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Heron Island is a natural wonderland to explore on the Great Barrier Reef. A true coral cay, located right on the Southern Great Barrier Reef the island is ribboned by white sands, crystal clear waters (swimmable all year) and acres of coral with beautifully coloured marine life. At this World Heritage-listed Marine National Park all flora and fauna is protected, so the island is a nature lover's paradise, where the emphasis is on enjoying natural beauty. Stress is replaced by adventure, and your days are filled with discovery.
Heron offers many activities such as guided island and reef walks, research station tours, semi-submersible cruises and star gazing. An amazing array of animal and bird life can be discovered throughout the year, such as the delightful Green and Loggerhead Turtles that nest on the island between October and March, with hatchlings emerging between December to April.
World famous for its fantastic scuba diving and snorkelling, . Experience some of Australia's best dive spots - more than 20 dive sites are available, only minutes from the beach.
To explore this amazing island it's just a boat ride (approximately two hours) or 30 minutes by helicopter or seaplane from Gladstone.
Point Suites are positioned with uninterrupted views of the reef. They're spacious and include a large en-suite with modern glass-enclosed shower, stylish vanity and new fittings. The en-suite is beautifully lit with bright down lights. Point Suites also have a separate large dressing room/walk in wardrobe. A generous living area extends through glass doors to an extensive outdoor terrace with sun lounges. From there you can walk out onto the lawn and resort gardens. Point Suites are ideal for superb sunset viewing and conveniently close to the jetty for divers catching the dive and snorkel boats.
Suites are air-conditioned and also feature stylish ceiling fans above the bed. Enjoy a range of in-room comforts, including a fully stocked mini-bar, a wooden chess set, CD player and canapés. Dark timber blinds add to privacy and enhance the tropical island feel, while each room is furnished with a comfortable couch facing out towards the reef. Bedding includes a luxurious king size bed that can become two king singles (twin).
Located beachside and set within a grove of trees, the Beach House offers filtered ocean views and a private boardwalk that provides direct access to the beach. With only one Beach House on offer, it could not be any more exclusive. It offers maximum privacy and is just a short stroll away from the central resort facilities and restaurant. It's also delightfully close to Aqua Soul Spa. The Beach House is air-conditioned and features a separate bedroom and spacious en-suite, including a luxurious bath and shower with sleek, modern appliances.
The expansive, streamlined living area is lit up by down lights and features a large modern couch and work desk. It opens out onto a private patio with outdoor furniture and shower. Other room features include a mini-bar, a CD player and canapés. Bedding includes a king size bed and a single divan that doubles as a terrific day bed.
Located in a tropical garden setting made up of unique Pisona trees which come alive when birds are nesting, these rooms are the starting point for accommodation on the island. The Turtle Rooms are just a short walk away from the beach, with a relaxed casual style and are built in duplex fashion with two rooms per block, all Turtle Rooms are at ground level and feature a large deck and outdoor area. Interiors are bright and fresh, compact but comfortable and include en-suite bathroom with shower.
Located in a tropical garden setting made up of unique Pisona trees which come alive when birds are nesting, these rooms are the starting point for accommodation on the island. The Turtle Family Rooms are just a short walk away from the beach, with a relaxed casual style and all Turtle Rooms are at ground level and feature a large deck and outdoor area. Interiors are bright and fresh, compact but comfortable and include en-suite bathroom with shower.
Positioned near to the beach, Reef Rooms offer filtered reef and water views through the natural tree canopy. Reef Rooms are located at both ground and first level and the living area extends outdoors to a garden setting or balcony. Interiors are light-filled, modern, comfortable and include en-suite bathroom with shower.
Reef Family Rooms are located in two areas. Close to the jetty, resort facilities and near the Marine Center (very handy for divers). They also have Reef Family Rooms along the walking path to Shark Bay at the eastern reach of the resort. These offer water views through a canopy of beachside trees and shrubs. While no building on the island is higher than the island's trees, the Reef Family Rooms are either downstairs (with garden access) or upstairs, boasting sea glimpses from the balcony. Interiors are light-filled, modern, comfortable and include en-suite bathroom with shower.
Beachside Suites offer filtered views over Heron Reef and are set in prime locations with access to both the beach and reef. Beachside Suites that are located on North Beach with filtered views through the trees to the beach and reef.
Double glass sliding doors fill the room with natural light and connect the spacious bedroom and separate living area with a large outdoor balcony. The living area features two large and luxurious day beds, oversized cane chair and a coffee table. The suites offer a large modern bathroom with shower. The bedroom can be separated from the living area by a Japanese-style sliding door.
Wistari Suites offer a secluded garden setting with maximum privacy, aided by blackout curtains and fully closing timber blinds. Interiors are spacious and feature timber ceilings with down lights and a tiled floor.
Wistari Suites are air-conditioned and boast a mini-bar in the room. They feature a large updated en-suite bathroom with stylish vanity and shower. A private outdoor terrace features wooden furniture. The suites are a short stroll away from the central resort facilities, reef and jetty. Bedding includes a king size bed or two king singles (twin).
Note: Information on listed products and services are provided by the operator and were correct at the time of publishing. Rates are indicative based on the minimum and maximum available prices of products and services. Please visit the operator's website for further information. All prices quoted are in Australian dollars (AUD).


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Blueberry and Orange Muffins
Makes 12 standard muffins
2 cups (10 oz/315g self-raising flour
1/2 cup (4 oz/125g) superfine (caster) sugar
1 egg, beaten
1 cup (8 fl oz/250ml) milk
1/4 cup (2 oz/60g) butter, melted
1 tablespoon grated orange zest
3/4 cup (6 oz/185g) fresh or frozen blueberries
Preheat the oven to 400oF (200oc/180oC fan/gas mark 5). Grease 12 standard muffin cups or line them with parchment (baking) paper cases. In a large mixing bowl, sift the flour. Stir through the sugar. Make a well in the center. In another bowl, stir together the egg, milk and butter. Add all at once to the flour mixture along with the orange zest and blueberries. Stir until just moistened (the mixture should be lumpy). Spoon the batter into prepared pans, filling them two-thirds full. Bake until golden brown, about 15-20 minutes. Cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack.


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Get Found FAQs
Note: Get Found is currently only available for U.S. based customers (except Puerto Rico).
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When you join Get Found by Locu, you'll be asked to create a profile by entering basic information about your business — address, hours, phone number and other key details (more info). We then create a Locu Places page to display all of that information and enhance your exposure on the Web. By the way, you need not have a business website: your Locu Places page can also serve as your business's main profile on the Web.
The Locu Places page can also include photos of your business, logos. menus or prices lists and even a Google map with a directions link so customers can always find your business.
Note: All three Get Found plans — Starter, Essential and Ultimate — also include a listing in GoDaddy's WhoIs, which is a directory of all online domains. Like the Locu Places page, the directory helps claim your place on the Web.
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The 2014 Farm Journal Profit College is a one-of-a-kind, cutting edge event that builds on the knowledge of Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie, Farm Journal columnist Moe Russell and Top Producer columnist and AgWeb blogger Chris Barron. Co-located with a Corn College Planter Clinic, the event is focused on Variable-Rate Technology (VRT), recognizing that precision technology has a powerful impact on agronomic and profitability outcomes.
Using VRT to create management zones within fields allows growers to increase yields by 25-30 bu./acre, providing a tremendous payback—regardless to the size of the farm operation. The technology also contributes to the enormous gaps in profitability—that range as high as $500/acre—from one field to the next.
The event will have an engaged format unique to the FJM event family—weaving real live farmer case studies throughout the day (with agronomic data, machinery set-up, profitability examples and panel participation). We will also integrate the Turning Point Instant Survey technology through the entire day.
The morning will be devoted to the agronomic side of VRT and the afternoon will be focused on turning that agronomic success into dollars on the business side.
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Action brought on 12 July 2019 — European Commission v Republic of Austria
(Case C-537/19)
Language of the case: German
Applicant: European Commission (represented by: L. Haasbeek, M. Noll-Ehlers and P. Ondrůšek, acting as Agents)
Defendant: Republic of Austria
Form of order sought
The applicant claims that the Court should:
declare that, in so far as Stadt Wien-Wiener Wohnen directly awarded the contract of 25 February 2012 in respect of the office building on Guglstrasse 2-4 in Vienna without any competitive tendering procedure and corresponding contract notice, the Republic of Austria has failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 2, 28 and 35(2) of Directive 2004/18/EC; 1
order the Republic of Austria to pay the costs of the proceedings.
Pleas in law and main arguments
The Commission claims that in 2012 the City of Vienna, as a public contracting authority, concluded with a private contractor a long-term lease in respect of an office building before it was constructed. The City of Vienna thereby exercised decisive influence over the planning of the works which far exceeds the usual requirements of a lessee in relation to newly constructed premises.
That lease constitutes a public works contract, as is clear from the relevant case-law of the Court of Justice on the leasing of unfinished building projects by contracting authorities. Since there was no competitive tendering procedure, the award infringes Articles 2, 28 and 35(2) of Directive 2004/18. That infringement persists so long as the lease, which cannot properly be terminated before 2040, continues to exist.


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Learn how to optimize gearbox performance with SKF at Gear Expo 2015
2015 October 07, 13:00 CEST
SKF will demonstrate a wide range of its solutions for enhancing gearbox performance and reliability at Gear Expo 2015.
Gothenburg, Sweden, 7 October 2015: SKF, the knowledge engineering company, will be showcasing a selection of its market leading solutions that optimize the performance and reliability of gearboxes at Gear Expo 2015.
SKF specialists will be on hand at the SKF booth to explain to visitors the features and benefits of the new SKF EnCompass Field Performance Programme. This innovation provides users with a more detailed analysis of the factors that influence bearing service life and enables users to optimize bearing selection and design for improved performance in real-world conditions.
Visitors will get a look at a selection of SKF's popular bearing offerings. This includes upgraded SKF Explorer spherical roller bearings, which offer exceptionally high load carrying capacity and running accuracy, and SKF Energy Efficient (E2) deep groove ball bearings, which reduce frictional moment by 30% or more compared with the already efficient SKF standard bearings – cutting cost of ownership as well as improving performance.
SKF will also present high performance and energy efficient linear motion solutions designed for electromechanical gear cutting machinery. SKF roller screws enable longer tool life, better part quality and lower costs.
The SKF booth will also display SKF SimPro, which is part of the SKF EnCompass programme. SKF SimPro is an innovation calculation tool designed to assist engineers with selecting the right bearings for their specific application requirements and conditions to further improve the performance of assets. Visitors can also see for themselves SKF's virtual gearbox display, which enables users to explore the inside of the jack up gearbox application and the solutions SKF offer for its components.
Furthermore, visitors to the show will be able to find a range of sealing solutions dedicated to gearboxes, as well as SKF's lubrication solution CircOil.
Taking place on 20-22 October 2015 in Detroit, USA, Gear Expo is one of the world's leading events for drive technology. Visitors to the show will find SKF's solutions and specialists at Booth 1042.
Aktiebolaget SKF
For further information, please contact:
Press Relations: Nia Kihlström, +46 31-337 2897; +46 706 67 28 97; firstname.lastname@example.com
SKF is a leading global supplier of bearings, seals, mechatronics, lubrication systems, and services which include technical support, maintenance and reliability services, engineering consulting and training. SKF is represented in more than 130 countries and has around 15,000 distributor locations worldwide. Annual sales in 2014 were SEK 70 975 million and the number of employees was 48 593. www.skf.com
® SKF is a registered trademark of the SKF Group.
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G23 - Embedded Single Board Computer with Intel Core i3 / i5 / i7
3U CompactPCI Serial
The G23 is an x86 PC based embedded computer for industrial automation and railway transportation, featuring the 4th generation Haswell Intel Core family up to the i7-4700EQ processor. The SBC is perfectly suited for data-intensive applications which require high computing-power.
Main Features
- Intel Core i7, 4th generation
- Quad-core 64-bit processor
- 4 HP system master and peripheral slot
- PICMG CPCI-S.0 CompactPCI Serial
- Up to 32 GB DDR3 DRAM soldered, ECC
- mSATA and microSD card slots
- Standard front I/O: 2 DisplayPorts, 2 Gb Ethernet, 2 USB 3.0
- Standard rear I/O: 7 PCIe, 8 USB 2.0, 2 USB 3.0, 5 SATA, DisplayPort/HDMI
- Rear I/O via mezzanine board: up to 8 Gigabit Ethernet
- Intel Turbo Boost, Hyper-Threading, AMT 9.0
- Open CL support
Technical Data
- Intel Core i7-4700EQ
- 2.4 GHz processor core frequency
- 3.4 GHz maximum turbo frequency
- Chipset
- QM87 Platform Controller Hub (PCH)
- Power supervision and watchdog
- Temperature measurement
- 2 board status LEDs
- 2 user LEDs
- Reset button
- 6 MB last level cache integrated in i7 processor
- Up to 32 GB SDRAM system memory
- Soldered
- DDR3 with ECC support
- Up to 1600 MHz memory bus frequency
- 128 Mbits boot Flash
- Serial EEPROM 2 KB for factory settings
- mSATA disk slot
- Connected via one SATA port from the PCH
- Serial GPIO (SGPIO)
- One interface via CPCI-S.0 rear connector
- Compliant with SFF 8485 specification
- One microSD card slot
- Via USB
- Five channels via rear I/O (six if the link to the mSATA disk is not required, can be switched in BIOS)
- Four ports with transfer rates up to 6 Gbit/s (SATA Revision 3.x)
- Two ports with transfer rates up to 3 Gbit/s (SATA Revision 2.x)
- RAID level 0/1/5/10 support
- Hot-plug together with G501
- Integrated in QM87 chipset
- Maximum resolution: 4096 x 2304 @ 24 Hz
- Two DisplayPort connectors at front panel
- Optionally two DVI/HDMI ports via external adapter
- One DisplayPort at CPCI-S.0 rear connector
- Optionally SDVO or DVI/HDMI port
- Up to eight USB 2.0 host ports via CPCI-S.0 rear connector (depending on the number of used USB 3.0 ports)
- Two USB 2.0 host ports for connection of the rear I/O card
- EHCI implementation
- Data rates up to 480 Mbit/s
- Two USB 3.0 host ports via Type A connector at front panel
- Two USB 3.0 host ports via CPCI-S.0 rear connector
- Data rate up to 5 Gbit/s
- Ethernet
- Two 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet channels at the front
- RJ45 connectors at front panel
- Ethernet controllers are connected by two x1 PCIe links
- Two LEDs to signal LAN link, activity status and connection speed
- Two DisplayPort 1.2
- Two USB 3.0 (Type A)
- Two Ethernet (RJ45)
- 5 SATA (6 switchable in BIOS)
- 1 DisplayPort
- 5 PCI Express x1 links
- 2 PEG x8 links
- Two x8 PCI Express graphics links via CPCI-S.0 rear connector
- Data rate 985 MB/s (8 Gbit/s per lane)
- Five x1 PCIe links via CPCI-S.0 rear connector
- Data rate 500 MB/s (5 Gbit/s per lane)
- Two x1 PCIe links to connect local 1000Base-T Ethernet controllers
- Data rate 250 MB/s (2.5 Gbit/s per lane)
- One x1 PCIe link via for connection of the rear I/O card
- Data rate 500 MB/s (5 Gbit/s per lane)
- Compliance with CompactPCI Serial PICMG CPCI-S.0 Specification
- System or peripheral slot
- +12V (9.5..15.5V), 4 A nominal, 6 A maximum
- +5V (-5%/+5%) standby voltage optional
- Dimensions: conforming to CompactPCI Serial specification for 3U boards
- Front panel: 4HP with ejector
- Weight:
- 208 g (w/o heat sink)
- 398 g (with heat sink and mSATA adapter)
- Temperature range (operation):
- Depends on system configuration (CPU, hard disk, heat sink...)
- Maximum: +85°C
- Minimum: -40°C (all processors)
- Airflow: min. 1.5 m/s, typical power dissipation tbd, with Windows XP operating system, 1 Gb Ethernet, without CPU clock reduction
- Temperature range (storage): -40..+85°C
- Relative humidity (operation): max. 95% non-condensing
- Relative humidity (storage): max. 95% non-condensing
- Altitude: -300 m to + 3,000 m
- Shock: 50 m/s², 30 ms
- Vibration (function): 1 m/s², 5 Hz - 150 Hz
- Vibration (lifetime): 7.9 m/s², 5 Hz - 150 Hz
- Flammability (PCBs)
- Electrical Safety
- Insulation measurement test according to EN 50155 (126.96.36.199)
- Voltage withstand test according to EN 50155 (126.96.36.199)
- Information technology equipment test according to EN 60950
- EN 55022 (radio disturbance)
- IEC 61000-4-3 (electromagnetic field immunity)
- IEC 61000-4-4 (burst)
- IEC 61000-4-5 (surge)
- IEC 61000-4-6 (conducted disturbances)
- Out of Band (OOB) Access
- Power off Access
- Independent of OS status
- Power status control
- Keyboard-Video-Mouse (KVM) Viewer (VNC-compatible)
- IDE-Redirect
- Serial-over-LAN
- Manageability Engine in Chipset
- Network Filters in Chipset
- Dedicated Flash Storage Area
- Windows
- Linux
- VxWorks (on request)
- See also Application Note Recommendations for a Robust Software Setup
- For more information on supported operating system versions and drivers see Software.
- Intel Core i7
- Intel Core i5
- Intel Core i3
- Intel Celeron
- For more details please see the overview matrix of supported processor types
- System RAM
- 4 GB, 8 GB, 16 GB or 32 GB
- mSATA disk
- 0 MB up to maximum available
- microSD card
- 0 MB up to maximum available
- One Gigabit Ethernet on M12 connector instead of two interfaces on RJ45
- PCI Express
- 8 PCI Express lanes
- Ethernet
- Up to eight Gigabit Ethernet interfaces on the backplane using rear I/O card (e.g. GM1)
- Depends on system configuration (CPU, hard disk, heat sink...)
- Maximum: +85°C
- Minimum: -50°C
Ordering Information
3U CompactPCI Serial (CPCI-S.0) SBC, Intel Celeron 2002E 1.5 GHz, 4 GB DDR3 DRAM with ECC, -40 to +85°C screened
3U CompactPCI Serial (CPCI-S.0) SBC, Intel Core i7-4700EQ 2.4 GHz, 16 GB DDR3 DRAM with ECC, 0 to +60°C
CompactPCI Serial 4x Gigabit Ethernet rear I/O mezzanine card, -40..+85°C screenedDetails
MicroSD card, 4 GB, -40°C to +85°C
CompactPCI Serial 19" 4U/84 HP rack-mount enclosure for 3U cards (vertical), 9-slot backplane, system slot left, full mesh, 460 W ATX PSU 90..264VAC, 1U fan tray with 2x 12 VDC fans, 0..+45°CDetails
MEN delivers turn-key systems completely installed (hardware, operating system, accessories), wired and tested. Different rack sizes, power supplies and backplanes on request.
For details please contact your local sales representative.
Linux driver (MEN) for RX8581/RX-8574 real-time clock for all products with an additional RTC component. Please note that this driver is already included in upstream Linux kernels starting from 3.14!
MDIS5 System (and Device Driver) Package (MEN) for Linux. This software package includes most standard device drivers available from MEN.
Windows 64-bit graphics driver (Intel) for F23P and G23
Windows Embedded Standard 7 BSP
Windows USB 3.0 driver (Intel) for G23, G25A and A25
Windows 64-bit network driver (Intel)
Windows 32-bit network driver (Intel)
Windows chipset driver (Intel) for F23P and G23
Windows Intel Management Engine Driver (Intel) for G23 and F23P
Windows ERTC/SMB support package
Windows 32-bit graphics driver (Intel) for F23P and G23
QNX 6.6 BSP (QNX and MEN) for F22P, F23P, G22 and G23
System BIOS for G23
MEN Firmware Update Package (Intel Management Engine) for F23P, F23C, G23, MH70S
Application Examples
Using standard-based embedded hardware with sufficient ruggedization, processing and graphics performance and IP connectivity changes the way movies are made.
The single board computer inside the CompactPCI system is based on Intel Core 2 Duo architecture with two 64-bit processors and state-of-the-art PC interfaces.
High-speed, high-precision robots are needed in the production process of plastics materials, in painting, for semiconductor production in clean rooms, for machine tending and all general automation purposes.
This CompactPCI-Serial-based UAV system is used for optical control of the air space for collision avoidance with civil aircraft.


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To win NLDS, Cardinals need to end PNC woes
Lowest point of St. Louis' regular season came during series in August
PITTSBURGH -- The road trip was built up to be a measuring stick, a chance for the Cardinals to assert themselves as the team to topple in the National League. Instead, the three-city, 11-day swing that brought the Cardinals out of July and into August morphed into all sorts of ugly.
And PNC Park, in particular, brought out the worst.
In a season that had few lulls and lows, the 97-win Cardinals had a nightmarish stay in Pittsburgh over the final week of July. Their other two trips to the Steel City went pretty poorly, too, which is why the club has been peppered with questions about the urgency to change its Pittsburgh fortunes in time to extend their season.
If the Cardinals want to play deeper into October, they will have to win at least once on Pittsburgh's home field, a venue where they sloshed to a 3-7 record this year. Two more losses here and the Cardinals' season will be over by Monday night.
"Every time we come here, it seems like they have been pitching good against us and we haven't been able to do anything against them," Carlos Beltran said. "Every time we come here we face Liriano, and Liriano has been able to pitch good against us."
That same Francisco Liriano -- who is 3-0 with a 0.75 ERA against the Cardinals this season -- will start Game 3 on Sunday (3:30 p.m. CT on TBS) in a Division Series notched at 1.
"Every time we face somebody, if we haven't learned something or put together a better propose, than shame on us," manager Mike Matheny said. "The guys have worked hard to try and get ahead of it and try and figure out ways, and we're going to continue to do so. We have a game plan we'll take into tomorrow."
The Cardinals presented few theories when asked about their troubles along the banks of the Allegheny River. Several players said that PNC Park is among their favorite Major League ballparks, and the consensus is that the park plays fair to all fields. Yet, in their 10 head-to-head games here, the Pirates out-homered the Cardinals, 7-0, and batted .275 to the Cardinals' .226.
St. Louis' rotation posted a 5.04 ERA in those 10 games. Pittsburgh? A 3.18 mark.
"I think it's more just the team," Matt Adams said of those PNC Park woes. "They're a good ballclub and they play us tough."
It was during the Cardinals' second of three regular-season trips to Pittsburgh that their concerns about the Pirates being serious challengers were confirmed. That extended stay -- which included five games and the non-waiver Trade Deadline falling in a four-day span -- cost the Cardinals the division lead as well as their chance to make a statement about their ability to play the Pirates tough in Pittsburgh.
It was, as general manager John Mozeliak said recently, the low-watermark of the season.
"The only time [this season] that I felt like things were in not great shape was when we played those five games in Pittsburgh," Mozeliak said. "Who knows what that series looks like if we win that first game. But we don't. That ended up creating a sort of reeling effect for our club."
After losing the opening game of the series, the Cardinals had a dismal day two. They lost the first end of a doubleheader on Alex Presley's walk-off hit before being shut out by little-known Brandon Cumpton in the nightcap. By the end of that evening, the Cardinals had also lost their NL Central lead and, more critically, their starting catcher.
On the eve of the Trade Deadline, Yadier Molina was ruled out indefinitely due to a right knee injury.
"I remember thinking that night, not having good thoughts," Mozeliak said. "I probably didn't go to bed until close to 4 in the morning looking at the catching market."
Mozeliak ultimately decided to stand pat with his roster, opting against making a knee-jerk reaction amid the reel. Matheny guarded against panic while preaching patience. Players promised a resurgence.
"We're confident we have a team that can go out there and win games," Adam Wainwright said after the team also lost the fourth game of the series. "Now it's time to see what we're made of."
The Cardinals answered with a convincing 13-0 win to take the series finale, though they did go on to lose a late-August series on their final return trip. Even still, they came out of the midseason dip quickly enough to eventually overtake the Pirates in the end.
Though the personnel is nearly the same now as it was then, the Cardinals believe they return to Pittsburgh with a team ready to rise in a stadium where they have been perpetually knocked down. First place was on the line then. Aspirations of a deep postseason run are at stake now.
"We were on a rough stretch at that time," Shelby Miller said. "We weren't playing good baseball. Our confidence level now is pretty high. We're trained to win with this organization. We're playing good baseball right now. We have a good chance, not only to win this series, but the whole thing, to go to the World Series."


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My first U2 showsThese were my first u2 shows, i went to two of them, and they were fantastic! All the roots influenced sounds, plus all the old stuff. Smallish venue, and not very good seats for the first night, and behind the stage 2nd night we threw our white flag to Edge at the end of the show and he picked it up! BB King was great too. A correction though, it was the Melbourne Tennis Centre if memory serves me correctly. And streets was amazing! Joanne, Forest Hill, vic. australia
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It Was The Best Of Times, It Was The Worst Of Times: Understanding The Context In Which The Empire State Building Was Built
Overview of Lesson Plan:
In this lesson, students will contemplate why the Empire State Building means so much to so many people. They will then research the era in which the building was built, the Great Depression, to gain an understanding of why this building is one of the world's greatest success stories.
Suggested Time Allowance: 1 hour
Students will:
- Think about why the Empire State Building has become such an important symbol.
- Discuss the Great Depression.
- Research the 1920s and 1930s.
- Write opening day speeches for the Empire State Building.
- student journals
- pens/pencils
- paper
- classroom board
- resources on the Empire State Building and the 1920s and 1930s including history textbooks, encyclopedias, computers with Internet access, etc.
- if available, computer with speakers or a music player and CD of a selected song
- copies of the lyrics to "Happy Days Are Here Again"
Note to Teacher:
The following link offers the artists and titles of songs released during those years, most of them can be played directly from the website. The song "Happy Days Are Here Again," recorded by Leo Reisman and His Orchestra, is used in this lesson: Click for site. Click to hear song. If you cannot play the song, students can read the lyrics together in class. Click here for "Happy Days Are Here Again " lyrics.
- WARM-UP/DO-NOW: Inform the class that you are going to play a sample of a song. Ask students to listen to it, then answer the following in their journals: "How would you describe the mood of the song? Does it sound serious or funny, happy or sad, etc.? When do you think it was written? Why?" Allow students a few minutes to write their responses. After students have finished writing, invite them to share these responses. Reveal that the song was released in November of 1929 by Leo Reisman and His Orchestra. Are they surprised by the date? Ask if anyone knows what was going on in America at that time?
- Ask the class to define "Depression." Record their responses on the board. Follow up by asking, "What do you think an 'Economic Depression' is?" Help the class understand the characteristics of the Great Depression.
- Inform the class that they will be researching the era during which the Empire State Building was built, 1929-1930. Divide the class into four groups, assigning each group to one of the categories below. Each group is to answer the questions for its category and thereby report on what was occurring over this two-year span. Students will be researching New York in particular and America in general:
Architectural Developments
- What types of buildings or structures were being built during the 1920s and 1930s? Give examples to support your answer.
- What was the "Skyscraper Race" or "The Race To The Skies"?
- What men were involved in this race?
Economy, Group A
- What happened in the stock market in September of 1929?
- What happened in the stock market in October of 1929?
- What were the richest companies?
Economy, Group B
- How many people were unemployed after October of 1929?
- Where did people go to find work?
- What was the Dust Bowl?
Technological Advancements and Science
- What important inventions are introduced during this time?
- What major achievements have occurred in aviation (flight)?
- What advances have been made in land travel (cars and trains)?
Once they complete their research, have the groups share their findings. As a class, discuss the following: "Knowing what you know now, do you think it was a good time to invest $50 million to build the world's tallest building? Why or why not?"
- WRAP-UP/HOMEWORK: Consider the context in which the Empire State Building was designed and constructed. What was intended to be a huge office building came to be considered by many as the eighth wonder of the world. For homework, imagine you are former Governor Al Smith at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Empire State Building. Write the speech you will deliver praising this amazing accomplishment and the people who worked on it, and talking about what the building means to New York and the nation.
Further Questions for Discussion:
- Do you think a project like this could succeed in New York today? Why or why not?
- In Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the Burj Dubai Skyscraper began construction in 2005 and is scheduled for completion in 2009. Its intended height will be more than twice that of the Empire State Building. Do you think it will be held in the same esteem as the Empire State Building? Why or why not?
- Should people continue to make such huge skyscrapers? Why or why not?
Students will be evaluated based on their participation in the initial exercise, thoughtful participation in group research and presentation, and their written speeches.
aviation, depression, economy, erect, prohibition, prosperity, skyscraper, stock, unemployed
Extension Activity:
Using the information gathered in the class about the years 1929-1930, transform your classroom into a "Thirteen Months" gallery walk. Such a walk invites people to look closely at a range of material that highlights the words, images, and sounds of a particular time and place. It is displayed gallery-style on the walls and on other spaces of the classroom.
To create this gallery walk, students must gather together a broad range of print and visual materials that cover the thirteen months of the Empire State Building's construction. Resources to consider include: photographs, quotations, maps, charts, graphs, essays, editorials, articles, primary source documents, music, film or video clips, or artifacts of any kind. These can be displayed around the classroom in "stations," preferably in chronological order to create an interactive timeline.
Author: Javaid Khan, The Bank Street College of Education, New York City.
Aviation n. The art or science of flying.
Depression n. 1. A state of sadness and low spirits. 2. A period of drastic decline in a national or international economy, characterized by decreasing business activity, falling prices, and unemployment.
Economy n. The system of production and distribution and consumption, esp. of a community, country, etc..
Erect a. standing upright.
Prohibition n. Specifically, the forbidding by law of the sale of alcoholic liquors as beverages.
Prosperity n. Advance or gain in anything good or desirable; successful progress in any business or enterprise; success.
Skyscraper n. A very tall building.
Stock n. The certificate of ownership of shares of a particular company or corporation.
Unemployed a. Having no regular work.
Academic Content Standards:
This lesson plan may be used to address the academic standards listed below. These standards are drawn from "Content Knowledge: A Compendium of Standards and Benchmarks for K-12 Education: 3rd and 4th Editions" and have been provided courtesy of the Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning in Aurora, Colorado.
American History: Level II [Grade 5-6]
Standard 23. Understands the causes of the Great Depression and how it affected American society
Benchmark 1. Understands economic aspects of the Great Depression
Benchmark 2. Understands the environmental and social impact of the Great Depression
Standard 22. Understands how the United States changed between the post-World War I years and the eve of the Great Depression
Benchmark 2. Understands how urban life changed in the 1920s
Benchmark 3. Understands the rise of a mass culture in the 1920s
Benchmark 7. Understands aspects of Prohibition
Geography: Level II [Grade 3-5]
Standard 9. Understands the nature, distribution and migration of human populations on Earth's surface
Benchmark 1. Understands the characteristics of populations at a variety of scales
Standard 12. Understands the patterns of human settlement and their causes
Benchmark 1. Knows areas of dense human settlement and why they are densely populated
Benchmark 4. Knows reasons for the growth and decline of settlements
Benchmark 6. Knows similarities and differences among the world's culture hearths


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The mustachioed patient is surprisingly vibrant – for a dummy. He moves. He complains that he wants something to drink. The nurses confer, raise him to a sitting position, and then consult with a "doctor" by phone.
Hour after hour, groups of four student nurses at Boston's Northeastern University go through a training session at the school's mock emergency room. After four to five years of schooling, they'll venture out into a job market that will be as attentive to them as they are to their smocked "patient." The US economy is expected to add more registered nurses (RNs) from 2010 to 2020 than workers in any other job occupation, according to projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
"I have a few friends who recently graduated and got jobs right away," says Carly Small, a sophomore nursing student.
Across the Charles River at the Red Cross in Cambridge, Mass., class is also in session. The students are learning basic tasks on their way to becoming home health aides: from the proper way to wash hands to how to move people from lying on their backs to their sides. The job market embraces them enthusiastically, too. Home health aides represent the second-fastest growing occupation, the BLS projects.
"I decided to start this for a better future for my kids," says Evelyn Perez, a single mom with three kids.
The two training sessions going on a few cobblestoned blocks apart in the Boston area highlight an unusual dimension of tomorrow's job market: Demand for workers should be strong on both ends of the skill spectrum. It's those in the middle who may want to look at their résumés.
While the students at Northeastern will take four to five years to complete their nurses' training, the home health aide students will complete their training in four weeks. The RNs can expect much better pay: Their median salary was $64,690 in 2010. Home health aides made only $20,560, which is below poverty level for a household of four.
Yet people pursuing both career paths will likely find jobs, which is indicative of a far broader trend in America. While employment growth is sluggish right now – the unemployment rate ticked up in January to 7.9 percent, according to the BLS, with the economy creating only 157,000 net new jobs – it's expected to pick up later this decade. Most of that growth will occur at the top and the bottom of the earnings scale. Among the top 20 fastest-growing professions from 2010 to 2020, according to the BLS, will be high-skill jobs like biomedical engineers, college professors, and veterinarians (see chart, page 30). But the list will also include many low-skill occupations, like helpers for carpenters, plumbers, and brick masons; glaziers; and cashiers.
Part of this is a fluke of the business cycle. Because of the Great Recession, which walloped the construction industry, jobs in various building trades will have to surge just to get back to normal levels of employment. But there's more involved in the process than that.
The main reason the low and high ends of the job market are growing is that the middle is getting squeezed. Different explanations are put forward for this: government policy, the decline of unions, offshoring jobs. But the prevailing theory is that middle-skill positions are disappearing because of technology.
The process has been going on for 30 years, but it has been largely obscured because it happens in fits and starts. The theory, as propounded by David Autor, an economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, is that the rapid spread of low-cost computing power has replaced many "routine" jobs. These workers accomplish a set of specific activities by following defined procedures, which a computerized device can mimic. Think automated teller machines instead of bank tellers, robots instead of factory workers, computerized answering systems instead of customer service representatives.
But computers aren't good at handling nonroutine jobs, whether it's managing a work group or cleaning up a mess in an elementary school. So they don't eliminate jobs at the top end of the skill spectrum, such as research scientists and managers. They also don't replace low-skill nonroutine occupations, like janitors.
"This process is going to gain more and more steam," says Nir Jaimovich, an economist at Duke University in Durham, N.C. His research shows that almost all the loss of these routine jobs happens during recessions – and they never come back during the recovery. So the Great Recession has hit the reset button on these occupations. In 1981, routine positions accounted for 58 percent of all jobs; by 2011, they were down to 44 percent.
Yet other surprises await future job hunters as well. As the nation struggles to crawl out of recession, here are 10 things you may want to know as part of an unofficial guide to tomorrow's job market:
1. Some booms really are booms.
The US oil and gas industry is likely to continue to be a source of jobs – and flush paychecks – for the foreseeable future.
Deployment of hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" technology in places like North Dakota, Pennsylvania, and Texas has reversed the nation's long decline in oil and gas production. Fluctuating energy prices could take the bloom off the drill bit at some point. Some places, like Towanda, Pa., have already seen many drillers move on to more valuable gas fields, leaving empty cafe booths in their wake.
But overall, experts believe the boom will continue for many years despite the vicissitudes of the global energy market and environmental concerns about fracking.
By 2020, development of so-called unconventional sources of petroleum should yield 4.5 million barrels per day, more than twice today's output, forecasts IHS Global Insight. That translates into a hiring of nearly 1.3 million workers over that time, the consulting firm estimates.
If those numbers aren't impressive enough, consider this: Hilcorp Energy Company, a Houston-based oil and gas producer, made the 2013 list of Fortune magazine's top companies to work for. One reason: The firm is planning to give every employee a $100,000 bonus if it doubles its production rate and reserves by 2015.
2. Other booms are more of a mirage.
The nation is seeing a decided rebound in manufacturing after the Great Recession. As Chinese wages go up, American companies are beginning to bring back some of the production they outsourced to Asia, particularly for higher-margin products, such as sophisticated appliances and speciality athletic shoes.
Between 2008 and 2018, output of the nation's factories should jump nearly 23 percent to $4.9 trillion, a huge change given that manufacturing is the nation's largest industry by output, according to a study by the Center on Education and the Workforce at Georgetown University.
Yet despite the surge on the nation's factory floors, manufacturing employment is expected to shrink from 13.6 million jobs in 2008 to 13 million by 2018, the center forecasts.
"Post-recession growth in that sector will result from greater productivity, not from expansion of the workforce," it says.
3. When in doubt, specialize.
The health-care industry is forecast to be a huge driver of employment this decade, because of an expected growth in demand from health reform and from an aging population. Whether you're looking for a job inside or outside the industry, the trick is to specialize.
By 2020, the economy is projected to need more than 30 percent more optometrists, veterinarians, and database administrators. It will need some 40 percent more marriage and family therapists, interpreters and translators, and meeting and event coordinators.
For something a little more offbeat, you can try nonfarm animal caretaker (up 27.8 percent); athlete, coach, or umpire (up 28.3 percent); or geographer (up 35.4 percent).
4. Green isn't always gold.
In 2008, in the run-up to the presidential election, a study released by the United States Conference of Mayors estimated the US had about 750,000 "green" jobs. Over the next 30 years, it forecast the green sector would account for as much as 10 percent of employment growth, adding 4.2 million jobs.
Those numbers were probably too optimistic: Don't count on a career making wind turbines just yet.
Actually, one of the projections the mayors produced turned out to be far too conservative. Last year, the BLS estimated green jobs for the first time, finding that they numbered 3.1 million, or 2.4 percent of full-time workers. But most of these jobs have been around for a long time. Mark Muro, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, calculates that only 100,000 new green jobs were created between 2003 and 2010.
Nor are some of the positive things that happened to the green movement last year – a 20-year low in carbon dioxide emissions, plummeting costs to consumers for solar power, and a record year for the wind industry – evidence that green jobs will surge in the future.
Emissions are down mostly because utilities are replacing coal-fired plants with cheaper and cleaner natural gas plants. Solar panels are inexpensive because Chinese manufacturers have flooded the market and driven some US firms out of business. Indeed, the administration has slapped tariffs of between 24 and 36 percent on Chinese panels. And the main reason that the wind industry had a good year is that installers were rushing to finish projects before the potential end of a federal subsidy.
With natural gas so abundant, the push to move to green alternatives looks as if it will be delayed.
5. Welcome to the era of the 'hybrid worker.'
Americans in recent decades have been changing careers with increasing regularity. In the future, many of them will be carving out personalized niche jobs by combining the skills they used in previous work experiences. Gina Vita is one such "hybrid worker."
She started out as an X-ray technician, moved on to cardiac research, and then dropped out of the labor force to raise her children. Twelve years later, she wanted to work again.
Friends began to ask Ms. Vita, who is a fitness buff, to help them with their workouts. So she got her certification from the American College of Sports Medicine and became a personal trainer. "I have that background work in the hospital," she says, which allows her to help clients avoid injury.
She would have made more money resuming a career as an X-ray technician. But "it was a gerbil wheel," she says. "I started out seeing people who are ill. Now, I'm preventing people from getting ill."
Hybrid workers are more common today because the recession delayed career-switching.
"There's a tremendous amount of pent-up demand to change careers," says Jim John, chief operating officer of Beyond.com, a career network based in King of Prussia, Pa. "I'm looking at résumés from people who went to law school and are looking to get into marketing."
But these workers have been at their current job long enough that starting over would now mean a steep pay cut in many cases. So workers are trying to bridge their careers. One friend who was a physician decided to go back to law school and now serves as a legal consultant on health-care issues, Mr. John says.
6. The death of a salesman hasn't happened.
The Internet Age was supposed to make salespeople obsolete. Instead, retail sales is expected to add more jobs than any profession except nursing between 2010 and 2020. Wholesale and manufacturing sales representatives (not involved in scientific or technical products) are No. 19 on the same BLS list.
And those numbers may underestimate the importance of the profession today: Many sales reps are moving from working for corporations to becoming employees to independent contractors.
"All those death notices for sales and those who do it are off the mark," writes Daniel Pink, author of "To Sell Is Human." "Indeed, if one were to write anything about selling in the second decade of the twenty-first century, it ought to be a birth announcement." In 2010, even after the worst downturn since the Great Depression, the share of Americans working in sales is the same as it was in 2000, he calculates: 1 in 9.
7. Meet your new digital staff.
Those online networks known as social media are being used for doing more important things than simply chatting with friends. Increasingly, they're allowing workers to develop sophisticated networks of contacts who can help them carry out their jobs.
Peter Schwartz calls it being "hyperconnected." By using increasingly powerful online tools, most workers will be able to replicate having a handful of assistants who gather research, prepare for meetings, and keep their schedule. It's like having an invisible support staff, allowing people to work smarter in a Knowledge Economy.
It will result in an "enriched, empowered, highly capable, autonomous decision worker [with] more freedom, more demands, but more options," says Mr. Schwartz, senior vice president for global government relations and strategic planning for Salesforce.com, a cloud computing company based in San Francisco.
8. Don't give me that retirement wristwatch just yet.
Far from moving to early retirement, the baby boomers reaching 65 are extending their work lives. "The biggest surprise is that you're going to see many older workers," says Schwartz, who himself started a new career at 65. He cites two reasons for older people staying in the workforce: The economy needs them, and they need to earn money longer.
Nonretired adults surveyed last year by Gallup said they planned to retire on average at 67, up four years from the same survey 10 years earlier. The same survey found that only 38 percent believed they had squirreled away enough money to live comfortably.
9. More degrees doesn't always mean more pay.
There are situations in which workers with college degrees are earning less than those with only a high school diploma. For example, credit counselors typically are required to have a bachelor's degree, according to the BLS. But loan officers just need a high school diploma. Yet loan officers outearn credit counselors $56,490 to $38,140.
In all, 1 in 5 young men with a college degree and 1 in 7 young women with a college degree were earning less in 2009 than the average high school graduate, according to research by Heather Boushey of the Center for American Progress and John Schmitt of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, both in Washington.
This may shed a little light on one of the big mysteries of the job market: why more young people aren't opting to go to college. From the end of World War II to the late 1970s, the ratio of college-educated workers to high school graduates rose sharply. But since that time, that progress has slowed dramatically.
The marketplace has responded by boosting the pay premium for a college education: In the late 1970s, 25-to-34-year-olds with a college degree could expect to earn 25 percent more than a high school graduate; by the late 2000s, they could earn 60 percent more, according to Ms. Boushey and Mr. Schmitt.
But young people – especially men – aren't responding by getting higher degrees.
The relationship between men and college has always been complicated. The GI Bill boosted male enrollment after World War II. During the Vietnam War, many young men opted for college as a way to defer military service. Since 1979, real earnings for high school graduates and dropouts have fallen while those for males with a four-year degree have risen only 10 percent, according to Professor Autor of MIT. By contrast, women with a four-year degree have seen a 29 percent boost in earnings.
"For males, it is more a matter of running just to keep in the same place," he writes.
Will this be the decade in which more men flock to college?
10. Who will pick all the lettuce?
The flood of illegal immigrants that poured into the US during the 1980s, '90s, and 2000s came to an abrupt halt with the Great Recession. Economic downturns typically slow the influx, which picks up again in a recovery. But this time looks different.
The number of illegal immigrants actually dropped from 12 million in 2007 to 11.1 million in 2011, according to the US Census Bureau.
"The era of great Mexican migration is probably over," says Allert Brown-Gort, a fellow at Notre Dame University's Kellogg Institute for International Studies in South Bend, Ind. He expects only a modest increase in Mexican immigrants as the recovery takes hold because much has changed along the US border and in Mexico itself. For one thing, the border is more secure than it was. For another, stories of smugglers robbing their customers – and worse – have been widely documented in Mexico.
Then there are demographic forces. "Immigration is a young person's game," Mr. Brown-Gort says. But Mexico is producing fewer young people as the fertility rate of Mexican women has plummeted.
So who will take those low-end jobs that new Mexican immigrants typically filled? In the health-care sector, at least, it looks as if it will be other immigrants.
Across the hall from Ms. Perez's class at the Red Cross in Cambridge, Mass., another nurse assistant/home health aide class is under way with students from all over the world: the Dominican Republic, Colombia, the Czech Republic, China. Before starting their training, they spent 10 weeks improving their English, learning medical terms and computer skills. For many, a job as a nurse assistant or home health aide is a first step on a ladder that they want to climb.
"I want to do nurse-assistant training," says Khadija El Hamraoui of Morocco. "And if I have a chance to do it: registered nurse [training]."
"I will get some experience" as a nurse assistant, says Arum Kafley, a refugee from Bhutan. "I am trying to get into college."


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The Spences have until April 30 to remove it or face charges for removal as well as daily fines, possibly $100 a day.
The sub-association is chartered by the Edgemont Property Owners Association, though an association staff member said the association was unaware of the issue.
The 13-foot catwalk allows the Spences' two cats, Teddy (full name, Teddy Bear) and Gus, to go outside even during winter months, the couple explained while sitting in their apartment. Teddy, 15, was adopted with a broken foot which is essentially healed. Gus, less than 2 years old, joined the clan from the La Plata County Humane Society when they visited to get a companion for Teddy.
Cold weather spurred the Spences to develop the elaborate catwalk, which includes a circular staircase around the tree.
The Spences had been letting the cats out through the front door, but colder fall temperatures meant keeping the door closed, they said. Martha Spence looked up cat ladders online, and the couple decided to create something along those lines for their cats.
Spence – who uses only his last name, much as pop singer Prince (Prince Rogers Nelson), who was known mostly by his first name, or Cher – took a 16-foot emergency-fire escape ladder and strung it between the building and the tree. He was careful not to put any screws or nails into the building, which is against the covenants, conditions and restrictions.
Spence said those who created the homeowners association and sub-associations "created a new layer of government that is out of control by the standards of the American tradition."
But the cats weren't going for it, he said, so he added wooden slats and made the ladder firmer. But the critters were having a difficult time getting down the tree. Spence decided to add "stairs" on the tree, held in place with angled bookshelf brackets.
The cats now look forward to their morning escape out the temporary cat door in the bathroom window to the tree, Spence said. The cat door is blocked at night, Martha Spence said.
Originally, Spence said, "We heard from a third party that one of the board members liked it, one didn't," but also heard the third member voted for it. "So we could keep it."
However, there was still that one board member who didn't like it. That person stayed on the board when the two others left, and when two new members took office, the board voted to order the catwalk's removal, Spence said.
"Once they had approved it, even if it's not in writing, (the approval) should stay in effect," Martha Spence said.
What the Spences did not have is advance approval, even though that is required in the covenant rules. They received a copy of the rules along with their lease when they moved into the unit July 3, 2012.
Spence said, "We would like a hearing (from the sub-association board)," but, "in the worst-case scenario, we'd remove the ladder."
The actual property owner received a notice from the sub-association that she would be charged the costs of removing the ladder. She then notified the Spences. Of course, the costs would be passed on to the couple.
Spence's father was a missionary in Honduras, where he spent much of his childhood. He then lived for many years in Arizona, where the couple met. He is a portrait photographer for the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad in the summer, and, last year, he also drove a city bus. He plans to work for the D&SNG again during the 2013 tourist season.
Martha Spence is a temporary office worker and is looking for a full-time office job.
While the couple waits for a reprieve, they can take some pride in their project getting international attention as part of the "Cat Ladder Hall of Fame" on the Cat Ladders Blog Spot.
Perhaps with a bit of resignation, Spence said, he had hoped that if the couple moved from the Edgemont unit that the next tenant could enjoy the catwalk, which now may not be the case.


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Tuesday, February 19, 2008
In-Progress At ESPN: "NASCAR Now" Featuring Ryan Newman
There has been lots of email about Ryan Newman's appearance on Tuesday's NASCAR Now hosted by Ryan Burr. The program will air at 6PM Eastern Time for thirty minutes and then re-air at Midnight.
Newman has been on the whirlwind media tour that comes with the Daytona 500 victory. NASCAR Now has been on a roll with perhaps the two best shows in that series history coming on Sunday and Monday night.
Now, the show transistions from Allen Bestwick back to the hosting tandem of Ryan Burr and Nicole Manske. This past weekend in Daytona, Manske held her own and even hosted a full one hour version of NASCAR Now Sunday morning.
Ryan Burr has worked hard since coming over from ESPNEWS to learn the NASCAR world. Now, he has an opportunity to get Newman two days after all the excitement of the win. The vast majority of the media appearances are over, and Newman should have a very interesting perspective on the last forty-eight hours.
There will be a full column up later Tuesday night about the program, but you will have an opportunity to add your comments before, during and after the program.
Since our friends at ESPN read this blog, you may have a question that you would like Ryan Burr to ask that addresses something not yet covered. There is certainly no harm in putting that forward. Newman has been asked just about everything under the sun by now, so maybe your suggestion would work for the NASCAR Now gang.
This new approach to this TV series by ESPN has certainly turned things around so far this season. Now, as the glow of Daytona begins to wear-off and the reality of ten months of travel and racing sink in, the challenge is to maintain this momentum.
We invite you to offer your opinion as this show goes forward. To add your comment or question, simply click on the COMMENTS button below and follow the easy instructions. Thanks again for stopping by to talk about Tuesday's NASCAR Now on ESPN2.
21 comments:
- elena said...
I cannot imagine that there are any questions that have not been asked. It's the response that's fun to watch. At one time Eli Manning was asked for the umteenth time what it felt to be a world champion and MVP. He said he didn't mind answering because it was so much fun talking about it.
Interviews are a great time for Ryan to re-live this career changing experience. So, if he is asked about his dad or Roger, we'll see him enjoy the moment over again.
There have been times in my life when something wonderful happended and I wanted to talk and talk about it 24/7. But people would have been sick about hearing it, so when asked, it became a golden opportunity to wax on about it.
I congratulate Ryan for his win and so happy that he gets to talk about it one more time. He has the only team in the garage where all the drivers are in the top 15 in points. Who would have thought?
- February 19, 2008 at 9:07 AM
- Anonymous said...
Newman has been on the whirlwind media tour that comes with the Daytona 500 victory.
I haven't heard anybody ask if Ryan is going to spend his share of the prize money on anything special, but that's about it.
Ryan did a nice job on Regis and Kelly this morning, considering that he said yesterday he's never seen the show. Unlike Dave last night who was somewhat disrespectful by only wanting to talk about Tony and KuBusch fighting in the NASCAR hauler before the Shootout. Regis and Kelly asked Ryan about Ryan and winning the race, Also his dad, etc.
Ryan smiled a lot and even showed off his winner's ring, which R&K loved. Nice ring, I don't think I'd seen it on any of the other shows. Ryan has gone out of his way to thank Kurt Busch on every program (which made Dave's obsession with the punch that much worse).
The only criticism I have, and I find this to be true with most drivers on "mainstream" TV, is they need to understand that many people have heard of NASCAR but don't understand the jargon. Regis and Kelly aren't going to know what what a spotter, or a quarter-midget, or a side-panel are. So they have to ask, so that the audience doesn't feel left out (Dave had to do that too, and I'm quite sure he knows what a spotter is.)
Naturally, Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon are a couple of the best at "breaking it down" for mainstream TV viewers. Maybe there's a copy of "NASCAR for Dummies" at Hendrick, LOL. Good job though, Ryan comes across well and the audiences seem to like him just fine.
- February 19, 2008 at 10:27 AM
- Anonymous said...
I have a question that I think would work for ESPN.
My favorite show is Pardon the Interruption, yet while Wilbon tries to understand NASCAR, Kornheiser acts as if it is beneath him to watch it. (PTI and Around the Horn spent less than 5 minutes combined talking about the Daytona 500)
Since Ryan is a college educated guy, would he up for debating Tony on the importance of NASCAR? What would Newman do to get Kornheiser to give the sport a chance?
IF we can get the PTI guys on board, NASCAR could pick up a ton of new young fans.
- February 19, 2008 at 11:51 AM
- Anonymous said...
Kornheiser is like that with anything that doesn't include football or baseball. He rips hockey and NASCAR. And when Wilbon was touting Lance Armstrong as athlete of the year once, Kornheiser just kept screaming,"But he rides a bike!" As if that's all he does. That's like saying about Newman, "But he drives a car." You know what, I ride a bike, and I drive a car. However, I've never ridden a bike up and through the Pyrenees and I've never driven a car at 200mph with 42 other guys doing exactly the same thing. Well, except for that one time in New York.
Anyway, my point here is, I wouldn't even want NASCAR Now to touch on what Kornheiser does to the sport. For fans who agree with him, they're never going to like NASCAR anyway. And for fans who don't, they just know he's a blowhard.
I'd love to see them ask Ryan how he thinks Sprint felt when their first major race as a sponsor was won by the Alltel car. It's a lighthearted, funny question.
- February 19, 2008 at 1:55 PM
- Anonymous said...
JD- I would be curious to know how many interviews Newman has done before Tuesday's N-NOW and how early his media "duties" started Monday. If tradition holds Newman should be on Eli Gold's MRN radio show sometime between 7:00 and 8:00PM tonight.
- February 19, 2008 at 2:05 PM
- elena said...
There were tons of people furious when Kornheiser was given the NFL Monday night gig. He sounds realy foolish when he is around any real football experts. He is constantly critisized in The Washington Post.
Mike Golic and others from ESPN were not that supportive of him either. The guy does NOT know sports. I watch Monday night football, and the guy is a bafoon.
- February 19, 2008 at 2:49 PM
- elena said...
I thought Ryan did a good job on Letterman. I think Letterman was just having fun with Ryan. Let's face it, Letterman is around racing so much and Bobby Rahal had a conection with Penske at one time, so why not ask kinda fun questions?
- February 19, 2008 at 3:11 PM
- Anonymous said...
It's one thing for Letterman to joke around with Gordon or Danica Patrick or Tony Stewart because a lot of nonrace fans know who they are. Or Charles Barkley who was on the other night.
But when you spend 2 plus minutes of a six minute interview asking an unknown guy questions about a fight between two other guys, that's not cool. It was more pestering than asking and not funny, if it had been funny it would have been OK. When the laughs started dieing down on Stewart-Busch (did those viewers even know what he was talking about?), even Letterman said (paraphrase), Ryan, maybe you should come back tomorrow instead. And started asking questions more related to the 500.
Plus at one point after that they were talking about falling asleep in the car, and Ryan said he had done that once, and started to tell what might have been an interesting story, but Letterman blew him off and about 10 seconds later said thanks for coming.
it's not a life or death situation or anything, its just so rare to see NASCAR anything sitting down with Letterman, I would like to see it go good and not have the drivers look second rate.
- February 19, 2008 at 3:56 PM
- Anonymous said...
John, so sorry to go off topic but I can post but not email you from work. No problem if you pull this message after you get it, but nascar.com has a story that NASCAR is looking for "core fans" for a consumer board and they are recruiting them now.
Since one of the reason they are probably doing that is your site (since it says ratings among "heavy viewers" dropped) can you find out about how you can apply to be a member and post for us? the site doesn't seem to have anything about it. Not that I or anybody else on DP would neccessarily get to take part, but I hope it's not one of those panels where nobody even knows how they "recruited" people and it's all full anyway. Thank you and sorry again!
"Obermeyer's consumer marketing team is creating an online panel of fans who will serve as a focus group of sorts. NASCAR will use this online community for feedback on issues confronting the sport. Fans who will make up the panel are being recruited, Obermeyer said."
"The core fans of today might be different than the core fans from the 1960s and '70s," said Max Muhleman, a veteran marketing and research consultant. "They might be more technology-driven, they might be driven by the personalities. The idea of creating a panel to better understand that is very progressive. There are too many sports that don't pay enough attention to the fans."
- February 19, 2008 at 4:18 PM
- elena said...
anon 3.56 Maybe you did not think it was funny, but Ryan thought it was. For anyone who did not see the interview, the whole thing is on youtube. You can hear the audience laughing and Ryan laughs throughout the interview.
I thought it was funny.
- February 19, 2008 at 5:59 PM
- Sophia said...
I did not give full attention to the show and got distracted when they mentioned CHAMP and IRL were merging and had to dig up Robin Miller's column from 1.32 AM today to confirm.
BUT as NNOW went off they are playing JR's voice and others from SPEED!! I thought I was hallucinating..and Larry Mac's voice. WOW.....ESPN is 'trying' to learn to get along with others.
JD this is amazing.
I was bummed to hear that a huge HUGE PENALTY is coming for Dale Jr's team...sigh.
Mike Joy's voice and Larry...and DW. Wow...is this ESPN??
Ryan Burr did give credit to NASCAR IMAGES as they went off the air. YAY. Sure beats a dumb music video. Good ESPN
- February 19, 2008 at 6:30 PM
- Sophia said...
I thought the Letterman thing was funny, too, Elena. Typical Letterman to fixate on something...i think he did something similar with Stewart a couple years ago.
I just wished they would've kept Ryan a second segment but those night time talk shows rarely do...except for whom they deem HUGE stars. I will look for it on you tube.
- February 19, 2008 at 6:33 PM
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- February 19, 2008 at 6:41 PM
- Anonymous said...
I must say I am shocked! ESPN has put together 3 great shows. Ryan Newman isnt the most outgoing interview, but I thought Ryan Burr made him feel very comfortable. Could have talked more racing but I give the show a A-!
- February 19, 2008 at 6:46 PM
- Patrick said...
I am extremely pleased with the improvement Nascar Now has shown so far this year. I am completely shocked that one of the last questions was so similar to Anon's @ 10:27 AM. Maybe, Burr took a peek prior to Newman's arrival. If so, kudos to Burr for educating himself as much as possible and seeking out the fan's opinion.
- February 19, 2008 at 7:13 PM
- Anonymous said...
That show was great. Burr did a nice job and having Newman's dad was a master stroke. They seem to have broken away from the "Junior Now" show they put on last year. The brief mention of him was justified by the circumstances.
A very welcome improvement so far from last year's lame show.
- February 19, 2008 at 7:30 PM
- Newracefan said...
Another good show. Ryan asked some great questions of Ryan and for the first time the use of a phone interview was appropriate. Keep it up Nascar NOw we're watching.
- February 19, 2008 at 8:53 PM
- elena said...
Nice show for both Ryans. It was especially nice for Newman, because he was in a safe environment with someone who is familiar with NASCAR and the Daytona 500. I also thought the phone call from his dad was a nice touch.
- February 19, 2008 at 9:18 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Hey All,
Just got a nice note from Ryan Burr from NASCAR Now thanking us for the questions and also the comments. Good to know he is out there. Thanks, Ryan!
- February 19, 2008 at 9:27 PM
- TexasRaceLady said...
I'll just add my 2 cents -
- February 19, 2008 at 9:55 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
There is a new column up about the Tuesday edition of NASCAR Now.
- February 19, 2008 at 11:05 PM


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Davina McCall has told how her late sister - and God - gave her the strength to get through an exhausting and agonising effort to swim across Lake Windermere.
The presenter's body was limp with her head lolling as she was pulled from the water after clinging on to her support team's kayak to complete her 1.5 mile crossing during a Sport Relief challenge.
Organisers of the seven-day challenge assured fans that Davina - who was crying and struggling to breathe during the swim - was in no danger as she made her way across the lake.
And afterwards, McCall explained that thoughts of her half-sister Caroline Baday - who died from cancer in 2012 - pulled her through.
The presenter's pain and suffering was etched across her face as she had difficulty managing anything other than a doggy paddle and was unable to put her head in the water.
McCall, 46, said: "I imagined my sister holding me and pulling me through it."
And she had also hoped for divine intervention to get her through, admitting: "I got so desperate I looked up to God - if there was anyone up there I needed their help."
However she insisted she did not feel unsafe as she crossed the 5C (41F) lake, which is 183ft (56 metres) deep, accompanied by her trainer Professor Greg Whyte.
Viewers saw her brave the water live on BBC1 on Monday morning, sobbing and red-faced before even taking the plunge. And as her crossing went on she looked increasingly distressed and worn-out.
When she eventually reached her target, her flopping body was lifted from the water and carried to a nearby hotel as the charity's team warmed her up. M inutes later she was seen smiling and about to get her hands around a mug of hot chocolate in a photograph posted on Twitter, with her core temperature on the way back up.
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