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Dale Earnhardt Jr., in Michigan's victory lane, with girlfriend Amy Reimann (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
By Mike Mulhern
BROOKLYN, Mich.
Seldom in American sports has one star's losing streak held so much attention.
So let's let Dale Earnhardt Jr., and crew chief Steve Letarte, enjoy the moment of victory.
Four years and two days....0-for143.
Now it's finally history.
And it was certainly a bit of history, in more ways than one.
Not just a win, but a solid win over some of the toughest in the business: Tony Stewart, Matt Kenseth, Jimmie Johnson, Greg Biffle.
And on one of the most treacherous tracks on the tour, lightning-fast repaved Michigan International Speedway, on a record-smashing speed weekend of unheard of speeds, up to 220 mph.
Blown engines, fiery crashes....
And of course a red-hot tire controversy, first really on the stock car tour in four years...and this one one for the books, to be sure. Even Goodyear's toughest-ever tire blistered at these speeds.
Goodyear men working overtime to changeover to the new Michigan left-side tires (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
And the way it played out, drivers and crews had barely one hour of real practice to come up with a new game plan on the eve of the fastest race in NASCAR history on a two-mile oval like this.
That's the stage where Dale Earnhardt Jr. triumphed.
Earnhardt has been full of surprises this season, his best year on the tour since maybe 2004.
Moments after winning the Michigan 400, the 19th tour win of his 11-year career, stock car racing's perennial most popular driver was kissing his long-time girlfriend Amy Reimann in victory lane.
For the intensely shy and private Earnhardt, it was a rare moment.
Dale Jr. and Amy, at last fall's championship shindig in Las Vegas (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
Last year's pairing with Letarte, after his two years with Jeff Gordon, was intriguing. Letarte, for all his leadership, technical talents and organizational skills, seems best known for his remarkable upbeat cheerleader role.
Letarte, this big stocky guy who has been working for team owner Rick Hendrick since he was a teenager, exudes confidence and positive vibes. For someone as hard on himself, and sometimes so introverted, as Earnhardt, it has been a very good pairing.
And positive vibes were sorely needed here Sunday afternoon, amid all the chaos and confusion.
The entire weekend was filled with tension, and some of the fastest speeds in NASCAR history, sustained
At first drivers called the high-speed thrill runs exhilarating. Grip was very good, even at the high speeds.
Sunday that all changed, with new rock-hard left-sides tires which made the cars suddenly very difficult to handle, and only cut speeds by about five or six mph, from a 200-mph race pace down to 194.
Surprisingly the unexpected added intrigues didn't diminish the feisty spirit of the men at the wheel, who went two-wide and three-wide, and once even four-wide, albeit unsuccessfully for Denny Hamlin.
The Dark Knight? Put an Earnhardt in a black car and good things happen (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
Indeed it was a rare afternoon all the way around.
And these guys will be coming back in mid-August to do it all again, on pretty much the same tires, just tweaked a bit.
And to have it capped off with Dale Earnhardt Jr. finally winning again, well that just made it all the better.
But just winning wasn't enough for everyone...NASCAR president Mike Helton hugged Earnhardt in victory and proclaimed him one of the men to beat for this year's Sprint Cup championship. Uh, perhaps a bit of marketing overkill, since Stewart won last year's title with five tour wins in the last 10 races....and Earnhardt's last five wins – well, let's see: here Sunday, here in 2008, Richmond in 2006,
Earnhardt's win wasn't a bolt from the blue. He's been strong most of the season, and consistent, which hasn't been his forte over his career.
Earnhardt didn't back into this win, and he made a point of that, contrasting it to the gas-mileage win four years ago.
"We whupped 'em pretty good," he said with a grin.
Not really, Earnhardt said.
"I thought it would be all relief.. but it was no relief at all -- it was excitement," Earnhardt said. And yes he was quite giddy about it.
Junior Nation whooping it up (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
Now how long this glow may linger...well, Sonoma's road course, a thousand miles west of this Detroit-area track, hasn't been a great one for Earnhardt over the years. Of course it took his legendary father years to finally win.
But then there are no road courses in the 10-race playoffs.
Perhaps more important than just the win is how Earnhardt has been running all spring. He's had shots to win, most recently at Pocono, where Letarte is still kicking himself for not having the right strategy to close the deal.
Steve Letarte has inspired confidence in Dale Earnhardt Jr. since taking over as crew chief. And now they're getting good results (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
"We are getting stronger," Earnhardt says proudly.
Last year he says wasn't that bad, but things never seemed to get much better.
"Even though I was happy as hell to be with Steve, and run well and be competitive, I was a little disheartened I didn't progress. I didn't find more speed as the year went on. We just stayed the same.
"This year we have gotten faster throughout the year. We started off pretty quick, and we have gotten quicker, especially these last couple weeks."
Indeed teammate Jimmie Johnson exploded into high-gear in mid-May, and rivals could tell the Hendrick camp had found something new.
Now Earnhardt is making good use of it too.
Kenseth, a perennial title challenger and the 2003 champion, says he considers Earnhardt and Letarte legitimate title contenders.
Earnhardt, though, doesn't want to get too far ahead of things.
"I don't know really where we stand in the competition level... as far as being a threat to win the title. That's a great compliment from Matt.
"But we just want to keep our nose to the grindstone to try to win a race... and see what happens."
Steve Letarte's pit crew 'dewed' it Sunday at Michigan (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
The entire four days here was jammed with sensory overload, for drivers and crews.
The speeds were amazing, to begin with. Drivers were breathless, crew chiefs were worried. Engines might fail at these sustained high rpm; suspension parts might break.
Yet NASCAR officials, that first day of practice/testing, said everything was "Green light."
Of course everything wasn't okay.
Late Friday night Goodyear, after too many reports of blistered left-side tires in just 30 to 40 miles of running, decided to bring in a harder left-side.
NASCAR, which has been criticized by some this season for its jam-packed weekend schedule of events, was suddenly in a jam too – and all it could offer teams, on the eve of what would be the fastest race in NASCAR history, was a 75-minute final practice session Saturday night.
NASCAR officials said teams could run the data through computers to find setups. Of course those computers failed in foreseeing the initial problems....
You think drivers and crews were nervous here Sunday morning?
The tension was almost fatalistic. Someone would win, sure, but most were just hoping for no serious incidents.
One obvious issue – which has been debated at other tracks too, such as California's Auto Club Speedway – is why such high speeds in the first place?
Promoter Bruton Smith, for one, has pointed out that slower speeds generally make for better racing.
Here in the Friday afternoon heat Greg Biffle hit 220 mph on the straights, part of his smashing lap at nearly 205 mph.
Goodyear's new left-sides did slow corner speeds Sunday, but the leaders were still running sustained race-pace laps at well over 194 mph – at the one-time track qualifying record.
At least that was slower than the 200-mph race pace Biffle had projected on the original tires.
So the tire change did slow speeds about six mph.
Still Stewart posted one of the quickest top speeds Sunday of 215 mph.
Earnhardt conceded he didn't have much confidence heading into the race:
"We had some tough things to overcome, with the tire issues. They made some changes, and I wasn't very confident after the practice Saturday night."
In fact Earnhardt and Letarte were handicapped – like other teams – by NASCAR's insistence on no engine changes without major penalty (having to start at the rear of the field).
Letarte thus limited Earnhardt to just 25 laps of practice Saturday evening.
Why NASCAR officials didn't simply rescind the engine rule under the circumstances is something the sanctioning body has not discussed.
(Considering the extreme speeds involved here, there are several questions about NASCAR's pre-race game plan.)
So it was up to Letarte to pump up his nervous driver. And that's been one of Letarte's strengths during his time as crew chief (first with Jeff Gordon, now with Earnhardt).
"Steve felt pretty good....talked about things we would do to the car. And he felt pretty confident.
"I was a little nervous when the race started; the car was not quite where I needed it to be.
"We were not in too big trouble, but we needed some adjustments.
"It's really tough to give Steve (the right information about the car under those circumstances). I worry whether he knows exactly where I'm at or what I need with the car, how much I need.
"But I guess he knows me well enough, because he made the right calls, and the thing took off flying.
"Then he made some pit strategy choices that put us toward the front, to where the car could respond. If we had a fast car, it was going to happen... and it did."
Clean air of course is critical at these high speeds.
"The car responded when we got there, and I learned a lot -- running around behind people, learning about what my car was capable of doing.
"And I pushed my car a little bit harder each time we ran around the corner
"I saved a little in my pocket in the last 50 laps, and ran only as hard as I thought I needed to. But at the end of the race this thing was a rocket; I couldn't slow it down, it was so fast."
Letarte says last week's Pocono race, also on lightning fast new asphalt, gave him some insights into how to approach the Michigan race.
"We had some concepts and some ideas in the race car we took there, and it showed speed, so we were excited to get here," Letarte said.
"We were pretty comfortable with our car Thursday and Friday. We were disappointed to see the tire trouble because we thought we had good speed.
"But we understood the situation and what needed to be done. When Goodyear brought the different tire in for that short happy hour session, we did the best we could, throwing some things at the car to get feedback."
Earnhardt had a potentially winning car at Pocono, but a curious late pit stop, to ensure enough gas to finish, doomed him.
Letarte called Pocono particularly "disappointing" because of the long winless streak. "If we had won three weeks ago, nobody would have cared that we pitted," Letarte said. "You had a great car... you pitted bad... you ran eighth... you'll get 'em next week.
"You see race teams -- and I've been a part of them -- you don't race out of desperation but you start swinging for the fences. When you're down seven or eight runs in the ninth inning, bunts are not going to work. You have to start putting guys on base.
"This proves to us that our strategy is correct: If you bring fast enough race cars, you don't have to get out of your comfort zone too far, and you don't have to get super crazy with your pit strategy.
"You make your own luck. You get bad breaks along the way, but if you have a strong enough team and strong enough cars, then even the bad luck can't hold you down forever.
"We have earned this win: at Las Vegas we had a spectacular car, at Dover we had a good car, at Pocono I feel we had a winning car."
Now it's party time, for one more day maybe. Drinks around at Whiskey River?
Earnhardt relishes the celebration: "I'll probably lead by example...
"I'll probably just see what everybody else does and jump in the pool if the water is warm.
"But I don't want to get carried away. We have a great thing going....we want to be sharp and I want to be sharp when we go to the next race.
"We have a tough one at Sonoma -- and we have a chip on our shoulders because of struggles I've had at that place.
"I don't want to get too far ahead of myself. We have to go to Sonoma and figure out how to get around there and how to get my first top-ten at that place.
"We have a lot to accomplish this year."
Solid (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
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Faith and Belief
Difference between Faith and Belief
Faith to a Christian or to a Mohammedan or to a Hindu is nothing but another word for belief, and a belief is never anything but a repressed doubt.
Every belief has behind it a doubt.
To repress the doubt you believe more and more ... but the doubt goes deeper and deeper into your unconscious.
Faith in the world of Gautam Buddha's experience is not belief.
It has nothing to do with doctrines and philosophies, theologies, ideologies.
It has something to do with trust, something to do with love, something to do with being at ease with the world, however it is.
There is an ancient story of a Zen monk ...
Every night, the king used to go on a round of his capital in disguise, to see whether things were alright or there was some trouble which he was not allowed to know. Is somebody miserable? -- if he could do something, he wanted to know it directly, not through so many mediators and bureaucracies. He was always puzzled by a very beautiful, very silent man, always standing under a tree. Whatever time of the night he went, the man was always standing there silently, just like a marble statue.
Naturally, curiosity arose, and finally he could not resist the temptation to ask this man what he was guarding. He could not see that he had anything ... in fact he was standing naked. The young man laughed and said, "I am guarding myself; I don't have anything else. But guarding itself -- being alert and aware and awake -- is the greatest treasure. You have much, but you don't have the guard."
The king was puzzled, but intrigued by the beauty of the man and by the authority of his words. Every night they used to talk a little bit, and slowly, slowly a great friendship arose. The naked monk never asked, "Who are you?"
The king asked him, "I have been asking so many questions of you -- who you are, from where you have come, what you are doing, what is your discipline -- but you have never asked me, 'Who are you?'"
The young man said, "If you knew who you were, you would not have been asking all these questions. I don't want to humiliate you -- I simply accept whoever you are. I never asked the trees, I never asked the animals, the birds, I never asked the stars -- why should I ask you? It is perfectly good that you are, and I am perfectly at ease with you and with everything."
The question is an uneasiness, it is a tension; it arises deep down from fear. One wants to know the other, because the other may turn out to be an enemy, may turn out to be mad. The other has to be made predictable, then one feels at ease. But can you make anybody predictable?
The young man said, "Nothing can be predicted. Everything goes on moving into more and more mysteries, and I am perfectly at ease; whatever is happening is a joy. Each moment is so sweet and so fragrant, I cannot ask for more. Whoever you are, you are good. I love you, I love everybody ... I simply love. I don't know any other way to relate with existence."
This is faith: not knowing another way to relate with existence except love, except a total acceptance -- the one suchness. The king was so impressed. He knew well that a man who has renounced the world, even renounced his clothes, and in cold winter nights goes on standing alone in his silence, is bound to refuse his invitation -- a simple expectation of any human being.
But he said, "I have fallen in so much love with you that the whole day I wait for when the night comes and I go on my round. I am always afraid that some day you may not be here. I want you to be closer to me. Can I invite you to my palace? I will arrange everything as you want."
There was not even a single moment's hesitation and the man said, "This is a good idea." The king was shocked. One expects from a saint that he has renounced the world, he cannot come back to the world -- and the saint would have risen in honor and respect in his eyes.
But the man said, "This is a perfect idea! I can just go with you right now. I don't have anything to carry with me, no arrangements have to be made."
The king was in doubt -- perhaps he has been befooled. Perhaps this man is not a saint; he has only been pretending and must have been waiting for this moment. But now it was very difficult to take the invitation back. So sadly, reluctantly, he had to take the man whom he had desired so much, loved so much, his company, his presence, his eyes, his every gesture ... He gave him the best palace where his guests, other kings and emperors, used to stay.
He was hoping that the saint would say, "No, I don't need these golden beds and marble palaces. I am a naked monk, more in tune with the trees, with the wind, with the cold, with the heat." But instead of this, the man became very interested. He said, "Great! This is the right place!"
The king could not sleep the whole night, although the monk slept the whole night perfectly well in those luxurious surroundings. From that morning the monk's respectability in the mind of the king went down every day, because he was eating luxurious food, he was no longer naked, he was using the costliest robes. He was not worried about women -- the most beautiful women were serving him and he was quite at ease, as if nothing had happened. He looked just the same as he did naked under the tree.
But it was too much; it was becoming a wound in the king's heart that he had really been befooled, cheated. Now, how to get rid of this man? He is not a saint ... One day he asked him, "I have been carrying a question in my mind for many, many days, but have not been courageous enough to ask."
The man said, "I know -- not many, many days, but from the very moment when I accepted your invitation."
The king was again shocked. He said, "What do you mean?" He said, "I could see that very moment the change in your face, in your eyes. If I had rejected your offer, you would have respected me, touched my feet. But I don't reject anything. My acceptance is total. If you are inviting me, it is perfectly good. When I said the palace is right, it is not the palace that is right, I am right wherever I am. I was right under the tree naked; I am right under these royal robes, surrounded by beautiful women, all the luxuries.
Naturally I know you must be very puzzled. You look tired, you look sad, you don't look your own self. You can ask me the question, although I know the question." The king said, "If you know the question, then the question now is that I want to know what is the difference between me and you?"
The young man laughed and he said, "I will answer, but not here because you will not understand it. We will go for a morning walk, and at the right place, at the right moment, I will answer."
So they both went on the horses for a good morning ride, and the king was waiting and waiting. It was a beautiful morning, but he was not there to enjoy the morning; only the young man was enjoying. Finally the king said, "Now this river is the boundary of my empire. Beyond the river I cannot go; that belongs to someone with whom we have been enemies for centuries. We have ridden miles, and now it is time enough. It is getting hot, the middle of the day."
The man said, "Yes, my answer is -- this is your robe, this is your horse" -- and getting off his horse, he took off the robe. He said, "I am going to the other side of the river, because I don't have any enemies. This robe was never mine, and this horse was never mine. Just one small question: Are you coming with me or not?"
The king said, "How can I come with you? I have to look after the kingdom. My whole life's work, struggle, fight, ambition is behind me in the kingdom. How can I go with you?" The man said, "That is the difference. I can go -- I don't have anything in the palace, I don't have anything to lose, nothing belongs to me. As long as it was available, I enjoyed the suchness of it. Now I will enjoy the wild trees, the river, the sun."
The king, as if awakened from a nightmare, could see again that he had been mistaken. That man had not been deceiving him; he was authentically a man of realization. He said, "I beg your pardon. I touch your feet. Don't go, otherwise I will never be able to forgive myself."
The young man said, "To me there is no problem. I can come back, but you will still start doubting, so it is better that you let me go. I will be just standing by the other side of the bank under that beautiful tree. Whenever you want to come you can come -- at least to the other shore -- and see me. I have no problem in coming back, but I am not coming back because I don't want to disturb your nights and days, and create tensions and worries."
The more he became reluctant, the more the king started feeling sorry and sad, guilty about what he had done. But the young monk said, "You could not understand me because you don't understand the experience of suchness: wherever you are, you are in a deep love relationship with everything that is. You don't have to change anybody, you don't have to change anything, you don't have to change yourself. Everything is as it should be; it is the most perfect world.
"This is my faith, this is not my belief. It is not that I believe it is so, it is that I experience it is so." So 'faith' in the world of Gautam Buddha and his disciples has a totally different dimension, a different significance. It is not belief. Belief is always in a concept -- a God, a heaven, a hell, a certain theology, a certain system of ideas. Belief is of the mind and faith is of your whole being. Belief is borrowed, faith is your own immediate experience. You can believe in God, but you cannot have faith in God. You can have faith in the trees, but you cannot believe in the trees. Faith is existential, experiential.

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Our wilderness is under an unprecedented attack from Trump and anti-conservationists in Congress. Help us fight back.
There is no greater threat to the long term health of our wild lands than climate change and today's commitment by President Obama will help ensure that polluting sources of energy are not threatening our health or our lands.
The bill, which was introduced by Rep. Mike Simpson (R-ID), would designate more than 275,000 acres of snowy peaks and gorgeous lake-filled terrain as wilderness in the Boulder-White Cloud Mountains, one of the largest intact roadless areas in the country that lacks permanent protection.
New report spotlights the wildest lands that are most at risk of being exploited for the resources that lie beneath them. These lands are Too Wild to Drill.
In 1969, landing on the moon was a truly paradigm-shifting achievement--a real "first" both for the American public and NASA.
UPDATE: In December 2015, Congress struck a deal to reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund for three years—a hard-fought win for The Wilderness Society and our members
National monuments not only protect America's important wild and historic places, they protect its economy, too.
A bipartisan poll recently conducted by PEW Charitable Trusts shows that California desert residents from across the political spectrum strongly support the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP) for
Just a couple hours' drive from Las Vegas, the Basin and Range area comprises Garden Valley and Coal Valley as well as corridors connecting the surrounding Timpahute, Pahroc, Worthington,
Wilderness is intrinsic to our conception of what it means to be American—first as an oppositional force, something our pioneer ancestors hacked away to build towns, railroads and the other trappings of civilization we know today.
Show the Trump administration Americans don't support plans to destroy this epic wildland.


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I know that my ideas were… sometimes, a bit ahead of the times… I guess!
I tol' ya, the digital camera was so much more capable of information than just taking "un-edu-ma-cated" images. It could teach you how to do so much better!
So, check this out my lame-thinkers… and don't forget… I TOLD YA SO! "Sand-packers" to the end of the line.
Next thing you know... "History of Photography - the in-camera version." Just watch (pardon the pun )


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Hey, Matt Lauer, your slip is showing!
The media are bashing back at the "Today" cohost after he made a joke about Anne Hathaway's recent wardrobe malfunction. When the actor showed up at NBC's morning show Wednesday to promote her new film "Les Miserables," Lauer alluded to an incident Monday when Hathaway climbed out of a limo at the New York premiere wearing a revealing Tom Ford dress -- and no underwear. The upskirt shot quickly made its way around the Web.
So Lauer unleashed this witticism on his guest: "Seen a lot of you lately!"
PHOTOS: Anne Hathaway at 'Les Miz' NY premiere
Hathaway apologized and then steered the conversation to safer waters, clucking: "I'm sorry that we live in a culture that commodifies sexuality of unwilling participants." (Unwilling? Commodified sexuality? She is an actor promoting a movie!)
But the real reaction came later as reporters digested this latest sin from Lauer, who has become TV's black beast ever since he was blamed for engineering the harsh exit of cohost Ann Curry from "Today" earlier this year.


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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California father accused of killing his 9-year-old son with a hatchet has served time in prison for domestic violence and had a bitter custody battle with the boy's mother, according to court records.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California father accused of killing his 9-year-old son with a hatchet has served time in prison for domestic violence and had a bitter custody battle with the boy's mother, according to court records.
Criminal and family court documents show 36-year-old Phillip Raymond Hernandez had served more than a year in prison after being convicted of corporal injury on a spouse, the Sacramento Bee reported Thursday.
Hernandez was arrested Tuesday after officers responding to 911 calls arrived at his Sacramento-area home and found his son Mathew dead from blunt-force trauma.
Police say Phillip Hernandez had gone into the backyard to get a hatchet and, for unknown reasons, broke through a sliding glass door to get back inside.
Officials say an elderly woman who lives in the home heard the glass shatter, ran into the living room and found Hernandez standing over his sleeping son with the axe, said Sacramento Police Officer Michele Gigante, a department spokeswoman.
The woman, who neighbors describe as the boy's great-grandmother, tried to stop the elder Hernandez, but he pushed her aside and attacked the fourth-grader with the hatchet, Gigante said.
Hernandez's 12-year-old son, the victim's older brother, was at home at the time of the attack, but wasn't harmed.
Hernandez is being held on the psychiatric floor of the Sacramento County Mail Jail. He declined media interviews Wednesday. He's scheduled to be arraigned Friday.
The boys' mother, Jessica Hernandez, lives out of state but was expected to arrive in the Sacramento area.
Sacramento police continue to search for answers in the horrific attack.
"So many questions of 'Why?' " Gigante said. "I can see how horrific the scene must have been by how the detectives are responding. As a parent, I couldn't even imagine it."
Records show the couple married in January 2001 and separated in April 2004. Not long after the separation, Phillip Hernandez was charged with corporal injury on a spouse and was sentenced to 120 days in jail and five years of probation.
Hernandez violated the terms of that probation in November 2005, when he was again charged and convicted of domestic violence and served prison time from July 2006 to October 2007, according to state records.
After his release from prison, the court imposed a custody arrangement in which the children would stay with their mother during the summer and their father the rest of the year, according to family court records.


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Times they are a-changin'
The old Bob Dylan tune, "The Times They are a-Changin'," is more meaningful than ever before. Most adults are accustomed to the virtual pendulum swinging back and forth in a variety of arenas, particularly when discussing politics, sports, morality and religion.
Even those subjects are finding new direction, and the pendulum is not just swinging back and forth.
When I was a boy, divorce was scandalous. People married for the long haul. Now, according to statistics, 50 percent of marriages fail in the first three to five years.
Mothers used to advise their daughters, "Whenever you go out with a man, ask yourself this question: Is this the man I'd want to be the father of my children and live with for the rest of my life?"
According to comedienne Rita Rudner, the new perception is: "Whenever I go on a date, I ask myself: Is this the man I'd want my kids to spend their weekends with for the rest of their lives?"
Mark Twain was quoted as saying: "Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence in this society."
Now, if an actor or actress can't find a role where they show some skin in their first five movies, they go on the B list.
Men used to buy tools that were built to last. They would hand them down to their sons so at least two generations would benefit from their use. Now when men buy tools, they are obsolete when the purchase is made.
Why? Because a new computerized model with more features is already in production and will be introduced to the marketplace in the near future.
This is a standing joke at Lockheed-Martin, where they build some of the world's most advanced fighter jets: A project engineer is talking to two designers. He tells the first to build the fastest fighter jet in the world. He tells the second to build one that will catch it.
The business of professional sports has changed so dramatically that it is difficult to believe teams of 30 or more years ago survived when compared to today's standards of doing business.
Any kid in my neighborhood could name every player on just about every team in the National League. The players stayed with teams throughout their entire careers.
Today that is not unheard of, but it is a rarity. Entire rosters change from one year to the next. If a favored player were traded when I was a young fan, it was a big deal.
The world of professional sports has become such a business that ordinary fans can't even afford to go to the stadiums to watch the games.
Many stadiums sell most of the seats to season ticket holders. The boxes go to big corporations for big bucks. The good seats are not for sale at the gate – ever.
Today's fans are cautious about becoming too attached to favorite players. The guy you were supporting this year, could be playing against your team next year. Players are not confi- dent about job security.
Some of the older coaches and commentators occasionally laugh when they talk about "back in the day" when agents worked for players. Now it's the other way around.
Even the world of politics was easier. People were either Democrats or Republicans. The independents and other parties were frowned upon, and were perceived as nut cases.
Not so much any more. Ethnic voting blocks, religious orders, and other special interest groups are courted by politicians that fight for their vote using whatever strategy works, ethical or otherwise.
Religious views generally debated only two schools of thought, creation or evolution. Just this past week, even those long accepted theories were set on their virtual ears with NASA's discovery of arsenic-based life forms here on planet Earth.
According to the Washington Post, the NASA announcement possibly signals an end to religious faith, or at least the beginning of the end, because it implies that life can spring forth unexpectedly on Earth or even on other planets, and in unexpected forms – developments that seem to run counter to literal readings of biblical creation accounts.
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At a similar time in mid-August, two beer festivals will take place in London the CAMRA Great British Beer Festival (a.k.a. the GBBF) in West London, and the London Craft Beer Festival in East London.
These are marketed as rather different types of beer festival one an annual institution with its own Wikipedia entry and a history stretching back more than three decades; the other describing itself as a new kind of festival, ostensibly focussing on Europes most exciting craft breweries. But are these competing events really that different from each other? We compare
The Beer
What could be more important at a beer festival than the beer itself? Not much, we reckon. And as a solely beer-focussed organisation, CAMRA has always been obsessed with the range and quality of beer at the Great British Beer Festival. This years event promises more than 800 real ales, ciders, perries and foreign beers based on previous years its likely that the vast majority of this selection with be cask-conditioned ales from brewers around the UK, usually in pretty good condition. Its clear that there will be an epic range of beer, with something to satisfy the tastes of pretty much every ale aficionado.
However, despite the massive range that will be available at the Great British Beer Festival, CAMRA has received flak over the past few years for what some perceive to be an out-of-date stance on what defines a good beer. With its long-term distrust of keg beers and its public spats with certain craft brewers, it has appeared to overlook some of the more interesting beers from newer breweries. This is where the London Craft Beer Festival comes into its own: while it offers many fewer beers than the CAMRA behemoth, its confirmed list of breweries shows a deliberate focus on relatively new brewers, including some who probably wont be present at the larger festival. Many of the breweries are based in London, although a few high-reputation brewers from further afield also feature. The beer here might be a bit more challenging, depending on your tastes.
The Great British Beer Festival is massive. Weve already mentioned the huge number of beers available, and the attendance is likely to be of a similar scale. Over the festivals five days, CAMRA expects the best part of 20 bars, a similar number of food stalls and 55,000 people to fill out the rather large Olympia Grand exhibition hall.
The London Craft Beer Festival is of a smaller scale. Taking place over a weekend, in the Oval Space in Bethnal Green, this is more of a standard-sized beer festival (if there is such a thing). Theres considerably less scope for becoming disoriented and losing your friends here, which may be handy after several hours of drinking crazy craft beer.
Someone once told us that hops are closely related to cannabis, which is why beer drinkers get the munchies. This is almost certainly complete nonsense. One things for sure though, a beer festival needs to provide good beer-soaking food.
The Great British Beer Festival does well here, with numerous stalls providing a great variety of sinful eating pleasures, including The Best Pork Scratchings Ever (in our opinion).
Eager to follow London food trends, the London Craft Beer Festivals publicity cites food options involving barbecues, meat from posh butchers, street food and, oddly, supper clubs. This could be great, or insufferably wanky, depending on how well its executed.
Live entertainment
Both festivals offer live music, with the London Craft Beer Festivals line-up looking decidedly more contemporary (and obscure) than the more traditional bands performing at the Great British Beer Festival (whose headline act appears to be Alvin Stardust). The London Craft Beer Festival also promises several DJs, including Craig Charles from BBC 6 Music (and Red Dwarf) fame. Nice.
Its clear that the London Craft Beer Festival is targeted at a younger and cooler demographic than the Great British Beer Festival, and this might be reflected in the festivals respective clienteles, although not as much as either sets of organisers would have you think both events will probably attract a fairly mixed crowd.
The different venues will likely have a greater effect on the events atmospheres. Olympia, hosting the Great British Beer Festival, comes across as largely utilitarian and charmless for this event, despite its Grade II listed Victorian architecture. Conversely the Oval Space, if used well, could enhance the vibe of the London Craft Beer Festival, as well as providing some potentially pleasant outside space.
Of the various criticisms directed at CAMRA, disorganisation is rarely one. It has a long history of running successful beer festivals, and 35 years experience of organising the Great British Beer Festival. Wed hesitate to say that the event will be run with military precision it is a beer festival, after all but wed certainly expect it to go smoothly.
So will the London Craft Beer Festival be as well-organised? In honesty, its almost impossible to tell. We have no knowledge of any track record for this events organisers, and similarly-marketed previous events this year (albeit from different organisers) have demonstrated a large variance in organisational competence. All we can say is that were cautiously hopeful that this event wont suffer the same problems as some of its predecessors.
Here the two festivals adopt very different approaches. Unsurprisingly, the Great British Beer Festival is quite straightforward in its ticketing, with advance tickets for a full day priced at £10 (£2 less for CAMRA members, or £2 more if you buy tickets on the door) and beers are usually sold at standard-ish London pub prices.
Conversely, the London Craft Beer Festival take what they describe as a continental approach: £35 buys you entry to a five-hour afternoon or evening session, a festival glass, and 150ml of beer from every brewer stand (which they claim will add up to more than five pints). Thirstier attendees can purchase more beer for cash. On paper this looks like reasonable value (especially considering some craft beers can be rather pricey), but it does rely on some fairly ambitious assumptions about what people will want to drink, as well as the availability of numerous different beers for every session. Theres a lot that could go wrong here, so itll be interesting to see how well this approach works in practice.
In conclusion
So, its clear that these competing beer festivals will be quite different from each other the Great British Beer Festival providing a reliable and semi-traditional experience; the London Craft Beer Festival offering a riskier, but potentially funkier prospect. Take your pick, or steel your liver and go to both.
The CAMRA Great British Beer Festival runs 13-17 August in Olympia, Kensington; the London Craft Beer Festival 16-18 August in the Oval Space, Bethnal Green. Check their websites for more details.


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Julie - As far as I'm concerned anything made by Fiskars will be durable and lightweight. I use their pruning shears and small garden rake but based on their performance I wouldn't hesitate to buy anything they make. That said, I buy shovels and rakes cheaply at garage sales and use them until they break. Some last longer than others but by and large I get good value out of them. Emil.
I use some antique tools my father gave to me which were originally my grandfathers. Nothing fancy. A digging spade, a digging fork and a small fork that we call a teddie fork in Somerset but everyone else calls a border fork, plus a small mattock. Each one is about 80 years old. Fair enough the handles have been replaced a few times and the mattock must have broken in two at one point as its got a big weld across the blade but essentially they are old. I guess the closest you could come to them in the US is these from Garrett-Wade
I wrote quite a bit about them a while ago on flickr and on my blog
The tutor on my blacksmithing course told me antique tools are often of far better than modern ones as they use high quality steel which would be too expensive today.
I did buy myself a larger mattock similar to this one from Garrett-Wade a while ago. I find mattocks far easier to use to turn soil with as they put a lot less strain on my back.
My wife and I have a 1/2 acre garden and have an assortment of garden tools. For your basic shovel, spade, and hoe we have been using the same Craftsman (lifetime guarantee) for almost 15 years. We've tried a variety of other garden tools and an axe from Fiskars has held up well but other tools from Fiskars have not. Also, I have gone through 3 splitting axes, all from Lowe's, and still looking for a reliable one.
Hi Kevy, Garrett Wade has a range of splitting axes, mauls and wedges that are really top notch. Compare the price of the 3 unsatisfactory axes that you've tried to one good Wetterlings Axe and its easy to see where true value resides - as always, in dependable, well made tools. I'd recommend the Wetterlings Large Splitting Axe or the Heavy Duty Maul and Twisting Splitting Wedge.
But, I have my eye on the USA-made Mini Maul. Sweet. Petra
Julie, if you buy a decent quality brand, like TrueTemper, and use it properly, it should definitely last more than a season. I have found good tools at Home Depot and Ace Hardware. But if you want to be sure of getting a good quality tool, I suggest checking Lee Valley (www.leevalley.com). Their gardening section sells great tools. They aren't always cheap, but you can usually be sure that the tool you are looking at is one of the best.
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NHIAA Roundup: Dunham lifts Nashua South in OT
March 09. 2013 12:02AM
Senior forward David Dunham scored 19 points and had the go-ahead basket in the final minute of overtime as host Nashua South advanced to the Division I boys' basketball semifinals with a 61-57 win against upset-minded Dover on Friday night.
Dunham stayed hot in the postseason, hitting four 3-pointers. The No. 4 Purple Panthers (16-4) face Trinity of Manchester or Bedford on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at Lundholm Gym in Durham. Trinity hosts Bedford today at 4 p.m.
Tim Preston canned two free throws with 1.9 seconds remaining to ice the victory. Preston had 19 points, and Jack Preston chipped in 13. Dover's Billy Carroll netted 17 points, and Josh Cate had 15 points with four 3-pointers to pace the 12th-ranked Green Wave (9-11).
Spaulding 50, Exeter 45: At Rochester, 11th-seeded Exeter staged a dramatic fourth-quarter rally after trailing by as many as 15 points in the third quarter, but the Blue Hawks were plagued by missed free throws that stymied the upset bid. The visitors, who outscored the third-seeded Red Raiders by a margin of 17-9 in the fourth quarter, converted just 5-of-21 foul shots in the game.
After gaining a 31-22 halftime lead, Spaulding added to its advantage with a 10-6 third quarter. Dominic Paradis keyed the winners with 16 points in the game, and Alex Gray added 11. However, Exeter's Zack Holler and Tyler Russ, who finished with 15 and 13 points respectively, netted five points each in the fourth, while Spaulding could muster just two baskets.
Spaulding shot less than 50 percent from the free throw line as well, making 10-of-21 attempts. The Red Raiders missed nine free throws in the fourth and were guilty of seven turnovers. Spaulding meets No. 7 Bishop Guertin of Nashua in semifinal action as the D-I tournament continues.


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-by Anshul Gandhi
The fears fill me up,
As the light fades away,
Creeping down inside me,
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Effective Sales – Skills Building Training
Course Overview
Most organizations have a sales team, highly organized from top to bottom with a sales manager and senior to junior level sales reps. How this sales team performs is dependent upon how organized and efficient it is, as well as what kind of training and motivational tools are used.
While some may think of sales as the grunt work of an organization, we at Manhattan Review think a successful sales team with a motivated, leadership oriented sales manager is crucial to the survival of an organization. This importance spans multiple fields of business: If your organization is non-profit, there may be many situations where you are "pitching" to a potential donor. You may have to sell your organization; show the donor how her donation will impact not only your organization but her as well. In a for profit organization, the relevance of an effective sales team should be obvious: The financial success of your company is inextricably linked to the success of the sales team.
During the course we will break down the sales process into its constituent parts in order to provide you with a full understanding of the process. With this understanding you may implement a sales strategy as we see it while having sufficient knowledge to customize and embellish the system as you see it helping your future clients. Do you currently have a concrete sales process that either you have designated for your team, or your superiors have designated for you? If not, Manhattan Review will teach you why this is such an important part of your strategy.
Are you constantly identifying your sales goals for every, month, quarter, or year? Is your sales cycle fast enough that you can meet your goal or quota? If not, then perhaps your sales process could use a little bit of fine-tuning to get the most potential out of you and your entire sales team. We wont guarantee a higher close ratio, but with our training you will have the tools to raise it yourself.
And what is the meat of the sales process? The sales call. Whether this is predominantly online, over the phone, or in person, your sales call could need some work. What you bring to the table during a sales call including the agenda, your pitch, and the way you present the product or service could determine the outcome of your call. In order to have more successful sales, it may be worthwhile to look at your sales calls and make adjustments.
Both selling and sales management will be covered by this course. You will come to understand the strategy involved in managing a sales team as well as staffing and hiring techniques. The nature of sales management is constantly changing. You will learn how to adapt to this incredibly fast paced and dynamic atmosphere by leadership skills and training techniques.
One of the most important elements in the sales equation is the customer or the client. Whether you are selling woven garments or armored cars, without the customer you sell nothing and your sales team fails. That being said, one of the most important things to walk away with from any sales training is how to identify and service the customer's needs and wants, how to build a relationship with your customer and how retain that customer for your organization. With a few operating principals and a little bit of practice, these values of customer service and retention will become second nature to any first rate sales team.
In Manhattan Review's Effective Sales program, we will cover many topics related to sales training, sales processees, motivation, and leadership. We will begin with general knowledge about Sales and Sales Strategy. We will also include discussions of the impact that the global market has on an organizations approach to selling and the positive and negative impact it may have. Effective Sales is not necessarily about finding the right answer to a specific set of problems, but finding the best way to look at those problems, and answer them in a dynamic way that suits each customer and each situation your organization may be in.
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BDC-S02 is the retail drive for Pioneer's BDC-202 which, we recently reviewed, here on cdrinfo.com. Despite the fact that below there is a link for the review of the BDC-202 drive, we considered necessary to copy the main characteristics and specifications of the drive on this page too. Important is the fact that this drive (as well as its predecessor) supports Blu-Ray media reading and can be considered as a cheaper solution for Blu-Ray home entertainment than one of Pioneer's Blu-Ray writing drives. Needless to say that Pioneer was also the first manufacturer ever that introduced the technology of the Blu-Ray burning combo drives.
Pioneer BDC-202 reviewed on cdrinfo.com
The IDE drive supports Blu-Ray reading at 5x, as well as BD-ROM DL at 2x. The writing speed remains at
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Let's take a look at the internal components of the drive. Note that opening the drive case voids the warranty and should be avoided.
A closer look of BDC-S02's RENESAS R8J32500FPV chipset.
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On the following pages of this review, we present the results of testing a few media discs that turned out to be badly burned by the BDC-202 drive, giving back exceeded limits of digital errors.
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Lil Za is the one facing the music after the raid on Justin Bieber's house.
Bieber's pal, whose real name is Xavier Smith, has been charged with two counts of felony drug possession and one count of causing damage in excess of $950 to jail property, the latter pertaining to his bust for allegedly ripping a telephone off the wall right before he was about to post bail following his drug arrest.
The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office confirmed to E! News Friday that the drugs involved are Ecstasy and Oxycontin.
Of the handful of Bieber associates at the house when L.A. County Sheriff's Department investigators conducted their search in response to an allegation that Bieber had egged a neighbor's house, Lil Za is the only person who was arrested.
His bail was first set at $20,000, but another $50,000 was tacked on after the phone incident.
If convicted on all three felony counts, Lil Za could face a maximum of nine years in prison. A court hearing has been scheduled for Feb. 4 in Van Nuys, Calif., and he is compelled to appear.
Authorities later confirmed to E! News that Bieber's home was not "filled" with drugs, as some reports stated, and the only substances were the ones found in Lil Za's room that led to his arrest.
"Honestly, the media is making me someone I'm not," Bieber's pal tweeted after he was released from custody. "But only those in my shoes can relate. ... These ppl get paid to make you look bad. Some stuff I've done has been wrong yes. but look at the position I'm in and the color of my skin. Cocaine? Really? All this time I was home in tx nobody gave a f--k about what Za was doing...soon as he gets to La he's all over the news."
The sheriff's department originally identified the substance found in the house as cocaine, but soon clarified that it could have been MDMA, or Ecstasy.
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ANAHEIM — Mike Trout's first unofficial save of the season wasn't enough.
The center fielder rescued the Angels with a game-tying, two-run home run in the ninth inning, but bullpen woes again plagued the team in an 11-inning, 10-9 loss to the Oakland A's Tuesday night.
A's third baseman Josh Donaldson drove in Jed Lowrie with a double in the 11th inning to deliver the second comeback win over the Angels in as many nights.
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"That was the worst I've even thrown the ball in my career," Smith said. "Then another one of your guys goes down in the late innings where if you just do your job, game's over, he doesn't get hurt. That probably hurts the worst."
Kole Calhoun is "definitely" headed for the disabled list, according to Angels manager Mike Scioscia, after injuring his leg stepping in a divot down the first base line running out a ground ball in the 11th inning.
Trout and Calhoun both went 3 for 6 and each hit a two-run home run.
But the Angels offense was an after thought thanks to another poor performance from a bullpen that has devolved to the point where it may have to operate based strictly on matchups in the middle innings, according to Scioscia.
Frieri gave up a two-run home run in the ninth inning of a 3-2 loss to the A's on Monday before the bullpen was responsible for five more runs on Tuesday.
"Oakland came up and snatched this from us," Scioscia said. "Some things got away from us and obviously it's disappointing when you're not holding leads."
Smith allowed all five batters he faced in the eighth inning to reach base. His replacement, Jose Alvarez, threw one pitch that Derek Norris turned into a two-run single to cap the four-run frame.
Angels starter Garrett Richards (2-0), who gave up just one run in two impressive starts to begin the season, inflated his 0.75 earned-run average to 2.84 thanks to a pair of bad innings. Richards gave up all five of his runs combined in the third and seventh innings and allowed a total of eight hits with two walks in seven innings.
"Tonight was a night where Garrett didn't have his best stuff," Scioscia said. "And he really got us to a point in the game, had a lead and gave us seven innings… he gave us a chance to win."
The A's pulled within 6-5 after scoring a pair of runs off Richards in his seventh and final inning.
The Angels completely unraveled in the eighth.
After putting two runners on to begin the four-run inning, Smith gave up a ball hit hard enough by Brandon Moss that Albert Pujols couldn't field it at third and suddenly the game was tied.
Smith walked a batter to load the bases before Alberto Callaspo rolled an RBI single through the right side of the infield to give the A's a one-run lead.
Pinch hitter Derrick Norris then muscled the only pitch thrown by Angels reliever Jose Alvarez up the middle for a two-run single to swell the A's advantage to 9-6.
"We've got to get some stuff figured out as far as the late innings go in our bullpen," Smith said. "When you come in with two games you should have won, especially when you go me and (Frieri), we got to win those games, especially against this team that's won the division the past two years. It hurts man."
The ninth-inning heros began the game with consecutive base hits when Trout's fourth double of the season scored Calhoun. Howie Kendrick, who went 2 for 5, followed with a two-out RBI single to score Trout, and give the Angels a 2-0 lead.
The A's made the third inning the worst of Richards' young season, raising his 0.64 ERA to 2.40 in the three-run frame alone.
Eric Sogard tied the game with a two-run single to right field and Lowrie, who went 3 for 5, followed with a well-placed RBI double into right field to give the A's a 3-2 lead.
Six batters into the third inning, Donaldson's single made him the fifth batter to reach base, but the Angels caught a break when he overran first base and was caught in a rundown for a crucial second out. Richards ended the inning by striking out Moss with a runner on third, the first of seven consecutive batters he would retire.
The Angels provided a quick and emphatic response with four runs in the fourth inning. Chris Iannetta one-hopped a two-run double off the left-field wall to score J.B. Shuck and David Freese. Calhoun then extended the Angels lead to 6-3 with a two-run home run well into the right field bleachers that ended the night of A's starter Dan Straily.
The second-year pitcher allowed six runs on seven hits with a walk and failed to make it out of the fourth inning for just the second time in his last 16 starts.
The A's clawed within one thanks to a pair of runs in the seventh inning. A Sogard single drove in Josh Reddick before Craig Gentry scored from third on a wild pitch to cut the A's deficit to 6-5.
Following the four-run eighth inning for the A's, it was the Angels' turn to battle back
Freese's second hit of the night was a bloop single that scored Kendrick in the eighth inning to cut the Angels deficit to 9-7 before Trout's two-run home run in the ninth tied the game. Freese produced just his second multi-hit game of the season after entering Tuesday night batting .154.
"Sucks to lose a game like that when your guys battle back for you," Smith said. "Just knowing you can do the job and get it over with."


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There are now 1,500 additional names in Southern Utah University's salary database for 2012, thanks to GRAMA.
The database we obtained from the state's transparency website did not list the names of student employees or even the Cedar City campus' police force. Because of the anonymity and technical difficulties with the database, we had to list the students in the aggregate.
As a group, these students were paid $4.7 million in salaries and benefits, putting them well above President Michael Benson and other SUU officials.
When I asked why the names were kept under wraps, the university's controller, Michael Beach, informed me it was because of releasing student names might violate the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). FERPA is the law that makes academic records private, but some have seized on it as a cloak to hide documents that are otherwise public.
Recently, Granite School District invoked FERPA in an attempt to deny The Salt Lake Tribune records on its investigation of an alleged "inappropriate relationship" between Cottonwood High's former head football coach and a student.
Beach also told me that the police officers' names were redacted for "personal safety." While the Government Records Access and Management Act (GRAMA) allows holding back information on undercover officers, it is inconceivable to think that the entire SUU campus police force, including its chief, are all undercover operatives.
To break through the logjam, I filed a GRAMA request for an unredacted salary database. The university's initial response was to give me the same database as submitted to the state, with the same reasons for not fully granting the request.
After a GRAMA appeal challenging both withholdings, and noting, with help from the Student Press Law Center, that FERPA does not apply to student wages, we got the full database, which is now online. This gives the public, whose funds support SUU, a better look at how their money is being spent.
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This opulent 1888 Scottish baronial-style resort towers over 2 scenic river valleys, 0.5 km (0.25 mi) from downtown Banff and within 10 km (6 mi) of Mount Norquay and Lake Minnewanka.
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Towering over two scenic river valleys, The Fairmont Banff Springs mountain resort is 0.25 mile (0.5 kilometer) from the town of Banff.
Signature treatments available in the Willow Stream Spa include the Banff Mineral Scrub, Rockies Rehydration, Apres Ski Massage, and luxurious couples treatments. Guests can also soothe tired muscles in the European mineral pool or in three waterfall spa tubs. Complimentary access is provided to the resort's indoor and outdoor pools and children's pool.
Other on-site recreation includes an 18-hole golf course designed by Stanley Thompson, a nine-hole golf course, five tennis courts, an ice-skating rink, and a bowling center (surcharges).
Guests choose from 10 restaurants and lounges, including an Italian restaurant, a sushi restaurant, a casual grill with mountain views, a Bavarian cottage in the woods specializing in German and Swiss dishes, and an intimate bistro and wine bar.
Scheduled shuttles (surcharge) provide transportation to Mount Norquay, Sunshine Village, and Lake Louise. WiFi is complimentary throughout the hotel.
- Express check-in
- Picnic area
- Bar/lounge
- Babysitting or childcare
- Elevator/lift
- Number of bars/lounges - 3
- Full-service spa
- Indoor pool
- 24-hour front desk
- Business center
- Turkish bath/Hammam
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Porter/bellhop
- Coffee shop or café
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Free WiFi
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Steam room
- Sauna
- Health club
- Outdoor pool
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Wired Internet access - surcharge
- Children's pool
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Area shuttle (surcharge)
- Ski storage
- Luggage storage
- Hair salon
- ATM/banking
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Number of restaurants - 7
- Concierge services
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Shopping on site
- Airport transportation
- Laundry facilities
- Spa tub
- Total number of rooms - 764
- One meeting room
- Number of floors - 9
- Arcade/game room
- Wedding services
- Golf course on site
- Tennis on site
- Multilingual staff
- Free newspapers in lobby
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Wired Internet access - surcharge
Self parking (surcharge), Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Designer toiletries
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Satellite TV service
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free local calls
- Hair dryer
- Daily housekeeping
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- In-room safe
- Iron/ironing board
- Free WiFi
- In-room massage available
- Free newspaper
- Pay movies
- Premium bedding
- Refrigerator
- Video-game console
- Room service (24 hours)
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
Where to Eat
1888 Chophouse - At 1888 Chop House, Executive Chef JW Foster presents a modern twist on the authentic chop house with a menu focused on prime cuts of Alberta beef, sustainably sourced wild game and Ocean Wise seafood.
Waldhaus Restaurant - Bavarian cottage-style building created as a clubhouse in 1927 on the edge of the golf course. Dark-wood paneling, large fireplace, and wine cabinet housing excellent wine selection. Authentic German and Swiss dishes. Reservations recommended. Nightly dinner; seasonal closures.
Bow Valley Grill - Casual dining overlooking the Fairholme Mountain Range. Sculptures and tables constructed by local artisans featuring the region's flora and fauna. Exhibition kitchen. Buffets and à la carte dining. Sunday brunch is a specialty. Breakfast and lunch served Monday–Saturday; nightly dinner; Sunday brunch.
Castello Ristorante - Traditional Italian cuisine, wines, and desserts. Reservations recommended. Nightly dinner; seasonal closures.
Waldhaus Pub - Located beneath the Waldhaus dining room. Casual bar with pool table and multiple TVs. Appetizers, cheese fondue, microbrews, and beers on tap. Open from late afternoon to late evening; extended hours in summer months.
Samurai Sushi Bar and Restaurant - Authentic Japanese surroundings. Fresh sushi and sashimi. Japanese hot-pot dinners such as shabu-shabu, sukiyaki, and yosenabe. Dinner served five nights per week; seasonal closures.
Golf Course Clubhouse - Located at Fairmont Banff Springs Golf Course, with superb mountain, fairway, and river views. Scheduled shuttle service available from the hotel's front entrance. Lunch, snacks, and beverages; seasonal closures.
Rundle Lounge - Overlooking the Bow Valley. Appetizers and cocktails. Traditional afternoon tea served daily. Open from early afternoon to late evening.
Ramsay Lounge - Large selection of ports, scotches, and cocktails. Open from late afternoon to late evening; seasonal closures.
Authentically Local Wine Store - Offering wine tastings from a selection of regional Canadian labels. Cooking demonstrations. Open Wednesday–Sunday from early afternoon to mid-evening.
Grapes Wine Bar - Intimate bistro and wine bar featuring Canadian labels. Fondues, pâtés, cheeses, salads, and other selections. Food and wine pairings. Open from early evening to late evening.
Castle Pantry - Homemade breads, salads, cheeses, soups, and daily specials. Locally crafted chocolates and pastries. Mountain picnics to take out. Open 24 hours.
11th Frame Games Café - Located in the bowling center. Video games, pool table, and snacks. Open from late afternoon to early evening.
Room service - Available 24 hours per day.
Nearby Things to Do
Guests have complimentary access to the mountain resort's children's pool, indoor pool, year-round outdoor pool, and indoor spa tub. Within the Willow Stream Spa, the spa tubs, saunas, steam rooms, and European mineral pool are available for a surcharge.
The health club (surcharge) provides treadmills, stationary bikes, weight-training machines, stair machines, elliptical trainers, yoga mats, free weights, and other equipment. Regularly scheduled fitness classes include yoga and aerobics.
Golfers choose between the 18-hole Stanley Thompson course or the nine-hole Tunnel course. Five tennis courts are on site, with lessons and equipment rentals available. Also on site are an ice-skating rink and bowling center (surcharges). Cross-country skiing and snowshoeing are available on the resort grounds in season.
In summer, walkers stroll along the banks of the Bow River to nearby Bow Falls. In winter, the snow-capped mountains offer world-class skiing and snowboarding at Mount Norquay, Sunshine Village, and Lake Louise. An independent company provides scheduled shuttle transportation (surcharge).
Other seasonal opportunities in the Banff Springs area include kayaking, scenic boat cruises, charter fishing trips, river float trips, whitewater rafting, dogsledding, horse riding, and ice fishing.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Snowboarding nearby
- Golf driving range on site
- Snowshoeing on site
- Golfing on site
- Hiking/biking trails on site
- Snowmobiling nearby
- Ice skating on site
- Downhill skiing nearby
- Mountain biking on site
- Yoga classes/instruction on site
- Sledding on site
- Snow tubing nearby
- Fitness classes on site
- Ski lessons available nearby
- Bicycle rentals on site
- Kayaking nearby
- Cross-country skiing on site
Spa Services
- Reflexology
- Manicures and pedicures
- Detoxification wrap
- Body wraps
- Body treatments
- Body scrubs
- Facial treatments
- Hot springs/mineral springs in spa
- Thalassotherapy treatments
- Massages
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 4 PM
Check-in time ends at 11:30 PM
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Children 18 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of CAD 39 per accommodation, per day
- 2 per room
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- Resort fee: CAD 25 per accommodation, per stay
Optional extras
- Fee for full breakfast: CAD 32 per person (approximately)
- Self parking fee: CAD 27 per day
- Valet parking fee: CAD 39 per day
- Pet fee: CAD 39 per accommodation, per day
Hotel Name
- Banff Fairmont
- Banff Fairmont Springs
- Banff Springs
- Banff Springs Fairmont
- Fairmont Banff Springs
- The Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel
- Fairmont Springs Banff
- The Fairmont Banff Springs
- Fairmont Springs Hotel Banff
- Springs Banff
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We should mention
Pool access available from 6 AM to 11 PM.Children 18 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
Awards & Affiliations
- The property is a member of Historic Hotels of the World.


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I wrote this almost exactly three years ago, to much debate:
It took a little longer than "a few quarters", but here we are. Android has revolutionised the smartphone market. I'm not particularly happy about that (both Android and Samsung are far too dominant, which is bad for the market and thus for consumers), but there it is.
Sure, Apple will most likely still make far more money per sold iPhone device than competitors will per Android phone, but the trend is clear: as much as I love my iPhone, it will be relegated to a ~10% market share figure within a few quarters.


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@Mommal: Thankfully the clock is a non-issue. I can't see the one on my SO's nightstand without my glasses and the bed is pushed against the wall on my side. No clock unless I check my iPad; which I try not to.
@Mommal: Thankfully the clock is a non-issue. I can't see the one on my SO's nightstand without my glasses and the bed is pushed against the wall on my side. No clock unless I check my iPad; which I try not to.
My daughter needed to nurse even more frequently than that at night, up until she was about 13 months or so. What helped me: cosleeping, side lying nursing, NEVER EVER looking at the clock or counting wakings, going to sleep with the baby (that is, actually sleeping, not just laying there doing other things if baby went to sleep "early"). Knowing that it was normal helped me a lot, and really working to put a positive spin on the wakings helped a lot, too!
Apologies for the short responses! I'm usually responding one-handed on my smartphone!
While my son was certainly always a frequent night nurser, I agree with meg 's suggestion to play with the environment. I found ds slept best in a cool setting (ceiling fan worked well for us), wearing only a cotton onesie or shirt. He absolutely could not sleep in anything polyester. He was terribly sensitive to noise/light when younger so dh had to give up tv in bed. One night I'd forgotten to take his socks off so he woke up every 20-45 minutes until I realized it and took them off. It's worth paying around with.
Things improved slowly over the first two years. We'd have patches of great sleep, then weeks of hourly waking with teething or milestones. There was a patch around 18 months that was honestly worse than the newborn stage since I had a toddler to chase all day! But he started using sentences shortly thereafter and sleep has gotten much better. Still nursing once at night at 3 yrs but that's doable and he sleeps through his little brother wailing right next to him thankfully. I just waited it out and took a lot of naps. I knew I'd been a frequent waker as a baby but am a solid sleeper as an adult so I had a lot of faith.


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I'm not sure if it's a question of licensing (maybe that's what Jeff alluded to in his reply) and that only ACR and Lightroom are licensed to use PKS, but if so, it'd be nice to have these rights extended to Bridge/Export as well. It makes sense to me.
Your voice carries far more than mine when it comes to convince Adobe. That being said, I'll drop by their site and submit and enhancement request or something equivalent to this.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Nashville Predators will have a new coach next season, as the club on Monday announced that Barry Trotz will not return behind the bench.
Trotz is the only coach the Predators' organization has ever known, leading the franchise since its inception in 1998. He was the NHL's longest-tenured coach and the second-longest in North American major pro sports, behind only Gregg Popovich of the NBA's San Antonio Spurs.
"I want to thank Barry for everything he has done for our franchise," said Predators president and general manager David Poile in a statement Monday. "He has been the face and voice of our team for 15 years. He created, developed and lived The Predator Way -- on the ice, in the office and in the community. There could be no finer ambassador for the Predators or Nashville than Barry Trotz. He has laid a foundation and culture that will benefit the next coach of the Nashville Predators."
The Predators were 38-32-12 this past season and finished three points behind Dallas for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference.
Nashville missed the postseason for the second straight year after reaching the playoffs in six of the previous seven seasons.
"Our organization has high expectations and we have not met them in the past two seasons," Poile added. "Our goal is to return to the playoffs with the ultimate goal of contending for the Stanley Cup. We know that once we get into the playoffs, anything is possible."
Trotz had a record of 557-479-160 with the Predators and a mark of 19-31 in the playoffs. Nashville advanced past the first round of the playoffs just twice.
The Predators said Trotz has been offered a position within the organization's hockey operations department.


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I don't mind it, however girls that talk in slang is a HUGE turn-off.
I don't think constantly every sentence is attractive, or when kids or other people are around it's not courteous at all. But otherwise, I don't really care.
If it's called for, for me tends to be cute when they don't swear on a normal basis and only do it in times of great emotion.
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Whats the difference between a women swearing and a pregnant teenager swearing?
If someone can answer that for me, that'd be great cause for how things seem to work lately. If a pregnant teenager swears she's considered as "immature" how is it any different for any adult women?
What are you talking about? I sure more people would consider a pregnant teenager immature for being a teenager with a baby in her belly, not for swearing, heh.
Well you see im 17 and pregnant right now. & i can see where ppl would say/think that cause we're less experienced in life. But if there is one thing I noticed. I have been judged on maturity by spelling and swearing, things like that. Spelling is just knowledge.. Just cause I cant spell a few words doesn't mean I am not capable of carrying a baby to term or being a great mother. And then If you were seen swearing someone out, you're immature. I don't swear but I know other pregnant teens who do.
Well maturity and intelligence do go hand in hand and if a person appears uneducated based on their lack of vocabulary or spelling skills, it makes sense that they would appear unfit to be a mother. Parents are responsible for their child's education and if they dont set the standard for their child by showing their child the importance of education, who else will?
As far as pregnant women in general swearing, a pregnant mother shouldnt be constantly elevating her mood in a negative way. That causes stress hormones to affect the unborn baby in all kinds of ways.
I believe there's a God above, I'm just the God of everything else!
Its common and unsightly.
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I can't say that i would be turned on or off by a woman swearing. I personally swear quite often in my home and with friends/some of my family. You just need to know who is okay with it and when/where its okay to use some words, and ill be fine with you.
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Seal in French is "phoque" (Pronounced "fuck).
Cao means fuck in Chinese, but it's pronounced cow.
So don't go around asking for some cow unless you really mean it.
unless you are a masochistic and the other person is sadistic then i think its pretty decent relationship
All you need is 1 second to live!!
so they're cursing like pirates?
I'll be kind of weirded out tbh
maybe its because I don't swear that much
What even
hm depends on how much they do it like any other person if they do it 24/7 then I will dislike them and try to avoid them, but if they only do it when their telling a joke or something every once in a while that's fine. Same for guys.
I realize I'm not a man and this question isn't directed towards me, but I'm answering it anyway.
I wouldn't say I find swearing "attractive", but I certainly don't have any issues with swearing at all. I really couldn't, I swear far too much for my own good as it is, I have little room to judge. I certainly won't assume they're a less being for swearing.
I don't really have any issues with the way people speak.
As long as people express themselves well with their words, profanity or not, I think it's a measure of intelligence, and in a woman, that would be attractive to me.
Free your mind!
Mmmm...I think they're okay, or at least most of the guys I know are fine with me. Though I rarely talk to people and I'm shy, so when I curse most people are surprised. I used replacement words like shiz and freak. It helps me from using the real words out loud, since I don't like people staring at me for cursing since I rarely do unless I'm angry or pissed.
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