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Every year the dog likes to use the tree skirt to wrap his toys up in and play with. He'll nudge his toys over to the skirt that I've carefully straightened out and commence rolling his toy up in it, nudging and biting at it.
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'Ship' Your Pants [Video]
K-Mart is trying to launch their new "Ship to Store" feature. They released a video for it and it is hilarious!
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Basically, it's a bunch of people saying their going to 'ship' various items to to the store. However, they say it really fast so it sounds like they aren't saying 'ship' necessarily. If you catch our drift.
The video has only been out for 5 days and already has over 6 million hits. Some are calling it inappropriate however, most just find it funny.


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James Baskett was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on February 16, 1904.
Due to financial reasons, Baskett stopped studying pharmacology and moved to New York City. He joined the company of Bill Robinson, also known as Mr. Bojangles. Baskett received much success as an actor in New York. He appeared in Broadway with Louis Armstrong in the all-black revue Hot Chocolates in 1929. He also acted in several all-black films made near New York, including Harlem is Heaven starring Bill Robinson in 1932.
After moving to LA, Baskett landed a supporting role in Straight to Heaven (1932) starring Nina Mae McKinney, and bit parts in the films Revenge of the Zombies (1943) and The Heavenly Body (1944). Baskett then met comedian Freeman Gosden and was invited to join his cast. He portrayed fast-talking lawyer Gabby Gibson in the Amos 'n' Andy radio show from 1944-1948.
In 1945, James Baskett landed the role he would become most famous for, Uncle Remus. Baskett auditioned for the voice of the talking butterfly in the Disney feature film Song of the South (1946),based on the Uncle Remus stories by Joel Chandler Harris. Walt Disney personally met with Baskett and was so impressed by Baskett's talent, he hired him on the spot for the lead role of Uncle Remus. He was the first actor to be hired by Walt Disney for a full-length, live-action film. Baskett was also given the voice role of Brer Fox, one of the film's antagonists. In addition to the roles, Baskett sang the now well known song "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" for the film. Unfortunately, Baskett was unable to attend the film's premiere in Atlanta, GA because he would not have been allowed to participate in any of the festivities in what was then a city racially segregated by law.
On March 20. 1948, James Baskett was awarded an Honorary Academy Award for his performance as Uncle Remus. He was the first male performer of African descent to win an Academy Award.
"To James Baskett for his able and heart-warming characterization of Uncle Remus, friend and story teller to the children of the world in Walt Disney's 'Song of the South'."
James Baskett died from heart disease at the age of 44 on January 9,1948. He is fondly remembered by Disney animators and was a personal favorite actor of Walt Disney. But by the years preceding 1998, the film was one of the few from their catalog which Disney would not sell and it was almost impossible to see his performance. The image of a slave singing "Plenty of sunshine heading my way" and "It's the truth, it's actual, Everything is satisfactual" has become offensive to many. To Baskett's acting credit, he became a Disney Legend in 2010. His portrait hung in Crown Hill Funeral Home, until there were several compaints that the Song of the South was offensive.
James Baskett's final resting place is in Crown Hill Cemetery, Lot 602, Section 37. As a tribute to his acting legacy, his tombstone mentions the honorary Academy Award he won.
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CBS Radio announced last week that Rick Thomas will take over programming duties at KRTH (101.1 FM) and KTWV (94.7 FM) when Jhani Kaye leaves for "new opportunities" in June.
Don't know the name? Neither did I.
So I looked him up. It seems he has extensive on-air, consulting and programming experience from San Diego to Honolulu, from where Thomas is moving.
According to Howard Freshman of CBS Radio Los Angeles, past successes of Thomas include KYLD/San Francisco, KSFM/Sacramento and XHTZ/San Diego.
In Honolulu, he was in charge of a cluster of stations.
However, I can find no instance of programming stations like The Wave or K-Earth. Maybe I just missed it, and it certainly means nothing, but it seems his greatest successes came from programming what are known as "rhythmic oldies" or "rhythmic contemporary" stations.
For instance, XHTZ was once an album rock station until Thomas changed it to "rhythmic Top 40," sort of like San Diego's version of the original Power 106 format that played dance-oriented hits. The same format could be found on KYLD under Thomas' control. Ditto, KSFM.
In Honolulu, the cluster is almost entirely variations of the format, with only one of the three breaking away to play "the rock you live on."
Something tells me that CBS Radio Los Angeles didn't hire a guy who programmed Beyonce, Heavy D, Prince and Alicia Keys in Hawaii just to leave things alone.
My guess? While KRTH is safe for now and may just evolve a bit, the days of The Wave are numbered. Don't be too surprised if 94.7 becomes L.A.'s old-school station. Sooner than later.
Question: Having recently read your article "Radio is doomed " " in the Press-Telegram, I just wanted to add a comment from a listener's point of view mainly about KRTH (101.1 FM). There are several stations I listen to and KRTH is generally one of them. Except on Sunday mornings. Every Sunday it's nothing but Beatles. Why they do this I do not understand. The Beatles were good but not that good.
- Chuck KG6SYX, Long Beach
Answer: I think it was the now-defunct magazine Trouser Press that claimed the Monkees were more influential than the Beatles, though I'm not sure if that was satire or I'm remembering it wrongly.
Regardless, Chuck, it seems only you and me think this way. If it didn't get ratings, you can bet KRTH, KLOS (95.5 FM) and probably a few more stations wouldn't run Beatles programming every week.
Question: I have been listening to AM radio since the late 1940s, and have been reading your column for several years in the Daily Breeze.
Because of my long commutes, I mostly listen to various local AM talk radio shows as they provide traffic reports more often than FM stations.
I got into AM DXing in the 1950s, using a long wire antenna strung between the TV antenna on my parents' roof and the utility pole in our backyard.
The best AM reception, as I recall, was on a Westinghouse clock radio I wish I still had.
- Gregg Perkins, Rancho Palos Verdes
Answer: AM DXing, or long-distance AM listening, is a dying art, I am afraid.
So much interference and so many syndicated programs at night when such reception is possible make it almost impossible to find anything interesting to hear.
But it still can be fun to find that needle in a haystack.
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Folks in Hot Springs Village are manic over Mah Jongg. People are either talking about it, playing it or know someone who wants to do both. There are pockets of Mah Jongg players springing up throughout the Village meeting in private homes, churches and restaurants. Inquiring minds want to know: "How do you become involved in this phenomenon?"
Frankie Berlanga and her cohort, Janet Hronek, readily acknowledge their role in this outbreak of gamesmen suddenly calling out, "Mah Jongg."
Berlanga has been playing the game for 40 years and now shares her passion for Mah Jongg with students. "I just love to teach," whispers Berlanga. "God has blessed me with some patience, and I have a need inside me to just teach and help."
"Mah Jongg is a game of some thought. There are some strategies that you learn and I mean, I don't consider myself an expert because I'm still learning," explains Berlanga. "It keeps your mind going. If you're a person who enjoys a challenge, this game's for you."
The Chinese developed Mah Jongg in the 1800s. Mah Jongg when translated means "clattering sparrows," referring to the noise the tiles make during shuffling and play.
An inspection of the domino-looking tiles reveals etchings resembling a deck of cards. There are four suits: Dots, Bams, Craks, and Winds, and 8 additional tiles referred to as Flowers and Seasons. In playing the game, jokers and wild tiles are used.
In order to play Mah Jongg with this group, a player is required to purchase an official National Mah Jongg League, Inc., Standard Hands and Rules card. The card costs $9 and is the only required expense in playing Mah Jongg.
Hronek helps when Berlanga is teaching her classes. "Another reason people Mah Jongg, is because it's tactile."
Hronek begins shaking a few tiles, "I like the way the tiles feel in my hands. It promotes digital dexterity and improves hand and eye coordination. It's a sensory thing."
Berlanga offers a spring and fall training session, each lasting three weeks; class size is limited to 10 people. Berlanga and Hronek both predict the average pupil will become proficient within two to three months with regular play and a thorough reading the rulebook.
Mah Jongg has frequently required Berlanga to make a mental and emotional investment, but although it demanded much, Mah Jongg has paid out huge dividends by providing precious memories and lasting friendships.
For more information on Berlanga's Mah Jongg lessons, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com or call 922-0005. You may also contact Hronek at 515-451-3200 or email@example.com.


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Sports earphone brand Yurbuds – the earphones that don't fall out – has already taken the USA by storm, and has now launched across the UK appointing the consumer division of Clareville Communications to provide PR and media support.
The activity will consist of a multi-platform PR strategy, including product launches, ongoing media relations and experiential activity; Clareville has been working with leading consumer products for over 23 years and is looking forward to bringing their media expertise to the innovative sports earphones brand. The account will be managed by account manager Nikki Fox.
John Starr MD of Clareville Communications said: "We are delighted to have been given the opportunity to work with Yurbuds, to bring the media's attention to what will be the essential piece of kit to any fitness fans; the promotion of quality products is something that we focus on at Clareville and hold as a key value to our brand as well as our clients."


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If you didn't know any better, you'd be hard pushed to imagine that the mangy old hull minus a bow or stern attached lying around one corner of Gordie Nash's workshop, along with a cabin in another corner and a myriad other parts strewn around would eventually become a competitive racing boat.
It was 2002 and Nash had bought a boat that was otherwise headed for the dumpster. Its main bulkhead was rotten and to replace it would be more than the value of the boat, which gave Nash the opportunity to buy it for a steal. Replacing the main bulkhead wasn't a problem because he planned to move and change it anyway.
Nash, who lives in Sausalito, spent some four years reviving the boat, a Santana 27, which he renamed Arcadia. While rebuilding an old boat was an affordable way for Nash to own a competitive racing boat built to his needs, he also wanted to show that old boats with a good hull can be made into modern racing boats.
"Most of the time when we talk about rebuilding a boat, we're talking about wood boats," Nash explained. "Rebuilding a wood boat is to return it to its original configuration. However, fiberglass boats can be more easily modified in their hull shape, cockpit, decks, interior — you're not stuck with the frames like an original wood boat."
When a boat gets to 50 years old or even before that, whether fiberglass or wood, it needs major work. Bird Boats, for example, are wooden boats that are 80-plus years old now being restored to their original form.
"They're great boats — they need to be saved, rescued and rebuilt," Nash said. "We can do the same thing with a fiberglass boat that can be improved upon without the stigma of destroying its tradition."
Nash's criteria for remodeling an old boat included a good hull shape and a keel that could be unbolted. Gary Mull was a Bay Area boat designer whose concepts appealed to Nash and it was a Mull design (the Santana 27) that Nash chose for his "recycle" project.
"Mull was really designing boats that sailed well," Nash said. "A lot of people think that you can't change things — the way that a boat is designed is the way it is — but Gary was more open-minded."
Long before he got stuck into the Arcadia project, Nash shared his ideas for remodeling the hull shape and modernizing the rig of a Santana 27 with Mull. Nash recalls Mull drew his own idea for a modernized Santana 27 on a placement over lunch one day.
"I took his idea and concept which were similar to mine and got started," Nash said.
Rebuilding included a plumb bow, adding a sugar scoop transom to extend the waterline length and a lifting bulb keel. Another goal was to ensure Nash and his wife Ruth could double-hand the boat so during reconstruction, Nash put a box in the cockpit for Ruth to stand on to try out different winch positions and heights in relation to her size, as well as to set the tiller up so he could drive as well as run main and backstay with ease.
Six years down the road, he's still pleased with the result although he agrees that you can always do a second one better. Nash rebuilt a lot of the parts on Arcadia several times to perfect it.
"The first year we sailed the boat we broke stuff," Nash, 63, said. "Some races we didn't finish and others we limped across the finish thinking, 'got to change that' and the list grew at the end of the race."
Arcadia won't plane like ultra light boats so there's no real reason to increase her sail area, said Nash, but it has enough to perform well in moderate conditions — 10-14 knots — which is where its hull shape best performs, borne out by Nash's consistent racing success. By year-end he'll have sailed 32 races on Arcadia, scoring about second in class based on average per race. Not bad for an old boat.
Local sailor David Bacci from Sebastopol has also recycled old racing boats to get exactly what he wants in a boat — performance with as few crew as possible. He concurs with Nash that finding the right hull is key. Bacci's latest project is an Express 27, which he bought as an unused hull that had purportedly been kicking around the Bay area for some 30 years.
"Fiberglass boats are lasting a lot longer than people thought," Bacci said. "It's cheaper to use something existing if you use the right hull — modify a good hull with a new keel and rudder, you have a new boat."
Nash's advice on recycling an old boat, "Pick a boat and know how much money you want to spend. Each boat I looked at was an opportunity for a dollar. Fiberglass boats sitting out there are available because they don't look modern. They're well built and already structurally sound. Make them into what you want."
Et cetera
After seven races sailed, John Greener, of San Rafael, placed fourth in the 10-boat AD-Liberty fleet at the 2012 U.S. Disabled Sailing Championship, hosted by San Diego's Southwestern Yacht Club. http://championships.ussailing.org/Adult/USDisabledChampionship.htm
Marin resident Michelle Slade is a sailing journalist. Contact her about results, upcoming competitions and story ideas at www.sladecommunications.com. Read her blog at www.sailblast.blogspot.com


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Screening for Silent Atrial Fibrillation During Influenza Vaccination
This study has been completed.
UMC Utrecht
Boehringer Ingelheim
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Monika Hollander, MD, PhD, UMC Utrecht
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: December 4, 2013
Last updated: May 11, 2016
Last verified: May 2016
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Silent atrial fibrillation is an important cause of unnecessary strokes. If diagnosed and treated in time with anticoagulants, many disabling strokes can be prevented. In order to improve the diagnosis of atrial fibrillation the MyDiagnostick is developed; a user friendly and easy to use stick that diagnoses atrial fibrillation in one minute. During influenza vaccination, many patients who are also at risk for atrial fibrillation visit the general practice. This offers an ideal opportunity for screening for atrial fibrillation. The study investigates the yield of screening for atrial fibrillation with the MyDiagnostick during influenza vaccination (newly detected atrial fibrillation with corresponding CHA2DS2-Vasc score).
|Atrial Fibrillation
|Device: `MyDiagnostick
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
|Official Title:
|Screening for Silent Atrial Fibrillation During Influenza Vaccination
Resource links provided by NLM:
Genetics Home Reference related topics: familial atrial fibrillation
MedlinePlus related topics: Atrial Fibrillation Flu Flu ShotU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Monika Hollander, MD, PhD, UMC Utrecht:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Newly detected AF [ Time Frame: during influenza vaccination ]
|Study Start Date:
|October 2013
|Study Completion Date:
|December 2014
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator: Screening with MyDiagnostick
All patients eligible for influenza vaccination are screened for atrial fibrillation with the MyDiagnostick, an easy to use and patient friendly device.
|Device: `MyDiagnostick
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|Child, Adult, Senior
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Eligible for influenza vaccination
Exclusion Criteria:
- Not eligible for influenza vaccination
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Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02006524
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02006524
|General Practices
|Groningen, Netherlands
Sponsors and Collaborators
UMC Utrecht
Boehringer Ingelheim
|Principal Investigator:
|Robert Tieleman, MD PhD
|Martini Ziekenhuis Groningen
|Principal Investigator:
|Monika Hollander, MD PhD
|Julius Center UMC Utrecht
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Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
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|Study First Received:
|December 4, 2013
|Last Updated:
|May 11, 2016
Keywords provided by Monika Hollander, MD, PhD, UMC Utrecht:
Silent atrial fibrillation
primary care
influenza vaccination
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Influenza, Human
Atrial Fibrillation
Orthomyxoviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Respiratory Tract Infections
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Arrhythmias, Cardiac
Heart Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Pathologic Processes
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
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Major League Baseball
Tony La Russa backs Arizona immigration law
ST. LOUIS - St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa says he supports Arizona legislation calling for tougher enforcement against illegal immigrants. La Russa, who lives in northern California, was born in Tampa and grew up in West Tampa. Opponents of Arizona's law have called for Major League Baseball to move the 2011 All-Star Game out of the state. La Russa says Arizona has a problem that the national government has failed to remedy. The manager spoke this week before a game in St. Louis between the Cardinals and Arizona Diamondbacks."I'm actually a supporter of what Arizona is doing," he told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "If the national government doesn't fix your problem, you've got a problem. You've got to fix it yourself. That's just part of the American way." Gov. Jan Brewer signed a state law in April requiring police officers to question a person's immigration status if there's reasonable doubt they might be in the country illegally.
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SkillStorm has been named one of Consulting Magazines Best Firms to Work For. The company was ranked 3rd in the small firms category, moving up an impressive six spots on the list since 2009. This list, based on employee surveys, recognizes companies that have truly distinguished themselves as the professions premier employers of choice. This is the second consecutive year SkillStorm has been named to the list, scoring highly in the areas of career development and compensation and benefits.
We are thrilled to have made the Best Firms to Work For list again. This award is extremely important to us since its based on the feedback of our employees. Our people are our greatest resource; without them, SkillStorm would not be as successful as it is today. Being a Consulting Magazine Best Small Firm to Work For means that our employees are happy which is the best measure of our success and being on the list two years in a row means that we must be doing something right this award proves that our outstanding benefits and out of the box perks are well received, said SkillStorm CEO Vince Virga.
The Consulting Magazine Best Firms to Work For survey is widely considered to be the most comprehensive, independent source of opinion about the quality of life within top consulting firms. Results from the survey are tabulated across six different categories: compensation, work/life balance, career development, job experience, firm leadership and firm culture. Approximately 200 companies competed in this years Best Firms to Work For survey. The ranked firms are especially recognized for prioritizing their consultants job and their entire workforces despite challenging economic condition.
SkillStorm was founded by Virga and other close friends who all excelled in the Information Technology services industry, but wished for a technology consulting firm that rewarded employees for their hard work; a company that believed that business can still be fun and fast-paced, stimulating and successful. Knowing they weren't alone in this dream, they threw caution to the wind and started SkillStorm. Today, the multi-million dollar company has five offices nationwide and over 275 employees.
SkillStorm offers amazing incentives that keep employees motivated and eager to contribute to the companys growth and success, including unique employee recognition programs and all-expenses paid vacations to Atlantis, Cancun and Cabo San Lucas. SkillStorm employees feel that the company is a great place to work because of its fun and rewarding environment, excellent benefits, impressive employee career development and recognition programs, involvement of management in their well-being and family environment.
SkillStorm has received many highly regarded national and state awards. Most recently, SkillStorm was named to the 2010 Inc. 5000 list of Fastest-Growing Private Companies in the Nation by Inc. Magazine and ranked #6 on Florida Trend magazines 2010 Best Companies to Work For in Florida list. The company has also ranked among the top 2010 executive search and employment services firms for the Dallas Business Journal, San Diego Business Journal and Tampa Bay Business Journal. In 2009, SkillStorm was named one of Consulting Magazines top ten Best Firms to Work For and South Florida Business Journals Business of the Year and Best Place to Work. SkillStorm also received the highly esteemed San Diego Better Business Bureau (BBB) Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics in 2008 and ranked as the 13th Fastest Growing New Company in America in 2006 on Entrepreneur Magazine and PricewaterhouseCoopers Hot 100 List.
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NEW YORK (Jun. 14)
The Nazi campaign to Hitlorize Europe was begged down badly in one of its most-desired territories, Scandinavia, Joachim Joeston, veteran Danish correspondent of European newspapers, reported in an article in the July issue of Foreign Affairs, published today.
The irony of the failure of Nazi movements to take root in Norway, Sweden and Denmark, Mr. Joesten noted, lies in the fact that the Nazis themselves had pointed to Scandinavia as the cradle of the Nordic race, whose populations represent the purest of the strain.
But, Mr. Joesten said, the Scandinavians are "pacifists to the core" and peace, freedom, progress and democracy are their watchwords.
As a result, he said, Scandinavian Nazi parties either died quickly or "led a sickly existence, almost entirely dependent on Reich subsidies," torn by feuds and discredited by financial scandals.
"Jew-baiting," he said, "was doomed to failure in countries where the Israelite population averaged one per thousand, and it did far more harm to its initiators than to its victims."
"It can now be said with certainty," Mr. Joesten added, "that all the Scandinavian Nazi parties have proved hopelessly inefficient and that they are quite unable to make any serious bid for power. Except for occasional terroristic acts such as mauling lone Jews and occasional kidnaping of Communists, the daubing of public monuments and statues with Nazi symbols and the methodical disturbance of anti-Nazi lectures and demonstrations, they have never done anything spectacular.
"They failed invariably at all elections and never got as much as a single representative in any Scandinavian parliament."
More serious, Mr. Joesten said, were the activities of German Nazi organizations operating, partly undercover, among German citizens in Scandinavia. These organizations were held particularly trouble-some to Denmark, because of its position near Germany.
Nevertheless, Mr. Joesten said, "Scandinavia responded to the challenge of Hitlerism by voting Labor every year more massively."
"Thanks to Horr Hitler," he said, "Labor now stands as the dominating factor in all the four Nordic countries, including Finland."


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"Choke" the audio book, read by the author. You have to listen to it. With Chuck narrating in his distinctive voice and inflections it is laugh out loud funny. I really want to watch the movie, but live in the boonies. But the audio book may in fact be better because of Chuck's reading. It has a permanent spot on my ipod. By the way, do we know when the movie will come out on DVD?
You can get the audio book from Audible, which is linked with Amazon.com.


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Take Pride In Your Red Raiders
I am not the hugest football fan, but I know a quality product when I see one. There are a bunch of Raider-haters and fair weather fans out there. I don't think they even have a clue what an incredible job this team has done so far.
Texas Tech is 7-2. I want you to think about the last 9 times you went out to dinner. Was your experience perfect 7 out of those 9 times? Now let's continue this analogy. Do you think your dinner would have been perfect 7 out of 9 times if the chef and all the people who help him and you were brand new? Oh, it get's better. What if the chef was still using ingredients ordered by the previous chef?
Tech lost to OSU. Get over it. People seem to forget that OSU was ranked #18. This wasn't a pushover team. They got on is, and didn't let up. Here's something else you might not like to hear-it's going to be VERY hard for Tech to win ANY of their remaining games. Next up is Kansas State and from what I've read, they're a pretty tough defense. From there it's Baylor and Texas.
At the end of the day we have a fun, fast paced football team that is working miracles in a first year situation. We won't even really know what this staff is made of for a couple more years. Right now I'm pretty proud to live in Raider Country.


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In honor of our adorable new puppy (yes that is him to the left and below), I thought today's Monday Layout Challenge should center around our adorable feline and Fido friends. If you have a bird or even a squirrel that you keep as a pet, they count too.
Monday Layout Challenge Purpose:
My hopes with the Monday Layout Challenges are that you get your pictures out of the boxes or out of your computers memory and onto the pages. It is my hope with these challenges that you will begin to focus more on the storytelling, the special relationships in your lives, and the everyday things rather than putting so much focus on elaborate layouts. Don't get me wrong, you are welcome to do elaborate layouts. I do too.
Today's Layout Challenge:
Today's layout challenge is to take something specific about your pet, or a pet that is in your life and create a page about it. Perhaps your puppy has a special trait that you haven't seen another dog with. Or maybe your cat has a specific spot he likes to sleep over and over again. Or maybe your fish is unique or your bird likes a special treat. It doesn't matter what you decide to pick. Maybe you want to commemorate the day your pet came home. Or perhaps you might even wish to remember a pet that has crossed that Rainbow Bridge. (see the bottom of this article for a great poem to place on a pet memorial page)
Please feel free to share your layouts in the families.com gallery. Then tell me about it in the comment field and I will go visit. Seems a lot of scrapbookers are shy and aren't comfortable sharing their layouts. It is okay to continue emailing me privately too, but it would be nice to inspire others. So if you haven't participated before, please join us now.
Here is a special poem if you decide to do a memorial scrapbook layout. It is certainly a beautiful poem.
The Rainbow Bridge
by Paul C. Dahm
There is a bridge connecting heaven and Earth.
It is called the Rainbow Bridge because of its many colors. Just this side of the Rainbow Bridge is a land of meadows, hills and valleys, all of it covered with lush green grass.
When a beloved pet dies, the pet goes to this lovely land. There is always food and water and warm spring weather. There, the old and frail animals are young again. Those who are maimed are made whole once more. They play all day with each other, content and comfortable.
There is only one thing missing. They are not with the special person who loved them on Earth. So each day they run and play until the day comes when one suddenly stops playing and looks up! Then, the nose twitches! The ears are up! The eyes are staring! You have been seen, and that one suddenly runs from the group.
You take him or her in your arms and embrace. Your face is kissed again and again and again, and you look once more into the eyes of your trusting pet.
Then, together, you cross the Rainbow Bridge, never again to be separated.
and last but most certainly not least…
A Dog's Prayer
by Author Unknown
I live among God's creatures now, in the Heavens of your mind.
So do not grieve for me, my friend, as I am with my kind…
My collar is a rainbow's hue
My leash a shooting star
My boundaries are the milky way
Where I sparkle from afar.
There are no pens or kennels here
For I am not confined
But free to roam God's heavens
Among my special kind.
I nap the day on a snowy cloud
With gentle breezes rocking me
I dream the dreams of earthlings
And how it used to be.
The trees are full of liver treats
And tennis balls abound
And milk bones line the walking ways
Just waiting to be found.
There even is a ring set up
The grass all lush and green
And everyone who gaits around
Becomes the "Best Of Breed".
For we're all winners in this place
We have no faults you see
And God passes out the ribbons
To each one–even me.
At night I sleep in angels' arms
Their wings protecting me
And moonbeams dance about us
As stardust falls on thee.
So when your life on earth is spent
And you reach heaven's gate
Have no fear of loneliness
For here, you know I wait.


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Police: Capitol Hill assault possibly racially motivated
SEATTLE -- A 22-year-old man was hospitalized after an apparently random and possibly racially motivated assault early Sunday morning in Capitol Hill.
According to the Seattle Police Department, the victim was with a group of friends in the 700 block of East Pike Street around 2 a.m. when he was approached by a man he didn't know.
The man used racial slurs against the victim then assaulted him, knocking him to the ground, according to police.
Once the victim was on the ground, a number of other people reportedly started kicking him. It is unknown if the new assailants knew the original attacker.
The victim was able to get away, and officers found him a few blocks away with injuries to his head and face, including a missing tooth. He was taken to the hospital for treatment.
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Built in the 1800s from the shipwreck of the Sedulous, the solid front door constructed from the ships hatch opens into a slate floored entrance lobby with an adjacent newly fitted bespoke kitchen, and in one corner a 4 step ladder leads up to a single bedroom with a little window overlooking the 38 ft mill wheel.
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See what the guys had to say below:
That is well done… We're not getting into how we feel personally about it… But, that's just clever. – Zane
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Bell Helicopters is pressing ahead with the secondary design phase for the development of the new 525 Relentless helicopter that it launched in February. Here at the Farnborough International Airshow, the U.S. airframer is displaying a mockup of the super-medium twin, which is on track to make a first flight around the turn of 2013/14 and then enter service in 2015.
"We're now getting into the detailed design in a secondary level that includes [plans for] on-condition monitoring, ergonomics and maintenance access, and ensuring that the aircraft is corrosion averse," Larry Thimmesch, Bell's vice president of new programs, told AIN. Engineers are building a series of mockups aimed at "validating the intersections between the customer and the product."
Also at Bell's headquarters in Texas a simulation cabin has been built to serve as a full aircraft simulator for ground testing. It is being used to develop the mathematical models and control laws that will determine how the aircraft is handled and how it maneuvers. The unit also is being used to validate ergonomic design within the cockpit. A systems integration lab is also being used to validate all aircraft systems ahead of any flight testing.
With work continuing with the Relentless customer advisory panel, some digital design models have already been released to the production department. This means that work on the flying prototypes can get under way.
"Nothing has changed in our intent," said Thimmesch when asked whether certification and service entry goals are on track. "But our biggest focus now is getting it right from a customer perspective. [Certification] will be quicker than we have done it in the past."
Bell, which has yet to confirm a list price for the 525, is not yet taking firm orders from prospective customers as it continues to consider different aircraft configurations and applications. The customer advisory panel will continue giving input right up to the 525's entry into service.
The Relentless is the largest civil helicopter in Bell's history. The program is a major departure for a company that, since the Vietnam War, has counted on military sales for a large share of itsrevenue.
The new rotorcraft is an 18,000-pound-"plus" ship with an expected range of more than 400 nm, a speed near 150 knots and a ceiling of 20,000 feet, aiming it squarely at the oil-and-gas market. U.S. offshore operator PHI is the nominated launch customer and also heavily participated in the customer advisory panel that shaped the 525'sdesign. It and other operators told Bell that they wanted an affordable new aircraft that delivers improved payload range capability, a spacious cabin, more cargo volume and improved situational awareness.
The helicopter's value proposition is to offer medium helicopter economics while delivering large helicopter comfort and capabilities. It will be powered by a pair of General Electric CT7-2F1 engines (1,800 shp each) driving an all-composite five-blade main rotor system and a four-blade tailrotor.
The rotor system and transmission have been optimized for the engines. The aircraft will incorporate a triple-redundant fly-by-wire flight control system with a BAE Systems flight computer that borrows lessons learned on the Bell/Boeing V-22 and AW609 tiltrotors.
The big helicopter also will feature the new Garmin G5000H touchscreen-controlled, glass-panel integrated avionics suite with four main displays and Telligence voice-command capabilities, two key components of Bell's new ARC (awareness, react and control) cockpit. The ergonomic cockpit features pilot seats that J-track, pushing back and swiveling outward, for ease of egress. Right-hand, fly-by-wire side sticks replace the conventional cyclics. The ARC cockpit promises flight crews a higher level of comfort and awareness, including the ability to see over the helicopter'snose.
ARC is intuitive and can sense, for example, when system failures require an autorotation and it automatically sets up the helicopter to enter one. "In critical situations the system identifies the problem and does something about it," said Thimmesch.
While chock-full of new technology, Thimmesch said that the 525's cockpit will not be so complicated as to befuddle pilots. "This is the first touchscreen interface in a Part 29 helicopter, but we are not overdesigning this thing so it is the Starship Enterprise. This technology makes sense to the operator," he said. That includes "unparalleled" real-time health usage and monitoring systems data transmitted via uplink with trend monitoring and diagnosticcapabilities.
The 525's composite and metal airframe also features an emphasis on ease of maintenance and durability. "Our design goal is to be able to remove and replace any [line replaceable unit (LRU)] aircraft component in ten minutes, and that includes access," said Thimmesch. "To do that we used quarter-turn fasteners for nonstructural aircraft panels and standard link fasteners to get around structural panels. Also, you don't have to remove one LRU to get at another," hesaid.
Thimmesch said Bell evaluated more than 20 years of data to identify maintenance-cost drivers for the offshore industry in designing the 525 and found that 32 percent of maintenance is related to fighting corrosion. The manufacturer is using monolithic composites in places susceptible to corrosion, such as the lower airframe structures, and also designing in floordrainage.
The 525's tailboom has been designed to provide less resistance and more lift that translates into higher hover-out-of-ground-effect altitude than conventional designs. The boom's aerodynamic shape will allow 88 more horsepower to be directed to the main rotors compared with conventional designs. It directs downwash to provide counter-torque.
Entry to the 525's 4.5-foot-tall cabin is through a pair of hinged doors located between the cockpit and the first row of four seating areas or through a pair of large aft sliding doors. Each seating area offers comfortable four-abreast seating, for a total of 16 passengers; the company also has a higher density version in mind.
The new helicopter will be built at the Bell's Amarillo, Texas plant, currently home of the Bell/Boeing V-22 final assembly line. That program has been a cash cow for the company, but is widely seen as winding down in the face of anticipated Pentagon budget cuts. It is likely that Bell will offer a military variant of the 525 in thefuture. Program costs are estimated near $500 million and are part of a $1 billion facility, research-and-development and inventory investment program the company announced earlier thisyear.


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Kaitlyn McNabney, '15, from Morristown, Tenn., majors in both French and Political Science. She has enhanced her education with study abroad opportunities in France.
Project &: Katilyn is passionate about how language study broadens our perceptions of the world and wants to use her research in that area to enhance Americans' understanding of world affairs.
While I was studying abroad recently in France, I was surprised at the amount of information people knew about the culture, politics and society of The United States. I came to understand that much of that understanding was a result of their learning and knowing our native language. So I began to think about how language study in this country could help shape Americans' understanding of foreign policy issues, and with the encouragement of some great professors, I am researching this topic. I love languages, but I also love people and other cultures. Thanks to Emory & Henry, I am excited about one day working in some capacity that helps build cultural connections, perhaps with the Foreign Service or with an international non-government organization.Kaitlyn McNabney


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Mountain View, CA, United States, 2007/04/11 - Securent is selected from 800 companies as a finalist for the award recognizing the most promising North American companies driving the future of technology.
Securent, Inc., the award-winning leader in the Entitlement Management market, today announced that Red Herring magazine has named it as a finalist for the Red Herring 100 Award.
The Red Herring editorial board diligently surveyed the entrepreneurial scene throughout North America, and from a pool of more than 800 closely evaluated companies identified the top 200 finalists that are leading the next wave of innovation, including Securent. Now in its 10th year, the Red Herring 100 Awards are a selection of the top 100 private companies based in North America that play a leading role in innovation and technology.
We can see the exciting evolution of the technology sector reflected in the quality and variety of exceptional companies that we had to choose from in putting our list together, said Joel Dreyfuss, Editor-in-Chief of Red Herring. It was tough to choose just 200 finalists from such a large list of excellent contenders, and we are very happy with the qualities of the companies we selected as Finalists.
Securent enables organizations to secure sensitive applications and data with ease and precision. Securents Entitlement Management Solution (EMS) is the industrys most robust standards-based solution, allowing organizations to create, enforce, review, and audit fine-grained access policies across heterogeneous application and IT environments distributed throughout the enterprise, all with centralized management and visibility. It leverages the Access Control Markup Language (XACML) standard from OASIS, the industry accepted standard for entitlement management.
Securent EMS provides a more scalable and cost-effective alternative to custom coding of fine-grained access controls into applications. It integrates out-of-the-box with enterprises application, identity management, and data repository infrastructure; and enables entitlements to be easily configured. Loosely coupling entitlements with application services, Securent EMS is also a key infrastructure service in an effective SOA deployment. Customers benefit from improved security and compliance with regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), Basel Capital Accord (Basel II), and the National Association of Securities Dealers Rule 2711 (NASD 2711).
We are pleased to be named as a finalist for the Red Herring 100 award, said Rajiv Gupta, CEO of Securent, Inc. Since the founding of our company, we have focused on making the complex process of managing, enforcing, and auditing fine-grained access policies easier, quicker, and more centralized and cost effective for enterprises. It is rewarding to see continued validation of our efforts from customers, partners, and industry authorities such as Red Herring.
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Research Topics
José María Marín
Affiliation: University of Zaragoza
Country: Spain
Detail Information
- Prediction of risk of COPD exacerbations by the BODE indexJose M Marin
Hospital Miguel Servet, Instituto Aragones de Ciencias de la Salud, Zaragoza, Spain
Respir Med 103:373-8. 2009..This study assesses the power of the BODE index, a multidimensional grading system that predicts mortality, to predict subsequent exacerbations in patients with COPD...
- New GOLD classification: longitudinal data on group assignmentCiro Casanova
Pulmonary Department, Hospital Universitario NTRA, SRA, de La Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, Spain
Respir Res 15:3. 2014..Little is known about the longitudinal changes associated with using the 2013 update of the multidimensional GOLD strategy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)...
- Epigenetics modifications and Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Obstructive Sleep Apnea: The EPIOSA studyJose M Marin
Respiratory Service, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, I 3 Avda Isabel la Católica, 50006 Zaragoza, Spain
BMC Pulm Med 14:114. 2014..We have thus initiated the Epigenetics modification in Obstructive Sleep Apnea (EPIOSA) study (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02131610)...
- Association between treated and untreated obstructive sleep apnea and risk of hypertensionJose M Marin
Respiratory Department, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain
JAMA 307:2169-76. 2012..Systemic hypertension is prevalent among patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Short-term studies indicate that continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy reduces blood pressure in patients with hypertension and OSA...
- Long-term cardiovascular outcomes in men with obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea with or without treatment with continuous positive airway pressure: an observational studyJose M Marin
Respiratory Service, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Isabel la Catolica, Zaragoza, Spain
Lancet 365:1046-53. 2005....
- Prognostic assessment in COPD: health related quality of life and the BODE indexJose M Marin
Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Instituto Aragones Ciencias Salud and CIBERES, Zaragoza, Spain
Respir Med 105:916-21. 2011..COPD is a debilitating disease with increasing mortality worldwide. The BODE index evaluates disease severity and the St George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) measures health status...
- Outcomes in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and obstructive sleep apnea: the overlap syndromeJose M Marin
Respiratory Service, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza 50009, Spain
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 182:325-31. 2010..Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) (overlap syndrome) are more likely to develop pulmonary hypertension than patients with either condition alone...
- [COPD and sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome]José María Marín
Servicio de Neumologia, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Espana
Arch Bronconeumol 45:54-8. 2009....
- [Patient-reported parameters in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease]Virginia Moya
Servicio de Neumologia, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Instituto Aragones de Ciencias de la Salud, Zaragoza, Spain
Arch Bronconeumol 46:15-9. 2010....
- Medication adherence and persistence in severe obstructive sleep apneaIsabel Villar
Pharmacy Services, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain
Sleep 32:623-8. 2009....
- Agreement between a simple dyspnea-guided treatment algorithm for stable COPD and the GOLD guidelines: a pilot studyCarlos Cabrera
University Hospital of Gran Canaria Dr Negrin, Respiratory Service, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis 11:1217-22. 2016..The purpose of this study was to validate a simpler dyspnea-based treatment algorithm for inhaled pharmacotherapy in stable COPD, comparing its concordance with the current Global Initiative for Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) guideline...


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Ian McKellen To Be Honored by The Shakespeare Theatre Company
Sir Ian McKellen is confirmed to be the 2009 recipient of the William Shakespeare Award for Classical Theatre. He will be honored The Shakespeare Theatre Company at its annual gala on October 25th at the Harman Center for the Arts.
The annual award honors an artist whose accomplishments have made a lasting contribution to the field of classical theater and widened the appreciation of Shakespeare across the world. The gala will also feature classical music, dance, and theater performances that use themes from A Midsummer Night's Dream. A deserving recipient, McKellen most recently starred in America in the tile role of King Lear, and received an Emmy Award nomination for its telecast. His work has spanned genres from Shakespearean and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction. He is known to many for roles such as Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy and as Magneto in the X-Men films.
He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1979, and knighted in the 1991 New Year Honours for his outstanding work and contributions to the theatre. In the 2008 New Year Honours he was made a Companion of Honour (CH) for services to drama and to equality.
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Today, June 15
Still fumbling with that fancy chef's knife you got for Christmas? Starting at 6:30 p.m., 18 Reasons second knife skills class will show you the ropes with a three-hour, hands-on course, where you'll peel, chop, dice, and slice everything needed for chicken soup. Bi-Rite Market's Morgan Maki plays teacher and will be around for questions during the group dinner at the end. Tickets are $30 for 18 Reasons members; $40 for everyone else. 593 Guerrero (at 18th Street)
Thursday, June 16
After several delays, Boxing Room, from the folks behind Absinthe, opens its door in the former Citizen Cake space. The New Orleans-inspired menu includes deep-fried alligator, several gumbos featuring okra, gulf shrimp, crawfish, or andouille sausage, oyster po'boys, and creole sides like Mirliton casserole, red beans, and corn bread muffins. 299 Grove St. (at Gough)
Saturday, June 18
It's berry season, and starting at 10 a.m., the CUESA booth at the Ferry Building Farmers Market is doing a tasting of tayberries, raspberries, and several strawberry varietals. Then at 11 a.m., Daniel Clayton of Nibblers Eatery & Wine Bar demos a couple of savory dishes using berries found in the market, followed by a sweet-dish demo by Trace Leighton. Ferry Building Farmers Market
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If you've ever bar-hopped in the Mission, you know nothing tastes better at 1 am than one of the corn-husk-wrapped offerings from The Tamale Lady. It's her 60th birthday, and Zeitgest is celebrating with a brouhaha in her honor starting at 6 p.m. 199 Valencia (at Duboce)


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Steroids – why we hate them and why they are first choice
I did it once and I swore I would NEVER do it again. Yes, I was on prednisone, and I hated it – not just because I was a teenager with chubby cheeks and a constant need for turkey sandwiches (my food craving of choice), but because I was moody, easily distracted, and worst of all…the withdrawal. For some reason, when I was put on steroids my doctor didn't believe in tapering me off of them, and as a teenager I got the best lesson on why you should say no to drugs. Going through withdrawal hurts – a lot.
When I was done with my two months of steroid treatment, I vowed I would never go on them again. Luckily, I've been able to stick to that. So if they are bad for you in the long run (which they are) and if they make you miserable (which they do), why are steroids always the first choice for doctors when you are really sick?
Think of inflammation as a pyramid. You start at the top with big things that can promote inflammation, and then it branches out from there to many more, smaller things that induce inflammation. The higher up on the pyramid you stop the chain reaction, the better and the faster the inflammation will stop. If you wait until you are trying to stop each of the little things near the bottom of the pyramid, it's going to be hard to catch up.
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Comic-Con isn't an event for the faint of heart. In many ways it is like a more relevant, hyper Sundance Film Festival full of strange and exotic nerd wildlife. Only At Park City, you don't have the Comic-Con pandemonium, and the San Diego attendees hardly ever get to see the actual movies and TV shows that thousands of people are schilling. In a day and age where breaking news is covered every second of every minute, Comic-Con takes this idea, centralizes into one finite spot...And then cranks up the intensity 1000 percent.
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Well, she's no Michael Phelps. The swimming pool was not a huge hit with my 4-month-old baby, Poppy. She really likes taking a bath, so I'm assuming she didn't enjoy the temperature of the water at the pool or the crowd of people staring at her. Regardless of her opinion, I knew it wouldn't be a long trip to the pool because my pediatrician recommended avoiding sunscreen for the first 6 months because of the chemicals.
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Dixon and Bartone set National Records, Bartone wins Top Alcohol Funny Car, Jason Line takes Pro Stock
Pomona, Calif. (Feb 28, 2011) - The NHRA kicked off the 2011 season at the Kragen O'Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Winternationals at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona, California, on a rainy and cold February weekend. Red Line Oil teams did well at the first race of the season, with record setting runs in Top Fuel Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car and a win in Pro Stock.
Al-Anabi Racing celebrated early in the event when driver Larry Dixon took the No. 1 qualifier spot on Saturday evening, the 49th time he was top qualifier but his first at the Winternationals. Dixon's 3.770-second run at 324.98 mph set the national elapsed-time record and the Auto Club Raceway speed record; although other teams reached higher speeds during eliminations. With the national ET record, Dixon received a 20-point bonus. In eliminations, Dixon's dragster lost traction at half track, and Terry McMillen got the upset win.
"With everything that our Al-Anabi team has done over the course of the last 12 months and the last couple of days at this event, it was disappointing to go out in the first round," Dixon said. "We were too hopped up, and it went out and spun the tires. It's disappointing but not life threatening. The good that came out of the weekend is that we leave Pomona with the national elapsed time record, and we were able to bring that record to our camp. The bar was set high when they set it, and I'm proud that the Al-Anabi team has it now." This was the team's first race weekend with Red Line Oil, running Red Line 70WT Race Oil in the Engine and Heavy Shockproof Gear Oil in their Differentials. Teammate Del Worsham, in his first race back in top fuel in almost 18 years, made a solid semi-final appearance.
In the Pro Stock class, Red Line driver Jason Line and the KB Racing/Summit team started the season in the best way possible on Sunday, capturing the Wally. What made the win all the more satisfying was the fact that Line wasn't sure he would even be able to drive. Line has been recovering from the back surgery he had four weeks ago, and said he was not feeling very well for about a week prior to the race.
"I said before the start of the year that I wanted to win all the races, and I couldn't do that without winning here in Pomona, so I'm glad that this Summit Racing team was able to get the job done today," said Line. "Our performance is a testament to this Summit Racing crew. They gave me a fast hot rod that never varied by more than nine thousandths of a second in all four runs. It drove like a Cadillac more than a Pontiac. On top of that, I had a pretty good day behind the wheel, and we ended up having a great day."
Line qualified 11th with a 6.590 second/210.54 MPH pass. He defeated V. Gaines and Vincent Nobile in Rounds One and Two of eliminations. The semifinals were an all-Summit Racing matchup as Line and 2010 Pro Stock champion Greg Anderson were paired at the line. It was all over when the Christmas tree turned green as Line cut an incredible .001 reaction time and led all the way to the finish line, running a 6.532/211.76 to Anderson's 6.563/211.10. Squaring off against veteran Greg Stanfield in the final, Line and his crew Knew they would need a near-perfect performance to open the year with a win. Line responded by posting the quickest elapsed time of the weekend at 6.529-seconds with a speed of 211.89 mph to outdistance Stanfield's 6.595-second, 210.70 mph effort. This was the 22nd national event win of Line's career and second at the NHRA season-opener.
In the Alcohol Funny Car ranks, Former World Champion Tony Bartone captured another NHRA National Event title for Rick Jackson Racing. The Long Island, New York, driver won in dramatic fashion after setting a National Record elapsed time in the final. The victory was Bartone's 32nd of his career and his third national event victory driving for the team and famed tuner Steve Boggs.
Bartone's march to the title featured a round two match-up against Alexis Dejoria, the first time Dejoria and Bartone met in NHRA competition. As Dejoria had difficulty staging her Tequila Patron-sponsored Monte Carlo within the 7-second time limit, this triggered the red-light in her lane and sent the Centre Pointe Collision Center-sponsored Mustang on a solo run. Technical changes for the semi final against Steve Gasparelli paid off in spades as Bartone recorded a stellar 5.460 second elapsed time at a booming speed of 264.08 MPH to capture the round win and a trip to the money round. The final had Bartone against Doug Gordon, with both drivers leaving the starting line with identical reaction times; however Boggs and Bartone saved their best effort of the final, recording a a 5.452-second elapsed time at 264.70 mph, while Gordon trailed with a 5.579 ET to earn the runner-up position. Bartone's run eclipsed the existing record 5.455 set by TAFC kingpin Frank Manzo. "This was a total team effort and it's been a long time coming," stated Bartone, whose last NHRA National Event victory came in 2009 in Las Vegas. "We'd like to thank our families who let us come out here and have fun at the race track and of course all our fans and marketing partners for their continued support. This is an awesome feeling and I look forward to building on this victory during the entire year."
In other NHRA Sportsman news, Red Line-racer Jimmy Defrank took runner-up honors in the hotly-contested Super Stock category. This race was run on Monday due to weather delays.


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Going the Distance
|August 13, 2012
|Posted by Emily under Uncategorized
A few big things have happened in my running world this year.
First, I crossed the finish line in Eugene with a time that exceeded every imaginable expectation that I ever held for myself and marathoning.
Dreaming so big by reaching for a 3:15 pace band, 24 hours before running a 3:08.01. Nope, STILL don't know what happened with that one.
And then, I dipped my toes in the pool of ultra running (twice) and found my feet crying over and over again "dive in, Em! The water is AMAZING!"
Between these two things, I've really struggled with whether I wanted to close out 2012 by staying true to my roadie roots with a full, no messing around 16 week marathon training cycle to go for another 26.2 mile PR attempt. Or, if I want to play around some more with ultra running and go for distance.
Well, last week while I was all runners highing on ultras after the Dahlgren 50k, I finally answered this "what next?" question that's haunted me all summer long.
And the answer:
Marathons can wait.
The 50 mile distance, to be exact.
While I may regret this decision at mile 18 of my second long run in a single weekend in the very near future, for now, I am straight up, giddy excited about spending October 6th running 50 miles around a lake in Western New York.
When I come down from my registration high, we can chat more about why I chose this race and how I am going to spend the next two months getting ready to tackle the 50 mile distance.
Until then, get ready for even more miles!
53 Responses to Going the Distance
Yes!! I love watching you crush these ultra distances. Good luck!
That looks like an awesome race! Good luck with training!!
One of my adventure racing teammates lives right around there. Very cool…I love to see people reaching further and further. Can't wait to watch you smash this as well!
You are very inspiring. Good luck with training.
OMG!! I grew up 20mins from that lake. I now live in northern PA but maybe I will travel home to see the race!! Good luck training that lake is beautiful to run at.
How exciting! I live like 5 minutes from Canandaigua! I'll definitely be there to watch!
YAY! You are totally going to rock the 50 mile distance – I just know it! Can't wait to hear all about the training, let me know if you want a running partner one weekend (keeping in mind that I'm only running 13.1 this fall). Good luck with training!!
Canandaigua is gorgeous! I grew up near there. Be sure to hit up some of the great local wineries after you're done!
I can't even imagine. Good luck, lady! Way to finish out the year with a bang!
Get it girl! I have no doubt you will conquer and destroy that 50 miles!
I just joined Twitter, follow me @SouthGirlRun, thanks!!!
Canandaigua Lake is my Ironman stomping grounds! I am there like every weekend over the summer :)
You are AMAZING!
My friend did that race a few years ago and loved it! In two weeks she is running her first 100 miler…
I wish I had your drive
Crazy lady, you are on a roll this year!! Your blog is ridiculously exciting!!!
Dang girl! I have no doubt that you can do it, but I think it's a little crazy to want to! ;)
You're scaring the heck outta me!!! Ok, kidding. I was wondering when you were going to up the 50k distance. Looks like you did it. Wanna guess what I think will be next? ;p
Wowza 50 miles!!
50 miles?! AMAZING! I'm preparing for my first 13.1 and that seemed like so far when I started…. 50 is amazing!
I've been following the blog for a while, and Canandaigua Lake is like 20min from me! Will def scoot over there to cheer you on ;)
So exciting!! You're going to rock it. I'm tempted to venture into 50k territory so I like reading about your ultra-endeavors. I'm close to Canandaigua too (sounds like you'll have some local fans). While you're there make sure to check out MacGregor's – I think the beer list will be right up your alley. Perhaps for post-race libations? Here's a link:
Yay! More running stories.
Hey Emily! I have been struggling with this same issue (1/2 marathon PR or an Ultra for my next goal). Considering my recent Hoka purchase, this probably doesn't surprise you. I am just not sure I have enough miles under my belt to really give it a good shot in Oct. What is your current mileage? Oh and congrats on your Eugene PR! I had no idea!
You are definitely crazy ( but in a good way) to run those kind of miles ! Canandaigua is so beautiful. I live an hour from there and swim at Kershaw Park on weekends. Good luck with upping your training miles.!! Btw- Ryan Lochte is originally from Canandaigua .
Great place to do it! And great time of year too. Much luck!
Damn girl! You are inspiring. Can't wait to follow you during training. You got this!
I'm from Central New York, and I went to college in Geneva, which is about 20 minutes from Canandaigua–absolutely gorgeous area! Good luck with training!!
Way to go!!
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