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Bruins make 25 birdies en route to a four-shot victory.
Golfers Tee It Up in New Orleans Sunday
Difficult field, wet forecast and tough course will challenge the Bruins.
Bruins Defend Title at Northrup Grumman Regional Challenge
Lee wins individual title with key birdie.
2013 Season Begins for Women's Golf Team
Lua returns to bolster the lineup.
Women's Golf at NCAA Championship; Round 4
Final Round; May 25, 2012; Bruins finish 8th
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On Dec. 6, 2011, Carrie Forsyth was inducted into the NGCA Coaches Hall of Fame, confirming the 13-year veteran as one of America's finest collegiate golf coaches
Many of Forsyth's former players are playing professionally, including LPGA members Stephanie Kono, Jane Park, Maria Jose Uribe, Ryann O'Toole, Tiffany Joh, Sydnee Michaels, Mo Martin and Guilia Sergas. The Symetra Tour also counts several former Bruins in its ranks, among them Brianna Do, Hannah Jun and Maiya Tanaka. Through August of 2011, Martin and O'Toole had won three times on the former Futures Tour, and Joh twice. In addition, Jun also played on the Ladies European Tour in 2011. Finally, on August 21, 2011 O'Toole became the first UCLA graduate to earn a spot on the Solheim Cup Team.
In 2007 and '08, Golf Digest, the nation's foremost golf magazine, ranked Forsyth's program among the nation's most balanced. Based on the growth and success of UCLA women's golf, Forsyth deserves much of the credit.
Last season, the Bruins, for the second time, tied the school record for victories in a season by capturing seven tournament titles, among them their seventh NCAA Regional Championship under Forsyth's tutelage. UCLA also won the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate title with a season-best score of 12-under par 852. Freshman Erynne Lee was selected the NGCA Freshman of the Year and the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year, marking the fourth time a UCLA player has won that award or its equivalent. Four players earned All-America honors, including first-team selections Lee and junior Lee Lopez, and all five starters captured all-conference honors with Lee, junior Tiffany Lua and Lopez earning first-team distinction. At the NCAA Championship, the Bruins finished eighth, their sixth consecutive Top 10 finish.
Forsyth also extended three important streaks in 2011-12: she guided UCLA to its 12th consecutive NCAA Championship berth, 11th straight podium finish at the NCAA Regional and its sixth straight NCAA Championship Top 10 result, all school records.
For the fifth time in her 14-year career, Forsyth was voted conference coach of the year.
In 2011, the Bruins won the NCAA team title for the second time under Forsyth's leadership, raising the school's total to 107, 36 in women's athletics. They also won five other tournament titles, including the NCAA Central Regional, the inaugural Pac-10/SEC Challenge and their second straight Bruin Wave Invitational. The Bruins' entire lineup earned All-America and all-conference honors, and each player was named to UCLA's Director's Honor Roll at least once. Three players -- junior Stephanie Kono and sophomores Lee Lopez and Tiffany Lua -- won individual titles. Finally, Forsyth was selected as the Pac-10 Coach of the Year for the fourth time and she earned GolfWeek's National Coach of the Year award.
In addition to guiding the Bruins to a pair of national championships, Forsyth has also led the Bruins to seven NCAA Regional crowns (2002, '04, '05, '08, '09, '11, '12), three Pac-10 titles and 47 tournament victories.
Overall, Forsyth has tutored 16 different players who have earned 27 All-America certificates, including 13 first-team selections. On the conference side, Forsyth has coached 12 different first-team all-conference selections, including a pair of Pac-10 Players of the Year, three Pac-10 Newcomers of the Year and one Pac-12 Freshman of the Year. A total of 22 different players have earned all-conference certificates under Forsyth's guidance. Finally, 16 players have won 27 tournament titles in the Forsyth Era, including Lee and Ani Gulugian who were first-time winners in 2011-12.
In USGA events, Forsyth has coached a pair of U.S. Women's Amateur champions in Park and Uribe, and two other players -- Joh and Brianna Do -- have won three U.S. Women's Amateur Publinks titles. Do won the USWAPL championship in July, 2011.
In 2010 the Bruins won a pair of tournament titles and recorded podium finishes in seven other events on their way to the program's fourth consecutive Top 10 finish at the NCAA Championship. In addition, three players earned All-America honors from the coaches association. Kono earned consensus All-America honors for the second straight year. Five players received All-Pac-10 honors. Finally, Kono and Lua played on the victorious United States Curtis Cup Team.
In 2008-09, Forsyth coached UCLA to its second straight runnerup finish at the NCAA Championship, and led the Bruins to a record-tying seven tournament titles and their fifth NCAA Regional title. Four players won five individual crowns led by Kono's two championships. All five players in the lineup -- Kono, Joh, Michaels and sophomores Uribe and Yang -- earned either All-America or All-Pac-10 honors. In addition, O'Toole was selected all-conference honorable mention. Four players -- Joh, Uribe, Yang and Kono -- were consistent members of the Director's Honor Roll.
In 2008, Forsyth guided the Bruins to a runnerup finish at the NCAA Championship and the Pac-10 Tournament, and led the Bruins to their fourth NCAA Regional title. Joh and Uribe earned consensus first-team All-America honors and both of those players plus Michaels and Yang were named to the all-conference team. The Bruins also won four tournament titles. In addition, five of the seven players on the roster earned spots on the Director's Honor Roll during the academic year.
Joh enjoyed an outstanding season, earning Pac-10 Golfer of the Year honors and tying for first place at the 2008 NCAA Championship. She also won her second U.S. Women's Amateur Publinks title in June.
In 2006-07, despite the loss of two All-Americans who were expected to return, Forsyth guided the Bruins to their third podium finish at the NCAA tournament. The Bruins, with just four scholarship players, captured second place in the conference championship and came within a few birdies of winning the regional title.
Seven years ago, UCLA won four tournaments, including its third straight conference championship. The Bruins landed two players on the NGCA 1st Team All-America list and a total of four players were selected to the All-Pac-10 squad. In addition, Joh was voted the 2006 Pac-10 Newcomer of the Year and senior Susie Mathews became the first player ever to earn Scholar All-America honors from the NGCA four straight years.
In 2004-05 UCLA won six tournaments and came within a few shots of winning its second-straight NCAA title. The Bruins won their second consecutive Pac-10 title and tied for first at the NCAA Regional. For the third time in four years, Forsyth was voted the Pac-10 Coach of the Year. At the NCAA Championship, the Bruins recorded their fourth Top 5 finish in her tenure.
Three players -- Mayorkas, Mathews and Amie Cochran -- earned All-America honors, and Mathews earned NGCA Scholar All-America honors for the third straight year.
Mayorkas finished her career as the first three-time first-team All-American in UCLA women's golf history.
Eight years ago, Mayorkas, Mathews and Cochran each earned 1st Team All-Pac-10 honors, and Hannah Jun and Melissa Martin received Honorable Mention acclaim.
The Bruins began the 2004-05 season with a consensus No.1 ranking--a first in the program's history. They won six tournaments, one shy of the school record, captured their second straight conference title and tied for first at the NCAA Regional Championship. At the 2005 NCAA Championship, they were runners-up.
In 2003-04, the Bruins enjoyed a magical season, and Forsyth orchestrated their success. UCLA won its last six tournaments, including the trifecta of the Pac-10 Championship, the NCAA West Regional crown and the NCAA title. That season, UCLA set a school record by winning seven tournaments. Forsyth's program also produced four All-Americans, five all-conference selections and three scholar All-Americans.
Statistically, the Bruins dropped their scoring average eight strokes from the previous year, while every player on the roster improved her stroke average.
UCLA set school records during the season for lowest average team score (291.5) and lowest team score in a single round (282). Mayorkas also set a school record for single season tournament victories (4), best scoring average (71.6), lowest single round score (65) and consecutive counters (35).
Mathews and Mayorkas also finished third and fourth, respectively, at the NCAA Championship, helping UCLA play the final nine holes in five-under par. Both players earned 1st Team NGCA All-America honors and ended her season ranked among the nation's Top 10 players. Senior Krystal Shearer also was selected as an Honorable Mention All-American by the NGCA.
In addition, Jun, who earned second team All-America honors, won the NCAA West Regional title and was voted the 2004 Pac-10 Newcomer of the Year.
Mayorkas, who was voted Pac-10 Player of the Year in 2004, Mathews, Shearer, Jun and senior Gina Umeck each earned All-Pac-10 honors.
In the classroom, Mathews, Umeck and senior Bridget Dwyer earned Scholar All-America honors from the NGCA. Each player also earned Pac-10 All-Academic Team honors. Finally, nine different players earned mention on the Director's Honor Roll during the 2003-04 academic year.
That season, Forsyth was voted Pac-10 Coach of the Year for the second time and also earned 2004 NGCA Coach of the Year honors.
In 2002-03, the Bruins tied for fifth place at the NCAA Championship and finished among the Top 10 in all 12 of their tournaments.
Mayorkas became the third player of the Forsyth Era to earn All-America honors. She also earned first-team all-conference laurels. Overall, UCLA boasted four players on the all-conference team.
In the classroom, two players earned Scholar All-America honors from the NGCA, and three players were named to the Pac-10 All-Academic Team. Also, six different players earned spots on the Director's Honor Roll during the season.
In 2001-02, the Bruins saved their best golf for the NCAA West Regional tournament by tying for first place and winning the playoff to earn the No.1 seed in the West. Prior to that event, the Bruins had recorded eight Top 10 finishes and placed second at the Pac-10 Championship. The Bruins also improved their team stroke average by three shots.
Three players earned All-Pac-10 honors, and freshman Yvonne Choe was named Pac-10 Newcomer of the Year after earning all-conference second-team honors. Three players also earned Pac-10 All-Academic Team acclaim.
Finally, 10 different players placed their names on the Director's Honor Roll for the 2001-02 academic year.
In Forsyth's second season, the Bruins began their streak of NCAA appearances by placing fourth at the NCAA West Regionals. At the 2001 NCAAs, the Bruins tied for fifth place, and senior Laura Moffat tied for sixth place individually. Umeck and Martin recorded finishes among the Top 25 at the national championship tournament.
In the Fall of 2000, the Bruins won a pair of tournaments: the Hawaii Rainbow Fall Classic and the San Diego State Fall Classic. At the SDSU event, freshman Johanna Andersson won the individual title.
Honorees included Moffat, who earned Honorable Mention All-America acclaim, and Martin and Umeck, who were All-Pac-10 selections.
Forsyth's energy produced immediate results in her first UCLA season -- 1999-2000. The Bruins won the Hawaii Rainbow Fall Classic a few weeks into the season and established themselves as a growing force on the national scene by placing fifth at the NCAA Fall Preview. When their season ended, the Bruins had improved their team stroke average by five shots from the previous year, and nearly every player had improved her stroke average.
Senior Amanda Moltke-Leth earned First Team NGCA All-America and All-Pac-10 honors, and finished the season ranked sixth nationally. Moffat earned All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention honors and first-team all-conference academic honors. Finally, several players earned mention on the Director's Honor Roll.
Forsyth, 41, served as the head coach at Cal State Northridge from 1996-99, where she was named the 1998-99 Big Sky Coach of the Year. She guided the Matadors to a third place finish in the 1998 Big Sky Conference Championship and placed two players on the all-conference team. In her three seasons, the Matadors improved their team scoring average by 31 strokes.
In 1990, the former Carrie Leary entered UCLA as a walk-on player and earned a scholarship after her first year.
As a UCLA freshman, she participated in 11 of 12 tournaments, including lineups that won the Pacific-10 Conference championship and finished second at the NCAA Championship.
She graduated with honors from UCLA in 1994 with a degree in Psychology and also served as the Bruins' student assistant coach during the 1993-94 season.
As an amateur, Forsyth competed in four U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Championships and advanced to the quarterfinals in 1991. She also competed in three U.S. Amateur Championships and was an alternate qualifier for the 1992 and 1994 U.S. Women's Open Championships.
Forsyth played on several LPGA mini-tours. She competed in the 1995 LPGA Tour Qualifying School.
Forsyth enjoyed a fine junior career before entering UCLA. She won over 30 events as a member of the Southern California Junior Golf Assn., including a third place individual finish in the 1983 Junior World Championship.
At Canyon High, where she graduated in 1989, she lettered four years on the boys golf team and earned MVP honors as a senior.
She married James Forsyth on July 26, 2003, and the couple reside in the Santa Clarita Valley with their twin sons and a daughter.
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Fighting a Hereditary Battle... Game On!
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
And now I have a rubbed-raw ankle to add to my blisters. Time for new shoes, methinks. Seriously, the back of my sock is caked in blood. When the frack did THAT happen? *lol* I am soooo hardcore. To be honest, when it started getting bad I was at the end of the riverwalk so I had to just grit my teeth and about face. I focused on my stride, my breathing, and my boyfriend's backside to keep from thinking about my feet. *grin* I'll admit, we took a wee bit of a shortcut back, taking the main road and cutting across, then coming up the back way to our apartment. It doesn't shave too much distance off, but it's not as rough a walk. The road we live on is so badly patched that the only thing that would save it would be to rip it up completely.
Anyway... I had my yearly "how's yer father" yesterday afternoon. The place I used to go to just stopped offering women's health and family planning services, so I found somewhere closer to home. New place, new staff (who are all delightful, btw), and all new fresh anxieties. I don't know why I go into full-on panic mode entering new places, but there I was going to an exam I've had several times before, totally routine, and my heart was pounding fit to burst, leaving me lightheaded and ready to hyperventilate. My body was freaking out, my brain was rolling its eyes and telling me to STFU. Unfortunately, this lead to my blood pressure registering way higher than normal. As usual. *sigh*
Now, it was in my medical records I had transferred over that I have "white-coat hypertension." I freak out in clinical settings, no matter how routine. The usual procedure is to take my BP at the start of the visit, and once the exam is over let me zen out for 5-10 minutes and come back and take it again. The 2nd reading is always much lower and more acceptable. This still concerned my old NP, which led to me buying a home monitor to show that my BP isn't up ALL the time, just when I'm anxious. Once I was given the all clear, I stopped monitoring. Welll... this WAS a very sedentary winter, and the boyfriend is a bad influence on my mealtime habits... and I've gained weight... (Ugh, thanks for reminding me, self!) so my BP was elevated more than even I'm comfortable with. The new NP, Jennifer, is concerned that it's not just my anxiety and wants me to return in a month and see if it's improved. She didn't take a second one right then, so I'm a wee miffed... long story short, I'm now overhauling my diet and throwing myself into getting off my arse more to show that my BP is fine, it's my "cat-in-a-dogshow" nerves that are causing me issues.
Part of me is really regretting telling her about my dad's heart attack last year. Technically, the question was "Has a parent/sibling had a heart-attack before the age of 50?" and he was 56, a smoker, and very sedentary. Once I told her that whole saga I got the furrowed brows and notations on my chart. *sigh* So here I am worrying my arse off about hereditary issues once again. Heart problems on dad's side, hormonal on mom's.
(I'm picturing that dude from Mad About You yelling, "why can't I WIN, Lord?" right now...)
We also discussed my job and how my previous NP wanted me to flat-out quit due to the stress it was causing me. It's to the point where I get nauseated and anxious on the drive in. :P Yay, retail. *gag* Other than that, we had a good time. I had most of the staff laughing at my happy-go-lucky self, and I came away with a gold star on my checkup chart. :)
In other random news, I'm really wishing that The Doctor would come pick me up for one evening, just one evening, so I could go back in time to find my childhood/preteen self and eat a big ol' bowl of salad in front of her. I'd eat the whole thing, making yummy noises the entire time, and laugh as she gagged in disgust. :D I have no idea when the salad switch was turned on for me, but there we are. Go figure. :) Maybe it's the crunch.
Aaaaaand I'm spent. Time to go doctor my ankle and rustle up some dinner.
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Thanks. :) My ankle is much better today. Once I cleaned up the blood and let it air out, I only have two little scabs left. No worse than a shaving nick. But hey, great excuse to buy new shoes, and who doesn't like that! *lol*
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Good luck with your ankle. Sometimes we don't know what we are inflicting on our selves.
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Washington, DC is fast becoming the east coast Vegas. The city has hosted 3 world title fights in the last few months and a 4th title fight can be added on Saturday April 19 at the DC Armory when legendary boxer Bernard Hopkins tries to unify the light heavyweight championship against Beibut Shumenov. The fight will be shown on Showtime Boxing and Hopkins is trying to become the oldest boxer to unify any championship weight class. Shumenov holds the World Boxing Association Super Light Heavyweight belt and Hopkins holds the International Boxing Federation belt.
"I love fighting in DC. Since I first fought here in 1993, I have always liked fighting DC fighters and it is good to be back after all of these years", recalls Hopkins, 56-6-2, 32 KO's,. " I am glad that Golden Boy, a company that I am involved in, recognizes the tradition of east coast boxers and boxing. From New York to Philadelphia to DC, there is a tradition of great fighters and for Golden Boy to promote fights in New York, Atlantic City and now DC is good for boxing."
A lot is made of Hopkins age, 49, and his 4 decades of competing in a sport that is thought to be for the young at heart. He does not think about it. "I don't do things that will derail this engine. I feel that the discipline I have goes along way to my longevity in this sport. Age is only a number to a person who has done the right things yesterday." People close to Hopkins marvel at the, almost boot camp training approach he under takes in his sport. Most athletes do not or are not willing to put them selves in the mind frame of Hopkins as he prepares for a fight.
Shumenov, 14-1, 9 KO's, won his IBA title in 2009 and his WBA belt in 2010, just two fights from the first crown. He has defended his crown successfully five times, with DC's William Joppy being one of those defeated fighters. The 30 year old fighter from Kazakhstan will be making his first visit to DC and he is confident he can make Hopkins look his age and thinks he will have his hand raised at the end of the fight.
Richard Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy Promotions says, "The fans in DC have been enthusiastic and supportive of the sport whenever we've brought an event there and I know they will love this championship triple header". The other two title fights will pit Shawn Porter, IBF welterweight champion against former 2 time and 2 -division world champion, Paulie Malignaggi and Peter Quillin will defend his World Boxing Organization middleweight title against WBO European champion, Lukas Konecny. If this fight card is anything like the last one at the DC Armory, when a near sell out crowd saw Lamont Peterson defend his title, DC boxing fans, once again, will show the world that it is a good place for championship boxing matches. Please subscribe and follow all of the DC fighters moving up the championship latter.


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Selma Blair
Southfield, Michigan
"My first crush was Spock. I thought it didn't get any better than Spock."
- Selma Blair
One of Hollywood's most versatile actresses, Selma Blair has shown off her chameleon-like abilities in more than two dozen films, including Can't Hardly Wait (1998), In Good Company (2004) and Hellboy (2004). However, most men simply know her for her steamy same-sex kiss with Sarah Michelle Gellar in Cruel Intentions (1999). The passionate lip-lock earned both actresses the Best Kiss prize at the 2000 MTV Movie Awards.
Selma Blair BiographySelma Blair Beitner was born June 23, 1972, in the Detroit suburbs of Southfield, Michigan. The youngest of four girls, she attended Kalamazoo College before transferring to the University of Michigan where she graduated magna cum laude with a degree in photography. However, Selma Blair didn't seriously consider pursuing a career in acting until several months later when she enrolled at the prestigious Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York City.
selma blair stars in cruel intentionsSelma Blair proved to be a quick study and she soon began landing roles in a number of small independent films such as Strong Island Boys, Brown's Requiem and Arresting Gena, costarring Sam Rockwell and Adrian Grenier. These decidedly modest productions helped bolster her confidence and Selma Blair soon graduated to more mainstream fare like the 1998 blockbuster teen comedy Can't Hardly Wait and 1999's Cruel Intentions, a teen-themed remake of Dangerous Liaisons. The award-winning film increased Selma Blair's exposure tenfold and she cashed in the following year with the career-defining role of Zoe Bean in the WB's Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane.
selma blair in legally blondeThe hit sitcom proved to be the perfect showcase for Selma Blair's quick wit and comedy chops and she soon found herself back on the big screen in 2001 playing Reese Witherspoon's high-strung foil in Legally Blonde. The goofy comedy was a surprise hit with critics and audiences alike and Selma Blair continued to find work as a likable supporting actress in 2002's The Sweetest Thing, costarring Cameron Diaz and Christina Applegate, and 2003's A Guy Thing featuring Jason Lee.
selma blair discovers her super powers2004 was a particularly big year for Selma Blair as she appeared in three big-budget flicks including the sleeper superhero hit Hellboy, directed by Oscar-nominated helmsman Guillermo del Toro, the refreshingly crisp drama In Good Company and the ribald John Waters vehicle A Dirty Shame, in which she played a ridiculously large-chested stripper named Caprice Stickles.
selma blair stars in feast of loveSelma Blair has since starred in a number of below-the-radar films, including The Big Empty, My Mom's New Boyfriend and Feast of Love, a touching meditation on love in its many incarnations, costarring Morgan Freeman and Greg Kinnear.
Selma Blair's other 2008 projects included the eagerly anticipated superhero flick Hellboy II: The Golden Army and Driving Lessons, a heartfelt comedy about a mother and daughter stricken with memory loss.


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If you wanted to go to a store with qualified salespeople that know what they are doing and actually shoot, you would only have two choices in the Detroit area.
Camera Mart in Pontiac and Woodward Camera in Birmingham. They are the last two of many in the area. While some of the big box stores and drug stores carry some camera and accessories only these two store have a full range of cameras, lens, bags, tripods and accessories you can actually touch and try. Sometime you know exactly what you need and can wait the couple days to get it from an online source. You will probably be able to purchase everything for less than a local store, including the shipping. But when you are not sure of exactly what you need and want to try a few different thing, or if you need it right away, the local stores are nice to have.
Please make the local stores a consideration for your next purchase, they sure are nice to have around when you need them
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George Ferdinand Strohmeyer Jr.
Position: C-LB
Height: 5-10 Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: January 27, 1924 in Kansas City, MO
Died: January 12, 1992 in Hidalgo County, TX
High School: McAllen
College: Texas A&M, Notre Dame (school history)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the 13th round (120th overall) of the 1946 NFL Draft.
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Release Date: 2006-10-31 (Williamsville, NY)
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Following a violent confrontation with a team of renegade FBI agents, serial killer Verden Fell escapes into a warehouse containing what remains of the old Frightworld ScreamPark. Mortally wounded, Verden dies but his demonic spirit lives on. A year later, the new owner of Frightworld and eight friends decide to spend the night in Frightworld partying to celebrate the upcoming grand reopening. What starts as fun and games turns into panic and screaming as Verden Fell takes possession of the group and kills them one by one. Think: "Friday the 13th" meets "The Shining" meets "Evil Dead."
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Records Tumble Saturday at New Mexico Classic
Tech's Cierra White broke the school record in the 60-meter dash Saturday in Albuquerque.
Feb. 8, 2014
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Texas Tech set three school records on the final day of action Saturday inside the Albuquerque Convention Center at the New Mexico Classic.
A pair of Lady Raiders in Le'Tristan Pledger and Cierra White took down school records early in the second day of the meet before junior thrower Kole Weldon broke his second record in as many events on the weekend.
"I felt like it was a very good day," Texas Tech head coach Wes Kittley said. "It was good to see."
White twice broke the 60-meter dash mark, clocking a 7.35 in the preliminaries before going on to finish runner-up in the finals with a time of 7.32 seconds. Pledger, meanwhile, clocked a record time of 8.07 in the preliminaries 60-meter hurdles before going on to finish third overall, and first among collegians, in the finals crossing the finish line in 8.10 seconds.
Weldon went on to break his own school record in the shot put with a throw of 20.11-meters (65'-11.75"). The performance came after breaking the school weight throw record on Friday night.
The three record setting performances highlighted a productive final day of competition at the New Mexico Classic. In all, Tech athletes broke school records in four events at the two-day meet, while 16 Lady Raiders and 12 Red Raiders posted season-best performances.
The Lady Raider 4x400 relay team capped Saturday's events off with a season-best performance, finishing second overall with a time of 3:34.08. The squad, consisting of Christen Rivers, White, Amoy Blake and Montenae Roye-Speight, improved three full seconds from their previous season-best.
The Red Raider 4x400 relay, comprised of Joseph Richards III, Dwayne Extol, Dee Paul and Alex Foster also finished second with a time of 3:12.04.
Early on the track, sophomore Tramaine Maloney advanced to the finals of the men's 60-meter hurdles after clocking a season-best of 8.15 in the preliminaries. He went on to best that time and finish fifth in the finals with a time of 8.02 seconds. Maloney has improved his time in the 60-meter hurdles in three-straight races.
Meanwhile, both Richards III and Extol clocked season-bests in the men's 400-meter dash. Richards III finished second in the event with a time of 47.02 and was followed by Extol in seventh with a time of 48.39. Dee Paul finished 12th with a time of 49.90 in his first 400-meter race of the season.
Joining Weldon with a strong performance in the men's shot put was senior Jorge Garcia who threw a career-best 18.28-meters (59'-11.75") on his final attempt. It marked his first career throw over 18-meters.
Meanwhile, sophomore Hannah Carson finished fourth in the women's shot put with a new career-best mark of 14.94-meters (49'-0.25").
In the men's 800-meter run, Albuquerque native Kendall McVey clocked a new season-best of 1:54.95 to finish ninth in the race. Caitlin Waters, a Clovis, N.M. native, also clocked a new season-best in the women's 800-meters crossing the finish line second in 2:14.35.
At the final day of action in Boston, Texas Tech sophomore Nick Rivera clocked a career-best time of 1:51.30 in the 800-meter run finishing 16th overall. Meanwhile, teammate Marcos Vallejo also clocked a career-best time in the 3,000-meter run clocking an 8:20.97.
In the men's 5,000-meter run in Boston, Brendan Devlin recorded a career-best of 15:05.84.
Texas Tech returns to action next weekend as the Red Raiders and Lady Raiders are scheduled to compete at both the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark. and the Red Raider Open in Lubbock.


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SANTA MONICA, California — Stop us if you've heard this one before: A man falls into a hole and has to get out again. No? OK, maybe you've heard it told like this: A man who has everything suddenly loses that which he values most and spends all his energy trying to get it back. Sound familiar yet? It should. That basic story structure is one of the oldest around, and all that makes it unique anymore is the depths each character is forced to plumb.
Take Spider-Man, for instance. By the middle of his third film poor old Peter Parker has lost the love of his life, his best friend, heck, even his identity to that nasty Venom. Fans may stop at this point to ask themselves, "Just how far can Spidey fall?"
They're not alone. Following the biggest opening weekend in movie history, it's a question that's vexing box-office prognosticators as well.
First, the good news for fans of the man they call Amazing: While Sandman, Venom and the New Goblin stretched our hero to the limit of his powers, the less intimidating trio of "Delta Farce," a military comedy starring Larry the Cable Guy; "28 Weeks Later," a follow-up to the 2002 zombie smash "28 Days Later"; and "Georgia Rule," a dramedy with Lindsay Lohan, shouldn't put a chink in his armor. "Spider-Man 3" will win the weekend, and it will do so walking (or swinging) away.
But with how much? "Spider-Man" fell 38 percent in its second weekend to earn a hefty $71.4 million. "Spider-Man 2," meanwhile, dropped somewhat more precipitously, falling nearly 50 percent to pull in with just $45.2 million. After a dominating haul of $151 million in its first frame, even a drop of 50 percent would still give "Spider-Man 3" the record for biggest second weekend ever.
Anything less than that, however, would have to be considered a major disappointment and would indicate that generally negative word-of-mouth has had a major impact on the success of the film. With no real competition, "Spider-Man 3" has to make as much money as it can this weekend to match its predecessors — at job that won't get any easier. Think the New Goblin is a formidable foe? Try the Green Ogre. "Shrek the Third" opens next week and "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" the week after.
Just how far can Spidey fall? We asked our box-office experts.
The Predictions: So "Spider-Man 3" will win the weekend — no surprise there. But after an enormous first frame followed by disagreeable reviews, figuring out just how much our friendly neighborhood hero makes may require divine intervention. Who better to ask, then, than a Jenkins? Co-founder of Jenkins Entertainment (along with his father Jerry, author of the best selling "Left Behind" series) Dallas Jenkins recently completed work on his feature-length directorial debut, "Midnight Clear," starring Stephen Baldwin, which is due out in December.
What's the #1 flick? How much will it rake in?
Josh Horowitz, MTV Movies editor: "Spider-Man 3" ($45 million)
"As much as I enjoyed '28 Weeks Later' (a rare worthy sequel), I think I'm going to have to go with the much more disappointing sequel goliath that is 'Spider-Man 3.' An opening weekend of $151 million?!? You don't mess with that. But how far does it fall? How about to $45 million?"
Larry Carroll, MTV News writer: "Spider-Man 3" ($60 million)
"This is a tough weekend to call, because although Spidey cast an enormous worldwide web last weekend, everyone I know who's seen it was disappointed. Word-of-mouth can't be very strong, but even a 50 percent dropoff would still set a second-weekend record. Regardless, I can't see Lindsay Lohan and Jane Fonda coming anywhere near Topher, Tobey and T.H. Church. I'm gonna predict a 60 percent drop — which would still be a super-heroic $60 million."
Dallas Jenkins, "Midnight Clear" director: "Spider-Man 3" ($65 million)
"I'm going to go out on a limb here, be bold, and say that 'Spider-Man 3' will continue its run as the sleeper hit of the spring with its second week as the #1 film. That said, it's going to take a bigger tumble than previous Spidey films because even my best friend, who was a freak for the first two, said the film sucked. I think a little less than a 60 percent drop from last week sounds about right, so I'm going with $65 million."
Check out everything we've got on "Spider-Man 3", "Delta Farce" and "28 Weeks Later."
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GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- New York Rangers center Derick Brassard and assistant coach Scott Arniel have a rocky and controversial past, but they both insist any animosity that may have been lingering from their time together in Columbus was buried in early July, when Arniel was hired and Brassard called to talk to him.
"It's in the past and I'm looking in front of me," Brassard said. "I talked to Arnie when he got hired. I called him. No hard feelings."
Brassard and Arniel got embroiled in controversy early in the 2011-12 season when Arniel was the coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets and Brassard was their struggling center. Arniel made Brassard a healthy scratch seven times in 10 games from mid-November to early December both because Brassard was struggling and the Blue Jackets decided to test out their center depth.
Brassard didn't stir the pot, but his agent, Allan Walsh, had no problems taking aim at Arniel and calling him out publicly in a strongly worded statement published in the Columbus Dispatch.
Brassard wound up missing one more game after Walsh released his statement. Arniel was fired five and a half weeks later.
That summer Arniel was hired to coach the Chicago Wolves, at the time the American Hockey League affiliate of the Vancouver Canucks. He was able to work with Rangers coach Alain Vigneault, and when Vigneault got the job in New York he turned to Arniel and hired him as an assistant coach.
"I knew about that situation where Derick's agent said things that might not have been appropriate, but I knew in talking to Arnie, between the player and coach at that time that wasn't the truth," Vigneault said. "At the end of the day I hired Arnie because he's a great person, he's a great hockey guy, and if you look at his track record with young players in Manitoba and what he did with that [AHL] organization, I was the beneficiary of that. I had those young players come to Vancouver. He's got a great feel and a great touch with young players, and he's a big asset to my coaching staff and this organization."
Brassard agrees.
"I said to him he could be a great fit for us and I'm just looking forward to work with him," Brassard said.
"We can't look in the past," he later said. "We're just looking at what is coming up for us. We're on the same page and we just want to help the Rangers be a better team."
Arniel echoed that sentiment.
"As a coach, certainly as a head coach in Columbus, you're always going to have situations, whether it's different opinions, ice time issues, who you play with, those things happen," Arniel said. "There's nothing personal. Derick and I, we still work together. That happens in this game, but we've turned the page, we've both moved on and hopefully for better days ahead."
Brassard's better days started last season after he was traded from Columbus to New York on April 3. He had 11 points in 13 regular season games with the Rangers and then a team-high 12 points in 12 games in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
He's looking for more of the same this coming season.
"I just want to bring the same game, just having fun," Brassard said. "Last year, I had success because I was not thinking too much on the ice, I was just playing. It's not going to be any different. I prepared myself really well this summer on and off the ice, so I don't see myself not achieving my goals."
Despite their past, he's ready to turn to Arniel for some help.
"Like it says on our shirts, clean slate," Brassard said. "Everything is good with us."
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Dance Insider & Arts Voyager editor and publisher Paul Ben-Itzak, who has also written for Reuters, the New York Times, and many others and also publishes the Art Investment News, is looking for work in France, where he lived and worked for 10 years. He is ready to include his magazines in any deal. Interested parties can e-mail Paul.
Arts Voyager Gallery, 2-17: Patrimoine
A revitalized Musée de Montmartre revives le Chat Noir
By Paul Ben-Itzak
Text copyright 2013 Paul Ben-Itzak
What sets Paris apart from any other art capitol in the world is that it is not just a city of museums, it is one, both a showcase for art and the place where that art was created. When I lived on the rue de Paradis on the cusp of the 9th and 10th arrondissements, below Montmartre, a brown metal 'monuments of Paris' signpost identified the building across the street as the one-time home of the atelier of Camille Corot. That meant not only that the pioneer of 'pleine air' painting worked there, but that Pissarro (who took his first lesson in Paris with the master) and Morisot learned about color values there, making the building I could see from my long narrow 5th floor balcony one of the 'berceaux' or cradles of Impressionism. Jogging up to Montmartre in the early morning, I might pass by the ateliers or homes of Renoir, Degas, or Toulouse-Lautrec; on the way back, I might run past (in descending order), the apartment where Vincent Van Gogh stayed with his brother Theo, the flat of Edouard Vuillard (and his mother), the old home of the Chat Noir at 12, rue Victor-Massé, or the shop of Pere Tanguy, where Cezanne bought his powders to mix and left his canvasses to be displayed (not far from the address on the rue Lamartine I shared with Baudelaire). And on the Butte (as the top of Montmartre is called) itself, after a visit to the winding street where Pissarro lived and worked and bidding good morning to feral calico cats I imagined were descended from those that Steinlen used to paint in his studio on the rue Caulaincourt, I'd dash down the parallel rues Rustique and Cortot, where Satie composed and Suzanne Valadon and her son Maurice Utrillo painted, when they weren't quarreling with Valadon's companion Felix Utter in battles that, legend has it, could be heard all over the Butte. The complex of 17th and 18th century buildings where they lived (and where Renoir would paint "The Ball at the Moulin de la Gallette" and "The Dance in the City," for which Valadon modeled) eventually became a museum, the Musée de Montmartre. It was a sleepy local institution until 2011, when the Kleber Rossillon Group, which made its name opening to the public the Middle Ages chateau de Castelnaud in the southwestern department of the Dordogne (itself cradle to the pre-historic cave paintings), was granted a 53-year lease to the Musée de Montmartre and the neighboring Hotel de Marne. Kleber immediately made it clear the museum would have a stature commensurate with its place as not just a, but *the* berceau of Impressionism and the artistic movements that immediately followed it by engaging a big-league curator, Philip Dennis Cate, to plan a major, 200-work, multi-media exhibition on the Chat Noir, the cabaret & magazine that played mid-wife to the art, theater, and musical avant-gardes of the late 19th and early 20th century. Opening last September, the exhibition was originally supposed to close in January but was extended through June.
As Diana Schiau Botea notes in the exhibition catalogue (Skira Flammarion), the original Chat Noir was founded by the painter Rodolphe Salis in 1881, at 84, boulevard Rochechouart. Salis sought contributions from a group of Latin Quarter artists dubbed the Hydropathes, lead by Emile Goudreau, who convinced Salis to start a journal. "The Chat Noir perfected the model launched by the Hydropathes," Botea notes, "combining the publication of a weekly journal with the holding of regular artistic sessions.... The determination to hold up a mirror to all of society was to be seen from the journal's very first issue, notably in the program illustration drawn by Salis: a heroic cat, rigged out in a ruff and a Louis XIII hat, invites the bourgeois, represented by some pretty ridiculous animals, to join in a procession to Montmartre...."
Culled mostly from private collections and bolstered by the museum's own holdings and loans from the the Musée Carnavalet, the city's history museum, the exhibition includes not just paintings, watercolors, drawings, prints, and posters, but also zinc shadow-theater cut-outs, the legacy of post-Impressionist - Orientalist painter Henri Riviere, who directed a shadow theater at the Chat Noir (re-created for the exhibition), an enterprise made much easier when the cabaret moved to a larger home below Rouchachouart on the rue Laval, now the rue Victor-Massée. The artists exhibited include of course Toulouse-Lautrec and Steinlen, as well as Riviere, Vuillard, and also Adolphe Willette, Juan Gris, Jules Cheret, and many more. Music evoked includes that of Erik Satie, whose one-time home on the rue Cortot is across the street from the museum, and Aristide Bruant, whose 'chanson realiste' flourished there. ("One of his first hits," notes Michela Niccolai in the exhibition catalog, was "Le Chat Noir," which included the lyrics: "I am seeking my fortune / Around the Chat Noir / In the moonlight, / At Montmartre!")
The exhibition's mis-en-scene, by Frederic Beauclair, conjures a complete ambiance of fin-de-siecle Montmartre, from the Cirque Fernande, (where Valadon also aspired to be an acrobat) to the Moulin Rouge, with one room specially devoted to avant-garde theater presenting works by Vuillard and Bonnard ("Snowy Morning," from the series La Repertoire des Pantins), who created for two major Montmartre theaters, the Theatre Libre and the Theatre de l'Oeuvre. Demonstrating how the scene at the Chat Noir helped plant the seeds for the subsequent major movement of Surrealism, there's even a cover from Alfred Jarry's "Ouverture of Ubu Roi."
The Chat Noir, writes Otea, "came across to the public as a microcosm, combining a variety of periods and places. It was a parody of a museum, where fiction was always making a spectacle of itself, a place of illusion, but where the illusion was constantly being unmasked... a festive place disguised as a museum. In a period of democratic transition, with society in deep crisis, this cabaret contrived to offer its visitors a compensating space, a dream of eternity in carnival form."
In a Paris whose aesthetic under its current mayor has often seemed over the past decade to be more concerned with nurturing contemporary artists of questionable talent than promoting its rich cultural legacy, the renaissance of the Musée de Montmartre manifest by this major exhibition is an encouraging sign that the city's storied artistic past will once again be accorded the valued place it deserves -- and at a time where the French national identity, buffeted externally by Brussels (i.e. the European Union) and internally by the challenges of assimilation, is again in need of a 'compensating space.'
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Occupy Wall Street - a chaplain's perspective pt. 2
In my last post, I discussed my role as a Protest Chaplain (PC) at Occupy Wall Street (OWS) and offered some reflections about the Protest Chaplains NYC group. Since that post a month ago, the group has grown to nearly twice its previous size (currently 70-odd members) and has recruited many chaplains outside of Union Theological Seminary's walls, both seminarians and ordained chaplains from around the city. Since that post a month ago, police have raided Zuccotti Park and cleared out all occupiers, only letting them return without their tents, sleeping bags and other structures and leaving many occupiers homeless. And since that post a month ago, over 32,000 people turned out yesterday for a rally and marched over the Brooklyn Bridge, as well as taking part in direct actions to peacefully shut down the New York Stock Exchange and occupy the subway system.
Yesterday the PCs got a call to assist with OWS Jail Support for the many protestors who had been arrested at the NYSE action that morning and throughout the day. So last night, instead of taking part in the rally, I walked a few blocks further to Chatham Square behind 1 Police Plaza, where OWS Jail Support was stationed to meet protestors who had been processed. Jail Support acts as a lifeline for released protestors, providing legal counsel, warm clothes, hot coffee, cigarettes and LOTS of donated food; while I was there, a stranger walked up and handed me a bulging bag full of hot Chinese takeout, and another Jail Support worker was handed $160 from an older couple who wanted us to use it to buy snacks. In addition, many medical / emotional / psychological supports are on hand (last night there was a social worker, a psychatrist and a doctor, in addition to the usual OWS Medical) and thus the added role of PCs as spiritual aid.
I arrived downtown on my bike around 6pm, but before I could even get to Chatham Square I had to navigate through 30,000 protestors and contend with a police presence that dwarfed even that of the RNC in 2004; as police in riot gear swarmed to contain the crowds, police vans and buses prepared for arrests and helicopters circling above shone spotlights on Foley Square. Police state, indeed. I got to the square and checked in with legal; they gave me the lowdown on the procedure. As people were released from police headquarters, they were advised to walk up to the square and meet up with us. It became easy to spot the released protestors from a block away, even at night: tired but exultant, they would stride forward alone or in groups of three or four and, seeing the Jail Support crowd, hold up their manila envelopes of confiscated personal effects and let out a whoop or a " MIC CHECK!" Greeted with enthusiastic cheers, hugs and affirmation, we welcomed each released protestor like a beloved family member returning from a difficult journey. They were then directed to legal for debriefing, and given the comforts they needed. I don't think I've ever seen people so grateful for a cigarette.
Throughout the 4+ hours I spent there last night, the care I provided didn't look much like pastoral care; I didn't have any particularly spiritual conversations or engage in any prayer. I did what everyone else did - helped to get weary protestors, many of whom had been held handcuffed in 1 Police Plaza for 10-12 hours, get plugged back into the outside world. (Now, how can we begin to approach with the same spirit our 2 million incarcerated sisters and brothers when they are released back from correctional facilities into our communities?) And yet I knew I was exactly where I needed to be. I could've been a "protesting chaplain" (as I was on Tuesday at Zuccotti - more on that next post!) , and added my voice to the thousands marching over the bridge; instead, I took a fellow-chaplain's advice and decided to direct my energy to being a "chaplain to the protest". At this powerful moment in the Occupy movement, who can say which is more important?
Next post, I'll rewind a bit to discuss the eviction of the park, the Protest Chaplains response and some theological reflection, including excerpts from a sermon I delivered yesterday about Joshua 3:1-17 and what it means to be an "occupier". Peace!


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The Pleasant Hill Chamber of Commerce announced the schedule and musical acts this week for the 2014 Chill on the Hill concert series. The series (featuring Central Iowa party/cover bands) will run every Friday from May 30 through June 27 at the Copper Creek Lake Park (4400 East University Avenue). The events will run from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., and food, alcoholic beverages, and non-alcoholic beverages will be available for purchase on site. Admission is $8, and that will include two drink tickets. You must be 21 or older to attend. No pets or outside food or beverage will be allowed.
Here is a look at the schedule of bands for this year's Chill on the Hill.
May 30: Death by Monkeys (Ames pop/rock cover band)
June 6: Cold Filtered (Des Moines 80's rock cover band)
June 13: After Shock (Des Moines 80's rock cover band)
June 20: Standing Hampton (Ames 70's and 80's rock cover band)
June 27: Gimikk (Des Moines rock band playing originals and covers)
For more information on Chill on the Hill and other Pleasant Hill events, go to the Pleasant Hill Chamber of Commerce website or check out their Facebook page. Check out June 27 Chill on the Hill performers Gimikk covering Jimi Hendrix's "All Along the Watch Tower" in the embedded video.
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Sleepy Hollow airs it's fourth episode of the season on Fox tonight (Monday) at 9pm.
I wasn't sure what to expect of Sleepy Hollow. It looked like it might be fun, but it also looked like it might be dumb, and Fox still doesn't have a very good history with letting quirky shows find their legs anymore. Also, I was concerned about the lifespan of a show based on a previously-done story that isn't that long, and I noticed that there's something else in its slot come midseason, which struck me as odd and like they didn't have much faith in it.
But watching it was a totally different matter. It's probably my favorite new show of the season (sorry SHIELD, you're a close second!). The adds didn't really tell us anything about the story, the characters, their personalities, or the many, many interactions that prop up the story. They didn't tell us that Crane was charming and clever and a little prissy and not as old-fashioned as would make him boring, or that he's trying his best to catch up to the world but still gets sideswiped by things in about the most adorable ways the modern world can sideswipe you. They didn't tell us that Abbie is conflicted between knowing there are strange things in the world and not wanting to believe them, that she's still young in her job, that she really cared about her boss and mentor and feels his loss every episode, that she's sassy and clever but not a stereotype. They didn't show how well the two of them interact and that the near-instant friendship between them feels natural and instinctive.
The adds also didn't say a single thing about how the Headless Horseman is one of the Four Horsemen, and that they're dealing with witches, demons, prophetic dreams, a hidden layer or six of history, a National Treasure-type conspiracy or secret society, or that the show is totally bonkers in the best way possible. It feels like Supernatural in the early seasons--just silly enough to be really fun, not really the real world but close enough for drama, lots of banter and good lines covering character flaws we're just starting to see. It feels like what Grimm wanted to be before it just sort of didn't go far enough. If Tumblr's instant reaction* is any judge, it's hit just the right chord.
The fact that Fox has already ordered a second, full season seems to indicate that it's exactly the chord they want.
Not-yet-four-episodes is probably too early to call it a total success. There's a lot of work that needs to be done to bring home the fact that Abbie's world has totally changed overnight, that it takes a lot of adjustment to deal with a partner from the past and a ghost mentor, not to mention a sister you've been thinking of as crazy for a decade who sort of hates you for it and has been preparing for the end of the world. We need a lot more to let us know that Crane is really feeling the loss of everything he knew and loved, and his semi-immortal ghost-witch wife is something other than a convenient plot device and a wedge to keep Crane and Abbie apart for a few seasons. We need piles and piles more backstory and worldbuilding, but there's ten more episodes for this season and a whole other season next year to build that up. So far, they've literally been running without stopping and there hasn't been time to process it, so that can be excused for a few more episodes. And what we have so far is a fun, exciting, sometimes really spooky show that is hugely entertaining to watch and really interesting to think about.
What about you? What did you think of these first few weeks of Sleepy Hollow?
Samantha Blogs, Tweets, Tumbles (and live-tumbles episode commentary), and thinks blurry demons are way scarier than the clear sort.
*It was instant fandom. Within two weeks, there was a name for the fandom (Sleepy Heads), for the pairing of Crane and Abbie (Ichabbie), and a whole community had grown up as I watched!


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This question is pretty technical, but there are some very smart people here.
Fix a quiver Q, WITH oriented cycles. Let k[[Q]] be the completed path algebra. (Like the path algebra, but we allow formal infinite sums.) My question is about what behavior I should expect when I equip Q with a generic choice of potential.
A potential, denoted S, is a formal sum of (nontrivial) closed cycles in k[[Q]]. I'm interested in the case where the coefficients of that sum are chosen generically. Let J(S) denote the Jacobian ideal of S. This is a two sided ideal which is, roughly speaking, generated by the derivatives of S. (See Derksen-Weyman-Zelevinsky for the precise definitions.) [DWZ] show that the space of deformations of (Q,S) is k[[Q]]/(J(S) + [,]) where [,] is the vector space (NOT usually an ideal) spanned by commutators. They define (Q,S) to be rigid if this vector space is spanned by the empty cycle.
Heuristic arguments seem to suggest that a generic potential is always rigid. But example 8.6 in [DWZ] shows that this is false. Can someone give me a better heuristic or, better yet, a theorem?
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What would prompt South Coast Repertory to produce the world premiere of a strange, unpredictable but ultimately satisfying drama called "Rest" (running in Costa Mesa through Apr. 27) about the inhabitants and employees of a rest home? That the perpetrator is Samuel D. Hunter was likely the deciding factor, for without his star-on-the-rise status and track record (notably last year's superb "The Whale") one wonders if SCR would have taken the risk—yet I'm delighted they did, as opposed to staging the likes of Neil Simon's latest. After all, that's what keeps me coming back to SCR.
"Rest" is full of quirky humor but "seriocomedy" or "dramedy" doesn't quite describe it. As for the plot, let's just say it's an original and leave it at that; it probably won't remind you of anything you've seen on stage or screen. The cast—Lynn Milgrim, Hal Landon Jr. and Richard Doyle (the rest home's remaining residents), Sue Cremin and Libby West (among the staff)—is first-rate. Director Martin Benson's contribution is so skilled it's almost invisible, but without his razor-sharp sense of timing and pacing this two-act play could easily fall apart. Call 714-708-5555.
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Related posts:
Shepard's 'True West' in Costa Mesa, Albee's 'American Dream' in Fullerton
Orton's 'Loot' at Fullerton's STAGES
Potok's 'Asher Lev' in L.A. debut at the Fountain, Jewish identity, Israeli film http://www.examiner.com/article/potok-s-asher-lev-l-a-debut-at-the-fount...
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What's bigger than a bread basket and much more fun? The 15th Annual Newport Beach Film Festival (www.newportbeachfilmfest.com), of course. Of special interest to me among the more than 350 films from 50 different countries are "Monica Z" (from Sweden) about jazz singer Monica Zetterlund, "Bends" (from Hong Kong) about a friendship between a wealthy housewife and her chauffeur, and "The Invisible Collection" (from Brazil) about a man trying to save his family's antique business.
Most intriguing among the many documentaries is Kate Ryan's award-winning "Welcome Nowhere," about a community of Roma Gypsies and their struggle to survive after centuries of racism. Narrated by Oscar nominee Ethan Hawke, this film allows the Roma people to tell their side of the story for the first time. The festival opens April 24 and continues through May 1.
More from Jordan:
Bettie Page doc, Paraguayan hit in theatres, 'Another Country' on DVD http://www.examiner.com/article/bettie-page-doc-paraguayan-hit-theatres-...
Q&A: Ben Model, lover of comedy and accidental preservationist of rare films
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How to Prepare & Adjust Entries for Unrecorded Expenses
Original post by Bryan Keythman of Demand Media
A company may have expenses that it pays periodically, such as every quarter. An accrued expense is an expense that a company has incurred that it has yet to pay. The accrual basis of accounting dictates that you must record an expense in the period in which it was incurred, regardless of when you pay it. You can prepare and record an accounting entry to reflect the expenses you incurred that you expect to pay later.
Step 1
Determine from your accounting records the number of months for which you have not recorded or paid an expense, as well as the monthly amount of the expense. For example, assume you have not recorded or paid your utility bill for two months, and that the bill is $200 per month.
Step 2
Multiply the number of months by the monthly amount to calculate the amount for which you will create an adjusting entry. In this example, multiply two by $200 to get $400, which is the amount for which you will create an adjusting entry.
Step 3
Write the date you are recording the adjusting journal entry in the date column of a new entry in your accounting journal. In this example, if you are recording the adjusting entry on June 31, write "06-31" in the date column.
Step 4
Write "Utility Expense" in the account description column, and write the amount of the incurred expense in the debit column on the first line of journal entry. The amount in the debit column increases an expense account. In this example, write "Utility Expense" in the account description column and "$400" in the debit column. This shows that you incurred a $400 utility expense during the period.
Step 5
Write "Utilities Payable" with a left indent in the account description column, and write the same amount of the utility expense in the credit column on the second line of the journal entry. The amount in the credit column increases the utilities payable account. In this example, write "Utilities Payable" in the account description column and "$400" in the credit column. This shows that you owe $400 in utilities expense.
Step 6
Write a description of the adjusting entry in the account description column on the third line of the entry. In this example, write "Record two months of accrued utilities expense."
- The American Institute of Professional Bookkeepers: Accrued Expenses (Accrued Liabilities)
- AccountingCoach; Expenses and Losses; Harold Averkamp
- AccountingCoach; Adjusting Entries – Liability Accounts; Harold Averkamp
About the Author
Bryan Keythman has performed stock investment research and writing for a consulting firm since 2008. He also has prior experience sourcing and underwriting commercial real-estate investment and development opportunities for a commercial real-estate developer. Keythman holds a Bachelor of Science in finance.


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13-Jul-2006, Cape Lookout, NC
July 2006 Vacation Cruising in Coastal North Carolina
Thursday, July 13th
Today we enjoyed a late breakfast and then got ready to go kick-around the beach for a while. The application of morning sun screen has become an integral part of our daily routine, and these forays to the beach would not be possible without this measure of protection. In addition, copious amounts of water are always loaded into the dinghy in order to stave off dehydration. We both rode in Puffin and took advantage of the high winds by mostly drifting (using the oars only to steer) to the tip of the bight. We played in the water around the sand spit, there by our good friend flashing buoy #4 (who guided us in under the cloak of darkness only two days ago). We then decided to take a long walk along the beach with the dingy in tow through the shallow water. Owing to the crescent-shape of the bight, a one-mile walk would save us a tough row back against the wind. We easily drifted back to Ashiya and enjoyed an afternoon of high winds, white-caps stirred up, and a fair amount of pitching and rolling aboard the boat. I used our wonderful little pressure cooker to make split pea soup. We distracted ourselves with a few boat chores throughout the afternoon, then enjoyed sundowners before heading below.
We listened to NOAA before turning in, and learned that strong thunderstorms were hitting the outer banks just north of us (with winds approaching 40 knots!), and crossed our fingers that they would miss us, as we were already getting bounced around enough in the current 20 knot winds. Fortunately, we dodged the bullet once again, and the winds died down just enough to allow for a really good night's sleep.
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This is a birthday story, a story about a sport and a magazine that in asense grew up together.
No, just a minute. It's a story, too, about people-people with a dream.And they all have one thing in common. They started small and made itbig. For 40 years and more, stock car racing has been a story of men andwomen with dreams and the will and determination to make those dreamsbecome reality.
It's about race drivers, most of whom come from places such as LevelCross, Kannapolis, Dawsonville, Spartanburg, Newton, Ingle Hollow,Hueytown, Owensboro, Sardis, and Elmhurst. And let us not forget BridalVeil, Oregon.
This is a sport of progression. A driver suits up for a rookie event atCaraway Speedway in central North Carolina. He proves himself, earns hisway, goes to the next level, and earns his way again. Someday, if hedoesn't run out of money, nerves, friends, and confidence, he just mightwin the Daytona 500.
Ask Richard Petty, Bill Elliott, Dale Earnhardt, David Pearson, DaleJarrett, Junior Johnson, Bobby Allison, Darrell Waltrip, CaleYarborough, or anyone else about the dream, and they will tell you aboutstarting without shoestrings and making it to high-top boots. Especiallythe past four decades, NASCAR has been populated by dreamers.
The Roots
It was 40 years ago that a brave and noble dreamer by the name ofRichard Williford, employed as the manager of racing media relations forthe Chrysler-Plymouth Division, did what they talk about today whenplaying a card game called "Texas Hold 'Em." He pushed all in and prayedfor the survival of Stock Car Racing magazine. He hooked up with JimDavis and John "Monk" Reynolds, two small publishers at the time whowere involved with automotive publications. Williford was to be a silentpartner and planned to continue with his job at Chrysler. But afterthree issues of Stock Car Racing, Davis, who was producing the magazineas well as two other publications, told Williford he would have to helpwith Stock Car Racing magazine or they would have to fold it. They werejust too busy to do it all, Davis said.
Although the skies were anything but clear, Williford quit his job atChrysler and went to work full-time on SCR. Quicker than a clap ofsummer thunder, the skies got darker. Reynolds told Williford to sellthe magazine or he and Davis were going to close it down. With little orno advertising and higher start-up expenses than anticipated, Davis saidrecently that the title was unprofitable and the small publishingcompany could not continue to lose money on SCR.
Williford went to Daytona in 1967 for the 500. He was searching for abuyer. His list included Big Bill France, Richard Petty, Holman & Moody,Gene White, Humpy Wheeler, and others, but he couldn't find anyoneinterested.
After Daytona, he sold his interest to Davis and Reynolds and moved toCharlotte, where he covered NASCAR racing for the magazine.
Eventually, Reynolds bought out Davis, and then sold SCR to AdrianLopez, a New York magazine publisher. This occurred in 1974.
The magazine changed hands a couple more times before it landed in thecapable hands of Primedia. It is the largest and most read magazinedevoted to motorsports. Not only has it survived, but also it hasprospered to inform and entertain stock car racers and their fans for 40years.
So the magazine you are reading has had its ups and downs, too. It hassurvived like a lot of people, teams, and businesses in racing.
We have covered the best days of Richard Petty, David Pearson, BobbyAllison, Dale Earnhardt, Cale Yarborough, and many others.
The Begining
In publishing, as in racing, timing is everything.
That was never more true than in 1966 when Stock Car Racing waslaunched. At the time, Jim Davis was publishing a drag racing magazinecalled Super Stock and, with the production staff, the printer, and thedistribution network already in place, Davis was thinking about adding asecond title to his portfolio.
Along came Dick Williford with the suggestion that Davis start amagazine on stock car racing, as no other magazine devoted full coverageto stock cars.
"Speed Sport News was about it," recalls Davis. "Some of the generalautomotive magazines like Motor Trend would have occasional articlesabout stock car racing, but there was no magazine that was devotedexclusively to it."
So Davis and business associate John "Monk" Reynolds began Stock CarRacing in May 1966. Defending NASCAR champion Ned Jarrett and racinglegend Curtis Turner graced the first cover.
There were hurdles to overcome, though, as the going was tough for thestart-up title in the early days.
"It was extremely difficult," says Davis, "because NASCAR didn't wantanything to do with us. They didn't like the idea of outsiders coming inand, in their opinion, making a profit off of their shows. I guess theyare still pretty provincial, but they were really provincial back then.
"Monk and I called NASCAR and asked for a meeting so we could explain tothem what we were going to do. They eventually had Monk and me downthere [to Daytona], essentially to have a meeting about what we weredoing and to let them know what we were going to do."
Still, NASCAR was not warm to the idea of a publication covering thesport, and Davis says press credentials were sometimes difficult toobtain because of that mindset.
The magazine persevered, though, by staffing the big NASCAR races with aphotographer and publishing stories written by local newspaper writers.
Davis and Reynolds published the magazine in Alexandria, Virginia, andeventually implored Williford to come and help. They would have to foldthe title otherwise. Davis, who had covered drag racing with SuperStock, had become acquainted with Williford from seeing him at dragracing events over the years. Williford was a PR rep for Chrysler andhad turned to drag racing-along with Richard Petty-when Chrysler pulledout of NASCAR in 1965.
Williford, who had first suggested a stock car publication, was vital ingetting the early issues to press, doing much of the writing and legwork necessary to publish the magazine. "There is no way the magazinewould have gotten off the ground without him," recalls Davis. "He set upall the contacts with the stringers we used at all the major NASCARsuperspeedways. Monk and I didn't know any of those people and knewalmost nothing about NASCAR racing."
While Williford was an excellent fit editorially, with his writingability and knowledge of the sport, he was not accustomed to some of thedetails inherent with his new situation.
"Dick was used to big budgets," says Davis. "He worked for Chrysler andhad an expense account and was accustomed to spending big money. And, ofcourse, with a start-up magazine we really had to watch our dollars. Hewasn't really geared for that. I don't remember how long it was beforehe left, but it wasn't very long. It was probably six to nine months."
Davis, too, soon stepped away from publishing. In 1969 he sold hisinterest in Stock Car Racing and Super Sport to Reynolds and started anadvertising agency in Alexandria.
Today he lives in Westchester, California, and serves as chief operatingofficer for Professional Products, a company he co-founded in 1995.
Reynolds eventually sold the titles to Lopez Publications. Severalcompanies have owned Stock Car Racing over the years-including currentowner Primedia-but Jim Davis remains the man who started the magazineyou're now reading.
Forty years later, it's still about timing. -Larry Cothren
Growing Up Together
One person who comes to mind whose career has grown faster than mostanyone in racing during this span of time is Richard Childress.Considering his start, I know of no one who has come farther. Childresswas born in Winston-Salem in September 1945. He bought his first racecar at age 17, a '47 Plymouth. He paid $20 for it, earning the money bycrawling under the fence at Bowman Gray Stadium on Saturday nights andselling popcorn at the races.
Childress drove in races at Bowman Gray for a couple of years, thenjoined NASCAR's big-league circuit in 1969. His team included himselfand crewchief Tim Brewer, who could call himself crewchief because therewas no one else to prepare the car. Childress' best season as a driverwas 1978. He earned his highest career finish, Third at Nashville, andfinished 11 times in the Top 10.
In 1981, Childress made a career change from driver to full-time teamowner, stepping aside to let Dale Earnhardt replace him in the driver'sseat.
Earnhardt launched his career in big-league racing in 1975 with a carowned by driver Ed Negre. He didn't have a full-time ride untilCalifornia businessman Rod Osterlund came on the scene in 1978. In 1979,Earnhardt and Osterlund joined forces and won the NASCAR Rookie of theYear award, and they also won their first career victory at Bristol andtheir first pole position at Riverside.
Earnhardt won the Winston Cup championship the following year. He alsowon his first superspeedway race at Atlanta.
In 1981, he earned his first $1 million, and after 16 races that season,Osterlund sold his racing operation to Jim Stacy. It not only surprisedEarnhardt, but also everybody else in racing. Earnhardt had only runfour races for Stacy when the bottom fell out. He quit Stacy, and only ahandful of people knew where he might be headed.
Childress knew, because he had been talking with Junior Johnson andwaiting on Earnhardt.
Childress has been a master of picking opportunities during his racingcareer. Back in 1969, wife Judy wanted a new car. "A new car would benice," Childress told her, "but I need a new race car. Let's keepdriving the old Ford a little longer."
It was Christmas of 1974 when Judy said something about a new house."That would be fine," Childress said, "but I just bought some land outin the country and I want to build a shop there."
Finally, in July 1983, Richard and Judy moved out of the four-room housewith 900 square feet that they had lived in for 18 years. They movedinto a new home Judy designed with 4,400 square feet, complete with aswimming pool. It would be their home for a few years, and then theywould move on to larger things.
I remember Childress explaining details about the first shop he built.It was nice, but small compared to the massive layout of buildings hehas now in Welcome, North Carolina.
This is what he said one day while standing in front of his first shop:"By looking at all the other shops, I got a lot of ideas about what Iwanted. I have the engine room as far away as possible from the body andpaint shop simply because of the dust factor. Behind the offices is therace car assembly area. Behind this is the machine area, and in back ofthe building is the parts room. To the side, in a separate area, is thefabrication room. The next area we build will be for research anddevelopment."
He was always planning and carrying out plans. At that time, Childressowned one of the very few operations on the circuit that did not dependon outside help when a car was built. He started his race cars fromtubing right out of the steel rack. His crew built their own chassis andengines.
"I knew from the start," Childress said, "that I wanted to beindependent, right or wrong, and that's the way I plan to keep it. We doit all, even our own cylinder heads."
Childress prepared and drove his own cars from 1969 to midway though theseason in 1981.
Now Earnhardt wanted to drive his car and was tugging on his shoulder.Childress, then 39, was doing a lot of talking with Junior Johnson, whowas telling him drivers were a dime a dozen, there was a bigger need forgood team owners and team managers, and that this would be the way tomake money in the future. "Junior had always helped me," Childress said,"even back in 1971 with old parts, old tires, and he even loaned andrented me engines, but his advice had been worth the most. I had tolisten to him.
"Well, Earnhardt had won one championship with Osterlund in 1980. ThenOsterlund up and sold the team to Jim Stacy. It wasn't long untilEarnhardt wanted out of the Stacy deal. In fact, it was at Talladegawhen Dale told me he wanted to drive my car. I told him to get back intouch. I met with Junior for about two hours and finally made thedecision to quit driving.
"I told Dale we would do it. Then we started meeting and broughtWrangler in with a 10-race sponsorship program to finish the season."
This was all well and good, but Childress knew he was only foolinghimself. "I knew I didn't have the setup for a sponsor such as Wrangleror a driver such as Dale," he said. "I knew I couldn't do justice toeither. I told Wrangler and I told Dale that I needed time. I told themboth to go away and give me some time. They did. Dale drove for BudMoore. Meanwhile, in 1982 and 1983, I built my shop and added some goodpeople and then both came back.
"While I was doing this, Ricky Rudd came along and wanted to race. Italked to Junior again, and he knew that Piedmont Airlines wasinterested in getting into racing, so we got Piedmont as a sponsor whilewe were rebuilding. At the end of 1982 we signed another contract withPiedmont, but by the end of 1983 we were in good shape and ready to talkwith Wrangler and Dale again. It all worked out well."
And it did. The rest of the story is history. Childress and Earnhardtwon six Winston Cup championships together and a sack full of races.
RCR has come a long way. Once it was Tim Brewer setting up the car andChildress driving it. RCR now employs 325 people.
After high school, Childress worked at a battery company. From age 16 to21, he went from the $99 claiming division through the Modified and LateModel Sportsman divisions. When he was 21, NASCAR came up with the GrandAmerican division and scheduled a race for Daytona.
Childress sold all his modified and dirt stuff, borrowed some money, andbuilt a Grand American car. "I remember I qualified Eighth on the roadcourse and started alongside Parnelli Jones. At the time, I didn't thinkyou could get any bigger than that," he said.
Childress' first major-league race was in 1969 when the Talladegaboycott occurred. He had a new Camaro and was towing it with a '55 Ford.
He ran the Grand American circuit until 1972. Finally, the batterycompany told him he couldn't be off work to go racing anymore.
The four-room house he was living in had a two-car garage. He opened upthe garage and did public work. At night, he worked on his race car. Hisfirst sponsor was L.C. Newton Trucking, and CRC Chemicals was next.Warner Hodgdon helped Childress from time to time.
Brewer was hired full time in 1972 and stayed with Childress until 1976when he joined Junior Johnson. Johnson called Childress before he hiredBrewer.
In 1979, Childress hired Kirk Shelmerdine as crewchief, and later thatyear hired Lou Larosa as engine builder.
As you can see, there were plenty of times Childress could have turnedhis back and walked away from the sport.
Childress enjoys hunting as a hobby and has hunted all over the world.He has a beautiful home in Montana, where he and his family spend timebetween racing seasons.
More recently, he has gotten into producing wine with his own fields ofgrapes and his own vineyard.
Still, he takes everything one step at a time. The sport is lucky thatRichard Childress came along when he did.
The Petty Legacy
Now we move on to others: What would NASCAR be like had the Pettysdecided to go back to farming after Lee had the terrible wreck atDaytona in 1961?
It was two years after Bill France opened Daytona International Speedwayin 1959. The qualifying races, always a preliminary to the Daytona 500,had Richard Petty starting in the first 100-mile event and Lee in thelineup for the second.
The first race was flagged to a halt after 39 of the scheduled 40 lapshad been completed. Five drivers went to the hospital as 13 cars werewiped out in a series of mishaps. Junior Johnson and Fireball Robertswere side-by-side for the lead. Johnson ran over some debris and hisPontiac nicked Richard Petty's Plymouth. Petty's car became airborne andsailed over the wall in Turn 1. Johnson turned into the wall head on,smashing the engine up into the driver's compartment.
Petty suffered abrasions of both eyes and a cut hand, and Johnson had alacerated chin and possible jaw injuries.
Petty showed up back in the garage area before the second race began.Lee tried to get his son to drive his car in the second 100-miler."Daddy wanted me to drive the car because he felt like I needed to getright back in a race car to get over the scare of what had happened.
"I convinced him I was not hurt, and that I would be OK," Richard said.
Lee started Fifteenth. He and Johnny Beauchamp, principals in theinaugural Daytona 500 finish, tangled in Turns 3 and 4. Both cars sailedover the guardrail. Petty suffered a punctured lung, multiple fracturesof the left chest, a fractured left thigh, a broken collar bone, andmultiple internal injuries. Beauchamp suffered head injuries.
Lee was hospitalized in Daytona Beach for months. Elizabeth, Lee's wife,stayed at his bedside.
"Maurice and I came home and we didn't know which way to turn," Richardsaid. "We didn't know what to do. We gave a lot of thought to quittingthe sport and doing something else.
"I guess it is the closest Petty Enterprises has come to going under,but we held our heads up and kept going," he said.
Petty went on to win seven championships, seven Daytona 500s, and 200races. He became King of the sport. His 1967 season-27 wins in 48 racesentered, including 10 straight victories at one point-remains one of themost impressive feats in the history of the sport.
The day Petty won for the 200th time-at Daytona in July 1984 withPresident Ronald Reagan on hand-he told a little story.
"I remember a story the preacher told one Sunday a long time ago aboutsome other preacher and a farmer talking.
"The preacher told the farmer, 'You have much to be grateful for.Providence cares for all of us. Even the birds of the air are fed eachday.'
"The farmer replied, 'Yeah, off my corn.'
"Well, I've won 200 races now, and I want to tell you that I have muchto be grateful for. I want to take this opportunity to thank a lot ofpeople who have provided the corn to feed me over the years."
Natural Born Mechanic
Robert Yates, who once did not know what he was going to do with hislife, is now thankful he stuck with racing. In 1983, he was the headengine builder for the Winston Cup championship team of DiGard anddriver Bobby Allison.
Yates, a Southern Baptist preacher's son, was born in Charlotte. He camefrom a large family, eight brothers and sisters. He grew up mowing lawnsto help support the family. One day he ripped the engine off his lawnmower and built his first racing machine, a 3hp go-kart.
By the time he was about 15 or 16, word spread through the neighborhoodthat he was a pretty good mechanic. Cars began lining up in thepreacher's driveway, waiting for Robert to work on them.
Cars were not what the Baptist family had in mind for young Robert, astraight-A student. Young Robert attended Wake Forest University, wherehe excelled in his studies while working as a heavy-equipment mechanic.
Yates' career was headed toward racing. He was a math whiz kid and likedthe challenge of putting together powerful engines. Holman & Moodyoffered him $9 per hour. Yates had not been married long, so he acceptedthe salary. Later, he worked for Junior Johnson and then for DiGard.
Before long, DiGard was out of racing and Yates was out of a job. In1986, he became associated with Harry Ranier. He made their cars gofast, but it wasn't long before Ranier pulled out of the sport. Yateswas tired of moving from one team to another, so he sold his house,borrowed $300,000, and bought Ranier's interest in the race team.
It was now Robert Yates Racing, and Yates hired Davey Allison to twistthe steering wheel. Texaco signed on as sponsor. Money was coming backin while the team won 19 races. Then Allison was killed in a helicoptercrash at Talladega Superspeedway.
Ernie Irvan became the team's driver. He won five races before a badwreck at Michigan sidelined him. He finally returned to Yates Racing andwon three more races.
Dale Jarrett was hired to drive while Irvan was getting well. Jarrettand the team clicked and, in 1999, Jarrett and Yates earned the Cupchampionship.
Yates is another person who came out of the blue to make his mark onracing. Robert Yates Racing is considered one of the very top teams inthe sport.
There are so many in so many different walks of life, all associatedwith racing, who have done so well. Some blindly walked into racing andmade a career of it while others planned and prepared.
A Good Match
Then there is Junior Johnson. He was plowing with a mule when hisbrother came after him and talked him into driving a race car. The sportdid a lot for him. To this day, he still plows his garden with a mule,but it is because he wants to. He loves mules and land dogs, so he makessure some of both are close to home.
Johnson raced as hard as fire would burn gasoline. In 1960, he drove anunderpowered '59 Chevy to victory in the Daytona 500, drafting his wayto the surprise win. If it didn't blow, he was there at the end.
But Johnson gave up driving to become a team owner early in his career.He had enough lieutenants at his Ingle Hollow shop at one time to fighta war. Those were the days Darrell Waltrip and Neil Bonnett drove forJohnson.
Tim Brewer, Jeff Hammond, Doug Richert, Mike Hill, Bill Auman, EricDickerson, Abbie Garwood, Wes Wilkenson, Jeff Wilson, J.V. Reins, andSteve Triplett are among those who made Waltrip and Bonnett fly.
"I got a lot of good people," Johnson said, "and most of the time theyall do a good job.
"I got some good coon dogs down here in the kennel, too. Most of thetime, they all do a good job."
Junior's philosophy was that when somebody new comes to work, the otherguys will weed him out if he isn't getting the job done.
"It works just about every time," Johnson said.
The sport is better off because of Junior Johnson, and most certainlyJohnson is better off as a result of being involved with racing.
Then there are the Wood brothers. Had it not been for racing, they mayhave followed a career in saw milling. Glen was an excellent driver onthe short tracks, and when the superspeedways came along he turned hisoperation toward team management and was very successful.
And finally, there is Bud Moore, who grew up on a farm and then went offto war to serve as a mechanic. Home from the war, he found a future inracing.
Costly Sport
There is, of course, another side. There is a high cost of being a BobbyAllison, an Alan Kulwicki, a part of the Alabama gang, and others whohave seen the dark side of speed.
"I've had to lean on my faith pretty hard over the years," Allison said.
He lost two sons, his father, and friend Neil Bonnett.
"As long as I've known Bobby, he has been a faith-filled person. Youcan't survive the things he has survived without being able to find areason for them, an explanation, and he has always been able to findthat in his faith," said Father Dale Grubba, priest at St. John theBaptist Catholic Church in Princeton, Wisconsin.
If given a second chance, despite all that has happened, Bobby Allisonmight just choose racing again as his career.
So, we're celebrating our 40th birthday. We've all had a good run,haven't we? I realize we're probably forgetting somebody. The Francefamily and all its staff, most certainly, and we shouldn't overlook R.J.Reynolds, which carried the sport on its shoulders with its Winstonbrand smokes for so many years.
Also, we need to just stand up and shout for the sport itself.Attendance has tripled in 10 years, speedways are sprouting everywhere,and sponsors are spending millions to get their names on anything to dowith racing. The people in this story, and so many more involved withthe sport, are driving the growth. There seems to be no end.
That Championship Feeling
It may have been fleeting, and it might not have mattered in the finalrundown for the Daytona 500. But during qualifying runs for the sport'sbiggest race, Richard Petty's No. 43 Dodge was again atop the leaderboard at Daytona International Speedway.
It wasn't a victory for a team with a stock car heritage like no other,but it was a giant step in the right direction. The No. 43 and driverBobby Labonte ended up eighth fastest for the 500 and finishedThirty-Fifth, while teammate Kyle Petty started Twelfth and finishedThirty-Ninth. Both were caught up in accidents started by others.
The qualifying runs, nonetheless, were an indication of the depth oftalent the Pettys have assembled over the past year.
Robbie Loomis returned to Petty Enterprises last fall after leavingHendrick Motorsports, where he earned the Cup title in 2001 as JeffGordon's crewchief. He's now the executive vice president of raceoperations for the Pettys.
Todd Parrott, who made his name as a member of Robert Yates Racing, iscrewchief for Labonte. Parrott was Dale Jarrett's crewchief when theteam earned the Cup title in 1999, one year before Labonte became Cupchampion as driver for Joe Gibbs Racing, where he has spent the previous11 seasons. Meanwhile, Paul Andrews, a member of Alan Kulwicki's 1992Cup championship team, is crewchief for Kyle Petty.
That's four team leaders who each have won the Cup title at some pointover the past 14 years, not counting the seven won by Richard between1964 and 1979.
"That means a lot," says Labonte of the level of experience at PettyEnterprises. "We've got a lot of confidence in ourselves and in eachother. When you talk to somebody who's been there and done that, you'vegot the goods. You've got the 'feel-good' about it and you've got theexperience. Even though we've all got experience, we're not all tired.We're all hungry-still hungry to do well."
The Pettys have been in rebuild mode for several seasons and haven'tvisited Victory Lane in a Cup race since John Andretti prevailed atMartinsville in 1999. While the team has yet to return to glory, Labontesays the depth of the team-boosted significantly by the core groupthat's been with the team for several years-will serve Petty Enterpriseswell as it moves forward.
"We know," says Labonte, "we're going to come out of a track on a Sundayand say, 'Man, that wasn't what we expected. We didn't go as fast as weshould have.' But I think we'll be able to bounce back on days likethat." -Larry Cothren