.4 oz all purpose flour (1/2 cup)
- 2 ounces butter (4 tablespoons)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1/2 tablespoon honey
- 1/4 of a hard boiled egg or 1 tbsp egg cooked in the microwave
- 1/2 tablespoon cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup oatmeal (slightly ground)
- 1 tbsp chopped walnuts
- 1 tbsp raisins
That was my version, check Anna's Oatmeal Cookies here and Katrina's here!
Now do you think that would be the end of the hard boiled egg madness? Nop, it wasn't! Anna still experimented with an amazing looking Double Chocolate Hard Boiled Egg Cookie! Check it out here! I have yet to make some, but Katrina allready gave them a try and aproved! Check the ones she made here, plus some more Oatmeal ones made with whole wheat flour! Don't my cookie friends rock?!
Maybe we're a bit hard boiled egged out now, so I think we will go back to baking with raw eggs again!
Before I drown myself in work again I would like to thank 3 nice girls for 3 nice awards! Mão na Massa sent me the Prémio Dardos, Lisa gave me the Chocoholic Award (really Lisa, how did you guess?) and Alexa awarded me the Excellent blog award! Thank you so much!
Now go boil some eggs, go!


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Sunday, October 7, 2007
Sunday's "NASCAR Now" Different Without Bill Lester
UPDATE: For those of you asking, Jayski.com chose not to link this story. That is Jay's right as the editor of that website. You can make your own judgements about the fact that ESPN owns the Jayski.com website.
"You want wild, we got wild." said NASCAR Now host Erik Kuselias about the track at Talladega, AL. "This is the place with its own infield jail."
So began the Sunday morning one hour edition of NASCAR Now, the most talked-about racing TV program of 2007.
Kuselias had on the set with him current Truck Series driver Stacy Compton and Dallas Morning News columnist Tim Cowlishaw. This trio has been playing out the same strange scenario for several months now. Sunday morning's show was no different.
Kuselias makes outrageous statements, often in the form of a question. The pattern is to hype a certain topic using help from Cowlishaw, and then give Compton a small amount of time to speak to the racing reality.
The biggest story of this week for those outside the ESPN bubble was the continuing problem between ESPN and Tony Stewart. In this program, the "voice of the fans" Brad Daugherty was put in the position of actually reporting on the fact that he had talked to Tony.
That's right, instead of a Tony interview, Daugherty was put on-camera talking "for Tony" about "what Tony was thinking" and "how Tony was feeling." He actually had to say those words several times in his piece.
Once again, Daugherty was ESPN's fall guy. If Daugherty had talked to Stewart, could he have maybe brought a camera along? A sound man? Then ESPN could have taped the interview, and NASCAR Now viewers could be watching Tony Stewart instead of Daugherty talk about the issues. The network had three days to get Tony Stewart do to an interview for this show...and failed.
It is obvious that Stewart and ESPN are on different wavelengths. It is high time that the ESPN executives sit-down with this high-profile driver and settle these issues. They cannot wait any longer to clear the air. If this issue blows-up again it could over-shadow The Chase itself and that would not be fair.
One big mistake that NASCAR Now has created simply to fill time in this one hour show is a feature called The Eliminator. Supposedly, it uses data from past races to pick a winner analytically and without the "human factor" involved. Basically, to race fans, its hilarious.
Imagine having the focus of this program shift from talking about the upcoming event to everyone on the show being forced to pick a winner against an artificially created TV feature? The minutes of this show burned-up with this could be better used to go and stay at the track for better race preview coverage. This is where ESPN is light years behind SPEED.
Kuselias said the Eliminator was "like an Oz...and its scientific" when Cowlishaw complained about this ridiculous feature. Compton was more succinct in his response to the Eliminator's "pick" of Kasey Kahne. He said "absolutely not." As the season roars down the stretch, the best thing NASCAR Now could do is "eliminate" this concept and focus this one hour on track side activity and a recap of all the NASCAR action from Friday and Saturday.
ESPN has used rookie reporter Shannon Spake in many roles this season, but NASCAR Now has really featured her in key interviews. Why Brad Daugherty has not been able to share this work load is unclear, but Spake interviewed Greg Biffle on this day and missed the boat in pinning him down about running out of gas at Kansas. Only a few hours later, Biffle would appear on tape during RaceDay, and admit to Wendy Venturini that he had run out of gas and the fuel light was on.
Spake also interviewed Jacque Villeneuve on his weekend racing in both the Truck and the Cup Series. She appeared right after the Craftsman Truck race highlights, but her interview never mentioned the Truck Series race, in which Villeneuve crashed.
This was the entire point, that Villeneuve had crashed in the Truck Series after swerving to avoid Trucks that were simply heading to pit road. None of the appropriate questions were asked of this open-wheel veteran. This is typical of the problems with NASCAR Now, sometimes the pieces don't fit together.
Last week, after a season of struggle, both Compton and Cowlishaw did not appear on the Sunday show. The new face on-the-air for ESPN was NASCAR veteran Bill Lester. An ESPN spokesperson told The Daly Planet that Lester's presence on NASCAR Now over the weekend was simply a one time experiment. I read that as an on-air audition.
The network has to make some changes to this daily series for next season. While the NASCAR Insiders of Marty Smith, Angelique Chengelis, and Terry Blount have been solid all season, the same cannot be said for the other spokes in this TV wheel.
Compton is knowledgeable, but his TV presence leaves a lot to be desired. Bill Lester is the type of NASCAR veteran who can bring the same level of experience and push the diversity agenda simultaneously. Compton has done a lot to establish a basic level of credibility, but in 2008 this needs to move up to the next level.
Lester handled everything Erik Kuselias threw at him during the weekend "experiment." His answers and opinions blended the personal and the professional in a way that Compton simply cannot. In addition, Lester appeared to match the controversial Kuselias in intellect and vocabulary stride-for-stride throughout his time on-the-air. That was certainly a new twist.
Just as the NASCAR owners use this time of the year to step-back and make their plans for 2008, so do the TV networks. NASCAR Now needs some re-tooling, and ESPN2 has stuck with their core crew through a lot of adversity this first year. Perhaps, now they have an idea of who will be the key players on the only daily NASCAR show on national television for next year.
ESPN has been shaken by the effect of SPEED's RaceDay on ABC's pre-race show called NASCAR Countdown. Moving RaceDay to a position of competing head-to-head with the actual ABC pre-race show was a bold move by SPEED. Now, the driving force behind ESPN re-tooling NASCAR Now might be SPEED's possible creation of a daily NASCAR news program of its own.
Having just made a multi-million dollar commitment to High Definition for 2008, SPEED may well be planning to step-up to the plate and take another swing at a daily NASCAR program. With SPEED just passing the seventy million home mark, they are closing in on ESPN2 at a rapid rate.
It will be interesting to see if ESPN "auditions" anyone else on NASCAR Now before the season is over. Viewer suggestions have ranged from Bob Jenkins as the host to Dale Jarrett as the Monday night "review" analyst. With only a handful of weeks left, it should be interesting to see who else "shows up" on NASCAR Now.
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30 comments:
- Anonymous said...
JD, Could you provide more information on a possible daily NASCAR program on SPEED? I heard that SPEED had no interest in one, although it would be highly appreciated.
- October 7, 2007 at 8:40 PM
- bevo said...
Great points John.
The ironic think about the Stewart situation is he is on all of the billboards around here advertising NASCAR on ABC. No other drivers, just Smoke.
- October 7, 2007 at 9:04 PM
- Matt said...
Speaking of Stewart, anyone notice that once again, ESPN had Bestwick interview him in pre-race? You being to get the feeling that is a request from Tony?
- October 7, 2007 at 9:58 PM
- JHD said...
I have to disagree with you about Stacy Compton, John. He's one of the few parts of the show I will actually watch and not FF through.
The problem with Stacy seems to be Erik's unwillingness to hear a counter point of view. Stacy's main role seems to be to inject a bit of reality and to unhype anything Erik or Tim C have to say. Stacy frequently disagrees with Erik's opinions simply because Erik has no clue what he's talking about regarding NASCAR.
This sets up Stacy as the "evil" one. Erik doesn't like to be told he's wrong, so of course Erik is going to shut him up any way he can.
Watch Stacy when he's on with Ryan Burr and the dynamic is completely different. Ryan is willing to hear Stacy's opinions and treats him with dignity and respect. This is more than Erik is willing to do and I think this accounts for why Stacy with Tim and Erik is so disastrous.
- October 7, 2007 at 10:10 PM
- Anonymous said...
"Once again, Daugherty was ESPN's fall guy. If Daugherty had talked to Stewart, could he have maybe brought a camera along? A sound man? Then ESPN could have taped the interview, and NASCAR Now viewers could be watching Tony Stewart instead of Daugherty talk about the issues. The network had three days to get Tony Stewart do to an interview for this show...and failed. "
I didn't see the show (I'll give it a try again next season, but for now I'm over NASCAR Now - and I recorded it every day when it debuted back in February). But I saw photos of Brad Daughterty and Tony Stewart from the weekend on a racing site. The two of them on pit road were laughing and looked like they were having a great time together. I think Brad had his arm around Tony in one. So Tony obviously has no problems with Brad.
So you're right, in this case, ESPN maybe should have had filmed a sitdown interview with the two of them (maybe Tony didn't have time to do a sitdown interview?). I say sitdown because Brad TOWERS over these guys. I mean, he is literally two feet taller than Stewart and Jeff Burton (there was another nice picture of those two, with Burton looking up at Daughterty like he's the Jolly Green Giant).
It's easy (for me) to forget that Brad is 7'6'' because on ESPN basketball shows and in old photos there are other guys almost as tall as him. And on NASCAR shows, they must have his seat lowered so he looks the same height as everyone else in studio.
Can you find out if Brad's height is causing issues with ESPN putting him on air from pit road for interviews? Some of the drivers are very sensitive about their height. I swear one time I saw Jamie McMurray being interviewed by Jamie Little and he must have been standing on a box, because she is much taller than him and they were eye to eye in that one interview.
- October 7, 2007 at 10:13 PM
- Rick said...
Brad is 7'0", not 7'6", and the drivers don't seem to have a problem with Dillner, who is 6'5".
- October 7, 2007 at 10:18 PM
- Steve from MD said...
Another Erik rant:
Erik is such an idiot. Can someone please explain to me his point about "dega" having to have it's own infield jail? Would that be the first track you would be thinking of needing an infield jail? I do not think so. Bristol has the town jail on it's property, and would most likely be the track I would think could use it's own infield jail.
Erik must have been so dissapointed that there were no major wrecks. That is probably the extent of his knowledge of "dega". Who preps this guy anyway? ANd does he show any passion about NASCAR? Has he even tried to learn since be put in the anchor chair?
They actually run commericals on ESPN radio featuring him endorsing automobile products! This from a guy who admitted a couple of weeks ago he has never driven a stick.
Erik continues to bore us with his lack of preparation, lack of knowledge and hype concering NASCAR. I think ESPN just does not care about NASCAR NOW. I miss the Stephen E. Smith show! At least he knows his subject.
Erik, the man will not just go away.
- October 7, 2007 at 10:30 PM
- Tripp said...
If "NASCAR Now" wants a new anchor, how about John Kernan? Both he and Jenkins have more of a "face made for radio" than the pretty boys who currently dominate the format.
If this show wants to capture the knowledgeable NASCAR fans, it needs a host that knows more than the fans do. Chris Berman hardly blips the "pretty boy" meter, but people watch him because he knows his stuff after 20+ years with ESPN. NASCAR fans deserve the same level of knowledge.
Now... who could Speed be looking at to host their daily NASCAR show? Hmmmmm.
- October 7, 2007 at 10:33 PM
- Anonymous said...
Found the links to pics of Brad/drivers so you can see the height difference. Even if Daugherty is 7.0 instead of 7'6' (forgive my error) that's still seven inches taller than Dilner and MUCH taller than many drivers.
Regarding Stacy Compton, I liked him just fine when I watched the show. But his opinions do sometimes rankle other drivers...well they rankle Tony Stewart anyway. Tony has gone out of his way on a few of his radio shows to single out Stacy, saying if he knew what he was talking about he would have lasted longer in the Cup Series.
The good news about that is at least Tony watches NASCAR Now.
- October 7, 2007 at 10:40 PM
- Anonymous said...
Tripp said...
Now... who could Speed be looking at to host their daily NASCAR show? Hmmmmm.
October 7, 2007 10:33 PM
My first thought would have been someone who is already part of NASCAR on SPEED, but I could be wrong.
- October 7, 2007 at 10:47 PM
- Anonymous said...
I would love to watch Speed, and you can say all you want about them "catching" ESPN2, but they're not even close. The 70 million homes they're in is an inflated number. The majority of those homes can only get speed as an add on cable channel and that is just ridiculous. I want to watch Speed's pre-race show, but to me, it's not worth shelling out the money each month. I'd have to pay $15 per month just to get Speed, which then comes along with a Fox Soccer channel, some channel called Gol, a bunch of Fox college regional channels, and the NFL Network. Ridiculous.
- October 7, 2007 at 10:48 PM
- Anonymous said...
One more thing for my $15 per month...the GOLF CHANNEL! Snore.
- October 7, 2007 at 10:49 PM
- Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...
I would love to watch Speed, and you can say all you want about them "catching" ESPN2, but they're not even close. The 70 million homes they're in is an inflated number.
October 7, 2007 10:48 PM
JD, Can you explain exactly the "70 million homes" number is obtained?
- October 7, 2007 at 11:16 PM
- Eric said...
Here is my opinion on some NASCAR Now faces:
Marty Smith: while good, he cannot help but add little lines into his speech about how he spent "all day" or "most of the day" with this person or that person within NASCAR be it a driver or ownwer. Especially when it comes to Jr. Give it up Marty, we don't care at all about who you know or how long you spent with them...big flipping deal, stop pimping yourself. Just report what you know and then be quiet.
Angelique Chengelis: Solid performer and does not have to pimp herself on TV like Marty Smith does. If SPEED starts a daily show next year, they should pay her more than ESPN is and hire her.
Erik Kuselias: why hasn't ESPN not fired him yet and had security escort him off the property is beyond me.
Love to see the ratings for SPEED's RaceDay vs. ABC's NASCAR Countdown. I know I only switch for the actual race.
- October 7, 2007 at 11:44 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Hey all,
SPEED is owned by the Fox Cable Network group. It is a digital cable network that is mostly offered as a part of a digital cable package. Depending on your MSO (cable company) it may appear to be clustered with other channels.
The seventy million number is the direct number of cable homes in which the network is now available. That is from Erik Arneson, the VP of PR at SPEED.
As the network grows, it is going to change greatly. I anticipate a very new and different looking network in 2008.
- October 8, 2007 at 12:04 AM
- AndyPandy said...
So Shannon gets to talk to Biffle and doesn't try to get to the bottom of last week's controversy but leave it to Wendy to get the Biff to admit he ran out of gas! She really cracked me up on RaceDay today when Spencer picked Kurt Busch to win and she immediately replied, "I thought you hated him!" The whole SPEED crew makes you feel like you're hanging out with friends while they're still supplying all of the information needed to cover the race.
I hope no other network realizes what a good job she does and tries to hire her away from SPEED. She's in the right place and all they would do is try to drag her down to their level.
- October 8, 2007 at 12:37 AM
- Anonymous said...
Daly Planet Editor said...
The seventy million number is the direct number of cable homes in which the network is now available. That is from Erik Arneson, the VP of PR at SPEED.
As the network grows, it is going to change greatly. I anticipate a very new and different looking network in 2008.
October 8, 2007 12:04 AM
When you say "in which the network is now available," does that mean homes that have actually purchased the package that SPEED is in, or is it homes that have the opportunity purchase it?
Also, can you give more details about the changes that you expect SPEED to undergo.
- October 8, 2007 at 12:38 AM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Good Questions Tonight...
Good News: I think Ms. Venturini is locked up for several years with SPEED, but I will ask her about her plans for next year and report back. She reads this site regularly and gives me good feedback on your comments.
Cable Numbers: The size of the cable universe is based on the number of homes that have SPEED or ESPN2 available. ESPN2 is currently at 88 million, but failed to launch in its first two attempts.
ESPN is currently re-branding this channel by dropping ESPN2 and just referring to both ESPN and ESPN2 as "on ESPN."
SPEED is 73 million, and expect that number to rise in January when the new cable agreements kick in. SPEED is currently the fastest growing cable network in North America. Not bad.
- October 8, 2007 at 12:56 AM
- Anonymous said...
I must be in the minority as I like the Eliminator. Its a different way to pick a winner based on contrived stats to get the winner they want instead of who has the best chance to win. (JJ Yeley at California??)
Also, I didnt hear Biffle say he ran out of gas. I heard him say the fuel pressure gauge wiggled and the car coughed, then it kept running when he moved down onto the apron. However, he shut it off and coasted the rest of the way in order to keep enough gas to do a burnout. That's what I heard him say.
Kevin in SoCal
- October 8, 2007 at 1:06 AM
- SophiaZ123 said...
Thank you John for keeping me abreast of the tv show I consider MUST NOT SEE VIEWING.
I did watch a couple weeks ago when Jr announced his new sponsors and wanted to see his new car designs (Whew, boy...those are going to take getting used to!)
And I watched one of the monday shows a week or so ago but forget why. Otherwise, I just try not to watch this show.
On Sundays it never enters my dark-rooted blonde head to even watch this ESPN rubbish.
I prefer the fun SPEED shows but STILL, for practical purposes, wish they would cut RACEDAY back to AN HOUR. THEY REPEAT a lot of video from shows during the week or other stuff I find to be minutiae.
I would NOT watch ESPN PRE RACE show unless a meteor was scheduled to hit the race track and they were going to do a story about that. MEOW HISS.
But on NASCAR NOW, I can't stand waiting for Erik to snap into bombastic -cross- examination-interrogation mode to hype or ask tabloid questions to guests. About a sport he knows nothing about!
Thanks for telling us what we miss and bless your heart for being so dedicated to all this media stuff.
Love this site.
- October 8, 2007 at 1:24 AM
- Anonymous said...
Eric wrote:
Angelique Chengelis: Solid performer and does not have to pimp herself on TV like Marty Smith does. If SPEED starts a daily show next year, they should pay her more than ESPN is and hire her.
I agree that Angelique does a great job. She seems to have a lot of sources but doesn't seem to need to talk about those sources in the self-promotional manner that Marty Smith does.
- October 8, 2007 at 10:48 AM
- LuckyForward said...
I have the greatest respect for Jayski and have enjoyed his site for years. I regretted to see him sell the site to ESPN (although I am genuinely pleased at whatever he gained financially.) Still, I was awaiting the moment when his website could no longer be the excellent clearinghouse for NASCAR information that it had been because ESPN would not allow something to be placed on the site.
The time has come . . .
- October 8, 2007 at 12:41 PM
- Lisa Hogan said...
I gave up on Nascar Now. I grew tired of being insulted. Erik stopped the yelling; but, other than that, he doesn't seem to have made any effort to even understand the bad scripts that he is given to read. I stayed around for Marty Smith. I think Marty mentions spending time with drivers or owners to distinguish himself from the majority of the on-air staff. You know, the ones who watch something on TV then pontificate on the subject as if they were actually involved.
My time is valuable to me. Why should I waste it watching people who don't know as much about NASCAR as I do?
- October 8, 2007 at 12:48 PM
- Anonymous said...
I'm happy to pay for the DISH tier that includes SPEED. I'd hate to think my only racing coverage was coming from ESPN/ABC.
- October 8, 2007 at 1:25 PM
- Lisa Hogan said...
Oh dear, ESPN thinks not linking your column on Jayski will lessen criticism. This seems to spotlight how out-of-touch they are with NASCAR fans. Nascar Now has been royally flamed on the racing forums since its debut. In fact, now it is very seldom posted about on the forums I frequent. Any NASCAR TV show that is not discussed on these forums is dead.
- October 8, 2007 at 1:43 PM
- Anonymous said...
At least Stacy Compton had the guts to say things that aren't in the Nascar mold. He had the guts to give an honest opinion as to the Villeneuve issue and how he didh't belong in the Talladega race as a first time driver in a Cup car. I haven't heard anyone who had the guts to go against a Nascar decision.
- October 8, 2007 at 5:21 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
I totally enjoyed Stacy Compton this season, as my archived columns will confirm. In terms of next year, ESPN is re-tooling the show and I believe they are looking for someone who will not be driving regularly.
Bill Lester is at that point where he may be out of actively driving, and his TV presence was outstanding. Stacy is regarded as a country bumpkin by "the host," and his comments are regulary brushed aside. The same is not going to be true for the college educated and former businessman Lester. That mix could be very interesting.
- October 8, 2007 at 6:05 PM
- blinz said...
I really enjoy Stacy Compton's input on the show. He has information from a driver's perspective that Eric and Tim lack. Especially Eric, he needs to take a course on NASCAR. Stacy is pleasent has a good delivery where Eric compensates for his lack of knowledge by yelling and degrading his co-hosts. I have been a NASCAR fan since the late 60's and all I have to say about Bill Lester is, Bill Lester who?
- October 8, 2007 at 9:35 PM
- Anonymous said...
I saw NASCAR Now a couple of weeks ago and heard Erik say chassis as "chassiss" not "chassey". I'm a freakin girl who knows nothing about cars and even I know that one. I was stunned.
- October 8, 2007 at 10:14 PM
- darbar said...
The only thing that could "kill" Stacy Compton's career on ESPN is if Tony Stewart has any pull. It seems obvious that Stewart has a big problem with ESPN, and on his Tuesday night show on Sirius, Tony has referred to Compton as a fool and idiot, because he disagrees with some of Compton's commentary. I would hope that ESPN doesn't capitulate to anything of Stewart's, just to get in his good graces. Stewart seems to have no problem in being interviewed by people from Speed, but he sure becomes surly with anyone from ESPN.
As for Bill Lester, what a wonderful, articulate and insightful person he is. I could listen to him all day, and his knowledge is beyond anything ESPN has to offer to date. I would hope that someone of intelligence, whether it be Speed or ESPN, signs him up to a nice contract. He would be a great addition to Trackside Live or, with a little seasoning, could handle being the main commentator for the races, leaving Jerry Punch to go back to pit reporting or the IRL.
- October 9, 2007 at 12:34 AM


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I haven't been clouded from the reality of the 2012 season - both good and bad - so it behooves me to remain honest with myself about how I feel about this team on the road. I am hopeful and optimistic that we have a good chance to beat the Dolphins on Sunday, but will they?
Until I am proving wrong (fool me once, shame on you, fool me 364 times, shame on me), I can't pick the Seahawks on the road. Perhaps I will be shown that our team has turned the corner but I have that sinking feeling that this will be another Rams, Cardinals, Lions affair.
Aros' Fearless Prediction: Seahawks 17 - Dolphins 19
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Keyboard instruments > Piano, 4-hands
Ludwig van Beethoven
Works for Piano Four-hands
編集者: Frank Buchstein, Hans Schmidt
指使い: Andreas Groethuysen
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Urtext Edition, paperbound
ページ: 75 (XIII, 62), 大きさ 31,0 x 23,5 cm
With the exception of the version of the "Grand Fugue" for piano four hands (HN 954), this volume contains all of Beethoven's works for this scoring, to which he only rarely turned. It comprises the Sonata in D major op. 6, the "Three Marches" op. 45, the "Eight Variations on a theme of Count von Waldstein" WoO 67 and the "Six Variations on the Song Ich denke dein" WoO 74 – all of these works are very well-suited to piano teaching. The musical text was revised to follow the recently published Critical Report of the Beethoven Complete Edition, and is now accompanied by new explanatory texts. The piano duo specialist Andreas Groethuysen has also provided fingerings for this work.
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- Piano Sonata D major op. 6
- March C major op. 45,1
- March E flat major op. 45,2
- March D major op. 45,3
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Quivira National Wildlife Refuge is currently finishing up its 2+ year Comprehensive Conservation Plan, which will guide the refuge's course over the next 15 years.
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge is currently in the end stages of approving a Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP), which will guide the refuge's administration and conservation efforts over the next 15 years. The CCP process began in February 2010. A draft of the plan is currently being presented at several public meetings, including one which I attended last night at the Stafford Senior Center.
Two public meetings remain. One happens tonight, April 30, from 5-7 p.m. at the Great Plains Nature Center, located at 6232 E. 29th St. North in Wichita. The last public meeting will be on May 1 from 5-7 p.m. at Front Door, located at 1615 10th St. in Great Bend.
About 20 to 30 people attended the Stafford meeting, including several Stafford County residents and landowners near the refuge, staff from Quivira and staff from the regional US Fish and Wildlife Service office in Denver, members of the Friends' group, and a reporter from the Great Bend Tribune (here is a link to her article: http://www.gbtribune.com/section/1/article/52334/ ).
Landowners raised questions about the possibility of opening the refuge, on a limited basis, for hunting deer and turkey. Also, one individual expressed concern about cutting down cottonwood trees, a process which has been underway for years as part of the current conservation plan.
The CCP considers three options for the management of the refuge and proposes to follow Alternative B, which is quoted below (for a summary of the planning process thus far and to view Alternatives A and
C, visit https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2013/04/22/2013-09348/quivira-national-wildlife-refuge-stafford-ks-comprehensive-conservation-plan-and-environmental#h-14 ):
"Management would focus on restoring native communities that benefit focal resources, or focal species and their respective habitats, and increasing public use opportunities for hunting. Increased attention would be given to understanding and minimizing effects of management among habitat types, such as habitat changes in meadow and adjacent uplands resulting from water management in created wetlands. This should enhance awareness of the connectedness of habitats and areas throughout the refuge. To achieve this alternative, relatively minor changes in the refuge's operations; inventory, monitoring, and research; staffing; and infrastructure would likely be required."
The public is invited to attend either of the two remaining meetings and/or comment upon the proposed changes to Quivira's future course by visiting (Visitor's Center is open from &30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday) or calling the refuge at 620-486-2393 ; by mailing comments to Toni Griffin, Planning Team Leader, Suite 300, 134 Union Boulevard, Lakewood, CO 80228; by faxing comments to Toni Griffin, Planning Team Leader, 303-236-4792; or, by e-mailing email@example.com with "Quivira NWR" in the subject line.


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By Michael Minshew
Big 12 Campus Correspondent
The chilly winter wind sweeps across the terrain, where a continuous rain made running conditions harsh for the average runner, let alone junior athletes. But the 6,000m race at Holyrood Park in Edinburgh, Scotland, was filled with some of the best competitors from the United States, Great Britain and other parts of Europe.
However, on January 5, weather wasn't an issue for Oklahoma State freshman track and cross country runner Craig Nowak, who finished third overall in the Junior Men's category with a time of 19:03. Nowak's time was the top finish from his six-man group representing Team USA at the Bupa Great Edinburgh Cross Country race.
His finish was only two seconds from first place and helped Team USA place third in the overall standings with 201 points.
Nowak didn't find out that he would be competing in the event until three weeks before the race.
"I didn't really know about it until the last minute when Coach Smith told me he had nominated me to be on the team," Nowak said. "A couple days after that he told me they selected me. But, it was a nice trip."
The finish earned the Cypress, Texas, native a trip to the USA Cross Country Championships in St. Louis, Mo., where a top-six finish would earn him a trip to race at the 38th IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland on March 24th.
Nowak said the trip gave him a good opportunity to see the differences that other international competitors bring to the table.
"It was a good experience for learning how to compete on an international level," Nowak said. "It was good to see how people from other countries race and their style. I think I learned some good tactical lessons for racing and it was a good experience seeing new competition."
For many of the competitors in the USA Cross Country Championships, it is their first opportunity to make an international team, but Nowak said the experience from running in Scotland will be invaluable experience for his future races.
Coach Dave Smith said in his first semester at OSU, Nowak was in a position to run in the top seven at the national championships before rolling his ankle. Smith said this race was a good confidence booster.
"The trip to Scotland and the opportunity to represent the U.S. in international competition was a great way for him to get his mojo back and he raced like he had something to prove," Smith said. "We are proud of the fact that he put himself in the mix, was the U.S. team's number one finisher and had a shot to win the race up until the last few meters."
Nowak also said he returned to the country after the race with more motivation to train and get better.
"It was really good for motivation because I wasn't sure where I was at with my standings in the U.S. to try to qualify for the team in St. Louis," Nowak said. "So being the first guy from the U.S. to finish there really helped give me a little confidence booster and know I was on the right track."
Smith said he is impressed with what Nowak brings to the program.
"Craig is going to be great for our program because he brings so many assets as a student athlete," Smith said. "He is talented, he has a fantastic work ethic and he loves to compete, but probably his greatest strength as a distance runner is his enthusiasm and his excitement for all things running and training."
"He has this incredibly positive energy that is contagious. Even some of the guys on the team that are older, more experienced and have been here for a while are affected by it. He has great leadership qualities and is the type of guy coaches hope others will follow."
It's an energy that has allowed Oklahoma State's track and field team to earn its highest ranking ever. The No. 3 Cowboys, ignited by Nowak's vitality and combined team efforts, are at an all-time high for the program.
After the race in Scotland, Nowak was placed on the USA Cross Country Championships watch list of the country's best junior athletes. And on February 2, Nowak placed first in St. Louis to earn a trip to the World Cross Country Championships. On March 24, Nowak will proudly wear the red, white and blue once again amongst the world's best.