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Motorsports photography and observations on the Indy 500, the IZOD Indycar Series, NASCAR and ARCA stock cars, USAC and the Mazda Road to Indy, the Rolex Grand Am and American LeMans Series sports cars, and racing in general from one Hoosier's perspective.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Franchitti & Power Face Off At Homestead for Indycar Title
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Sunday, September 19, 2010
Armstrong Takes Salem ARCA Thriller
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Friday, September 17, 2010
Indycar & ARCA Championships Wind Down
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Monday, September 13, 2010
2012 IndyCar: Tony Cotman's blog - Racer.com
Here's the man in charge of the new Indycar design talking about the process. Keep an eye on this one! People seem really excited about the possibility of variety of car styles built around a common tub. Very interesting reading.
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Sunday, September 12, 2010
2011 Indycar Schedule Confirmed; John Paul Jr. Battles Major Disease
April 10 - Barber
April 17 - Long Beach
May 1 - Brazil
May 29 - Indy 500
June 11 - Texas Twin 275's (night)
June 19 - Milwaukee
June 25 - Iowa (night)
July 10 - Toronto
July 24 - Edmonton
August 7 - Mid Ohio (with ALMS)
August 14 - New Hampshire
August 28 - Infineon
Sept 4 - Labor Day - Baltimore
Sept 18 - Motegi
Oct 2- Kentucky
Oct 16 - Vegas/Fontana.
Unrelated to the 2011 schedule is a story contained in an email I got from a photog friend on a tragic note: former Indycar driver and Michigan 500 winner John Paul Jr. is suffering from Huntington's Disease and was recently featured in a UCLA Health Center video which focused on their research into treatment for the disease. As others have noted, seeing John Paul Jr. struggle to walk and talk is heartbreaking as he was a superb talent who never quite got the breaks he needed in Indycars, and whose father had serious legal troubles that cast a shadow over JP's marketability as an Indycar driver. to see the video and learn more about John Paul's battle with the disease, follow this link to the YouTube video. God bless you JP, and godspeed.
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Wednesday, September 8, 2010
IZOD Indycar Series 2011 Schedule Ready
March 13 - Brazil
April 17 - Long Beach
April 10 - Barber
April 30/May 1 or May 7/8 - These are open dates before the opening of practice for the Indy 500, assuming the Speedway sticks with the single week format for practice and qualifications. Although it hasn't been mentioned much, Atlanta is my wild card race for one of these weekends. In my opinion, an oval should be run before Indy and Atlanta is a logical warm weather venue. However, Milwaukee could end up here instead of the traditional date immediately after the 500, although spring weather is iffy at best and I think an August date makes more sense - more on that in a minute. Fontana could also slot in here but perhaps having two open weekends prior to the start of practice would be good for the teams to recharge and get ready for the busy summer months.
May 29 - Indy 500: 100 years since the first Indy 500 was run!
June 11 - Texas Twin 275's. Texas always puts on a great show and having two points paying races on the same night is an idea whose time has come. It could allow someone who crashes out of the first race the chance to race again with a backup car. While they are at it, why not invert the start of the second race from the finishing order of the first race?
June 19 - Iowa. This would wrap up a month long stretch of oval races. The bunching of similar races is a great move economically so the teams aren't switching back and forth from road course to oval setups so often.
July 3 - This is another wild card weekend with the Independence Day holiday open now that Watkins Glen has gone by the wayside. Mid Ohio or Infineon could go here and start a stretch of road course events.
July 17- Toronto: the start of the Canadian swing.
July 24 - Edmonton. Back to ovals for the next two races.
August 7 - Milwaukee. This is where I think this event fits best, as it is during the Wisconsin State Fair and could be a headline attraction and help the gate immensely. The promoters also then probably have a partner in State government to help promote the race - important since the past promoters have had "issues".
August 14 - New Hampshire. Another flat mile oval, but the first time for Indycars on the newer mildly progressive banking. Now back to road courses.
August 21 - Mid Ohio or Infineon. This has been the Infineon weekend the past few years but Mid Ohio has to go somewhere if Milwaukee gets the date in early August. I'd prefer Mid Ohio here for travel logistics for the teams and it is close to where the race has been run in the past. Keeping ALMS or getting the Rolex Series as companion race events at Mid Ohio would be a bonus.
Sept 4 - Labor Day - Baltimore. A new street circuit which caused Kentucky to be moved, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Sept 17/18 - Motegi. Honda must have this race and the Indycars need to race in Japan to pay them back for their support of the series.
Oct 2- Kentucky. This date was announced last weekend at Kentucky and it will no longer be a night race, which is a shame as the showers of sparks will not be nearly as spectacular in the daylight. Fall weather could be an issue however.
Oct 16 - Vegas/Fontana. Bernard has already stated he would like to finish in Las Vegas so they can wine and dine the sponsors and have the season ending awards banquet in style. This would fit with the idea that Indycars are "sexy" again and what better place that "Lost Wages" to show that off. I seriously doubt that Fontana will make the grade and it would seem to just be leverage for the series to get what they want from Vegas.
Enough about the schedule. Here are a couple of other ideas I have to spice up the Series. Set an all star sprint race with one pit stop for all race and pole winners. This would be a made for TV non-points event on an oval. It needs a sponsor so go after Venom, Monster or one of the other energy drinks to get behind this with a big payoff for the winner. These cars will be obsolete after 2011 anyway so why not have this at Vegas after the championship has been decided?
Next, figure out a way to award extra points toward the season championship for every driver that makes the Fast 6 (or Fast 9 at Indy) in qualifying. Now every qualifying session becomes meaningful for a driver's (and team's) season totals.
Finally, award bonus points in the overall season standings for the driver(s) who win the Andretti road course and Foyt oval championships. It wouldn't have to be much, but this could be an added incentive and make the overall season championship even more interesting with the road course title wrapping up in Baltimore.
I'm looking forward to Friday's formal schedule announcement to see if any of my speculation is on target. Even if not, at least I'll know what I need for making my travel plans for 2011.
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Saturday, September 4, 2010
Castroneves Takes Kentucky Indycar Win On Fumes
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Pippa Mann Gets First Indy Lights Win
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Indycars 200th Race: Carpenter Steals Pole at Kentucky Speedway
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This biography is history at its best, telling a story both human and philosophical. As Unger points out, Henry's words continue to echo across America and inspire millions to fight government intrusion in their daily lives.
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text: Beijing, Aug 13 (IANS) The London Olympics have given the Chinese "a new thinking of who we are and what the world is", said a state-run Chinese daily Monday. An article "Olympics reflects China's true character" in the Global Times said that Olympics "offered Chinese people happiness and food for thought". "In this platform for world competition, Chinese people have acquired a new thinking of who we are and what the world is," it said. The daily said that competition among countries attracts dedicated efforts from athletes. "It is difficult to imagine an Olympics holding its competitions on any other basis than between countries." China ranked second in both the gold medal and total medal tally, after the US. "The majority of Chinese aren't upset about the result. Despite domestic media's censures of `over-worshipping gold medals', few Chinese really support the idea of winning gold medals at any price," it explained. The daily was quick to add that while it is a sports competition, "the Olympic Games is also a contest of national strength". Stating that this is "not a bad thing"," it said: "The ancient Olympics had the goal of replacing war with sports competitions. In the modern era, Olympics has a far greater meaning." It went on to say that compared with the Beijing Olympic Games of four years ago, China now has more dynamic and diversified media. "This is a sign of progress." "When the West made accusations following Chinese athletes' performances, some thought too much weariness against the West reflected a narrow nationalism." "Perhaps the right attitude also needs time to take root. This Olympic Games has reflected a China with confusing values. But there are also positive debates, which will lead the country forward. "It was a fortnight when China witnessed both achievements and confusion. It is foolish to look down on oneself, though overconfidence might be worse. The Olympics is like a mirror, in which China should look at itself clearly," the daily added.


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Watchdog Group Claims GlaxoSmithKline Misled FDA
FRIDAY, Oct. 7 (HealthDay News) — Public Citizen has accused GlaxoSmithKline of giving misleading study results to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on its popular asthma drug salmeterol.
The watchdog group claims the drugmaker was trying to hide the extent to which salmeterol (Serevent) can cause asthma-related deaths. GlaxoSmithKline denies the charge and says they followed FDA protocol and alerted physicians to the potential dangers of the drug.
The debate is played out in two letters in the Oct. 8 issue of The Lancet.
Salmeterol is one of a class of drugs called long-acting beta agonists and is designed to relieve asthma symptoms by opening the airways; however, it is meant to be taken along with an inhaled steroid, which reduces inflammation, the cause of asthma. Another GlaxoSmithKline product, Advair, contains both drugs.
"GlaxoSmithKline misled the FDA, that resulted in the FDA complaining about it and a delay before the FDA realized the increased risk of asthma death from this drug was even larger than they thought," said Dr. Sidney M. Wolfe, director of Public Citizen's Health Research Group. "They [the company] mixed in data that happened after the trial."
"This drug has been given out, presumably, to decrease deaths from asthma, where in fact it increases death from asthma," Wolfe said. "Delays concerning FDA's full understanding of this are reckless and dangerous."
The controversy centers around the company's failure to report that some study results provided to the FDA actually occurred six months after the trial had ended. The 28-week SMART study found an increased risk of asthma-related death among those taking salmeterol.
According to the letter by Wolfe and his colleague Dr. Peter Lurie, deputy director of Public Citizen's Health Research Group, data outside the trial period is tainted, since you don't know if the people in the trial continued on the same drug regimen that they did during the trial. "Having this data made it appear that the risk was lower than it is," he said.
Among Public Citizen's other concerns are that the results of the trial have never been published.
After learning of the problem, the FDA's Pulmonary-Allergy Drugs Advisory Committee recommended in July 2005 strengthening the warning on the labels for both Serevent and Advair. The agency has not yet made a final decision.
"In this case, the FDA cannot be faulted for the fact that the company misled them," Wolfe said. "They bought some extra time for these big-selling drugs, delaying the advisory committee meeting, which should have happened much earlier."
Wolfe believes that neither Serevent nor Advair have a place in asthma treatment. "To say that these drugs are safe when taken with a steroid is just not correct," he said.
"These are not indispensable drugs," Wolfe said. "If someone is adequately treated with steroids, there is really no need for these drugs, particularly when the drugs increase your chance of dying from an asthma attack."
In response, GlaxoSmithKline's vice president of the Clinical North America Respiratory Medicine Development Center, Kathy A. Rickard, says in her letter that the protocol of the 28-week study also was meant to include six months of follow-up. The company says that there were no substantial differences between the results from the 28-week trial and the additional six months of follow-up.
In addition, Rickard says that the trial results have been posted on its clinical trial Web site and submitted to the journal Chest for publication. Furthermore, doctors have been alerted to the potential danger of the drug.
"GlaxoSmithKline has acted responsibly, transparently, and has communicated rapidly through multiple channels to ensure that the findings from SMART were available to health-care professionals and patients," Rickard wrote.
One expert thinks there is less here than meets the eye.
"There is some truth on both sides, but I think GlaxoSmithKline played by the rules," said Dr. David L. Katz, an associate professor of public health and director of the Prevention Research Center at Yale University School of Medicine.
"Consumer watchdogs may be concerned that GlaxoSmithKline did not do enough to highlight the study findings," Katz said. "We can all be thankful for such concerns, as they — along with the threat of litigation — help ensure high ethical standards when large sums of money are at stake. But it's easy for such groups to exaggerate wrongdoing, because there is always something more that could have been done to safeguard the public."
The SMART trial and its disclosure have been responsibly handled, Katz said. "Serevent can relieve asthma symptoms, but with a slight increase in the risk of uncommon disease complications, including asthma-related death," he said. "This is not a scandal, merely one of the many risk-benefit considerations that should inform the mutual decisions of patients and their doctors."
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The Boss: Back with a Wrecking Ball! Photo: Reuters/Mario Anzuoni
Cometh the hour, cometh the Boss. And he's carrying a wrecking ball.
The sound you can hear is a Fender Telecaster thundering through the zeitgeist.
Bruce Springsteen is back, and he's angry.
This past week Springsteen has been talking long and often about his new album Wrecking Ball. It hasn't been so much a record release as a cannon shot across the bows of the ships of government and the corporate world. The songs aren't so much tracks as tracts on the disintegration of life among the workers of his country. Those who have little money, no power, no prospects, and see a fading light where promises and dreams used to glow, and because of that, struggle to hold on to simple dignity. Most of all they need work to set them free.
In an interview with the British Mirror newspaper, Springsteen referred to his parents: "My experience growing up was that my mother was the primary breadwinner, she worked very hard every day. My father struggled to find work and I saw that was deeply painful and created a crisis of masculinity. Lack of work creates a loss in itself. Work creates an enormous sense of self. I saw this in my mother, she was an inspiring figure to me."
At a news conference, as reported in The Guardian, Springsteen said the album was fueled by "angry patriotism".
"I have spent my life judging the distance between American reality and the American dream," he said.
"A big promise has been broken. You can't have a United States if you are telling some folks that they can't get on the train. There is a cracking point where a society collapses. You can't have a civilisation where something is factionalised like this."
He credited the Occupy Wall Street movement with raising awareness about the inequality between the two ends of town. To Springsteen theft is theft, whether a man is robbing a bank or the banker is robbing the people. There are no moral ambiguities at play.
Wrecking Ball opens with this salvo from We Take Care of Our Own.
From Chicago to New Orleans
From the muscle to the bone
From the shotgun shack to the Superdome
There ain't no help, the cavalry stayed home
There ain't no one hearing the bugle blowin'.
Musically, it's Springsteen back to his anthemic basics. There's the build-up, the onslaught, the quiet pause, then the thumping chorus. Born in the USA, reborn for a new generation. Springsteen is 62 now. He wrote Born in the USA almost 30 years ago. Ronald Reagan purloined it for his re-election campaign, his advisers not seeing beyond the title; it can only be a matter time before someone does similarly with We Take Care of Our Own especially with the lines "Wherever this flag's flown/we take care of our own".
Down through the next 10 songs (12 in the deluxe edition), Springsteen takes us through a man with a Smith & Wesson .38 looking for some easy money (All those fat cats just think it's funny); to the bleak despair of Shackled and Drawn, where the poor just "pick up a rock, son, and carry it on", the protagonist "just another day older and closer to the grave" while up on "bankers hill the party's going strong".
The next two songs drill into the poverty of hope in small town life in Jack of All Trades and Death to my Hometown. Some critics have said the former is verging on parody, but it isn't so. They're making the mistake of equating scale with depth of subject. In post GFC America, a man must find work where he can, which segues into Death to my Hometown, in which Springsteen rages at the quiet devastation "robber barons" and "greedy thieves" can wreak. It's the ripple effect of greed.
The title track Wrecking Ball was written a couple of years ago in relation to Giants Stadium coming down. Springsteen had played there many times. In the context of the album it takes on a broader meaning, indeed, he's said the wrecking ball was a metaphor for the financial calamity that's befallen his country. Springsteen exhorts – and none do it better — his countrymen and women to "hold tight to your anger, don't fall to your fear".
Like Bob Dylan, Springsteen is a dealer in allusions. He sprinkles references throughout from Old Testament imagery to gospel refrain to dustbowl recitation. Then, he brings it all back home to his house. The universal is personal.
In The Mirror interview he gave this nod to Dylan: ''My job is to do for you what Bob Dylan did for me, kick open the door to your mind, reach for something higher than yourself and grovel around for something lower too. That's the job: to be paid for something that can't be bought. And I have no other skills whatsoever.
''I always enjoyed artists who, one way or another, tried to take on the world and who were involved in events of the day."
The non-deluxe edition of Wrecking Ball ends with We Are Alive, which traverses a landscape of ghosts from America's history who suffered turmoil and travails of the underclass and underdog.
In the two bonus tracks, different threads of Springsteen's art entwine: the elliptical poetic and the strong narrative of realism.
The first extra track is Swallowed Up (In the Belly of the Whale).
"I fell asleep
On a dark and starless sea
With nothing but the cloak
Of God's mercy over me.
I come upon strange earth
And to a great black cave
I dreamt I awoke
As if buried in my grave."
The final song is American Land, a retelling of the story of the great waves of immigration to America, of the human flood borne to his country on the promise of a new life. Where's that promise now? Springsteen asks.
It's said art is timeless, but art is also of its time. Springsteen here isn't breaking any new ground musically. He plays what he knows. But he also knows there is a time to speak out. There is an art to that.
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Date: 06/02/13
Advantages: Passes the time
Disadvantages: Glitches
This is one of those games that I constantly heard about through my friends sending requests for lives and extra items; I hate these requests and do get annoyed at the constant notifications in my phone. However, I then started seeing statuses about it and thought I would download the app to my phone to give it a go as I am always trying to find a decent game to occupy my time.
The purpose of the game is to match a minimum of three or more of the same coloured candys to remove them from the game. Getting three of the same colour only scores low; four matched and you get a special striped candy which would remove a row of candys when matched with a minimum of two same coloured candys. Five candys matched in a L shape or row creates a wrapped sweet or multi coloured sweet which remove all of one colour from the board or blow up and area twice. By mixing these special candys other special moves can be unlocked such as the super sweet and lightening bolts; effectively the more you match the more you score.
Each level has a target which starts off as a score on the early levels but moves are always restricted and the objectives must be completed within the set amount of moves or you lose a life. The boards are generally gridded and take many shapes as you progress the levels which get more difficult containing obstacles the harder it gets.
The obstacles start off as simple as crushing jelly by matching the coloured candys contained within it; this then progresses to time trials which are actually easier and time can be gained from special moves. Harder levels then have blocks which become jelly so require more matches before they disappear and I am currently at a level with wire covered blocks requiring special candys to unlock them.
The game gives you five lives on the app and five on the facebook page which regenerate one at a time every thirty minutes but you can ask your friends to send you them (or pay outside of the app for more but I do not do this).
The app can be linked to your Facebook account so that you can beat the scores of your friends and ask them for special gifts and lives in the game. The game can also be played offline and then synced when you are ready.
I like the game but it can be a little addictive and I do spend a few hours on it. Some levels are annoying especially if you get stuck and cannot move on as the lives do not regenerate very quickly. I also find the hints of where to move a little annoying and this can distract me from finding a more useful move. There are also a few glitches where the game will just switch off when I am in the middle of a level and then the game wastes one of my lives which can be frustrating.
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Yesterday, the New York Yankees played their first Spring Training exhibition of the season, a hard-fought, heart-stopping 8-3 thriller against the Atlanta Braves. Tragically, this jewel of a game was nearly lost to eternity, as there was no video feed. Don't fret, however! I have scoured MLB.com's video archives and discovered two tantalizing clips from the classic that is sure to be remembered for generations to come.
The Yanks began the game taking their hacks against eight-year veteran Paul Maholm, who the Braves acquired from the Chicago Cubs last year at the Trade Deadline with Reed Johnson in exchange for prospect Jaye Chapman and former Yankee farmhand Arodys Vizcaino. Maholm felt the pressure of knowing that in order for him to legitimize his existence at all to his teammates, he had to vanquish the team that had given Atlanta the ability to make the deal in the first place by sending Vizcaino down south in the infamous Melky Cabrera-for-Javier Vazquez swap three winters ago. Maholm would never have been a Brave had it not been for the Braves acquiring Vizcaino. The Yanks were a part of his Genesis, with Vizcaino being the Peter Gabriel to Maholm's Phil Collins. It was time for Maholm to step up and strike down the team that beat Atlanta twice in World Series play 15 years ago, when none of the current Braves were anywhere close to the organization, lest his career suddenly turn to Disney soundtracks about ape men.
After four pitches, Maholm got Eduardo Nunez to bounce one to shortstop Andrelton Simmons, who was no doubt seeking to take down the team that recently cut ties with his famous Curacaon countryman and former Brave great Andruw Jones. With Dutch pride, he threw out Nunez in the name of Druw and Queen Beatrix. Slugger Robinson Cano posed the next threat for Maholm, but the veteran shook off the fear thanks to the heavy anti-diuretics taken prior to the game. Robbie grounded one as well, sending a 2-2 pitch to the hands to first baseman Freddie Freeman, who had just been described as having "soft hands" in the field by the Braves broadcaster Jim Powell. Out number two was seemingly inevitable. But alas! The grounder trickled away from Freeman toward second baseman Dan Uggla. It was hopeless. Only about 10 pitches into their season and Atlanta had already screwed up. Maholm now had to face one of Freeman's predecessors at first base for the Braves, slugger Mark Teixeira. Surviving the tense moment, he got Teixiera to also hit a worm-killer.
Atlanta turned the double play and was out of the inning. Despite a good stretch on a horrendous throw by Uggla (nothing new), Freeman immediately realized how much he now owed Maholm for bailing him out, and he immediately began making arrangements for a nice, big bowl of pies with ice cream on it. (It was for Freeman, consoling himself. He knew Maholm's rage would be too difficult to control, and that he would likely be unconscious in the Atlanta dugout at any moment, a victim of Maholm's classic poisonous vengeance via drugged-up sunflower seeds.)
Young David Phelps was on the mound for the bottom of the first, brimming with the confidence of a bald eagle deadset on decapitating Derek Jeter. At the plate to lead off the game was Simmons, who upon returning to the dugout saw someone and became terrified about the possibility of losing his job to this new teammate once described as "a... baseball player," Ramiro Pena. Sensing this petrification, Phelps threw a pair of strikes right by Simmons while the bat rested on Simmons's shoulders. Snapping out of it, Simmons finally swung at the next pitch. Let the magic commence!
Triple-A second baseman Corban Joseph was starting at third base for the first time in three years, hoping an increase in positional versatility will help the Yankees find a place for him on the big-league roster. Little did he know that he would be tested posthaste. Deftly, he handled a quickly-moving grounder by Simmons and retired the infielder out at first in plenty of time with a throw right on the money. All in attendance gasped and broke out in thunderous applause; they would not stop cheering until CoJo performed his expected duty of bringing out a boombox and leading a rave to the dubstep version of "I'm a Little Teapot."
Then, the rest of the game happened, although as far as I'm concerned, it did't because there is no video evidence. They might have all joined CoJo on the field in a dance-off for all we know while the broadcasters uncomfortably fabricated a baseball game to describe.


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The title pretty much sums up my life for the last few weeks. I developed a cough in Australia and it just kept lingering. Last week the coughing started to get bad. Shoot me and put me out of my misery bad. Luckily for me, I work at a hospital and I can be "seen" by a doctor without actually going through the formal check-in and pay a co-pay routine. After a quick listen to my lungs and a summary of my symptoms, I was given a prescription for Antibiotics. He also threw around words like "Atypical Pneumonia" and "Pertussis" but assured me that the drugs would kill any bacteria that may be associated with my coughing. As long as it isn't the Hudson River Virus, I'll probably live. (Bonus points if you get the reference.)
I can say that I do feel somewhat better but the cough still lingers and I still prefer to be in bed most of the day. How that is different from any normal day I don't really know except I haven't even gotten up to watch much TV and those who know me know that I usually watch a lot of TV. Speaking of which, I would like to know what rock the producers of Big Brother 9 looked under to find the current cast. I want to make sure I never come across that rock.....ever!
Now I must go take more cough medicine before I cough up a lung.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Posted by April at 10:16 PM
4 comments:
- Maura said...
Sorry to hear that the cough got worse instead of better! I hope the drugs knock it out of your system.
I get a failing grade on the Hudson River Virus reference. But I lived in the Hudson River Valley for a huge chunk of my life - do I get partial credit?
Oh, and I agree 100% on the BB9 cast. I think we can refer to them as writers' strike sludge.
Feel better! - 11:03 PM
- Anonymous said...
hudson river virus is from BB9!
- Maura said...
I found that out just last night. I'm WAAAAY behind on my viewing!
Wasn't it a Jericho reference on BB9, though? That wasn't clear to me. - 11:09 AM
- California April said...
Yes, it was really a Jericho reference, tied in to BB9.
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- Thursday, June 28, 2012 6:03 PM
WASHINGTON, D.C. (defend.ht) - The United States Supreme Court upheld the healthcare law of President Barack Obama bringing an end to a 50 year battle of the Democratic party to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system.
The ruling was 5-4 that an "individual mandate" was lawful under the understanding of the power of Congress to impose taxes. In 2014, most Americans will be required to purchase health insurance or pay a tax. Access to healthcare will be available to all by expanding Medicaid to the poor.
Barack Obama was just oustide the Oval Office on Thursday when he received the news. What he first heard was that the individual mandate was struck down.
Romney Speaks Healthcare
According to reports, a Counsel at the White House, Kathy Ruemmler entered the "outer Oval Office" two give the president two thumbs up.
Ruemmler told Obama that the Affordable Care Act was upheld by 5 justices who found it valid under Congress' taxing power.
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Obama and his challenger for president, Mitt Romney both responded immediately.
The president spoke calling the ruling "a victory for people all over this country whose lives will be more secure because of this law and the Supreme Court's decision to uphold it... we will continue to implement this law and we'll work together to improve on it."
"What we won't do - what the country can't afford to do - is re-fight the political battles of two years ago or go back to the way things were. With today's announcement, it's time for us to move forward," Obama added.
Mitt Romney responded saying he is the only hope to get rid of "Obamacare". He said "our mission is clear: If we're going to get rid of Obamacare, we're going to have to replace President Obama."
More than $1.5 million in donations poured in to Romney's campaign in the hours following the decision, according to an aide.


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lover blazer, random top, free people shorts, cassette society boots
if you follow the blog you're probably aware of my lover obsession (read: black hole for my money and may have bought three lover items in two weeks), and this sweet little blazer is no exception. she and i fell madly in love and i had to take her home...it's one of those things that can literally be thrown over pretty much anything and somehow instantly smartens up the whole outfit. like the other day for example. one minute i was wearing some scroungy loose top and my trusty lace shorts while lying on my bed watching everwood re-runs, the next i was heading out for dinner only adding the blazer over the top. instant cool, and i'm totally down with that.
also, just opened a formspring...ask away here.
27 February 2012
in a reckless guilty haze
30 comments:
- Stephanie Hadrath said...
Wow love the blazer!!!
shbyhadrath.blogspot.com - February 29, 2012 at 8:07 PM
- Bonnie,Clyde and Marni..... said...
love the blazer!!!!!
http://bonnieclydemarni.blogspot.com/ - February 29, 2012 at 8:11 PM
- Rich Girls. said...
i'm so envious of your lover collection.
i just want to riffle through your wardrobe x. - February 29, 2012 at 8:16 PM
- kathy said...
love the blazer
you look amazing :)
check out the international giveaway on my blog - February 29, 2012 at 8:21 PM
- Alizée said...
Im in love with your blazer! this light pink is just perfect ! Im looking for a blazer like this for this spring summer !
Xxx - February 29, 2012 at 8:28 PM
- The Fancy Teacup said...
That blazer is such a fantastic colour. And the tee you paired with it is totally rad. x
www.TheFancyTeacup.com - February 29, 2012 at 8:48 PM
- Abby said...
PINK blazers unite!!
I don't know, but I'm fairly sure us both wearing pink blazers in our outfitty posts means that we now have some super powers.
In fact I'm certain. We defs have super powers.
I have the overwhelming urge to fight crime...
You little lady are HOT, and that blazer is HOT and lover is HOT, and I am sure your money black hole is hot too.
p.s, i dont quite know what has gotten into me today. haha - February 29, 2012 at 8:56 PM
- Neris / Fashion Fractions said...
awesome look! that tee is amazing!
Fashion Fractions - February 29, 2012 at 9:10 PM
- ASH said...
This is lovely and simple. I love your necklace. What does it say?
- February 29, 2012 at 9:21 PM
- Kim - Blonde Suburbia said...
And you said you werent a fan of pink! I can see pink slowly creeping into a few of our wardrobes! Loving the structure of this blazer! Its beautiful & so are you!
- February 29, 2012 at 9:31 PM
- ScottyLee said...
Very pretty pastels! H&M?
- February 29, 2012 at 10:09 PM
- Rhoda said...
love the light tone of your blazer!
www.styleandshades.blogspot.com - February 29, 2012 at 10:12 PM
- Rosalinda Tjioe said...
Great casual outfit! You look just amazing! X
http://rosalindatj.blogspot.com - February 29, 2012 at 10:13 PM
- chow (heart+bleecker) said...
@ash: the necklace says 'chow'...my nickname :)
- February 29, 2012 at 10:14 PM
- Kate said...
That Lover blazer is gorgeous, the colour is perfect and compliments you so well!
- February 29, 2012 at 10:20 PM
- Bespoke Biddie said...
I could totally see myself empty gobs of g=cash into a black hole for something as sweet as this
(.= - February 29, 2012 at 11:09 PM
- Plami said...
Love this outfit! So laid back and fabulous!
http://www.fashionthrill.com/ - February 29, 2012 at 11:21 PM
- Carmen said...
What a gorgeous blazer!
- February 29, 2012 at 11:52 PM
- Fashiable said...
The colour of the blouse looks gorgeous on you!
www.fashiable.nl - March 1, 2012 at 1:43 AM
- cuteredbow said...
Your blazer is fantastic ! Love its nude color !
http://cuteredbow.blogspot.com - March 1, 2012 at 2:06 AM
- thea natalie said...
Loving your tan, I need sunlight!
Thea Natalie @ Creatures of Life
Check out my London Fashion Week goody bag give away Here!! - March 1, 2012 at 2:26 AM
- Jade said...
You always rock the Lover Chow! Can I ask where you get most of your Lover items from? Is there somewhere in Perth or online usually? I only really know Shopbop xx
- March 1, 2012 at 7:14 AM
- Rudy said...
I really loved what you said. nike zoom hyperfuse 2011 is also a good recommendation.Very much advocated.
- March 1, 2012 at 11:09 AM
- Rudy said...
Oh wow those are beautiful boots.Your excitement is clearly justified! I want to tell youtrue religion shorts is
my favorite and hope you can come in and see. - March 1, 2012 at 11:11 AM
- Ingrid // Pretty Harbor said...
Great pastel look :)
www.prettyharbor.com // Jewellery - March 1, 2012 at 12:41 PM
- Liana said...
this outfit is so simple but totally awesome :)
CRYSTAL HEARTS VINTAGE - March 1, 2012 at 4:03 PM
- Hermasa said...
Thanks for sharing this nice post.If you are like me very much in love sequin uggs then welcome to your return visit.
- March 1, 2012 at 5:19 PM
- 365beautywishes said...
Love your outfit, effortless but awesome!
www.365beautywishes.blogspot.com - March 2, 2012 at 1:47 PM
- nostalgia. said...
the blazer- amazing! ♥
- March 2, 2012 at 5:44 PM
- Alexandra said...
darling outfit. you have gorgeous hair!
xo, Alexandra
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PyCon UK ended on Sunday. Unfortunately, I didn't have any machine on my during the conference. That's why my review is a bit late.
The first thing to say - it was awesome. Two days of extremely interesting talks and conversations with a bunch (200) of incredibly smart people. Some of the talks definitely need mentioning.
Tuesday, 11 September 2007
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A modern approach to the divine image - Norwegian artist Håkon Gullvåg
Rigmor Aasrud, Rim Bana, Dr. Munib Younan and Salam Fayyad at the Exhibition "A modern approach to the divine image" by Norwegian artist Håkon Gullvåg in "The evangelical Lutheran church of Augusta Victoria" in Jerusalem, Israel. 16th December 2012
Concert and exhibition opening of "A modern approach to the divine image" by Norwegian artist Håkon Gullvåg in the "Evangelical Lutheran church of Augusta Victoria" at the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, on Friday the 16th of December at 6 a clock pm.
The concert that followed the exhibition opening were held by the Norwegian chamber ensemble The Trondheim Soloists, the Norwegian musician and composer Henning Sommeroe, together with the Palestinian artist and composer Rim Banna.
Opening speeches were held by Rigmor Aasrud, Norwegian Minister of Government Administration, Reform and Church affairs and by Rt. Rev. Dr. Munib A. Younan, bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land.
The exhibition is a complete Biblical cycle of both The Old- and The New Testament developed by the Norwegian, surrealist painter Håkon Gullvåg.
The exhibition was made in 2005 as a temporary decoration for Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim, which is the national sanctuary of Norway. The motifs will through this show "come home" to their historical context, and will be displayed in the church during both Christmas 2011 and Easter 2012.
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andy82471 5pts Chevy vs Ferrari. Gm cars are nothing but junk. Why compare this abomination to one of the finest sports car in the world. Corvette is for the hill billy trailer trash who can only dream about a Ferrari
blah blah 5pts WHy are you fcking comparing a ferrari to a corvette ........they are two diff. classess!
mrbeautie 5pts You can do alot of things to make a ZR1 better like how about a body design that is significantly different from the run of the mill vette. Chevy dropped the ball again. Hey lets Take a z06 worth 75000 throw a blower that costs 10000 installed on it and charge 30000 more for it. Oh I almost forgot the 10 dollar peice of plexi on the hood. Thats why I sold my 07 zo6 and bought a Viper. I always been a chevy guy but have given up. Their antics like, throw an SS insignia on ANYTHING they sell and and charge 10000 more untill it means nothing to own an SS.
NFSGamerUSA 5pts HeelToe, I'm right with you. I began to notice familiarities as I read War of the Worlds, then when I came to the Pirelli blow out, I knew for sure I was just reading redigested crap. Seriously, what is this, Motor Trend? Why did you publish the same article twice? If I wanted to read it again, I'd go back to this article.
Phimosis 5pts It all boils down to why do you drive a sports car?Some people drive them for status, to pick up chicks and to pose. I drive them for the thrill of going fast, hanging the rear end out and diving hard into corners. I like the status, chicks and posing too, but its not why I buy the car in the first place. With that said, the Vette is lighter, corners better, brakes better and is simply faster around the race track. The straight line performance is the only place where they are really equals. The price issue is how rich are you, really? If you have to make payments on your Ferarri because you don't have enough money to buy it outright, then you can't afford to lose it. If you can't afford to lose the car, you can't drive it hard. If you can't drive it hard, then you're simply back to posing and getting chicks. To me, the Corvette is the obvious choice for anyone who's net worth is under $1M.
Adam09 5pts who care's about mustang's their big and heavy poor qaulity car's that can't corner properly evan a normal coupe model of an 08 corvette c6 could smoke the gt500 mustang.but on the howl wow apeal factor of corvette's the zr-1 is incredably fast in any area of performance and is the fastest and most expensive vette GM has ever made.and with out a doubt the corvette zr-1 is supperior to any corvette I love all the corvette's their good value for your money seeing their closet competitor's are on higher end's of the market.the corvette's are america's best sport's car's the viper and the ford gt have made a big impact in term's of track performance but the viper and the ford gt are both to expensie and impractical for most people.on the wow factor of the corvette zr-1 it blow's you away with it's amazing performance that very few car's with a price tag evan close to it can match.
overbored 5pts Everybody knows that Vettes are fast, but the ZR-1 is that much better because of the extra attitude. It may not have the wow factor of a 599, but it's not like people are going to totally mistake it for a regular Corvette. I imagine the appeal will be similar to that of the GT500 Mustang. The mere sight of that thing makes you want to crap your pants.
superb4 5pts Motownmojo -- assuming that you're one of the insanely wealthy individuals i mentioned then you either "really really love vettes" or you have "an inferiority complex." regardless, you'd still be driving one hell of a car though. but honestly, if like this article, price was not an issue for you....would you still choose to buy a vette over ferrari?? [of course, thats assuming you can't buy both]
Motownmojo 5pts To Superb4, One reason I'd take the vette is that sounds like it is more fun to drive, just ask Jeremy Clarkson. He hates American cars and gets down on his knees for Ferrari. But, instead of loving the 599 he hated it because you can't turn the computers off and still love driving it, the Vette makes you feel special and so what if it looks like just a vette. Last time I checked vettes looked pretty good.Side note, I need an LS9 in my life!
superb4 5pts Honestly, why buy the vette over the ferrari??? True, the vette is an amazing performer, and its well worth the 105k asking price. However, if someone had the financial means to afford a car in the 400k+ range, there would be no logical choice but to go with the ferrari. You do not buy the ferrari for its performance but mainly for the status that it connotes when driving it. If on the off chance that an insanely wealthy person was to buy a vette over a ferrari, that person would have to really really love vettes or just has an inferiority complex. Other than those two reasons there would not be a logical reason to buy a vette over a ferrari. In the end, a ferrari is still a freaking ferrari and the vette is still just a....mehh, vette.
x-plicit 5pts but in regard to the comment by heeltoe...now renamed headtoe...if singled out an individual opinion by yourself makes sense...but the editors that have actually drove the cars...mototrend...other motornewsmagazines, i and others that have read this comparo, the majority wins and you are a uncommon factor, so just suck it in bro
Dguez 5pts x-plicit is right, some Sparco, stylish and thick leather, and a lot of BOSE sound power and the Vette is great...still i could only afford a Z51 C6
Heel Toe 5pts Similar in tone? Are you kidding? The numbers are exactly the same. The test facility is exactly the same. The professional driver is exactly the same. The only thing that's different is there are fewer cars leaving more room to focus on the Ferrari vs Corvette battle, only we all knew who would come out on top and why because we all read the War of the Worlds article. I know the economy is in a slump, but does that really mean you guys are going to retype up multiple car tests as head to heads just to save a little time and money? I seriously hope someone got fired for this blunder.
x-plicit 5pts id buy the vette and use about a extra twenty grand on the interior...and thats it, perfection.
Sino52C 5pts it even gets good gas mileage. Seriously, which other supercar can get 20mpg on the hwy? (the 911 and GTR, but ZR1 is in a different HP league compared to those two).
motortrend_online 5pts Hey all, this article appeared in the Jan. issue of MT. Figured we'd run it instead of leaving it on the web room floor. The story is quite a bit different in tone than War of the Worlds, but of course, similar overall.
_ncguy_____ 5pts ZR1 is King. There's no disputing that. The inferior ferrari cost 3 tims as much and for what reason, to get nicer leather. Please I dont think there is any leather interior that cost $218,000 more than the ZR1. The ZR1 is the best vehicle in the world and should be the Motortrend Car of the Year for forever. Keep up tghe the great work and if the alleged rumors are true about GM paying off the media outlets, Man just keep doing what your doing. ZR1 MT Car of the Year.!!!
geonaut 5pts it doesn't matter if it's a $318,000 corvette, it's still a chevy and that's the way the world will see it. lose the bowtie and start over.this would be fantastic inspiration for redesign on the supervette:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3a/K32_HMS_Helsingborg_Anchored-of-Gotska-Sandoen.jpg
Heel Toe 5pts Maybe next month you can have a ZR1 vs GT2 article. Maybe the month after that you can have a ZR1 vs GTR article. Are you guys on Christmas vacation already?
kkuang 5pts LoL, might as well do a comparo when they got the car right?These 2 cars so very different: the Vette having the raw American muscle, and the 599 having the computer skills of a post doctorate. I also think the Vette looks a lot better from every angle.
Motownmojo 5pts MT is trying to be green and one way is to recycle. :grin: While I would like a new test I can't get enough of that vette!!! Can you guys please test the CTS-V vs M5, C63 AMG, and an RS6!!!
KARASAWA40 5pts I still don't buy 1.10 g on PS2's. When are they going to retest the ZR-1 instead of using an old comparo.
heffe2007 5pts and as i finish it i realize something. as much as i appreciate the detail and finesse in a ferrari and the spine tingling sound of their post 8000rpm redlines (trust me, in wisconsin i dont get to hear it nearly enough)...that chevy kicks ASS!


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PC | Borderlands 2: Playing the Siren
Forget everything you think you know about sirens in Borderlands; Maya has little in common with her predecessor.
Along with Dan Chiappini from GameSpot's Australian team, I recently had an opportunity to play through a lengthy demo of Borderlands 2–the same demo that PAX East attendees will be able to get their hands on later this week. Dan and I played through the demo's two zones cooperatively using the only two characters that were available; Dan played as Salvador the gunzerker, while I played as Maya the siren.
Before jumping into the first of the two zones, titled The Wildlife Preserve, we were told that our characters were already at level 20 but that none of their skill points had been spent yet. Job one, then, was to check out the skill trees and settle on one of three specializations. Surprisingly, none of the skill trees in Borderlands 2 (or at least not in the pre-alpha version of the game that we were playing) appear to have anything to do with specific weapons. (Regardless of which character you play as, you're proficient with all of the weapons in Borderlands 2′s extensive arsenal.) Rather, skill trees can be used to augment your chosen character's special ability.
Like Lilith, the siren from Borderlands, Maya has a special ability that's the same regardless of where you spend your skill points. Lilith's ability was a phasewalk that simultaneously made her invisible to enemies, immune to damage, and significantly quicker on her feet for a short time. Maya's ability is very different; her phaselock lets you temporarily encase an enemy–even a really big "super badass" one–inside a bubble that hovers a few feet above the ground. Enemies are unable to do anything while phaselocked, but are still vulnerable to attacks. Furthermore, depending on where you spend your skill points, the phaselock ability can have a number of other beneficial effects. The first time I specced out my siren, for example, I put points into the harmony skill tree's "sweet release" skill so that enemies killed while phaselocked would drop healing orbs that homed in on players.
By pouring a lot of skill points into the harmony tree I was able to make my siren a pretty effective healer. "Restoration" gave me the ability to heal other players simply by shooting them, "elated" caused all players' health to regenerate anytime an enemy was phaselocked, and "res" let me resurrect downed teammates by using my phaselock ability on them. Other, less-healer-oriented options on the harmony tree included "mind's eye," which increased my crit and melee damage; "recompense," which gave my shield a chance to regenerate anytime I took damage; and "wreck," which increased my rate of fire with all gun types when I phaselocked an enemy. Abilities like these will surely make the harmony siren a great character to have on your team, but since only two of us were playing on this occasion, there were definitely times when I felt that points spent to deal extra damage might have been more beneficial.
Heading into the second zone, Caustic Caverns, I opted to put all of my skill points into the cataclysm skill tree, which, in massively multiplayer online terms, would be considered the DPS spec. The abilities I chose to put most of my points into included "flicker," for an increased chance to cause status effects; "immolate," which added fire damage to any shots that I fired when down and trying for a second wind; and "cloud kill," which caused my shots to leave behind acid clouds that were harmful to enemies for around five seconds. Other noteworthy abilities on the tree included "foresight," which increases both magazine size and reload speed; "helios," which caused a fiery explosion anytime I killed a phaselocked enemy; and "ricochet," which gave my shots a chance to bounce around multiple enemies for a short time anytime I got a kill. In short, I became far more effective in combat.
I didn't have a chance to mess with the third skill tree, labeled "motion," but it appeared to focus on survivability, and since some of the skills improve Maya's movement, I suspect it will be the tree that most closely resembles playing as Lilith. Something similar to Lilith's phasewalk ability would definitely be welcome, since among the impressive array of new enemy types on show in the demo were a number of wormhole threshers covered in spikes that, after emerging from the ground, have an almost irresistible ability to pull you toward them. Other memorable enemies from the demo are too numerous to detail here, but you can see some of them in action, plus hear Dan and me discuss them in our Borderlands 2 video preview.
Borderlands 2 is currently scheduled for release in September. We look forward to bringing you lots more coverage of the game in the coming weeks and months.
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- ☆sapphire said...
Welcome back Aputsiaq!!
In spring I went to see a Vermeer exhibition in Tokyo. It was really nice although it was rathr crowded. I found "Lace embroidery woman"(last picture) very beautiful but I was surprised at
how small it was(very small). I was fascinated by the Vermeer's Lights and shades!
I just read your Amsterdam and autumn posts! How lovely and beautiful the city is! The canals(?) look wonderful!
I've left another comment in the cats post, so please glance at it.
I'm impressed with your warm gloves. I like the color orange-red! It is getting colder so take care of yourself!! I'm very happy you are back again! - October 15, 2009
- Aputsiaq said...
Hi Sapphire!
As always a pleasure to read your comments! Thanks!
Yes, it's funny because I thought about the size of the paintings as well...most of them are smaller than I thought!
Another thing was 'the most famous paintings' We went to see van Gogh...and the sunflower-painting too..and I have to say that it is not among my favourites...but everyone else seems to thing so ;O)
And thans for your comment on the glove...it was such a great pattern! Warm too...and we've got the first mornings with frost...hear that it was snowing in some places of Germany today!
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