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Who to Watch: Trucks Head to the Irish Hills
Post author By Andy Marquis
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Who's as lucky as a leprechaun and who's going to be looking for a four leaf clover in the Irish Hills of Michigan this weekend?
Proud new papa James Buescher has a fourth and fifth place finish the past two years, sitting fourth in the points he needs a win this season.
In the past four races, Timothy Peters averaged a 7th place finish. Currently 10th in the points and 85 markers back, Peters and his team need to regroup and find some magic as the season winds down.
Miguel Paludo is on a top-10 streak this season, totaling seven and tying his 2011 career high record. In just two previous MIS races, Paludo has finished third and tenth respectively. With those numbers in Paludo's favor and adding to it that he is still searching for his first career win, Miguel will be fighting for another top-10 but preferably a win.
It's hard to count Ty Dillon as a driver to watch with just one previous race BUT he did finish sixth in that race. With his older brother Austin garnering the media attention this weekend, Ty could really one up him with a trip to victory lane.
Atop the list of those looking for that four leaf clover this weekend, current points leader Matt Crafton. With an average finish of 17.9, that is going to shrink the points gap if the ThorSport crew has not made any gains.
Joining his ThorSport teammate in the "in need of luck" category is Johnny Sauter. With four starts at Michigan, he only brings home an average finish of 13.5, a number that is not so lucky or good for a driver of his caliber.
Young Dakoda Armstrong has a new Crew Chief (Sauter's former, Joe Shear Jr.) calling the race this weekend and they need to get some positive momentum going for the Turn One Racing team.
Now that you've read who I am watching, who's on your list?
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CWTS Back at it at MIS; Jeb Burton Leads Youth Movement
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By Amanda Ebersole – With a week off before heading to Michigan International Speedway, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is about to head into a busy five race stretch.
What's the buzz as we prepare for racing in the "Irish Hills?"
Matt Crafton atop the points standings
With a 52 point lead over Jeb Burton, Matt Crafton is currently the man to beat in the NCWTS.
After an eighth place finish at Pocono, Crafton scored his 11th consecutive top-10 finish to start the season, the fourth-longest such streak in the series. While that is an impressive stat, will Crafton be able to take his early success and turn it into his first series championship? It's been eight races since he took the points lead and his lead keeps growing, with no Chase to reset the points, it is the 88's championship to lose at this point.
Impressive young talent
While seasoned veteran Matt Crafton leading the points, look to who is second in the standings…Jeb Burton. Burton along with Ryan Blaney, Darrell Wallace Jr., German Quiroga and Brennan Newberry are all candidates in the 2013 Rookie of the Year battle.
With strong performances from all the rookies, it is hard to say who is a clear favorite among the class. Personally, if ever asked, I would choose between Jeb Burton and Ryan Blaney.
A monkey wrench in the season
In just three weeks the NCWTS will head to Canadian Tire Motorsports Park for their first race on Canadian soil. Phased out in 2001, this is the first road course brought back to the series schedule and will present a challenge to drivers accustomed to left turns.
Featuring a total of 10 turns, high-speed corners and elevation changes to add to the challenges, the series is on an even playing field as none of the series regulars are considered to be road course experts.
In a season of firsts that have included a dirt race and now a road race, rookies breaking through to victory lane and whatever awaits us come November – who are you keeping your eye on in the series?
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Ryan Blaney Wins in Pocono
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LONG POND, Pa.–Ryan Blaney took the lead on a Lap 53 restart and held it through the second attempt at a green-white-checkered-flag finish to win Saturday's Pocono Mountains 125 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event at Pocono Raceway.
Driving the No. 29 Ford owned by Brad Keselowski, Blaney, 19, beat Miguel Paludo to the finish line by .271 seconds to earn his first victory of the season, his first at Pocono and the second of his career in the Truck Series.
The runner-up finish was a career best for Paludo.
Rookie German Quiroga finished third, followed by Joey Coulter–last year's Pocono winner–and Ross Chastain, Blaney's teammate. Ron Hornaday Jr., Darrell Wallace Jr., series leader Matt Crafton, Brendan Gaughan and Brennan Newberry completed the top 10.
Newberry's top 10 was his first in 21 Truck Series starts.
After a spin by Ricky Ehrgott on the opening lap, the race was caution-free until Lap 42 of a scheduled 50, when NASCAR threw a yellow because of debris on the track.
Todd Bodine, driving in a one-race deal for Turner Motorsports, held the lead at the time, but during a scramble for the lead in Turn 1 after a Lap 47 restart, Bodine spun after contact from James Buescher's Chevrolet to bring out the third caution.
Contact between the trucks of Ty Dillon and Johnny Sauter, as Dillon moved up the track believing he had a clear lane to the outside, caused the final caution on Lap 50 and extended the race four laps beyond its posted distance.
Blaney took the lead from Quiroga on the final restart and pulled away for the victory.
Who's Hot, Warm and Cold in the NCWTS
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As we approach the halfway mark of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) season, many fans are still "buzzing" over the awesomeness that was Eldora Speedway.
While Eldora was awesome, let's not forget about the rest of the NCWTS season, which always puts on a great show each week. While it appears the series is often overlooked in the mainstream media, I have always paid more attention and perhaps because I like to root for the underdogs.
With no "Chase" format, there is no luxury of a reset of the points. Where you are now is the spot you have to work with. With all that said, let's take a look at the drivers who are hot, charm, cold and on the radar
This just may be the year of Matt Crafton – mark my words! The fourteen year veteran of the Truck Series has yet to win a series title but if the second half goes the same as the first, it will be Crafton leading the charge at Homestead.
Rookie Jeb Burton has championship racing in his blood, mixed with God given talent, I see Ward's son matching and exceeding the career of his father.
James Buescher decided to forego a seat in the Nationwide Series with the hopes of a back-to-back NCWTS title. Currently he is 51 points back which is about a race and a half behind so the question is simply will Crafton fumble enough to allow Buescher to rise to the top? With Talladega left in the remaining races, anything is possible.
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While these drivers still have a shot at the Championship, currently there is nothing to write home about.
Ty Dillon has a lot of pressure on him being the grandson of Richard Childress, brother of 2011 champion Austin and the reigning Rookie of the Year. With one win this season, Dillon has been all across the board with finishes ranging from top 5, top 10 and top 20's. Making it to the lead pack will require consistency with the No. 3 team.
Saying the name Johnny Sauter makes me think of two things: "God Bless America" and the awesome "Hot Honeys" paint scheme and the jokes that evoked on Twitter. Besides that, Sauter has fallen off after winning the first two races of the season. With his crew chief leaving prior to Eldora, I imagine that the team is in a phase of adjustment and that makes me want to watch and see what happens. Perhaps another "God Bless America" moment is coming our way? One can only hope!
Cold:
Looking at the finishes of Red Horse Racing driver Timothy Peters, it is a roller coaster of ups and downs. Winning at Iowa was a positive step forward for the 17 team but to make any real attempt at the championship, they need to have more consistent top 5 finishes.
It pains me to add Brendan Gaughan to the cold list because honestly he has had some really strong runs this season. The reason he's cold is simply that he seems to be a magnet for bad luck and it usually is not of his own making. Someone please send him some good luck charms!
Don't count these drivers out:
While I could honestly play the safe route and take the rest of the field on this topic, I am not. Yes, all drivers that race each week automatically earn my full respect but that doesn't make all 30+ trucks a legitimate contender to win races.
Miguel Paludo is a fan favorite and perhaps one of the nicest drivers in the garage area. In his second year of racing with Turner Motorsports, Paludo needs a win to cement his future in the sport of NASCAR.
Young gun Ryan Blaney comes into NASCAR following in the treadmarks of his dad, Dave. In his first full-time season, the 19-year-old Blaney is turning heads with the Brad Keselowski Racing team. With a top finish of third, I wouldn't count out a visit to victory lane in the near future.
Rookie Darrell "Bubba" Wallace Jr. always turns heads because people think he is the long lost brother of Rusty, Mike and Kenny. (Face it, you thought that at some point!) In just a short time, fans are chatting about "Bubba" and his prowess on track but to fairly grade him, I want to see more.
The second half of the season promises just to be an exciting as the first, minus the slinging of dirt at Eldora. Who are you watching as the season progresses? Share your thoughts with us on Facebook and Twitter.
Eldora Photo Diary
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To reach Eldora Speedway, one must first navigate miles of sprawling metropolitan development.
The track itself is a combination of rugged intensity, and bucolic
charm. Also, a metric sh-t-ton of dirt.
Just how dusty is it in the Eldora Speedway infield? This picture of
Clay Greenfield's #68 1-800-Pavement truck was taken with no filter.
What happens in Rossburg, Ohio, STAYS in Rossburg Ohio. Right, Eddie Gossage?
The #34 Turner Scott Motorsports entry of Ryan Newman inhales a cloud of dust on way out for practice.
Considering he made out with a dirty yard of bricks days later, this probably wasn't a big deal.
Track panorama. Once the dust settled, it was a gorgeous day out there.
Track president Roger Slack & Co. did a masterful job with the event, which included trucking in this temporary media center complete with TVs, working wi-fi, etc.
to accommodate the many credentialed media and/or Twitter losers (That'd be me).
The qualifying heat races were intense and riveting. And as we found out from the
deluge of angry Twitter traffic, NOT broadcast live on Speed.
Roger Slack and track owner Tony Stewart were gracious and humble
in the drivers' meeting, despite probably knowing that the event would reach a
level of awesomeness that would have NASCAR fans calling for an
immediate air-drop of dirt onto every racing surface in the nation.
Following the heat races, the right rear panels of most trucks, like the #30 of Kyle Larson pictured here, resembled
crude 3rd-grade papier-mâché projects that would have received no better than a D-.
Eventual co-star of the show Clay Greenfield stopped by the official tweet-up, answering questions, signing
autographs, and discussing his deep-rooted friendship with Norm Benning.
During the heat races, Matt Crafton's line was somewhere between
"huggy pole" and "cutting directly through the infield."
Last time I saw the stands completely packed was at Kentucky Speedway three years ago.
The difference at Eldora was that they were all able to eventually leave.
The legendary four-wide salute was three more than the salute Norm Benning
gave to Clay Greenfield after the last-chance qualifier.
Pre-race fireworks. Or Scott Bloomquist detonating trees with his mind.
Word is he's capable of such sorcery.
Eventual winner Austin Dillon sadly did not perform his legendary victory belly-flop, which
on a slick track, could have probably made it all the way around to turn three at least.
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Eldora Signals New Era for NASCAR
Post author By Matt Weaver
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Tony Stewart says he's going wait until after this weekend's Brickyard 400 before making any decisions about the future of the Mudsummer Classic.
If he has the desire to do this all over again, he will certainly have the demand for a follow-up performance from NASCAR and the Camping World Truck Series.
Just moments after Austin Dillon won the inaugural event, fans took to Twitter, calling the race "the event of the year," surging the #MudsummerClassic and #Eldora hashtags to no. 5 and 7 on the countrywide now trending list.
Basing it purely on the live reaction, the event appears to be an indisputable success for everyone involved. Despite only drawing a humble crowd of 23,000 (a sellout at the Ohio half-mile), the event was the most exciting in terms of energy this entire season and will likely overshadow everything else that happens down the road at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
So what happens next?
Dillon was so thrilled to compete at Eldora that he expressed a desire to come back twice next year. Third-place finisher Ryan Newman wants additional dirt races too but would rather see NASCAR expand to other eligible tracks, assuming they meet the safety and logistical requirements.
But this isn't just about dirt tracks — it's about variety.
Both the Nationwide and Truck Series schedules have become Diet Xerox copies of Cup in recent years and once fans were shown a hint of diversity, they treated it as if it were an "11 out of 10."
The Mudsummer Classic was a very good race and the response is just a reminder that fans are really starting to demand more. And if the Eldora Truck Series race was supposed to appease that demand, it's not going to last long because now they know what they are missing.
It wasn't too long ago that both the Truck and Nationwide Series had its own separate identities with tracks like Saugus Speedway, Memphis, Gateway and international road courses like Mexico and Montreal a fixture on the schedule.
And on Wednesday, Eldora and the Truck Series proved the value of atmosphere, with a sold out crowd making a little dirt track race feel bigger than the Super Bowl. They even chanted, in unison, 'we want Cup cars' at Robin Pemberton following victory lane celebrations. Good luck getting that sort of crowd cohesion at Talladega.
And while a Sprint Cup event on dirt might be too much to ask for now, the seeds may have already been planted in what was once a cornfield in Southwest Ohio.
Austin Dillon Holds Off Kyle Larson to win Eldora
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By Reid Spencer
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ROSSBURG, Ohio — Austin Dillon returned to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series the same night NASCAR returned to dirt.
Racing in the series for the first time since winning the 2011 championship, Dillon pulled away during a green-white-checkered-flag finish to win Wednesday night's CarCash Mudsummer Classic at Eldora Speedway, the first dirt-track race in any of NASCAR's top three series since Richard Petty triumphed at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds in Raleigh, N.C., on Sept. 30, 1970.
But the real winners were those who took the leap of faith to stage a mid-week race on dirt, those who came to rural Ohio to see it and those who consumed it through broadcast media.
"It feels amazing," said Dillon, who started 19th and quickly worked his way forward. "Going into this week, I was just really focused on doing whatever it took to make sure we had a good show for the fans and NASCAR so we could come back again…
"I think it was a success. It was such a great show… This is real racing right here, and that's all I've got to say."
Before an enthusiastic packed house at the half-mile dirt track owned by three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart, Dillon held off Kyle Larson to claim his fifth NCWTS win. Ryan Newman ran third behind Dillon and Larson, followed by Joey Coulter and Brendan Gaughan.
Adroitly using his dirt-track experience to work his way through traffic, Larson charged from his 13th-place starting position to the lead during the first 60-lap segment of the race. On Lap 39, Larson passed Timothy Peters for the top spot and pulled away to a lead of more than three seconds.
On Lap 54, NASCAR called a caution after debris from Scott Bloomquist's Toyota landed in the racing groove, and that yellow carried over through the end of the first segment.
Larson led the field to green to start the second segment of 50 laps, but on Lap 89 Austin Dillon grabbed the top spot in heavy traffic. The segment ended with Larson in hot pursuit of Dillon but unable to complete the pass.
To Larson, Dillon's pass in traffic on Lap 89, and a caution a lap later — moments after Larson had regained the top spot—were decisive. Dillon kept the lead for a restart on Lap 97 because Dillon had been in front at the last scoring loop before the yellow.
"I was getting through traffic really good, and I spent a few laps behind that truck — I think it was the 77 (German Quiroga)," Larson said. "I was just getting a little bit impatient, and I got into his left rear with my right front. It kind of jerked the wheel right out of my hand and got me all out of shape.
"Austin was able to scoot by. I got back by right as the yellow came out, and that's what kind of killed the race for us."
After pit stops, Dillon and Larson took the green side by side to commence the final 40 laps.
Though a series of five heat races determined the starting order for the main event, Ken Schrader, 58, earned the distinction as the pole winner during time trials that preceded the heats. Benefiting from an early draw, Schrader covered the half-mile distance in 19.709 seconds (91.329 mph) to become the oldest pole winner in any of NASCAR's top three touring series.
That distinction had belonged to Dick Trickle, who in 1999 won a NASCAR Nationwide Series pole at Dover at age 57.
Schrader won the first heat race from the pole, holding off fast-closing J.R. Heffner, to lock himself into the top starting position for the 150-lap main event. The NASCAR veteran clearly was excited about his effort after the first heat race.
"There's been more hype for this race — I'm thinking back — since the inaugural Brickyard 400 (in 1994)," Schrader said.
Schrader edged dirt-track ace Jared Landers (90.891 mph) for the top spot in time trials. Landers, who was driving a NASCAR Camping World Truck for the first time, is the current Eldora track record holder in Dirt Late Models, having turned a lap in 14.922 seconds in that classification.
Most emblematic of the occasion, however, wasn't Schrader starting up front. It was 61-year-old Norm Benning taking the green from the back of the field — and the fight he put up for the privilege of doing so.
Slamming and banging with Clay Greenfield in the final three laps of the last-chance heat, Benning refused to give up the fifth and final transfer spot into the main event. Drivers who already were locked into the race stood and cheered as Benning and Greenfield pounded each other through the final corner, with Benning prevailing.
Afterwards, crew members and fellow drivers alike congratulated the veteran racer. Yes, Benning had just finished fifth in a last-chance qualifier, but the way he did it captured perfectly the mood at NASCAR's first national series dirt-track race in 43 years.
Note: Eighth-place finisher Matt Crafton expanded his series lead to 48 points over second-place Jeb Burton, who came home 18th after falling victim to a five-car accident on lap 115. James Buescher is third in points, 51 back of Crafton, after a 19th-place run at Eldora.
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race – 1-800 CarCash Mudsummer Classic presented by CNBC Prime's The Profit
Rossburg, Ohio
1. (19) Austin Dillon(i), Chevrolet, 153, $28375.
2. (13) Kyle Larson(i), Chevrolet, 153, $20250.
3. (10) Ryan Newman(i), Chevrolet, 153, $14400.
4. (11) Joey Coulter, Toyota, 153, $15300.
5. (8) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet, 153, $12575.
6. (3) Timothy Peters, Toyota, 153, $10450.
7. (17) Darrell Wallace Jr. #, Toyota, 153, $10900.
8. (7) Matt Crafton, Toyota, 153, $9850.
9. (6) Dave Blaney(i), Ford, 153, $7550.
10. (14) Max Gresham, Chevrolet, 153, $11025.
11. (22) Dakoda Armstrong, Chevrolet, 153, $9700.
12. (2) Jared Landers, Chevrolet, 153, $9650.
13. (16) Tracy Hines, Toyota, 153, $9600.
14. (1) Ken Schrader(i), Toyota, 153, $7300.
15. (23) Ryan Blaney #, Ford, 153, $10575.
16. (15) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 153, $9450.
17. (4) Kenny Wallace(i), Toyota, 153, $9400.
18. (5) Jeb Burton #, Chevrolet, 153, $9350.
19. (9) James Buescher, Chevrolet, 153, $10150.
20. (25) German Quiroga #, Toyota, 153, $9725.
21. (12) Miguel Paludo, Chevrolet, 153, $9050.
22. (24) John Wes Townley, Toyota, 152, $9000.
23. (29) Justin Jennings, Ford, 151, $6700.
24. (28) Jason Bowles(i), Chevrolet, 151, $8900.
25. (21) Scott Bloomquist, Toyota, 151, $7750.
26. (30) Norm Benning, Chevrolet, 149, $7550.
27. (26) Brennan Newberry #, Chevrolet, 145, $6500.
28. (18) Ron Hornaday Jr., Chevrolet, 137, $6450.
29. (20) Johnny Sauter, Toyota, Accident, 120, $6350.
30. (27) Jeff Babcock, Chevrolet, Engine, 63, $6710.
Average Speed of Race Winner: 67.401 mph.
Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 08 Mins, 06 Secs. Margin of Victory: 1.197 Seconds.
Caution Flags: 6 for 30 laps.
Lead Changes: 5 among 4 drivers.
Lap Leaders: K. Schrader(i) 1-15; T. Peters 16-38; K. Larson(i) 39-88; A. Dillon(i) 89-121; K. Larson(i) 122; A. Dillon(i) 123-153.
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led): A. Dillon(i) 2 times for 64 laps; K. Larson(i) 2 times for 51 laps; T. Peters 1 time for 23 laps; K. Schrader(i) 1 time for 15 laps.
Top 10 in Points: M. Crafton – 393; J. Burton # – 345; J. Buescher – 342; T. Dillon – 337; J. Sauter – 320; T. Peters – 320; B. Gaughan – 319; R. Blaney # – 319; D. Wallace Jr. # – 309; M. Paludo – 308.
Benning Gets His Day in the Sun. At Night. On Dirt.
Post author By Mike Calinoff
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He's made 103 starts in NASCAR's Camping World Truck Series, but you'd seemingly never notice. He's probably had just a handful of finishes on the lead-lap and when the faster trucks approach, he respectfully stays out of their way. I doubt he's flagged-down for autographs on his way to pit road for qualifying and it's unlikely that he's had many dinners interrupted while on the road. But 61-year-old Norm Benning is somewhat iconic as a never-give-up , see-ya-next-week competitor. If there's a truck race to be run, he'll be there.
It always struck me as odd, that guys like Norm Benning even show up. It's like, you know you're not going to win; you'll be lucky to finish on the lead lap and you're using earning from one race to get to the next. What's the point? Well, I kind of figured it out last night.
Not everyone can drive like Jimmie Johnson or Tony Stewart. Not everyone is going to be planted with an organization that virtually has unlimited resources. And not everyone is going to be someone who sponsors are clamoring for to hawk their products. Not everyone can be that guy. Someone has to be the "rest of the field." I think sometimes we lose sight of the fact that some of us are here for the raw love of the sport; the race-to-race traveling and the fellowship we look forward to. There are some that are just happy to be here. Norm Benning is that guy.
So here I am, Chinese take-out on my lap watching the heat races. As I lifted a fork-full of Lo Mein to my face, I see Norm Benning and Clay Greenfield battling door-to-door for a transfer position into the main event. Let me repeat that: Norm Benning and Clay Greenfield battling door-to-door for a transfer position into the main event. HUH?
I thought it would be a quick camera shot of two back-markers bouncing off each other and then back to the leaders. Instead, it became an epic battle of two guys who rarely even get a mention. The next thing I know, I'm on my feet. Chinese food flying across the room (to the delight of the dogs) and I'm rooting for Norm Benning to get into the race. Again, I'm going to repeat that because I can't believe I just wrote it: I'm on my feet. Chinese food flying across the room and I'm rooting for Norm Benning to get into the race.
I was a fist-pumping moment. And it was awesome.
The crowning glory for me, as you may expect, was the heartfelt moment when Norm flipped off his nemesis. He may not have a lot of speed, but he sure has the passion.
So, on an evening when NASCAR made history and a definitive statement to the fans, Norm Benning shines brightly in a manner which he's never likely to shine again.
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Ryan Newman 'Absolutely' Wants More Dirt
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ROSSBURG, Ohio — Ryan Newman never expected to have the opportunity to compete on dirt at the NASCAR level but he says he never thought he would race in a stock car with wings, the original Car of Tomorrow, either.
After finishing third in the inaugural Mudsummer Classic, Newman told reporters after the race that he enjoyed the experience and that NASCAR should consider making more stops on dirt if that's what the fans wanted.
"It's awesome — it's fun," Newman said. "It's very simple, a lot of simplicity to it, and I'm not saying that this makes it great but you have to ask the fans.
"But if you were to ask my opinion — I'd say absolutely."
When asked about which tracks he would like NASCAR to look at next, Newman suggested many of the classic fairground speedways, specifically mentioning Indianapolis, DuQuoin and the Illinois State Fairgrounds — both tracks that are on the ARCA Racing Series schedule.
It should be noted that ARCA uses passed down Sprint Cup chassis in their tour.
"There are other great race tracks that I think we could go to as well but this was a great show at least from our perspective, to do something that was off the charts different and great at the same time…I didn't do this because I was a Cup driver or anything, I did it because I'm a driver and wanted to run this first race back on dirt."
Newman competed in the race for Turner Scott Motorsports adding that he expressed an interest in doing it the moment they announced it and that he would do it again. But which dirt tracks would you like to see NASCAR run and should it extend to Nationwide or Cup too?
Give us your opinions on Twitter at @MattWeaverSBN and @PopularSpeed.
Father and Son Look to Get Closer Tonight
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ROSSBURG, Ohio — Just as it was from day one, the Mudsummer Classic Truck Series event has confirmed that NASCAR — at its foundation – is primarily about family ties.
That was no more evident than on Wednesday afternoon during the media center session with the father-and-son/teammate duo of Dave and Ryan Blaney plus the Dillon brothers.
Wednesday's race is special on several levels as it is the first NASCAR national touring race on dirt since 1970 with the roster providing the perfect blend of both racing past and future. And while NASCAR draws on a family's love and mutual respect more than any other sport, it also draws out the most competitive aspects of their personality.
The Blaneys rarely compete against each other on local short tracks and Wednesday will mark the first time that they have done so underneath the NASCAR banner.
Once all these factors were realized — and Dave secured a ride with Brad Keselowski Racing — he was able to mark the Mudsummer Classic as a must-win event on his schedule.
"It's the first time NASCAR has raced on dirt since 1970 and it's happening at such a historic facility," the elder Blaney said. "Tony (Stewart) keeps it so well-organized and hopefully Ryan and I will be able to race close together (on Wednesday night).
"And I say that because if we're close together, that means we're going to be close to the front. This race itself is pretty historic and several guys have a chance to win — and I just hope that I'm one of them."
Despite his father's uncanny achievements on dirt, Ryan doesn't have a lot of experience on clay. The most that he has attempted in his career is just a few starts in a big block modified and now he's expected to take the fight to his dad and his championship rivals — at Eldora.
But the younger Blaney isn't intimidated.
"I grew up going to tracks like this," Ryan Blaney said. "I've seen enough of these races to know what to do when the track changes and this team has worked really hard to prepare both cars."
The Dillon brothers have competed against each other their entire lives, creating a rivalry that likely won't be decided by Eldora. Austin is the defending Truck Series champion and is running this race as a one-off entry owned by Susan Bates.
Ty expressed a little envy over his older brother not having to worry about championship points but explained that winning on Wednesday night would negate any concerns whatsoever.
"I've always enjoyed racing against Austin and it's cool to be able to do it here with all the experience that we have on dirt," the younger Dillon said. "Hopefully we can win because of the championship and take advantage of that experience and get us some momentum."
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About Mike Calinoff
Over the past twenty years, Mike has become a notable figure in the NASCAR community. As a Spotter, he spent 11 seasons with Matt Kenseth in the Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series for a total of 36 combined series wins including two Daytona 500's. The duo garnered Rookie of the Year honors and a Championship in 2003. With Kenseth leaving Roush Fenway at the end of 2012, Mike chose to stay and work with Sprint Cup rookie, Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. Their history dates back to 2010 with the ROTY award and then back-to-back Championships in the Nationwide Series in 2011 and 2012. As the 2013 Chase began, Calinoff announced that he would not return to Roush Fenway.
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Just like any modern industry, healthcare is evolving at a rapid pace. Since the cutting-edge tech and multimedia have been introduced to the proceedings, we are looking down the pipeline of a new renaissance that will alter the landscape of medicine forever. If you are interested in what makes this industry tick in the final years of this decade, read on to learn about the most popular new age medicine trends.
In the realm of elder care, we are looking at a total shift in the way business engages with the clientele – more and more, they are seen as consumers. The same type of restructuring of business models is seen in the medical industry. A patient is not just an individual that requires professional assistance, but also a paying customer that wants top-notch service. This is where the symbiosis of multimedia – especially digital videos and streaming – and medicine has made the greatest strides. While it used to be unimaginable to relinquish access to valuable surgery videos to patients, visionary specialists such as Dr Timothy Steel have already made that daring step.
These videos do not only offer transparency to patients in order to build trust, they are also an invaluable asset to thriving students of medicine. Slowly but surely, this development of digital tech is evolving new and ingenious tools of learning. The next step – and one that is practically here – is the VR learning sessions which are rendering messy labs (with frog guts strewn around) obsolete. With the factor of haptic feedback added to the proceedings, virtual reality simulation of surgery emergencies and undertakings seems to be the definitive way to go.
As technology develops, so diagnoses become more efficient. What used to be impossible to detect before is now easy to see, and many life-threatening illnesses are caught in time. This factor combined with the ever-growing global population has put quite an operational strain on the medical industry. Doctors simply do not have the necessary allotted time for each patient in order to do a 'holistic' inspection. This is why we are looking at the emergence of online medical professionals, a doctrine that has adopted a particularly catchy neologism – telemedicine.
The ever-expanding internet bandwidth coupled with tools such as hi-res webcams, bigger monitors, and the aforementioned VR sets have given birth to a medicine of 'convenience' – where you can have an entire medical exam from the comfort of your home. While certain aspects of these exams simply have to be performed in person, this is a welcoming change of pace, one that gives patients and doctors more elbow space to develop a lasting relationship and rapport filled with genuine trust. Who said that technologies do nothing but estrange us from each other?
Our smartphones are an intrinsic part of our modern lives. In fact, they are part of our identity and one of the main tools we use to engage with the world. So, why wouldn't they also be convenient health-monitoring devices? Countless software companies are competing with their health apps that offer monitoring, tracking, as well as crucial reminders for personalized drug dosing.
One of the most popular apps of such ilk right now is the one that regulates the circadian rhythm. In the day and age when insomnia and sleep disorders have turned into a bona fide modern plague, such applications are actually direly needed and they can be found conveniently optimized for both Android and iOS devices.
Of course, what's modern medicine without the cutting-edge tools that represent the hallmarks of med tech? A new era of healthcare has brought us the minimally invasive ultrasound diagnostics, a new generation of image-guided therapy which has been the prominent element of science fiction only a decade ago, and real-time surgical imaging systems.
When you take all of this into consideration, it is easy to see where the entire medical industry is headed – towards the least invasive and most comfortable ways to execute procedures and imaging. The additional element that is equally important when designing such devices is to work towards the machinery which will incrementally save more and more time in order to make sure that waiting lists are getting shorter. The resulting efficiency is bound to save more lives than it was possible before.
While some trends are already being implemented in medical and administrative practices of healthcare around the world, others are about to make a seismic shift, but the predictions are getting blurry. Due to the breakneck advancement in medical tech trends, it has become nigh impossible to make a reliable estimate on what will make a noticeable impact and when it will appear in the chronological sequence of innovations. In spite of all the possible scenarios, you can rest assured that the landscape of the healthcare industry will improve the overall patient prognosis and comfort.


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More Tales to Give You Goosebumps
June 13, 2011 by bhuhuh
"Well, they made four more gift sets after this one, so add that to your Gen Y denunciations, American Media."
– Generation Y is the generational cohort who have been coming to maturity in the Western world since the year 2000. Popular depiction of the demographic is of a wasteful, parasitic collection of gilded youths. By casual estimation, the date-of-birth bracket for the group spans from the early-1980s to mid-1990s. It is segmented from Generation X and will itself be followed Generation Z.
"Sam likes to tease David about how few letters he receives. And by few, I mean zero. And by tease, I mean mock. And by David, I mean David. Finally though, one day David has reason to wag his tail and wail when Sam announces that the camp's secretary found a letter addressed to him at the bottom of a drawer."
– This comes from the children's programme Blue's Clues (1996-2006). Steve Burns, the host, would chant "Here's the mail/it never fails/it makes me want to wag my tail/when it comes I want to wail/Mail!" before disclosing viewer mail.
"David's now very confused, as his life is starting to resemble a terrible Hallmark special: Great-Uncle John is 87 years old and probably not the best guardian for a child. Or is he? Watch Welcome to Gramp's Nightmare next Sunday at 8/7c, only on ION."
– The Hallmark Channel is a cable network owned by the Hallmark Cards, Inc. Programming is dominated by domestic advice and cookery shows, "special" made-for-television films, and sitcom re-runs. Ion Television is another cable network; one that appears to have a less specialised programming.
"So the Lake is across the lake from the Lane in the hills, which sounds like the start of a Danny Kaye routine."
– A reference to the famous rhyming exchange from the 1956 film The Court Jester. Danny Kaye plays a bard who becomes caught up in a Kingdom's succession troubles. As he faces a jousting competition, Griselda the witch poisons one of the pre-joust toasts. "The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle; the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true", her assonant counsel to Kaye, is later amended to "the pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon; the vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true". The confusion is doubled when his competitor is also warned, and both approach the drinks attempting to remember and repeat the couplet.
"The Incredible Mr. Limpet: 'I Wish I Were a Fish'"
– The Incredible Mr. Limpet was a 1964 Warner Bros. movie that starred Don Knotts as the titular Mr. Limpet.
"His plan is successful, proving that there ain't no party like the communist party cuz the communist party stops aliens."
– Coolio's 1996 song '1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)' has the line "ain't no party like a West Coast party/'Cos a West Coast party don't stop".
"The only thing worth mentioning about story, other than it being one big 'Oh cool, I've seen the Blob and Creepshow 2,' is that it takes place on 'Black Island.'"
– The famous 1958 science fiction picture The Blob and its 1988 remake, also titled The Blob, star a ravenous space-amoeba that consumes a small American town and threatens the entire planet. The most fondly-remembered of the three tales in 1987's Creepshow 2 is 'The Raft'; a story of four teenagers trapped on a raft in a lake by a sapient and also ravenous oil slick.
"As the story opens, he's watching a flick about a plant that lifts its victims 'Up Up Up'."
– 'Up Up Up' is a song by indie-pop band GIVERS. Yeah, we up.
"The store is closed but Ben goes in anyways, since breaking and entering in the Goosebumps world is about as frowned upon as MDMA use in Skins."
– Skins, previously mentioned television series, probably contains frequent depictions of youths hitting bolus after bolus of the popular amphetamine MDMA (3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine), or ecstasy.
"Rather than being upset that Ben's broken into his closed business, Dr. Horror Swanbergs him into starring in the new Lizardman sequel."
– Joe Swanberg is an American independent film-maker whose films are often labelled "Mumblecore" or "hipster". Some of his works are LOL (2006), Hannah Takes the Stairs (2007), Nights and Weekends (2008), Alexander the Last (2009), and the web-series Young American Bodies. How Joe Swanberg inveigles his actors is unknown to me, but he is known for depicting on-screen sexuality rather casually.
"Unfortunately, before Ben can Gerwig out for Dr. Horror, the entire cast of the General Mills Breakfast Brigade descends on the boy and is suddenly dawns on him that hey, wait a minute, slasher-style horror movies only serve to fuel misanthropic misogynistic angst on the part of the viewer by feeding into their basest fantasies borne out of social rejection."
– Greta Gerwig is an actor, screenwriter, and frequent collaborator with Joe Swanberg. For example, they portrayed a long-distance couple together in Nights and Weekends. The "breakfast brigade" is probably the five General Mills breakfast cereals themed after classic horror movie monsters: Count Chocula, Frankenberry, Booberry, Fruit Brute, and Fruity Yummy Mummy. The latter two have been discontinued.
"She misses taxis. She misses her friends. She misses 'Friends'."
– Television series Friends.
Leave it be."
– One of several mnemonics for identifying the uroshiol-producing poison ivy plant that populates large swathes of North America is "leaves of three: leave it be".
"This is some threat, because I didn't want to see The Mist for two hours, so I certainly wouldn't want to be it for a year."
– The 2007 adaptation of Stephen King's The Mist, directed by Frank Darabont, covered an entire New England town in a strange mist. The mist brings with it a passel of perverse creatures, all of which prey on humans. The townspeople barricade themselves inside a supermarket and the standard apocalypse-survivalcharacter templates are brushed off and marched out.
"Only, turns out he wasn't the spirit at all, as the dog then turns to Jenny and spookily intones, 'Roll that ethereal being footage.'"
– A reference to a series of commercials for Bush's Original Baked Beans. They feature the company-founder's grandson Jay Bush and a talking retriever called Duke, whose catchphrase was "Roll that beautiful bean footage".
Look Back in Languor
May 3, 2011 by bhuhuh
– The 1958 film Look Back in Anger, starring Richard Burton as Jimmy Porter, was based on the successful John Osborne play of the same name. An example of British social realism, it is set in an uncomfortably changing English industrial town in the Midlands and focused on the complex relationships between Jimmy, his pregnant wife Alison, and their friends Helena and Cliff.
"Okay, this is the one where the kids go to a camp that's run by a Wes Craven-type character."
Wesley "Wes" Craven (b. 1939) is a movie director with a profuse catalogue of horror movies to his name. He is most known for his creation Freddy Krueger, from the Nightmare on Elm St. series, and the meta-referential Scream series. A few other notable credits include The Last House on the Left, The Hills Have Eyes, Deadly Friend (why not?), The Serpent and the Rainbow, Shocker, and the TV anthology series Nightmare Cafe.
"I don't remember a single thing about this one, either. Like, I can't even picture the cover right now. Possibly this book doesn't exist. Get Trump on the horn."
– Donald Trump (b. 1946) is an American real estate developer and business personage, best known for being the breakout star of the reality TV series The Apprentice. He has been making increasingly earnest forays into political life since 2000, recently flaunting his name as a potential presidential candidate for 2012. He has been a vocal dissenter on the legitimacy of documentation on United States President Barack Obama's early life.
"I think remembering this one is cheating since surely it's a Jekyll and Hyde story?"
Probably not noted at the time of the entry, Jekyll and Heidi was a pun on Robert Louis Stevenson's famous 1886 work The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. In the story, a lawyer friend of the respected and celebrated Dr. Henry Jekyll investigates the connection between him and a conscienceless murderer (memorably described as "Satan's signature upon a face") Edward Hyde. In Jekyll's suicide note in the story's closing pages, it is revealed that they were the same person: Hyde came from Jekyll's experiments in bringing out and isolating his darker impulses from himself with a potion. He initially indulges in this and uses Hyde to release his suppressed urges. As time went on, the characteristics and form of Hyde became dominant, leading Jekyll to kill himself to prevent becoming Hyde permanently.
"Drop Dead Fred was on the cover. Next."
– The 1992 film Drop Dead Fred starred Rik Mayall as Fred, a manic, hyperactive imaginary friend who returns after many years to haunt his now-adult creator Lizzie.
"How is it that I can recall the Celery Stalks at Midnight, which I haven't read in twenty-two years, but I can't remember anything about this book I read a couple years ago?"
The Celery Stalks at Midnight was the third book in the Bunnicula series of children's books and presumably a title parody of Goosebumps title The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight. In the series, a family adopts a fanged rabbit that they dub Bunnicula, and the family cat Chester becomes confident that the rabbit is a genuine vampire. Rounding out the cast is Harold the dog.
"So much so that I actually remember parts of it, with its time travel and card playing and Jumanjing. Glad I wisely resisted a My Sister Sam joke in this entry, that's what I recall most fondly."
– My Sister Sam was an American sitcom that ran from 1986 to 1988, starring Pam Dawber and Rebecca Schaeffer as the eponymous Sam. Rebecca Schaeffer was murdered in 1989 by Robert John Bardo, a nineteen-year old stalker with a fixation on Schaeffer. His ease in obtaining a handgun (using his elder brother) and Schaeffer's address from the DMV led to the passing of the Driver's Privacy Protection Act in 1994. Name points out that that Troy was resisting a stalk-stelk joke in the original entry for Be Afraid – Be Very Afraid!
#25 Ghost in the Mirror
April 28, 2011 by bhuhuh
"She even torments him by mocking the fact that he still has to sleep in modified baby furnishings because his family can't afford to upgrade his bedroom set. This is just adding insult to injury, though, as suffering through Tiny Furniture is certainly punishment enough already."
Tiny Furniture is a 2010 semi-autobiographical independent film by auteur Lena Dunham, with a supporting cast of family members played by family members. Recent post-graduate Aura (Dunham) returns to New York City to live with her family after college, finding herself in a self-imposed rut. In the film, her mother, a successful artist, spends the film photographing dollhouse furniture and other tiny things in her atelier.
"Jason admires the new additions but finds himself uncomfortably drawn to the mirror, despite possessing neither a digital camera nor a MySpace account."
– Myspace, previously mentioned. Profile pictures for social networking websites are notorious for being taken directly in front of a mirror or from the most flattering angle possible (with the help of the looking glass).
"They assure him that it's a "scary" one, but Jason wisely opts out of watching Topaz."
– Hitchock's 1969 film Topaz, a Cold War espionage thriller, was ill-received by audiences. The plot involves a French intelligence operative's family troubles; a defecting Soviet agent and his family; the eponymous Topaz; a spy ring inside the French secret service; and Cuban missile launch sites. From what I remember of Topaz, it was a bit of a disjointed affair that rapidly introduced characters and then dropped them just as abruptly.
Upon opening the door, a red-eyed creature leaps out at him, causing him to respond, "Oh no, not an esoteric representation of the impermeability of death in Thai culture! Turns out it's just Sister Claudia Who Can Recall Her Past Halloween Costumes…"
– a reference to the 2010 film Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives. Boonmee, played by Thanapat Saisaymar, is visited by his wife's spirit and his son (in the form of a red-eyed monkey) during his reminisces as he dies of renal failure.
"Fred reappears at school the next day, only, like Shirley MacLaine and Audrey Hepburn before him, he's… different."
– The tagline for the 1961 drama picture The Children's Hour, starring MacLaine and Hepburn, was an insinuating "Different…" They starred as the heads of an all-girl boarding school whose professional and personal lives are ruined when they are falsely accused of lesbianism by a malicious student. It was directed by the prolific William Wyler and based on the successful play of the same name by Lillian Hellman.
"His sports abilities go from Lane to Kobe Bryant"
– Lane Bryant is a franchise retailer of plus-sized women's clothing. It was established by one Lena Bryant in 1904 and given the misnomer by a banking clerk who switched the letters of her first name during paperwork. Kobe Bryant (b. 1978) is an accomplished NBA player for the Los Angeles Lakers. He has the current record for second-highest number of points scored in a single game (2006) and is consistently rated high in player rankings.
"And the rule of threes applies"
– Common and contrived folk legend asserts that tragedy comes in threes, usually the deaths of celebrities. Alternatively, the comedy and rhetoric technique by the same name also asserts that this number has the most impact or inherent humour of all the values. It's just a big popularity contest. The Rule of Three was what I imagine the Gang of Four called themselves before Jiāng Qīng joined the group and it all cocked up.
"To be fair, maybe he though someone had brought a DVD copy of The Green Hornet into his room, which would certainly threaten the well-being of even the bravest among us."
– The 2011 movie The Green Hornet is the latest superhero movie and latest incarnation of the 1930s-1940s radio and serial vigilante. It stars Seth Rogen as the Hornet and Jay Chou as the valet-bodyguard-superhero of malleable ethnicity Kato. The character was created by Fran Striker, also responsible for the Lone Ranger.
"Late 90s Cultural References
Jason has some sweet WWF posters on his wall– it's eventually revealed to be the wrestling one, but for a while there I was having fun picturing this kid bragging about having some kick-ass panda pix up in his room."
The wrestling entertainment organisation WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) was called the World Wrestling Federation during the 1980s and 90s. After a legal dispute with the environmental and conservational organisation World Wide Fund for Nature over use of the "WWF" initalism in 2000, it was changed to the current name. The World Wide Fund for Nature logo is a panda of cuddly contrasts.
"We've traced the bark, it's coming from inside the mirror!"
The cold closing punchline, "the calls are coming from inside the house", from the well-known urban legend about the babysitter who constantly receives threatening phonecalls. She calls the police, who stay on the line and prepare to trace the next call. After the next phase of threats, the officer frantically tells her, "Get out of the house! The calls are coming from upstairs!" The ending is usually left open to the imagination. The story and phrase have been used as a foundation for countless films and television shows, the most well known being the original versions of When a Stranger Calls and Black Christmas.
While visiting "HorrorLand", keep an eye on your valuables, don't leave your children unattended, and just… just stay away from the Bat Barn.
#24 Earth Geeks Must Go!
"I asked him to kindly return my pipe to the side table where he found it. He declined and attempted a poor René Magritte reference."
– 'The Treachery of Images', one of surreal artist René Magritte's most famous works, is simply an image of a pipe above the words "Ceci n'est pas une pipe." (This is not a pipe.) Magritte more-or-less makes the comment that a representation of a subject is not the same thing as the subject itself. Magritte's usual theme was re-appropriating ordinary, everyday sights and objects into visually disorienting places. See works like 'Golconda', 'Okapi', 'The Son of Man' or 'Personal Values'.
"(The patient then heaved pipe across the room. I later found it wedged between the leaves of one of my many office ficuses)"
– Small ficuses, otherwise known as fig trees, are common pot plants in offices.
"listing the dull things that he's into, which are bland enough to double for the Facebook interests of anyone who graduated from state college with a business degree."
– ubiquitously popular social networking website, founded in 2004 by four computer science students, the best known being Mark Zuckerberg.
"Doctor: Is it possibly meant to be some sort of anorexia commentary? Patient: Bulimia maybe, because you'll definitely want to throw up after a few pages of teethed-armpit-eating."
– Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are common eating disorders. Both are associated with self-image obsessions and the conditions are often co-morbid with each other. Anorexia commonly involves withdrawal from and careful monitoring of food, overfrequent exercise, dining only in private, and denial of the condition. Bulimia is typically over-eating ("bingeing") and then forced ejection through vomiting or consumption of laxatives ("purging"). Overexercising and fasting after the binge is also common.
"Patient: …fend off the insects' assault with high pitched singing. See, here's where I'd make a reference to a musician with an unusual or unappealing voice. …Doctor: So, for instance, if you were to say that the two kids were anxious to thank Judy Holliday for coming to their rescue– Patient: Exactly. See, this stuff writes itself."
– Actor-singer Judy Holliday (1921-1965) affected a squeaky, quavery Noo-Yorkah voice as Billie in Born Yesterday, winning an Academy Award for Best Actress.
"RL Stine loves non sequitur dream sequences like Tumblr users love Skins. Ack, see, I can't stop!"
– UK drama series Skins (2007-) and its American-Canadian remake of the same name (2011-), set in teenage environments, warts and all, are presumably popular with the crowd of microblogging site Tumblr.
"Patient: …And if that means that occasionally I have to do a self-indulgent meta entry, then so be it. Doctor: Well, would anyone even want to read that? Patient: Of course! There's a reason why everyone's favorite M. Night Shyamalan movie is Lady in the Water."
– M. Night Shyamalan, probably previously noted, made the 2006 childish fantasy film Lady in the Water. Although his previous film, The Village, was also badly received, Lady in the Water really began his downward slide. Open acknowledgement of stock characters and fairytale tropes, the inclusion of a film critic character (who is then killed off), and his own expanded role as a messianic author were taken as self-indulgences.
"Doctor: I snee mut you did mere."
– The phrase "I see what you did there" has become one of the internet's more popular shibboleths over the last few years.
"I just parked in your garage while I went to go see Hanna across the street and didn't realize that the theater didn't validate parking. …Patient: Well, she shoots Cate Blanchett."
– the 2011 black-ops action film Hanna stars Saoirse Ronan as the eponymous child super-soldier. Hanna is trained from birth to assassinate Cate Blanchett's character, a task she accomplishes at the end.
"After our session ended, I sought out the rest of the story online, in the form of a Wikipedia entry on the novel."
– Previously mentioned.
February 22, 2011 by bhuhuh
Goosebumps 2000: #22 Full Moon Fever
December 24, 2009 by bhuhuh
"and/or grounds for a CSPI protest" – The Center for Science in the Public Interest is a consumer watchdog group that typically targets nutrition and health concerns; they are best known for their attacks on trans fats.
"But this Fur has no bangs to ease the bitter pill of its execution." – The 2006 movie, Fur, a mostly-fictional account of the life of photographer-of-the-odd Diane Arbus, starred Nicole Kidman. Presumably, it's a reference to a recurring element of Kidman's hair style: a fringe on top.
"there is also an extended sequence involving a disguised character named Wolf that makes the List of Adrian Messenger look competent retroactively" – This 1968 flop film featured a variety of stars, like Frank Sinatra and Burt Lancaster, doing cameo appearances in heavy makeup for the sake of a marketing gimmick.
"an ending line that instructs the only sane response to and subsequent way to recover from the book: Curse bar." – curse the book, recover at the bar.
"Guys and dolls, if you have any doubts as to how I feel about nearing that milestone via this book, allow me:
Ask me how do I feel
Ask me now that we're nearing the ending
Well sir, all I can say is if I were a check you'd be paying
From the moment Stine killed tonight
That last hope I had for a save
Boy, if Goosebumps were dead I'd fight
To make it stay put in the grave
Ask me how do I feel, little me with my quip-happy blogging
Well sir, all I can say is if I weren't great I'd be quitting!
And if I were this book I'd start stopping my reading
Or if I were Scholastic I'd know when to stop printing
Ask me how do I feel from this "Do Not Do" lesson I'm learning
Well sir, all I can say is if I were a bridge game I'd be folding!
Yes, I knew my morale wouldn't last
From the woeful way the book looked!
Boy, if this were a meal I'd fast!
Only if I were a fish I'd be hooked!
Ask me how do I feel, ask me now that the moment is coming
When if I were Vegas I'd know there's no payout for sucking
Ask me how to describe the whole damnable outlook
Well, if you were a car wash you'd cost five dollars, book."
– A re-imagining of If I Were a Bell, from Guys and Dolls. For your edification, the original lyrics:
Ask me now that we're cosy and clinging
Well sir, all I can say, is if I were a bell I'd be ringing!
From the moment we kissed tonight
That's the way I've just gotta behave
Boy, if I were a lamp I'd light
And If I were a banner I'd wave!
Ask me how do I feel, little me with my quiet upbringing
Well sir, all I can say is if gate I'd be swinging!
And if I were a watch I'd start popping my springs!
Or if I were a bell I'd go ding dong, ding dong ding!
Ask me how do I feel from this chemistry lesson I'm learning.
Well sir, all I can say is if I were a bridge I'd be burning!
Yes, I knew my moral would crack
From the wonderful way that you looked!
Boy, if I were a duck I'd quack!
Or if I were a goose I'd be cooked!
Ask me how do I feel, ask me now that we're fondly caressing
Well, if I were a salad I know I'd be splashing my dressing
Ask me how to describe this whole beautiful thing
Well, if I were a bell I'd go ding dong, ding dong ding!
Goosebumps 2000: #21 The Haunted Car
December 9, 2009 by bhuhuh
There is a parade of puns in the latest entry, most of them car and ghost related. If you hate puns, skip this section: 'cos Volks, wagen 'til you hear these.
Mitchell is such a neutral when it comes to the automobiles
it's the poor craftsman who blames his ghouls
still harbors his auto-erotic fixation
There's little joy to be found in this ride
It's haunted. Mitchell shows little apparition
Mitchell continues to go where the spirit moves him – specifically, the song Let the Spirit Move You, previously mentioned
This Ghostmusters – specifically, Ghostbusters, previously mentioned
I don't know what he specter to do
when he returns from his phantasm voyage- specifically, Fantastic Voyage
He continues to take thing a shade too far
more of his father's wraith
they simply can't phantom what possessed their son
Praise be to ghost a bad thing – Psalm 147:1, "Praise you the Lord: for it is good to sing praises to our God"
"he once even mistakenly rented Separate Tables" – 1958 Terrance Rattigan film based on the play about two separate couples having problems at a seaside hotel. One of the stars of the movie version was Deborah Kerr.
"Mitchell and his brother get to ride in the flyest hoopty" - "hoopty," a kind of jalopy.
"the damp weather may hamper Todd's plan of suggesting their father ghostride the whip"- both a pun and a joke in its own right, if you want to try ghost-riding the whip for yourself, leave the car running in automatic on the street and then climb on top and start car surfing.
"Like most who experience a horrendous Crash"- 2004 Oscar-winning movie, probably previously mentioned, about racial, criminal, and drug tensions in Los Angeles and the characters in the various groups and how they relate to each other.
"the extra precautions are due to the bad neighborhood, but it's not like the retiree doesn't have the time to devote to Gran Torino-ing the 'hood"– at the end of Gran Torino, Clint Eastwood's character cleans up his gang-plagued neighbourhood by deliberately getting himself shot and killed by them in front of an entire crowd of witnesses.
"this time to buy some milk. But this brief trip does not do a body good."- a mid-90's campaign slogan for milk was "Milk does a body good."
"Steve and Allan come to visit. I guess his friends Ed and Sullivan were unavailable"- Comedian, writer, talk-show host Steve Allen, and Ed Sullivan, ditto, both probably previously mentioned.
"Mitchell gets grounded for life and there's no Uncle Eddie-style silver lining to the whole thing."- one of the characters of the previously mentioned 2001 sitcom, Grounded for Life, was the stock sitcom character Uncle Eddie, played by Kevin Corrigan.
"Yes. Yes it does."- Based on the URL of the picture, it's probably a reference to the professional opinionist Matt Drudge, a conservative blogger and news reporter who's gained some popularity/infamy in the last few years depending on how excited you can really get about political mud-slinging. Not knowing much about him outside of joke punchlines, it's probably safe to assume the flashing lights and quote are his catchphrases?
"I thought it was already well-established that Mr. Douglas has a hard time letting go of things that happened in the past." – link to the poster for the Kirk Douglas movie Detective Story. Unsure if this is a reference to his character in the film or his own opinion of his performance, but most likely the character, who broods on his childhood as a reason for becoming a cop and alienates his wife for her relationships prior to meeting him.
"they're getting picked up to enchant sick Cousin Ella" – Ella Enchanted, previously mentioned.
"Ugly deady" – Ugly Betty, probably previously mentioned.
"With all the aggressive arm grabbing on display here, it felt a little bit like a child's novelization of the Haunted Career."- Martin Crandall, keyboardist for the Shins, has been dogged by various reports of domestic violence
"Oh cool
I've read Christine too." – One of Stephen King's most well known stories, Christine, is the one about the possessed killer car.
"Know Your Audience Alert
Todd crosses his arms over his X-Files t-shirt and ominously proclaims that 'The truth is out there.'" – Catchphrase from the mid-90's tv show, The X-Files.
You Don't Know Jack" – not having a copy of the Haunted Car and having never played the game or seen the TV show You Don't Know Jack, I can't be sure if the book actually does reference it or if this is an elaborately constructed joke that I'm less of a person for not understanding.
"Oh man, Laffy Taffy time" – flavoured taffy candy sold by Nestle that have a punderful variety of jokes written on the wrappers.


I found my way home over 1 yr after I went missing. Mom took me to vet & I am less than 1/2 my weight now, plus my nails are way over grown & very thick. I also have a URI & have meds. Momma thinks someone had me locked up somewhere starving me since I couldn't wear my claws down. I won't eat the meat baby food, hate the pedialyte but I have eat a little dry food, couple soft treats and 2 vienna today. I also peed but Mom couldn't see how much cause it was outside. What else can mom tempt me with and how fast? Anything special to help me recover my weight? I'm 8 now and lost a couple lower front incisors while missing. Help my mom save me. She raised me from a literal still wet new born 2.1 oz runt.
What about the supplement milk stuff they have in stores for baby kittens mixed with dry food? Maybe even warm the milk a little so the smell is a little stronger to attract your baby.
Oh my! Please keep us updated on your progress! 1st things 1st.. if your cat is having a problem with eating & gaining weight. Just give your vet or multiple vets a call, and ask them for their advice. Whenever I am in doubt, I call my vet! As someone said before.. I would put your cat on a kitten formula to get more protein into your cats system. Personally, I believe 100% in Wellness CORE's kitten products. Wellness CORE is a grain free, gluten free, and has high quality protein sources. I would feed your cat three small meals a day with a scoop of warmed up dry food (15/20secs - to make wet food more appealing) and sprinkle some dry food over it. If he still is not eating full meals.. I would make yourself a chicken or turkey dinner, & feed him shredded meat and slowly incorporate the shredded meat into his full meals that I was talking about. Like I said before.. give your vet a call and try Wellness CORE wet and try kitten food!


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The regulatory agency charged with the safety of food and drug products.
Full article: Regulatory capture
Of primary importance to the pharmaceutical industry, the FDA appears to be largely captured by outside forces.
Speaking about fructose, Robert H. Lustig has charged that the FDA "will only regulate acute toxins, not a chronic toxin".[1]
80% of Pre-Packaged Foods in the USA contain chemicals which are banned in other countries.[2]
A 2013 the United States Supreme Court ruled, as summarised by Whiteout Press, "that if the FDA says something is safe, it doesn't matter if that decision is wrong or the result of lies, fraud or deception on the part of the world's pharmaceutical companies. And there's no way to sue the FDA for being wrong and costing millions of unsuspecting Americans their lives."[3]
In 2017 it was an analysis in the Journal of the American Medical Association reported that almost 1/3 of new drugs approved by the FDA over a decade ended up years later with warnings about unexpected — sometimes life-threatening — side effects or complications.[4]
The FDA does not require that cosmetics be tested for health and environmental impacts. Manufacturers have been using nanoparticles for decades without such a health impact study, although claiming that they provide "anti-aging benefits".[5]
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Regulatory capture "The Food and Drug Administration. The FDA was charged with overseeing the manufacture of cereal, along with all other processed foods except meat and poultry, which were controlled by the Department of Agriculture. It steadfastly refused, however, to see sugar as a threat to the public's health. Moreover, it repeatedly declined to require food manufacturers to disclose, on their packaging, exactly how much sugar they were adding to their products... Where Washington had failed to act, two men working on behalf of the public took the Big Three on themselves. One was an enterprising dentist, Ira Shannon, with the Veterans Administration Hospital in Houston, who [in 1975], alarmed by the exploding rates of tooth decay he'd seen in his young patients, decided that he'd had enough. (By one estimate, there were at any given moment one billion unfilled cavities in American mouths.) So the dentist took a trip to his local supermarkets, brought seventy-eight brands of cereal back to his lab, and proceeded to measure the sugar content of each with damning precision. A third of the brands had sugar levels between 10 percent and 25 percent. Another third ranged up to an alarming 50%, and eleven climbed even higher still — with one cereal, Super Orange Crisps, packing a sugar load of 70.8%. When each cereal brand was cross-referenced with TV advertising records, the sweetest brands were found to be the ones most heavily marketed to kids during Saturday morning cartoons." Michael Moss 2013
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When beach combing in south Pembrokeshire, Wales, I found a very peculiar rock. It has multiple colours on one side, and it looks as if it is on the inside and that it has been broken in two. Have a look a the pictures below and tell me what you think.
Thats a nice piece to find on a beach! It looks too grainy in texture and too opaque to be agate, but is still probably some sort or chalcedony. It has a conchoidal fracture which is one sign in that direction. Any way to test the hadnress? Will it scratch a piece of quartz?
It does scratch quartz and generates a burning smell when scratched.
could it be flint maybe?


In the year 1274, the fearsome Mongol Empire invades the island of Tsushima, wreaking havoc and conquering the local population. As one of the last surviving samurai, you rise from the ashes and move beyond your traditions to forge a new way of fighting—the way of the Ghost—as you wage an unconventional war for the freedom of Japan.
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For the first time in the inFAMOUS™ franchise, a real world city is the setting for the game. Seattle, with its distinctive weather and iconic landmarks, is a suffocating cage for conduits bound by martial law. Sucker Punch Productions is located just outside Seattle, and having spent years recreating the alleyways and streets they know so well, they were all too willing to explain how they approached the detail that brings the city to life.
Second Son is taking the most from PlayStation®4 system to capture more detail in the actors' performances and we're starting to see a fidelity never-before realized in video games. Step into Sucker Punch Productions to see how the magic is captured.
In Second Son, you will step into Delsin Rowe's shoes and traverse through Seattle. See how Sucker Punch is taking advantage of the PS4 showcasing the beauty of Seattle.The environments shown feature visuals effected by rain and fog, and striking cityscape imagery.
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15 historical romance series Hollywood should adapt after Bridgerton
These other romance series will also have you swooning.
By Maureen Lee Lenker
December 26, 2020 at 12:30 PM EST
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Bridgerton was the ultimate Christmas gift for romance fans, and now the only thing we want is more Bridgerton. There simply will never be enough stolen glances, smoldering dukes, glittering ballrooms, feisty heroines, and steamy interludes to satisfy us.
Netflix's new series, its first from Shondaland and showrunner Chris Van Dusen, follows Daphne (Phoebe Dyvenor) as she embarks on a fake relationship with Simon, the Duke of Hastings (Regé-Jean Page), only to end up falling for him. The Regency-era romantic drama is based on a series of romance novels by Julia Quinn, which got us immediately thinking about the thousands of other amazing historical romances that would make excellent fodder for a television series. Hell, we would like to request a whole cinematic universe. Because even with this list, there's so many more worthy titles.
Here are 15 historical romance series we'd like to see adapted next. Call us, Netflix.
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Sarah MacLean's Rules of Scoundrels and Bareknuckle Bastards series
It's honestly impossible to pick only one Sarah MacLean series to adapt because her writing is so inherently cinematic. The smoky backrooms of her casino and chilly streets of Covent Garden ooze with life. We'd suggest either her Rules of Scoundrels series, which follows four owners of a 19th-century casino (also known as a gaming hell for extra oomph) called "The Angel." Each of them has a shadowy past they must overcome to find love, and the plot pulses with intrigue (including one of romance's best twists ever, skillfully crafted over the course of four books). But then there's her Victorian Bareknuckle Bastards, three individuals (Devil, Beast, and Dahlia) who've built themselves an empire out of the ashes of their past and the rookeries of Covent Garden. If romance wants an altogether darker, grittier series to adapt, this is the one, with its shades of Taboo and Peaky Blinders. It's sinful and delicious and ripe for adaptation. Or better yet, give us both.
The Gilded Age Cinematic Universe
Julian Fellowes is working on bringing audiences a series set in the Gilded Age, the American answer to the Edwardian drama of Downton Abbey. That star-studded show is sure to stoke an appetite for this late 19th-century world, with its tales of New York City glitterati replete with Vanderbilts and Astors. Two authors, Joanna Shupe and Maya Rodale, have crafted brilliant romances out of this era. So why not combine their work into a series? Parts of it could be uptown with Shupe's sizzling The Four Hundred and Uptown Girls series, full of jaw-dropping, opulent homes and glittering balls. Then it could venture downtown with Rodale's Gilded Age Girls Club that features heroines breaking barriers as fashion designers, make-up inventors, and department store magnates. We're starry-eyed just thinking about the sets and costumes alone.
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Alyssa Cole's Loyal League series
Before she became the darling of contemporary royal fiction (check out the Reluctant Royal series!), Alyssa Cole wrote this vital and vibrant series set in the world of spies working to undermine the Confederacy during the Civil War. Cole did extensive research and based the organization and spy missions in this trilogy on the real Loyal League organization built by African Americans and abolitionists. There's electric suspense in these pages, as well as a searing examination of the lasting scars of slavery and systemic racism. Cole isn't afraid to go there, and while Bridgerton gave us the kind of inclusive casting romance requires, we'd love to see a series that engages directly with these issues. The Loyal League would play as historical thriller and romance in equal measure, keeping viewers on the edge of their seat in a potent series that champions the capacity to find joy and love even in our darkest times.
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Cat Sebastian's Sedgwicks series
We love that Bridgerton included LGBTQ characters in its storytelling, but what would be truly fantastic would be a historical romance series that foregrounds them as protagonists. Cat Sebastian has a rich back catalog available for adaptation, but we'd personally like to see the Sedgwicks series about the sons of a radical poet be brought to life. It kicks off with the tale of a grumpy sea captain and the vicar who catches his eye in a delightful Regency riff on The Sound of Music, and it only gets more delightful from there. Sebastian acknowledges the realities of the era, while still ensuring her characters' revel in each other and the love they bravely seize.
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Vanessa Riley's Rogues and Remarkable Women series
For the last several years, Vanessa Riley has been upending the established narrative of who "belongs" in Regency-era romance, using real history to remind readers that everyone deserves a happy ending and a place in the narrative. Her latest series, Rogues and Remarkable Women, is not only achingly romantic, but relevant in the utmost with its explorations of mental health and how it is weaponized against women (and women of color in particular). Her novels focus on heroines with Caribbean roots and are rife with historical detail, leaving room for a series that delves into the reality of the historical moment in compelling ways. With just a touch of the Gothic.
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Manda Collins' Lady's Guide to Mischief and Mayhem
Manda Collins is a well-established author of historical fiction, but her latest series would make for an exciting television series that would capitalize on the young female detective energy of films like Enola Holmes. A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Mayhem combines romance and mystery as Lady Katherine Bascomb sets out to catch a killer and wrestle with her attraction to Detective Inspector Andrew Eversham. The book is playful in its probing of true crime fandom, while acknowledging the sobering realities of violence against women. With its winking feminist tone, we imagine an adaptation that has the liveliness of the best Sherlock adaptations with a long overdue heroine at its center.
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Janna MacGregor's Cavensham Heiresses series
Janna MacGregor captures the trappings of the Regency era with aplomb in her Cavensham Heiresses series. Her books are full of feisty heroines (and sometimes meek ones just waiting for the right person to unlock their inner fire), and MacGregor never met a rake she didn't like. We've seen variations on every Jane Austen novel countless times, but if adaptors are looking for something new with Austen's spirit, humor, and dashing heroes, they can't do better than McGregor.
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Chanel Cleeton's Next Year in Havana
Technically, Chanel Cleeton's series are women's fiction and not romance, but they've found such rapturous fans in the community because of their lushly romantic storytelling, we couldn't resist including them. Cleeton has built a stirring, generation-sweeping tale for her Perez family, beginning with Next Year in Havana's story of a granddaughter discovering the secrets of her grandmother's romance against the backdrop of the Cuban revolution. Each of the novels delves into an area of history rarely depicted in fiction, offering a fresh perspective. Cleeton's storytelling pulses with the kind of deep yearning and historical resonance practically made for the world of prestige drama.
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Martha Waters' To Have and To Hoax
A lot of the series on this list would be excellent fodder for romantic dramas, but we all need a great rom-com series in our lives too, right? Look no further than Martha Waters' To Have and To Hoax, which takes the fizzy millennial wit of Clueless and infuses it back in to the Regency from whence Cher Horowitz (modeled on Austen's Emma) came. Lady Violet Grey and Lord James Audley have been estranged for years after an epic fight at the start of their marriage. But when a misreported accident prompts Violet to feign illness, the two start to engage in a hilarious game of manipulation and escalating hijinks. Imagine if Nora Ephron directed a Regency-era film and you'd get some idea of the delight that a Waters adaptation might be.
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Beverly Jenkins' Destiny trilogy
Beverly Jenkins has been one of the world's preeminent historical romance authors since the early '90s. It's fitting then that her novel Forbidden is already in development via romantic bookstore The Ripped Bodice's deal with Sony Pictures Television. But might we ask for even more? The Destiny trilogy brings readers to the Destiny ranch, property of the Yates family. It begins with ranch owner Logan Yates and the fiery Philadelphian housekeeper, Mariah, he can't help falling for. We'd love to see the entire Yates family saga brought to life, but we're particularly keen on the third book Destiny's Captive which features some piratical swashbuckling adventures. At any rate, Jenkins' work offers up a historical setting far from the ballrooms of Bridgerton, but no less engrossing.
Amanda Quick's Burning Cove series
Amanda Quick does romantic suspense with a touch of Old Hollywood glamour. Her Burning Cove series is set in a small California beach town that often acts as spa and hideaway for Hollywood's most infamous. Each of her stories follows a mystery in the town, often bringing together some of Burning Cove's newest residents via the intrigue. With the panache of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries but even more romantic bliss, Quick's series is tailor-made for television with its idyllic coastal setting and appealing 1930s overlay.
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Scarlett Peckham's The Secrets of Charlotte Street series
Scarlett Peckham brings a dark, brooding sensibility to historical romance with her alpha heroines that like things a little naughty. The Secrets of Charlotte Street series follows aristocrats with taboo urges and the unconventional women who love them. Peckham uses frank discussions of kink, consensual BDSM, and conversations about shame and guilt surrounding sex to tell searing, emotional stories steeped in her Gothic sensibilities. A Secrets of Charlotte Street series would offer audiences something like Jane Eyre blended with Hulu's Harlots, infusing the Gothic genre and its obsession with "subversion" with sex positive mores that titillate and provoke in equal measure.
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Amalie Howard's Beast of Beswick and Rakehell of Roth
Technically two standalone novels, Amalie Howard's The Beast of Beswick and The Rakehell of Roth, combine fairytales with Shakespeare to craft intellectual, heartfelt romance. Both novels offer up misunderstood rakes who hold their women at arm's length, but Howard's heroines will stop at nothing to protect what they love. Howard's stories have a fantastical quality to them that lend them the air of a fairy-tale, and her witty take on Shakespeare's work would continue a long-held tradition of making use of the Bard's work in inventive ways on screen.
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Courtney Milan's Brothers Sinister series
Courtney Milan has become a focal point for conversation in the romance community, but she's always offered up lush historical romance novels. Her epic Brothers Sinister series would offer a similarly rich text as Bridgerton to build a series upon. It follows the rakish members of a secret club, whose name hints at their shared attribute: they're all left-handed. Milan's books have always brought more inclusivity to historical romance, and Hollywood could do well to start with source material that offers that from the word go. Plus, her books are warm, funny, and filled with smart protagonists and heroes who have to earn their heroines' love. We could all use a little more groveling in our screen adaptations.
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Sherry Thomas' London trilogy and Fitzhugh series
Before she won legions of new fans with her winning Lady Sherlock series (which would also make a great show!), Sherry Thomas wrote swoony historical romances known for their lyrical prose. Thomas' series delve deep into themes of betrayal, unrequited love, and societal pressures, tinging her romance with addictive yearning and potent stakes. But more than anything, she excels at dialogue, making her a screenwriter's dream when it comes to adaptation.
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