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On Sunday, back at Bethel Woods, that same lawn transformed into a Country Western extravaganza as The Band Perry sang its heart out just before the sensational Luke Bryan opened for consummate star headliner, Tim McGraw (and the Dance Hall Doctors). I wasn't prepared (although dressed in my best country finery) for how good this guy truly is. Until this weekend, I had kept my love for country music (and the boots) in the closet, but let it all hang out as I sat back and soaked in the electrifying atmosphere. McGraw was using a cane and acknowledged that he "wasn't going to let a bum leg keep him from his fans" as he strutted the stage, causing the females to swoon and the males to whoop it up throughout his full set.
No point in mincing (pun intended) words: McGraw is (IMHO) sexy, sexy, sexy. I joined the other 20,000 fans, flinging my cowboy hat into the air as this wildly talented entertainer delivered hit after hit, building excitement in the crowd to a thundering crescendo that had everyone on their feet hootin' and hollerin'. The stage was gussied up with two full drum sets and a backdrop of LCD screen filling the house with gorgeous images of rain, lightening, trains, trucks and swaying lanterns, adding to the overall effect of a superstar doin' his thang.
The staff at Bethel Woods was omnipresent, but not intrusive at all, allowing the fans to whoop it up (in a safe and sane manner), endlessly screaming, stomping and celebrating this country crossover sensation, who was making his first appearance in Sullivan County. "The whole reason we've been doing this for 25 years is you, the audience," Mcgraw shouted to the crowd, "and we're gonna have a good time, I guarantee."
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On January 1, 2012, the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act went into effect. Its goal is to ensure that large retailers and manufacturers__defined as companies who do business in the state and whose annual worldwide gross receipts exceed $100,000,000__provide information about their efforts to eradicate slavery and human trafficking from their supply chains.
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Sunday, April 11, 2010
Real Estate Bargains in Bodega Bay
There are some incredible real estate deals in Bodega Bay right now, I can't believe the prices. My husband and I have been watching this market since the mid-1990's, when we first started dreaming of moving here. We watched Bodega Bay properties climb steadily until they peaked in late 2006. At that time, it seemed like the majority of houses were well over $1 million.
Well guess what? The median price in Bodega Bay has now dropped to its lowest level since July 2003! I've sprinkled examples of some amazing deals throughout this post.
One reason for the dramatic drop is foreclosures, of course. Like the rest of California, we've had our share out here. Then recently one investor lost eight of his vacation rental homes (yes eight!!!) and those REOs are coming on the market now.
We're friends with several realtors here and I asked their opinions of the current market. John Chute, Steve Hecht, and Ed Vail are all with Coldwell Banker Coast Properties and they know this market inside and out. They're good guys, too. They live locally, are very involved in the community and give generously of their time and resources. For example, next weekend, you'll find Ed and Steve volunteering again at the Fisherman's Festival while John holds down the fort at the office. (John volunteers in others ways, including serving as a Big Brother for two local boys.)
I caught up with John yesterday at an open house. The beautiful home at 21177 Heron Drive, 4 bedroom/3 bath, was listed for $789,000! If you're in other parts of the country, these prices might still seem steep but remember this is the San Francisco Bay Area where housing has always been expensive.
John Chute on the deck of 21177 Heron Drive, 4BR/3BA, $789,000
"Our problems have been made worse by a rash of foreclosures and until these homes wash through the system it is going to be challenging for those who own homes once worth over a million dollars," John explained. "Our market was fueled by the same bubble as elsewhere, too much money and lax lending practices. The herd chasing too few homes fearing prices were going to go up forever. Now it has gone the other way of course, buyers are concerned that prices will keep falling and they are reluctant to take advantage of the excellent opportunities that are on offer."
1482 Sea Way, 3BR/2BA, $589,000
"I think we are at the bottom now and those who buy in 2010 will be seen as savvy buyers in a few years," he continued. "I expect interest rates will creep up but predict that they will be still be under 6% in 2011."
188 Cypress Loop, 2BR/2BA, $729,000
Steve agreed about the foreclosures. "Those properties did contribute to a lot of downward pressure on the local market and certainly had an impact on all properties throughout Bodega Bay," he said.
"The good news is that many of the REO's are getting purchased and the effect will begin to fade away soon. Unless there is another wave of foreclosures behind that, I'd guess that we'll see a steadying of prices and activity through summer or perhaps the rest of the year.
3010 Maryanna Drive, 2BR/1BA, $475,000
"The next factor that I'd expect to see is an increase in interest rates, Steve continued. "The Administration has been holding rates artificially low for quite a while now and as we begin to see prices increase throughout much of the US, we're sure to see rates creeping up with them. That does suggest this could be, and may continue to be, a very good time to buy." Steve writes an excellent real estate blog where he posts news, market trends, local sales reports, and his professional analyses.
1487 Sea Way, 3BR/ 2.5BA, $779,000. I LOVE the views from this house!
I love talking to Ed too because he knows so much about the history not only of the town itself, but of nearly every single house here in Bodega Bay. He knows which ones are the best-built, which have been updated when and by which contractors, the quality of materials used, and so forth.
I've noticed a lot more traffic at Open Houses around town on recent weekends. Ed agrees and said activity is definitely picking up. He's been hearing from buyers who have been looking in Bodega Bay for as long as ten years and are now finally ready to make the move.
20903 Grebe Ct, 5BR/3BA, $650,000
There are great deals on lots now too, whether you want to build your own custom home, or just hold coastal land for an investment. A few years ago, they were going for $500,00-$600,000. Here's a large lot with panoramic water views and two sets of plans for $399,000. Disclosure: we know these sellers personally. :-)
2134 Sea Way, $399,000
These are very interesting times, 2003 pricing in Spring 2010. I sure wish I could take advantage of one of these deals rather than just watching from the sidelines.
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thanks for the tour, kathlene. i am envious of people who are able to take advantage of this market right now. wish we could, too!
- April 11, 2010 at 2:07 PM
- Cherrie said...
Here in Arizona we have seen a drop in housing prices too! Those are some beautiful homes, thanks for showing them to us.
- April 11, 2010 at 2:25 PM
- Kathlene said...
Yes Patti! Your family comes here so often to vacation, wouldn't it be cool to have your own rental? :-)
- April 12, 2010 at 8:00 AM
- Kathlene said...
Oh yeah Cherrie, good point! You must be seeing a lot of this too in Arizona.
- April 12, 2010 at 8:00 AM
That last one is BEAUTIFUL! What a steal...
- April 12, 2010 at 11:13 AM
Hi Kathlene,
What I would do for the opportunity to 'buy now'! It is truly a rare time. We all know Bodega is so beautiful and rare that eventually it will return to it's high in demand reputation. Thanks so much for the Chronicle!
- April 12, 2010 at 1:48 PM
- Beach Mama said...
Great post Kathlene. We've seen some amazing deals popping up in our sleepy little town. The Seaway property is stunning . . . views to die for . . . almost makes me want to build again ; )
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- By calculating correlation spectra of the output fields, we show theoretically that two evanescently coupled x^2 second harmonic generators inside a Fabry-Perot cavity provide a tunable source of quadrature squeezed light, Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen correlations and quantum entanglement. Unlike systems using coupled downconverters, second harmonic generation has no oscillation threshhold, so that the entangled fields become macroscopically occupied as soon as the pumping fields are turned on. This system also gives two frequencies at which the entangled fields can have macroscopic intensity. We show how the entanglement properties can be controlled by adjusting the pumping, the coupling strengths and the cavity detunings.
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The frosty plains of Europa As Galileo returns new images of Europa, NASA scientists
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Dec. 3, 1998: The large Jovian moon Europa may be hiding liquid water beneath its frozen crust. We won't know for sure until robotic explorers one day venture below the surface of that icy moon in search of oceans and possibly life. For now we must learn what we can from surface photos of Europa, like this one captured by the Galileo spacecraft, and from studies of a mysterious subterranean lake here on Earth.
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Left: A closer view of the volcanic ridges and areas of blue that scientists believe are frozen water on Europa.
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Many scientists would love to travel to Europa to study conditions
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here on Earth with significant similarities to Europa and Callisto,
a place called Lake Vostok.
Below: In 1993 altimetric and radar data were used to trace this outline of Lake Vostok, located about 1000 miles from the South Pole. Image used is copyrighted by the Canadian Space Agency. More Information from Caltech-JPL.
In 1974 a team of scientists conducting airborne research passed over the Soviet research station Vostok in Antarctica. Their sounding instruments detected an expanse of water beneath the ice roughly the size of Lake Ontario. Although Antarctica records some of the coldest temperatures on Earth, Lake Vostok is buried under four kilometers of ice. The ice sheet acts as a blanket, shielding the lake from cold temperatures on the surface. It is also thought that geothermal heat helps keep the water liquid.
Earlier this year Richard Hoover of NASA's Marshall Space Sciences Lab and Dr. S.S. Abyzov of the Russian Academy of Sciences examined ice cores from above Lake Vostok for evidence of microbiotic life, using an Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope. What they found surprised them. "We've found some really bizarre things - things that we've never seen before," said Richard Hoover of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. "There are all sorts of microorganisms in the ice. Some are readily recognizable as cyanobacteria, bacteria, fungi, spores, pollen grains, and diatoms, but some are not recognizable as anything we've ever seen before," Hoover said.
Above, right: One of the more exotic forms Hoover and Abyzov found in the deep ice. Many of these microbes will undoubtedly fall into known categories when identifications are made.
Hoover is about to begin new studies of the deep ice microorganisms in collaboration with Academician Mikhail V. Ivanov, Director of the Institute of Microbiology of the Russian Academy of Sciences to search for microorganisms in very deep samples of Vostok ice. Extremely deep ice samples from approximately 100 meters above the surface of the lake (about 400,000 years old) were obtained earlier this year by an international team of US, Russian, and French scientists.
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Lake Vostok is clearly a valuable new laboratory for astrobiologists, and they intend to proceed very, very carefully.
Planetary Photojournal - image of Europa
Evidence for slush beneath the surface of Europa - from JPL and Brown University
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National Science Foundation - Polar Research Program (NSF supports the Vostok Ice Core Project)
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The Lady Trojan seventh and eighth-grade athletes fared well with several girls earning ribbons for their performances.
Seventh-grade girls
In the shot put, Marianna Botello captured third place with a toss of 21-11.25. Daniella Esparza placed sixth in the discus with a 55-2 throw. Moreno's Raeann Flores was first in the long jump with a leap of 13-7. Kaitlyn Pelitire was fourth in the same event at 12-10. Flores captured second place in the triple jump with a 28-0.5 effort. Pelitire was first in the pole vault, clearing 6-6. Brandy Rios also won first place in the 2,400-meter run with a time of 10:18. Paige Knapp was fourth in the mile and a half event (no time reported).
The 400-meter relay team of Pelitire, Kailey Perez, Kayla Jones and Flores was first to cross the finish line with a time of 55.36. The same foursome ran the 800-meter relay and finished second with a time of 1:59.27.
Abigail Huie was fourth in the 800-meter run with a time of 3:09.91. In the 300-meter hurdles, Brianna Garza placed second in 56.95 while Victoria Treviño was fifth in 59.23. Johns placed second in the 200-meter dash in 29.51. Brandy Rios was second in the 1,600-meter run with a clocking of 6:20. Knapp was fourth and Huie was fifth in the same event for the young Lady Trojans.
The 1,600-meter relay team of Kelsey Gutierrez, Garcia, Daniella Perez and Treviño placed third with a time of five minutes flat.
Eighth-grade girls
Lady Trojan Mitch Chavarria placed fourth in the triple jump with a leap and skip of 27-7. Alyssa Silva was close back in sixth at 27-5.5. Raelynn Arrisola finished third in the 2,400-meter run with a time of 9:39.
The 400-meter relay squad of Makayla Martinez, Natalie Rivas, Keely Taylor and Chavarria placed third in 57.12. Arrisola placed third in the 800-meter run event with a time of 2:14.58. Maria Navarro was fifth in the same race at 2:50.31.
In the 100-meter hurdles, Silva placed fifth at 18.35. The 800-meter relay foursome of Martinez, Rivas, Taylor and Chavarria crossed the finish line in third place (no time given). Silva captured the first place ribbon in the tough 300-meter hurdles with a good time of 55.20. Chavarria was second in the 200-meter dash at 29.62 and Navarro captured a second place ribbon in the 1,600-meter run with a time of 6:35.


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Danica on Forbes most powerfull list
BTW--NO other driver in motorsports is on this list. Fun info tells about her, ratings, sponsors etc--for those interested.
Video interview from Forbes. http://landing.newsinc.com/forbes/video ... D=24903946
I'll probably regret posting this info on Danica here since so many here are jerks about her and cant stand her being this successful in this way. However this is for some here who may be interested although its just another achievement as she has been on this list before and No other driver can claim what she has achieved in this way. Also as the Forbes video above shows she of course wants to win but knows its extremely difficult given where she is at as most know as well.
Also to add, Ive followed her since she was in GoKarts and what she has achieved and will admit it astounds even me that she has maintained and even grown her popularity amongst now the best and biggest names in Nascar. So yes--even for me Iam surprised at all this still--just saying. Danica has the "it" factor that draws people towards her for whatever reasons and that's all there is to it really? Just being honest and as I said before there are different kinds of success and this is hers. Course if she ever does win, it'll be the biggest news in auto racing--but NO-- Iam not holding my breath for that. I enjoy it when she has a good race though given who shes racing against in this series?


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Sony's Android-driven Z series Walkman which we talked about earlier is finally ready for launch in the western world.
Some hardware and software specs sure are a bit of a letdown – no MKV or subtitle support for video, no FLAC/Vorbis for audio, only 20 hours audio and 5 hours video battery life, no SD slot, no camera, no GPS, almost no tactile buttons, and so on.
On the other hand, the 1 GHz dual-core Tegra 2 in the X series should be beefy enough for demanding apps, and the included official Android Market makes sure you get said apps as easily as possible onto the device. All is fine on the connectivity front as well, from Wi-Fi B/G/N over Bluetooth 2.1+EDR (A2DP, AVRCP, OPP) to HDMI-out. The Z series sports Sony's usual S-Master amp and tons of sound enhancements and EQ presets. Let's hope those are global settings, like on the Cowon D3, so any 3rd party app can access them as well.
Considering Sony's competition in the Android non-phone market, ranging from various inexpensive Archos devices to Samsung Galaxy Players, the price of the Z sure isn't the biggest bargain, with the 8 GB model going for $250, the 16 GB one for $280, and the 32 GB bigwig for $330. Remember: no SD slot available.
On a side note, I wonder how that "Eurphoric" typo managed to sneak into Sony's official press image on the right… I would recommend MP3Tag for future press shots.
[Sony press release (with full specs sheet) via Engadget]


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The Defenestrations of Prague
On July 30, 1419, Czech priest Jan elivský was leading his congregation through the streets of Prague to protest corruption in the Catholic church when someone threw a stone at him from the window of the town hall. His followers stormed the hall and threw 13 members of the town council from a high window, killing them.
Remarkably, the same thing happened again in 1618, when King Ferdinand dissolved the Protestant estates in Bohemia. Aggrieved Protestants confronted Catholic officials in the chancellory and threw several of them from a third-floor window. All three survived Catholics contended that they had been saved by angels, Protestants that they had landed on a dunghill. (Or, a reader suggests, the Czechs bounced.)_________________________
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Reaching the end of a job interview, the Human Resources Officer asks a young engineer fresh out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
"And what starting salary are you looking for?" The engineer replies, "In the region of $125,000 a year, depending on the benefits package."
The interviewer inquires, "Well, what would you say to a package of five weeks vacation, 14 paid holidays, full medical and dental, company matching retirement fund to 50% of salary, and a company car leased every two years, say, a red Corvette?" The engineer sits up straight and says,"Wow! Are you kidding?" The interviewer replies, "Yeah, but you started it."
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Bertrand Russell was giving a lecture in logic to a group of students. He was explaining why a contradictory statement cannot be true.
"If you accept a contradiction", he said, "it follows that absolutely anything you can think of, no matter how ridiculous, can be proved true".
"All right", said one disbelieving student, "prove that if 1+1=3, you are the Pope".
"Well", said Russell, "subtract 1 from each side of the equation. Then 1=2. Therefore, 2=1. Now, I and the Pope are two people; but 2=1, so I and the Pope are one. Therefore, I am the Pope!"
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NEW ORLEANS — Former Eastern New Mexico University volleyball standout Christabell Hamilton has been hired to coach volleyball at Xavier University of Louisiana, an NAIA school.
The former Christabell Mariner played at ENMU from 1999-2002, earning all Lone Star Conference South Division honors three times. She set school records for kills in a season (575 in 2001) and career (1,695) and was inducted into the ENMU Hall of honor in 2009.
The 29-year-old Hamilton, a native of Pago Pago, American Samoa, spent five seasons at Lone Star Conference rival Tarleton State, the first two as a graduate assistant before she was promoted to fulltime assistant.
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Matt Hires
The Vic Theatre
Chicago, IL
August 2, 2009
Having never before heard the songs of Matt Hires, I showed up at his show last night in Chicago with an open mind and ready for anything. I honestly had not heard of Matt Hires before discovering he was the opening act for Paolo Nutini (along with Erin McCarley). Let me tell you though, I liked what I heard. I mean, I REALLY liked what I heard. Not only did this 22-year-old from Tampa, Florida win me over with his music, but he also appears to be a truly humble and genuinely good person. He plays barefoot for crying out loud! How laid back is that? The only other artist I have ever seen perform shoeless on stage in front of thousands of people is Kelly Clarkson. I found myself comparing Matt Hires to lead singer Michael Stipe from R.E.M. throughout the evening, which I believe to be a good thing. I like Michael Stipe and think his voice stands out from the hundreds of other male singers out there. The fact that Hires has a voice so unique that it reminds me of an amazing artist like Stipe only makes me more of a fan for life.
Of course, what makes an artist truly succeed or not in the music business is their talent and songs. However, having a voice that doesn't sound like any of the other millions of singer/songwriters in the world definitely helps. In my opinion, Matt Hires has what it takes to make it: talent, good songs, and a distinct voice. If you want to decide for yourself, check out Matt Hires when he plays a city near you. Or you can pick up his debut album Take Us To The Start, available now! No matter what, at least take a few minutes to listen to my personal favorite Matt Hires song, "Honey, Let Me Sing You A Song."
Set List / Chicago
You Are My Sunshine / I Walk The Line (Johnny Cash cover/medley)
Honey, Let Me Sing You A Song
Pick Me Up
You In The End
A Perfect Day
You Are The One
Maggie's Farm (Bob Dylan cover)
Listen To Me Now
Turn The Page
State Lines
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"Dr. Michael Mosley's three specials give the PBS audience an opportunity to understand the real science behind diet, exercise and the human digestive system in a surprisingly up-close and personal way," said Beth Hoppe, Chief Programming Executive and General Manager of General Audience Programming for PBS. "We're very pleased to offer our viewers a fresh, accessible approach as we bring more great science programming to Wednesday nights."
With cameras in tow for the series, Mosley traveled across the U.S. to collaborate with researchers doing extraordinary work in a variety of health-related fields. Among them: Dr. Mark Mattson, Chief of the Laboratory of Neurosciences for the National Institute on Aging and Professor of Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University; Dr. Valter Longo, Director of the Longevity Institute and Professor of Gerontology and Biological Sciences at the University of Southern California; and Dr. Krista Varady of the University of Illinois at Chicago. With these researchers' help, Mosley discovered revolutionary research that enabled him to test a new science-based dietary program that is easy to incorporate into normal life. The program had profound effects on his body. In the series, Mosley also tests an extraordinary claim that three minutes of exercise a week can produce benefits and discovers a genetic test to help predict a person's potential benefit from exercise. In the series' third episode, he voluntarily swallows a "camera pill" that takes viewers on a tour of his internal system, sparking some surprising revelations.
The first episode in the series – EAT, FAST AND LIVE LONGER WITH MICHAEL MOSLEY airs Tuesday, August 20 at 10pm.
Michael Mosley sets an ambitious goal: to become healthier and lose weight while making as few changes as possible to his life. In working toward these goals, Mosley discovers a powerful new science behind the old idea of fasting, a program that still allows him to enjoy his favorite foods. He takes a road trip across the U.S. to investigate how a little hunger can turn on the body's "repair genes" and, of course, tries the new science himself. Mosley learns that a diet based on feast and famine has powerful effects on the body, reducing the risks of heart disease, diabetes and some cancers. The diet seems to pack the anti-aging clout of calorie restriction while still allowing for a taste of the good life. And it turns out to be not only good for the body; it may also be good for the brain.


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St. Philip's organist John L. Blackburn will present an organ concert of "cool" music, followed by a reception of "Empty Bowls" filled with ice cream provided by H-E-B, both benefiting the Beeville Vineyard and the Berclair Mission Sunday, Aug. 24, at 3 p.m. at St. Philip's Episcopal Church.
"Empty Bowls" is an international project to fight hunger, personalized by artists on a community level. This is the second time local potters have organized this project locally; the first event was in 2012.
A graduate of Baylor University, Blackburn holds a bachelor's degree in church music with organ emphasis and also a master of music degree in church music. He is a member of the American Guild of Organists, Organ Historical Society, Pi Kappa Lamba, The Hymn Society of the United States and Canada, and The Royal School of Church Musicians.
He participated in the Doctorate of Musical Arts program at the University of Texas at Austin, where he studied with Judith and Gerre Hancock. At Baylor, his primary professors included Joyce Jones, David Music, Terry York and Randall Bradley.
Blackburn previously served as director of music ministries at Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, organist for Temple Rodef Shalom and organist and music administrative assistant at Calvary Baptist Church, all in Waco.
As a musician for sacred service, Blackburn excels at the art of improvisation. He has performed, lectured and coached other organists and pianists in this field. He is also the founder of Music in the Nave, a concert series in Beeville, which brings noted musicians and ensembles from around the world to a smaller community. He is one of the organizers and co-directors of the Texas Baroque Ensemble, which performed Handel's Messiah last April at St. Joseph's Catholic Church.
Hymns Blackburn has written are sung around Texas and the Southeast, and at a National Convention for the Organ Historical Society in Washington, D.C., in July of 2011.
Blackburn has served on the board of Schola Cantorum of Texas, a professional choir based in Fort Worth. He has served as a lecturer, teacher and performer for several Pipe Organ Encounters, a national effort to teach both youth and adults how to play the organ.
After the organ concert, those in attendance may choose a bowl to be filled for a suggested minimum donation. For many such events, the bowls are filled with soup, but in August, the local potters decided ice cream would be much more appealing, and H-E-B graciously offered to fill the bowls.
Dr. Sarah Gremmel, head potter, suggests a minimum gift of $20 for the concert plus a bowl filled with ice cream. Larger amounts will gladly be accepted, while those who want to help but can't afford that amount may opt for a plastic bowl for a smaller donation.
The Beeville Vineyard always needs funds at the end of the summer, when vacation time distracts the community from helping others. Funds from the concert and "Empty Bowls" project will help the Vineyard assist many more needy people in our area.
St. Philip's Berclair mission also distributes food to the needy, and the concert "Empty Bowls" support will increase the number of people who can be helped in that small community.
All donations to the concert and "Empty Bowls" are tax-deductible, and the community is encouraged to make Beeville's second "Empty Bowls" project a huge success.


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The Way of the Fight! The Rules of the Real Fight!
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When Kenichi wakes after the fight with Tsuji, he's badly wounded both in body and pride. The masters know it's time to begin a new training regimen: Martial Arts or Death.
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Hamlin's Missing Ingredient: Heart In Face of Disappointment
I put this in a comment on the article but I'll put it here too, so nobody misunderstand what I'm trying to say.
Believe me, I am absolutely the last guy to ever say anyone should be happy with losing. They shouldn't. They better not be, or they belong in another line of work and the fans that think that should find another sport to follow, or quit following sports altogether. That's not at all the argument I'm trying to make. It's like I said, if you're gonna puff your chest out when you win, if that's the image you're gonna try to create, then you can't look like it's the end of the world every time something goes wrong if you want to be taken seriously.


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Spidering Hacks
Editor's note: In last week's sample hacks, excerpted from Spidering Hacks, we showed you two workarounds that will save you time and extra trips to your favorite web sites. This week we offer two more hacks on grabbing--or scraping--the information you need, whether it's the link count for a particular Yahoo! category, or the quick answer for the word that's just on the tip of your tongue. Enjoy.
How does link popularity compare in Yahoo!'s searchable subject index versus Google's full-text index? Find out by calculating mindshare!
Yahoo! and Google are two very different animals. Yahoo! indexes only a site's main URL, title, and description, while Google builds full-text indexes of entire sites. Surely there's some interesting cross-pollination when you combine results from the two.
This hack scrapes all the URLs in a specified subcategory of the Yahoo! directory. It then takes each URL and gets its link count from Google. Each link count provides a nice snapshot of how a particular Yahoo! category and its listed sites stack up on the popularity scale.
TIP: What's a link count? It's simply the total number of pages in Google's index that link to a specific URL.
There are a couple of ways you can use your knowledge of a subcategory's link count. If you find a subcategory whose URLs have only a few links each in Google, you may have found a subcategory that isn't getting a lot of attention from Yahoo!'s editors. Consider going elsewhere for your research. If you're a webmaster and you're considering paying to have Yahoo! add you to their directory, run this hack on the category in which you want to be listed. Are most of the links really popular? If they are, are you sure your site will stand out and get clicks? Maybe you should choose a different category.
We got this idea from a similar experiment Jon Udell (http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/) did in 2001. He used AltaVista instead of Google; see mindshare-script.txt. We appreciate the inspiration, Jon!
You will need a Google API account (http://api.google.com/), as well as the SOAP::Lite and HTML::LinkExtor Perl modules to run the following code:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use LWP::Simple;
use HTML::LinkExtor;
use SOAP::Lite;
my $google_key = "your API key goes here";
my $google_wdsl = "GoogleSearch.wsdl";
my $yahoo_dir = shift || "/Computers_and_Internet/Data_Formats/XML_ _".
# download the Yahoo! directory.
my $data = get("http://dir.yahoo.com" . $yahoo_dir) or die $!;
# create our Google object.
my $google_search = SOAP::Lite->service("file:$google_wdsl");
my %urls; # where we keep our counts and titles.
# extract all the links and parse 'em.
sub mindshare { # for each link we find...
my ($tag, %attr) = @_;
# continue on only if the tag was a link,
# and the URL matches Yahoo!'s redirectory.
return if $tag ne 'a';
return unless $attr{href} =~ /srd.yahoo/;
return unless $attr{href} =~ /\*http/;
# now get our real URL.
$attr{href} =~ /\*(http.*)/; my $url = $1;
# and process each URL through Google.
my $results = $google_search->doGoogleSearch(
$google_key, "link:$url", 0, 1,
"true", "", "false", "", "", ""
); # wheee, that was easy, guvner.
$urls{$url} = $results->{estimatedTotalResultsCount};
# now sort and display.
my @sorted_urls = sort { $urls{$b} <=> $urls{$a} } keys %urls;
foreach my $url (@sorted_urls) { print "$urls{$url}: $url\n"; }
The hack has its only configuration — the Yahoo! directory you're interested in — passed as a single argument (in quotes) on the command line. If you don't pass one of your own, a default directory will be used instead.
% perl mindshare.pl "/Entertainment/Humor/Procrastination/"
Your results show the URLs in those directories, sorted by total Google links:
340: http://www.p45.net/
246: http://www.ishouldbeworking.com/
81: http://www.india.com/
33: http://www.jlc.net/~useless/
23: http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/1915/
18: http://www.eskimo.com/~spban/creed.html
13: http://www.black-schaffer.org/scp/
3: http://www.angelfire.com/mi/psociety
2: http://www.geocities.com/wastingstatetime/
Yahoo! isn't the only searchable subject index out there, of course; there's also the Open Directory Project (DMOZ, http://www.dmoz.org/), which is the product of thousands of volunteers busily cataloging and categorizing sites on the Web — the web community's Yahoo!, if you will. This hack works just as well on DMOZ as it does on Yahoo!; they're very similar in structure.
Replace the default Yahoo! directory with its DMOZ equivalent:
my $dmoz_dir = shift || "/Reference/Libraries/Library_and_Information_&return;
You'll also need to change the download instructions:
# download the Dmoz.org directory.
my $data = get("http://dmoz.org" . $dmoz_dir) or die $!;
Next, replace the lines that check whether a URL should be measured for mindshare. When we were scraping Yahoo! in our original script, all directory entries were always prepended with http://srd.yahoo.com/ and then the URL itself. Thus, to ensure we received a proper URL, we skipped over the link unless it matched that criteria:
return unless $attr{href} =~ /srd.yahoo/;
return unless $attr{href} =~ /\*http/;
Since DMOZ is an entirely different site, our checks for validity have to change. DMOZ doesn't modify the outgoing URL, so our previous Yahoo! checks have no relevance here. Instead, we'll make sure it's a full-blooded location (i.e., it starts with http://) and it doesn't match any of DMOZ's internal page links. Likewise, we'll ignore searches on other engines:
return unless $attr{href} =~ /^http/;
return if $attr{href} =~ /dmoz|google|altavista|lycos|yahoo|alltheweb/;
Our last change is to modify the bit of code that gets the real URL from Yahoo!'s modified version. Instead of "finding the URL within the URL":
# now get our real URL.
$attr{href} =~ /\*(http.*)/; my $url = $1;
we simply assign the URL that HTML::LinkExtor has found:
# now get our real URL.
my $url = $attr{href};
Can you go even further with this? Sure! You might want to search a more specialized directory, such as the FishHoo! fishing search engine (http://www.fishhoo.com/).
You might want to return only the most linked-to URL from the directory, which is quite easy, by piping the results [Hack #28] to another common Unix utility:
% perl mindshare.pl | head 1
Alternatively, you might want to go ahead and grab the top 10 Google matches for the URL that has the most mindshare. To do so, add the following code to the bottom of the script:
print "\nMost popular URLs for the strongest mindshare:\n";
my $most_popular = shift @sorted_urls;
my $results = $google_search->doGoogleSearch(
$google_key, "$most_popular", 0, 10,
"true", "", "false", "", "", "" );
foreach my $element (@{$results->{resultElements}}) {
next if $element->{URL} eq $most_popular;
print " * $element->{URL}\n";
print " \"$element->More Spidering Hacks\"\n\n";
Then, run the script as usual (the output here uses the default hardcoded directory):
% perl mindshare.pl
27800: http://radio.userland.com/
6670: http://www.oreillynet.com/meerkat/
5460: http://www.newsisfree.com/
3280: http://ranchero.com/software/netnewswire/
1840: http://www.disobey.com/amphetadesk/
847: http://www.feedreader.com/
797: http://www.serence.com/site.php?page=prod_klipfolio
674: http://bitworking.org/Aggie.html
492: http://www.newzcrawler.com/
387: http://www.sharpreader.net/
112: http://www.awasu.com/
102: http://www.bloglines.com/
67: http://www.blueelephantsoftware.com/
57: http://www.blogtrack.com/
50: http://www.proggle.com/novobot/
Most popular URLs for the strongest mindshare:
* http://groups.yahoo.com/group/radio-userland/
"Yahoo! Groups : radio-userland"
* http://groups.yahoo.com/group/radio-userland-francophone/message/76
"Yahoo! Groupes : radio-userland-francophone Messages : Message 76 ... "
* http://www.fuzzygroup.com/writing/radiouserland_faq.htm
"Fuzzygroup :: Radio UserLand FAQ"
Working on a paper, book, or thesis and need a nerdy definition of one word, and alternatives to another?
You're writing a paper and getting sick of constantly looking up words
in your dictionary and thesaurus. As most of the hacks in this book have done,
you can scratch your itch with a little bit of Perl. This script uses the
dict protocol (http://www.dict.org/) and Thesaurus.com (http://www.thesaurus.com/) to find all you
need to know about a word.
By using the
dict protocol, DICT.org and several other
dictionary sites make our task easier, since we do not need to filter through
HTML code to get what we are looking for. A quick look through CPAN (http://www.cpan.org/) reveals that the
dict protocol has already been implemented
as a Perl module (http://search.cpan.org/author/NEILB/Net-Dict/lib/Net/Dict.pod).
Reading through the documentation, you will find it is well-written and easy to
implement; with just a few lines, you have more definitions than you can shake a
stick at. Next problem.
Unfortunately, the thesaurus part of our program will not be as simple. However, there is a great online thesaurus (http://www.thesaurus.com/) that we will use to get the information we need. The main page of the site offers a form to look up a word, and the results take us to exactly what we want. A quick look at the URL shows this will be an easy hurdle to overcome — using LWP, we can grab the page we want and need to worry only about parsing through it.
Since some words have multiple forms (noun, verb, etc.), there might be more
than one entry for a word; this needs to be kept in mind. Looking at the HTML
source, you can see that each row of the data is on its own line, starting with
some table tags, then the header for the line (
Function, etc.), followed by the content. The easiest way
to handle this is to go through each section individually, grabbing from
Entry to
Source, and then parse out
what's between. Since we want only synonyms for the exact word we searched for,
we will grab only sections where the content for the entry line contains only
the word we are looking for and is between the highlighting tag used by the
site. Once we have this, we can strip out those highlighting tags and proceed to
finding the synonym and antonym lines, which might not be available for every
section. The easiest thing to do here is to throw it all in an array; this makes
it easier to sort, remove duplicate words, and display it. In cases in which you
are parsing through long HTML, you might find it easier to put the common HTML
strings in variables and use them in the regular expressions; it makes the code
easier to read. With a long list of all the words, we use the Sort::Array module to get an alphabetical,
and unique, listing of results.
Save the following code as dict.pl:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
# Dict - looks up definitions, synonyms and antonyms of words.
# Comments, suggestions, contempt? Email email@example.com.
# This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
use strict; $|++;
use LWP;
use Net::Dict;
use Sort::Array "Discard_Duplicates";
use URI::Escape;
my $word = $ARGV[0]; # the word to look-up
die "You didn't pass a word!\n" unless $word;
print "Definitions for word '$word':\n";
# get the dict.org results.
my $dict = Net::Dict->new('dict.org');
my $defs = $dict->define($word);
foreach my $def (@{$defs}) {
my ($db, $definition) = @{$def};
print $definition . "\n";
# base URL for thesaurus.com requests
# as well as the surrounding HTML of
# the data we want. cleaner regexps.
my $base_url = "http://thesaurus.reference.com/search?q=";
my $middle_html = ": 	";
my $end_html = "
";
my $highlight_html = "";
# grab the thesaurus results.
my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new(agent => 'Mozilla/4.76 [en] (Win98; U)');
my $data = $ua->get("$base_url" . uri_escape($word))->content;
# holders for matches.
my (@synonyms, @antonyms);
# and now loop through them all.
while ($data =~ /Entry(.*?)Source:<\/b>(.*)/) {
my $match = $1; $data = $2;
# strip out the bold marks around the matched word.
$match =~ s/${highlight_html}([^<]+)<\/b>/$1/;
# push our results into our various arrays.
if ($match =~ /Synonyms${middle_html}([^<]*)${end_html}/) {
push @synonyms, (split /, /, $1);
elsif ($match =~ /Antonyms${middle_html}([^<]*)${end_html}/) {
push @antonyms, (split /, /, $1);
# sort them with sort::array,
# and return unique matches.
if ($#synonyms > 0) {
@synonyms = Discard_Duplicates(
sorting => 'ascending',
empty_fields => 'delete',
data => \@synonyms,
print "Synonyms for $word:\n";
my $quotes = ''; # purtier.
foreach my $nym (@synonyms) {
print $quotes . $nym;
$quotes = ', ';
} print "\n\n";
# same thing as above.
if ($#antonyms > 0) {
@antonyms = Discard_Duplicates(
sorting => 'ascending',
empty_fields => 'delete',
data => \@antonyms,
print "Antonyms for $word:\n";
my $quotes = ''; # purtier.
foreach my $nym (@antonyms) {
print $quotes . $nym;
$quotes = ', ';
} print "\n";
Invoke the script on the command line, passing it one word at a time. As far as I know, these sites know how to work with English words only. This script has a tendency to generate a lot of output, so you might want to pipe it to less or redirect it to a file.
Here is an example where I look up the word "
% perl dict.pl "hack"
Definitions for word 'hack':
<jargon> 1. Originally, a quick job that produces what is
needed, but not well.
2. An incredibly good, and perhaps very time-consuming, piece
of work that produces exactly what is needed.
See also {neat hack}, {real hack}.
[{Jargon File}]
Synonyms for hack:
be at, block out, bother, bug, bum, carve, chip, chisel, chop, cleave,
crack, cut, dissect, dissever, disunite, divide, divorce, dog, drudge,
engrave, etch, exasperate, fashion, form, gall, get, get to, grate, grave,
greasy grind, grind, grub, grubber, grubstreet, hack, hew, hireling, incise,
indent, insculp, irk, irritate, lackey, machine, mercenary, model, mold,
mould, nag, needle, nettle, old pro, open, part, pattern, peeve, pester,
pick on, pierce, pique, plodder, potboiler, pro, provoke, rend, rip, rive,
rough-hew, sculpt, sculpture, separate, servant, sever, shape, slash, slave,
slice, stab, stipple, sunder, tear asunder, tease, tool, trim, vex, whittle,
wig, workhorse
Antonyms for hack:
appease, aristocratic, attach, calm, cultured, gladden, high-class, humor,
join, make happy, meld, mollify, pacify, refined, sophisticated, superior,
There are a few ways you can improve upon this hack.
Using specific dictionaries
You can either use a different
dict server or you can
use only certain dictionaries within the
dict server. The DICT.org server uses 13
dictionaries; you can limit it to use only the 1913 edition of Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary by changing the
$dict->define line to:
my $defs = $dict->define($word, 'web1913');
$dict->dbs method will get you a list of
dictionaries available.
Clarifying the thesaurus
For brevity, the thesaurus section prints all the synonyms and antonyms for a particular word. It would be more useful if it separated them according to the function of the word and possibly the definition.
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Kevin Hemenway is the coauthor of Mac OS X Hacks, author of Spidering Hacks, and the alter ego of the pervasively strange Morbus Iff, creator of disobey.com, which bills itself as "content for the discontented."
Tara Calishain is the creator of the site, ResearchBuzz. She is an expert on Internet search engines and how they can be used effectively in business situations.
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Police Chief Joe Treviño said one of the problems his officers would like to solve is a recent problem with someone painting graffiti at car washes on North Washington and West Corpus Christi streets.
The chief said the slogans painted on the walls at the car washes are gang related and the owner has been having to paint over the vandalized property every few days.
The other incident involves a hit-and-run accident that happened on March 31.
According to the victim of the accident, a brown Chevrolet Suburban or Tahoe struck a vehicle as it was leaving the gate at the Amber Stone Apartments sometime between 8 and 9 p.m.
The motorist told police that the driver of the SUV sped up the vehicle and pulled in front of the victim's Honda Civic.
The passenger side of the SUV struck the front end of the Honda causing $3,000 damage to the vehicle.
Instead of stopping, the driver of the SUV fled the scene.
The vehicle and the police are seeking any information that could lead to the identification of the person who caused the accident.
Crime Stoppers offers rewards of up to $1,000 for information that leads to the arrest of a criminal.
Anyone who might have information on either of the two crimes mentioned may call the Beeville Police Department at 358-8100 or Coastal Bend Crime Stoppers at 362-0206.
Callers from out of town may call toll-free to 877-362-0206. Internet users may contact Crime Stoppers by email at coastalbendcrimestoppers.com.


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Sunday, April 1, 2012
My Elementary School
Stay tuned... more to come.
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That's nice, to be able to see your elementary school! :)ReplyDelete
Have fun on the Autism Awareness tour! :D
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My son, John Besel, went to Chapelglen elementary and was confirmed by your Dad. He is 35 now and you might remember him from Messiah LCMS. I'm glad you have fould an important and rewarding calling.Delete
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- AnonymousApril 18, 2012 at 1:57 PM
Thank you for posting all your blogs. My daughter (8 yrs old) was diagnosed over the summer at 7 years old with Aspergers. It took this long because I listened to the dr.s instead of my gut. Their answers to my concerns were to wait, that she will grow out of it. The teacher have been hit or miss with being willing to help her. This year has been wonderful for her, last year was horrible (b4 diagnosis). We are still learning every day about Aspergers and our daughter now that we look at her from a different light. Thank you for helping to educate those that need to be informed about Aspergers and Autism!! If you ever have an opportunity, I invite you to come to school district u-46 in Elgin Illinois. The school my daughter is at has been wonderful working with us, but there are many schools remaining in the district that don't want to be bothered or are having a hard time understanding. Thanks again for your willingness to do what you do!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 9, 2012 at 8:45 AM
My teachers were accepting and let me know all the things! In fact, they encouraged it! On my school iPad, I have an autism awareness lock screen\home screen.ReplyDelete
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English Turn has been rated the TOP Golf Course in Louisiana by GolfAdvisor.com
Only 8 miles from New Orleans CBD, English Turn Golf and Country Club is a tribute to the city's timeless elegance. English Turn is the perfect venue for those who wish to experience the pinnacle of New Orleans golf country club magnificence.
English Turn's spectacular 43,000 square foot clubhouse recalls the grace and grandeur of one of Louisiana's legendary plantation homes.
Surrounded by romantic verandas, an expanse of green lawns and flowering gardens, the clubhouse offers members and their guests the very finest in New Orleans golf amenities and ambiance. The 18-hole championship New Orleans golf course is a fitting testimony to Jack Nicklaus's extraordinary reputation not only as a world-renowned player, but as a world-class course designer.
New Orleans is known for its dedication to outdoor sports, and the Tennis Center and Swim Pavilion of English Turn have received high praise as being among the city's most complete recreational and entertainment facilities. English Turn's Fitness Center, situated conveniently within the clubhouse, offers members the opportunity to fulfill their personal fitness goals through exercise while enjoying an unparalleled atmosphere of luxury.
A Piece of New Orleans Golf History
During the Spring of 1699, war raged between England and France. The exploration and colonization of the Mississippi River were prime concerns for both countries. France had established a small colony along the Mississippi near New Orleans. England, anxious to control the river, dispatched a warship to invade the French Settlement.
Iberville and Bienville, the French colonists, realizing the impact of the invasion by the English dispatched a small convoy to the British warship anchored below New Orleans. Bienville, approaching the English captain, warned him to depart immediately or face a large-scale military battle. The English turned the warship around and returned to England.
Bienville had bluffed the English captain -- the French "armada" consisted of only two small canoes with five brave Frenchmen! To this day, the grand bend in the Mississippi down river from Old New Orleans is called "English Turn,"


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There are people who love Christmas, and then there are people who go crazy for Christmas. Just look at this elaborately decorated home in Queens, N.Y., by retired firefighter Kevin Lynch and photographed by Robert Ondrovic. He says Lynch has been decorating his home for the past 17 years.
Marlo Cueto photographed an annual lights and sound show in the Philippines. "With thousands of lights dangling from the trees of Ayala Triangle Gardens, people enjoyed watching the show as the lights of a variety of colors dance to the tune of a Christmas medley," he says. This year's show is dedicated to the victims of the recent typhoon.
The German-speaking Italian province of South Tyrol is a popular destination for tourists wanting to experience some of its famous Christmas markets. CNN iReporter PGPescali was working on a feature in South Tyrol when he decided to capture the festivities. "I like colors and lights, the best time to see them is when it snows," he said.
Seoul's Shinsegae Department Store, covered in lights, was this year's first encounter with real Christmas decorations for American Korean language student Morgan Brenner. "I sent the photo to friends and family in the U.S., and my father commented that Seoul seemed far more Christmassy than my hometown in Ohio at the time."
Erin McCormack was visiting Paris during a Thanksgiving vacation with her sister and a friend when she came across this light installation. "It definitely put me in more of a holiday spirit," she says.
To Robert Ondrovic, Christmas in New York City is always magical, "with the Radio City show, the Rockefeller Center tree with the ice skaters below, the window displays along Fifth Avenue and the overall spirit in the air with all the visitors this time of year."
It looks like some Christmas fairies have gone wild on this garden bench and flowers. Brian Xavier took this photo at the Garden D'Lights show -- an annual Christmas lights event put on by the Bellevue Botanical Garden in Washington state. "This is a garden bench scene that gave me the thought that the gardener had just stepped away and left her work for us to see."
"Our yard is always full of pigs and gnomes," says Mike Matney. "It's a running joke within the family and you never know when a pig is going to show up in a suitcase when we go on a trip."
Misael Rincon photographed the Christmas spirit of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. He says the photo portrays "the joy of our people, my people are very happy despite the problems we have, we always see the positive in life."
London, like many cities, gets its fair share of Christmas decorations. Tomas Burian took this shot in the central Covent Garden. He says Christmas time is the best time of the year. "I always look forward to Christmas, as I get to travel back home to my family in the Czech Republic."
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WHEN: Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Prime judging time: 9:30am- 11:30am
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NSCS No. 14 Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet Impala SS crew chief Steve Addington and driver Tony Stewart from their first win together in the Feb. 23 Gatorade Duel at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway. (Photo credit: CIA Stock Photography)KANNAPOLIS, N.C., (March 15, 2012) – Call it the "Addington Advantage".
Since 2008 in a span of 16 races – eight at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway and eight at Dover (Del.) International Speedway – crew chief Steve Addington has notched four wins, six top-threes, seven top-fives and nine top-10s with two different drivers (Kyle Busch and Kurt Busch), who have combined to lead 1,398 laps (1,026 laps led for Kyle Busch, 372 laps led for Kurt Busch). Only three finishes were outside the top-20.
In those same races, Tony Stewart recorded zero wins, two second-place finishes and five top-10 results with 275 laps led. Seven other finishes were outside the top-20.
As the statistics show, Bristol and Dover have proven to be a concrete conundrum for Stewart, as he has struggled mightily in comparison at the only two concrete tracks on the Sprint Cup circuit.
Addington, meanwhile, has excelled. His knowledge of Bristol's .533-mile bullring and Dover's 1-mile oval helped deliver three wins to Kyle Busch (June 2008 at Dover, March 2009 at Bristol and August 2009 at Bristol) and one win to older brother Kurt Busch (September 2011 at Dover).
In 2012, the "Addington Advantage" is Stewart's, as the veteran crew chief joined Stewart-Haas Racing and the driver of the No. 14 Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet Impala at the end of the 2011 season.
The pairing has already proven successful. The duo won the non-points Gatorade Duel in February at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway and then scored their first point-paying victory in the third race of the Sprint Cup season last Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Now they head to Bristol, site of Sunday's Food City 500. Addington plans to pick up where he left off with the Busch Brothers, while Stewart seeks a pick-me-up from Addington, a winner of 17 Sprint Cup races as a crew chief (12 with Kyle Busch, four with Kurt Busch and one with Stewart).
With the "Addington Advantage" now in his corner, expect the Stewart of old, who has led a total of 1,354 laps in 26 career Sprint Cup starts at Bristol – but only two laps led in his last six races in Thunder Valley – to come roaring back.
TONY STEWART, Driver of the No. 14 Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet Impala for Stewart-Haas Racing:
You've enjoyed success at Bristol in the past, but of late it's proven to be a challenging venue. Why?
"Whatever we've had in the past, we're not bringing back. I told Steve (Addington) at our competition meeting on Tuesday, I don't care what package you put in the car, just make sure it isn't what we ran the last two races there.
"It's a track where we've struggled, but a track that I enjoy and like a lot. We've led a lot of laps there. We just don't have the wins to show for it.
"We've run terrible there the last two or three races, so we're looking forward to a new package, and coming off the win at Vegas is definitely the momentum we need to get started off on the right foot on Friday. I'm definitely looking forward to getting there on Friday."
It's still early in the season, but how has your relationship with Addington developed?
"Steve and I spent a lot of time in Daytona together, and we got to spend some time together between Phoenix and Las Vegas. A lot of the crew guys stayed out for that West Coast swing, too. We all got to spend time together as a team. When you have a new team leader like that, it's important for myself and for all the guys to try and spend as much time with each other as we can, so that all of us to get to know him a little better and for him to get to know his guys. It was fun to watch while we were in Vegas. We've all been together a short amount of time, but it looks we've been together a lot longer than we really have."
Can you summarize your history at Bristol?
"Bristol is one of those places where you've got to have everything kind of go your way. If you have one hiccup, it's hard to recover from it. We've only won one race there and we've kind of been all over the board. It's been feast or famine for us. It's like if you have one problem in the first half of the race, it's hard to recover from it. It makes for a very long day. We've had more long days than good d
"It's a place where it's hard to have a good day. There are so many variables that can go wrong at Bristol versus other tracks. If you have that one bad incident that gets you in the back, it's hard to recover from that. There are guys who have done it and do a good job at it, but you have to have a great racecar to be able to recover from something bad, especially if you get laps down. It's like going from the bottom of the mountain and climbing and climbing and not getting anywhere. You fight and fight and fight and at the end of the day you're right where you were when you had your problem."
Has overcoming adversity at Bristol been made easier by the repaving job the track underwent in 2007?
"I definitely like the track the way it is now. I know there has been a lot of debate on whether it is better or whether it was better the old way. I like it because we at least get to use the whole racetrack now, and we don't have to just sit there and drive through each other to pass. You actually get to race guys now. I enjoy that side of it. I think it's a lot more fun. Sometimes because it's more fun doesn't mean you're successful at it. That's what makes it challenging."
Bristol is the first short track race of the season. What are your expectations?
"I think the one thing Bristol does is reset all of the grudges from the short tracks. I think guys forget about someone who may have given them fits last year at Bristol or Martinsville. I think everyone starts at square one. It's nice to start with our first short track at Bristol. It's something we all look forward to because it's a one-of-a-kind racetrack. There are high banks like Salem and Winchester in Indiana, but they are nothing like Bristol. Everybody gets excited just because it's Bristol. It's hard to win there. One of my favorite trophies is my Bristol trophy from the win in 2000. I keep asking myself why I only have one of them. It's just a hard race to win. When guys win there, they don't just stand on the car and go, 'Whoo." They usually scream when they get out of the car because it's such a hard place to win."


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Chu, along with the Obama administration, regards the spike in gas prices as a feature rather than a bug. High gas prices provide an incentive for alternate energy technology, a priority for the White House, and a decrease in reliance on oil for energy.social engineering thru higher prices at the pump.Hows that hope and change workin' out for ya???
Chu being 'OK with it' is a bit of an understatement, he's actually all for it, since it's the only way the Green BS approaches being competitive. Unfortunately what he and other Greens fail to understand is that the rising petro costs will affect the inputs to all their 'Alternative' energy systems, driving up the market price of them to where they will STILL be uncompetitive with fossil energy, no matter how high its price point goes. The only thing that will EVER make it competitive is the when fossil energy actually enters the exhaustion phase of its production curve.
Quixotic isn't it?
Obiewanoblammo and Ah Chu need to be gone. Immediately, if not sooner.
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