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Bloomingdale Neighborhood's Appeal Now Well Established; Well-Kept Homes, Thriving Cafés, Community Pride a Draw
Published: October 18th, 2017
Accompanying images can be viewed on page 1 of the October issue 2017 issue pdf
By Larry Ray*
Sarah, one of the servers at the now decade-old Big Bear Café, located at the northwest corner of 1st and R Streets, NW, calls Bloomingdale "a neighborhood gem." Coldwell Banker Real Estate Martin Toews agrees:
"Bloomingdale is prospering as a neighborhood and continues to attract urban dwellers who value historic architecture and proximity to so many exciting venues, restaurants and markets. Walking distance to neighboring Shaw and U Street are additional benefits of Bloomingdale. Single family town homes, multi-unit apartment buildings and converted 2 to 3-unit condos are prevalent within the neighborhood. The commercial component is also growing with very appealing restaurants and services emerging. For these reasons Bloomingdale will continue to be a great investment."
Former Bloomingdale resident Steven Boyd recalled, "My experience in the neighborhood was great, really — lots of families young and old, and some renters and students as well. It felt very cohesive as a neighborhood, and I'm sure the fact that there weren't many larger buildings or apartments contributed to that feeling."
Symbolizing the neighborhood's evolution in recent years might be the 2.9 million sale just two months ago, on August 14th, of the Medhane Alem Eritrean Church at 150 S Street. Plans are to re-develop this 7,423 square-foot site with eight town houses.
Medhane, which has relocated to suburban Maryland, purchased the 1904 vintage church building in 2004 for $865,000. Prior to Medhane, the building was home to the Greater Little Ark Baptist Church, from about 1955 to 1995 when they lost the building due to failure to keep paying its mortgage which had become financially to keep up with following a plunge in membership during the 1980s.
Before that for about 51 years, it was the. Their membership plunged in the 1980's. They were evicted in 1995 for nonpayment of mortgage and then saved financially. (Bloomingdale is not the only neighborhood in Northwest which in recent years has seen the closing of long-time churches due to changing demographics; North Columbia Heights is another.)
Another sign of change was the neighborhood's first ever block party which the organizers expect to turn into an annual event. For this initial effort, by utilizing the innovative NextDoor.com neighbors connecting with neighbors platform, they attracted a enthusiastic group of about 250 neighbors.
Yet even another indication of demographic change is how gay-friendly the neighborhood feels. Many, including Seaton Place resident Mark, believes that Bloomingdale is very welcoming to the LGBTQI community. Started in 2014, the "Bloomingay" Facebook page has over 400 members. Rainbow flags fly in the wind at businesses and homes. El Camino sponsors monthly "Velvet Thursdays Happy Hour." There is also the annual (second, so far) Pride in the Park. This event raised $5,000 this year to help with the Crispus Attucks Park maintenance.
The portion of the District we now know as the Bloomingdale neighborhood has a rich history. It was initially developed in the late 1800s from several large estates around the time that Howard University was founded in 1867, and was one of the first neighborhoods to be developed beyond Pierre L'Enfant's original City of Washington boundary — in what was then the Washington County portion of the District of Columbia.
Present Day
Most consider the boundaries to be Florida Avenue, NW on the south, Michigan Avenue on the north, North Capitol on the east, and 2nd Street on the west. So, actually a small area of about 5,000 residents, possibly divided into north and south sections by Rhode Island Avenue. According to the 2010 census, 90% were African-American. However, according to recent sources such as Wikipedia and other sources, though accuracy not confirmed, it is now estimated that African-Americans comprise 59%, with whites at 30% and Hispanics, Asians and others comprising 11%.
[Editor's note: Questions about the effects of gentrification in the neighborhood were already being addressed just a couple of years following the 2010 census, and were reflected in a December 2013 InTowner story.]
Another indication of the neighborhood's evolving population mix is the finding reported in NeighborhoodScout.com, a real estate market data site, that 4.2% of the households are same sex couples. According to NeighborhoodScout's analysis, this is a higher proportion of same sex households than in 99.5% of the neighborhoods in America. Clearly, this finding seems to bear out Seaton Place resident Mark's belief –- as noted earlier in this report — that Bloomingdale is very welcoming to the LGBTQI community.
Other interesting findings about the neighborhood's residents is that 21.2% commute by bicycle to and from work daily and that the neighborhood, according to the site's analysis, has more bicycle commuters than 99.9% of all neighborhoods in the U.S.
The site also reports that 18.1% of neighborhood residents use Metro to and from work each day, a higher level of rapid transit utilization than 96% of all neighborhoods in the U.S,, according to its analysis.
Cafés and Eateries a Big Draw
Some say that the Big Bear Café is the heart of Bloomingdale. Owner Stu Davenport would agree. Stu was born and reared in Glover Park, DC. He and his wife located to Bloomingdale. They bought the building and envisioned a community center coffee shop. Then they decided to do it themselves. So at first Big Bear was a cute coffee shop, but Stu expanded it to a full restaurant with full liquor license and an extensive patio shaded by grape vines. (The original grape arbor cuttings were given to Stu by his father in law who owns an orchard.)But Big Bear is hardly alone among the myriad eateries; consider, for example, the following dozen-plus (in no particular order):
El Camino-Mexican (108 Rhode Is. Ave.); Aroi Thai (1832 1st St.); Windows Market and Café (1st St. & Rhode Is. Ave.); The Red Hen (1822 1st St.); Boundary Stone (116 Rhode Is. Ave.); Sylvan Café and Bakery, formerly Grassroots Gourmet Bakery (104 Rhode Is. Ave.); Bacio Pizzeria (812 Seaton Pl.); Meats and Friends (247 Florida Ave.); Tyber Creek Wine Bar and Kitchen, formerly Rustik Tavern (84 T St.); Showtime Lounge, a no-frills bar in a row house basement that once housed a barber shop (113 Rhode Is. Ave.); Crisp Chicken + Bar (1837 1st St.); The Pub and the People (1648 N. Capitol St.); and next door, Old Engine 12, the restaurant in the historic once firehouse that will be the site of the October 28th Bloomingdale house tour art show and closing reception (1626 N. Capitol St.)
Another establishment appreciated by foodies is Sylvan bakery & Café (106 Rhode Is. Ave.) It is located in the former Sylvan Theater which opened in 1913 and served the African-American community until it closed in 1965. Following that came a laundromat and now this bakery presided over by an in-house pastry chef. – owned by the same people who operate Bacio Pizzeria on Seaton Place.
Farmers Market
Back in 2007 some residents got together to organize a farmers market which they envisioned would not only be a real amenity for the neighborhood but would also be great way pull the community together. As The InTowner reported at the time, they raised $2,000 from neighborhood residents to get things started and since then these weekly, Sunday markets at 1st and R Streets during the Spring, Summer and Fall have been a hugely popular and successful undertaking.
Since 2012, Jenna Huntsberger who owns Whiskeddc, operates one of the booths at the market. Why did she choose this one of the many around the city? "We loved doing Robin Shuster's other market at 14th and U, so we were excited when she invited us to participate in Bloomingdale. It also worked nicely with our market schedule — we could do 14th and U on Saturday and Bloomingdale on Sunday. We've been very happy with the market and the community there. We're also able to source produce from other farmers' at the market, which we love."
Asked what she thought the future of the market might be, she responded, "[it} has an excellent reputation among vendors — customers are loyal, come out in all kinds of weather, and really care about the quality and sourcing of the food. The Bloomingdale neighborhood is very family and community-oriented — we definitely see that at the market."
In Conclusion . . .
As Bloomingdale restaurants adviser and restaurant owner Paul W. Ruppert told The InTowner, "The changes in Bloomingdale have been dramatic. The restaurants, led by Big Bear Café, provided a strong sense of community. Big Bear has been central to the development of the sense of community in Bloomingdale. Stu and his team do a great job of making everyone in the community feel welcome."
"The farmer's market has become a central gathering place for the neighborhood," real estate agent Mark S. Bertini asserts, and "so although Bloomingdale is a relatively small neighborhood, interest in relocating to the thriving area with new shops and restaurants and retail remains strong."
Scott Roberts, the long time resident and Bloomingdale advocate who manages his always up-to-date neighborhood blog and the Bloomindaledc Google e-group adds, "The Bloomingdale Civic Associationhas a new Fun and Fit Committee, which promotes fitness and fun, which has been inclusive in its activities."
Another neighborhood resident sums things up this way: "Bloomingdale is the hottest, most sought after and diverse neighborhoods in the District — it really is a rich mosaic of people, cultures, food and religions. It's also centrally located, a hop from downtown DC and Capitol Hill and is surrounded by myriad bus and subway lines. I am so glad I stuck it out and trusted the vision I had for this community. It truly is a gem."
*Larry Ray is a Senior Adjunct Professor at the George Washington University School of Law, former President of the North Columbia Heights Civic Association (NCHCA) and Next Door Coordinator for NE Columbia Heights.
Copyright © 2017 InTowner Publishing Corp. & Larry Ray. All rights reserved.


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I know I've mentioned my affinity for all things puppets. I've been on Puppetry Teams on and off since I was in Middle School. And I just think puppets are perfect for kids because there is so much imaginative play involved. I know as a puppeteer, I am much more free to talk and be silly with a puppet on my hand while being hidden behind a stage! Kids will do all sorts of things when they think no one is looking!
These are some of my favorite kid-friendly puppets:
Mop and Broom Puppets!
They are super easy and just take a little creativity. First grab your least dirty broom, mop or other fluffy/frilly cleaning brush. (You could even go to the Dollar Store and buy some new ones for cheap!) Then pull out any craft foam you have. (We have 2 baby wipes containers full of them. And a few other gallon ziploc bags with giant scraps. I just can't throw it away!)
Cut out some fun face shapes (we made 2 circles by tracing some bowls and a trapezoid, I think.) then let the kids create their own faces with the other foam pieces. (Of course, you could also use beads, ribbon, pipe cleaners, etc.) Once they are ready, tape them onto your broom or mop so your faces have some nice and fancy hair!
{do you like his mustache? and shark teeth?}
Finally, drag out your puppet stage. What? You don't have a giant puppet stage? Well, you'll have to fudge with some blankets and clothespins, I guess.
Now, the kids can have it with their little…er, I mean BIG puppets. Let them make up their own stories or dance around to your favorite CD. But my favorite way to play with these puppets is for me to stand in front of the stage and narrate a little puppet show for them and let them act it out. For example:
Once upon a time a little baby was crying. {Asa puts up his puppet and cries. He's a great crier!}
Then the Mommy ran into the house and said, "Are you ok, baby?" {Lydia brings in the Mom puppet and says, "Are you ok, baby?"}
Get it? We all took turns being the narrator and the different puppet characters. It was so fun! I love hearing the stories they create and watching them show off with their puppets!
We used to do this same thing in Children's Church and have the kids act out Bible stories. It's hilarious when you say, "Elisha ran to the widow's house." and the puppet doesn't move because the kid isn't remotely paying attention, so you say, "I SAID, ELISHA RAN TO THE WIDOW'S HOUSE!" It's very comical! You can add all sorts of funny things for the puppets to do and your audience will roar with laughter!
Let me know if you transform your mops and brooms into puppets! I'd love to see a picture posted on our facebook page!

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Gifts and Honoraria to District Employees and Their Families
Policy Number: Gifts and Honoraria to District Code No. 403.4
Employees and Their Families
Except as otherwise provided in this policy, no employee of the District or member of an employee's immediate family (spouse or dependent children) shall solicit, accept, or receive any gift or series of gifts, nor shall any employee of the District accept an honorarium, if the donor is or is seeking to be a party to one or any combination of sales, purchases, leases, or contracts with the District or if the donor will personally be or is the agent of a person who will be directly or substantially affected financially by the performance or nonperformance of the employee's official duty in a way that is greater than the effect on the public generally.
A "gift" for purposes of this policy shall include anything of value in return for which legal consideration of equal or greater value is not given. However, the following gifts may be allowed:
(1) a contribution to a candidate; or
(2) informational material relevant to official functions, such as books, pamphlets, reports, documents, periodicals or other information that is recorded in a written audio or visual format; or
(3) anything received from a person related within the fourth degree by kinship or marriage, unless the donor is acting as an agent or intermediary; or
(4) an inheritance; or
(5) anything available or distributed free of charge to the public generally; or
(6) items received from a bona fide charitable, professional, educational, or business organization to which the employee belongs as a dues paying member, if the items are given to all members of the organization without regard to the individual member's status or positions held outside of the organization and if the dues paid are not inconsequential when compared to the items received; or
(7) actual expenses for food, beverages, registration, travel, and lodging for a meeting which is given in return for the employee's participation in a panel or speaking engagement at the meeting when the expenses relate directly to the day(s) on which the employee has participation or presentation responsibilities; or
(8) plaques or items of negligible resale value given as recognition for public services; or
(9) food and beverages provided at a meal that is part of a bona fide event or program at which the recipient is being honored for public service; or
(10) nonmonetary items with a value of $3.00 or less received from one donor during one calendar day; or
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(11) items or services solicited by or given to, for purposes of a business or educational meeting, a state, national, or regional government organization in which the District is a member, or solicited by or given for purposes of a business or educational meeting, a state, national, or regional government organization whose membership and officers are primarily composed of state or local government officials or employees; or
(12) items or services received as part of a regularly scheduled event that is part of a business or educational conference, seminar, or other meeting that is sponsored and directed by any state, national, or regional organization in which the District is a member, or received at such an event by members or representatives of members of state, national, or regional government organizations whose membership and officers are primarily comprised of state or local government officials or employees; or
(13) funeral flowers or memorials to a church or nonprofit organization; or
(14) gifts for an employee's wedding or 25th or 50th wedding anniversary; or
(15) payment of salary or expenses by the District for the cost of attending a meeting of a subunit of an agency when the employee whose expenses are being paid serves on a Board of Education, commission, committee, council or other subunit of the agency and the employee is not entitled to receive compensation or reimbursement of expenses from the District for attending the meeting; or
(16) gifts other than food, beverages, travel and lodging received by an employee which are received from a person who is a citizen of a country other than the United States and is given during a ceremonial presentation or as a result of a custom of the other country and is of personal value only to the recipient; or
(17) actual registration costs for informational meetings or sessions which assist the employee in the performance of the person's official functions. The costs of food, drink, lodging, and travel are not "registration costs" under this paragraph. Meetings or sessions which the employee attends for personal or professional licensing purposes are not "informational meetings or sessions" under this paragraph.
An otherwise prohibited nonmonetary gift may be accepted if the gift is donated within thirty days to a public body, the department of administrative services, or a bona fide educational or charitable organization as provided by law.
An "honorarium" for purposes of this policy means anything of value that is accepted by, or on behalf of, an employee of the District, as consideration for an appearance, speech, or article. However, the following "honoraria" may be accepted:
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(1) payment of actual expenses for registration, food, beverages, travel, and lodging when the expenses relate directly to the day(s) on which the employee has participation or presentation responsibilities; or
(2) a non-monetary item if the employee donates the item within 30 days to a public body, a bona fide educational or charitable organization, or the department of administrative services of the State of Iowa; or
(3) a payment made to the employee for services rendered as part of the employee's private business, trade or profession if the payment is commensurate with the actual services rendered and is not made because of the person's status as a public official or public employee but, rather, because of the employee's special expertise or other qualifications.
This policy shall not prohibit District employees from receiving gifts from or on behalf of students or groups of students for special occasions such as holidays, retirement, end of sessions, or periods of illness, provided the gift is not of excessive value and is not given to influence the employee's judgment in professional or official matters, but rather is given as a token of appreciation.
It shall be the policy of the District to encourage students and their parents to donate an item for the District or for a classroom or activity in lieu of donating gifts personally to an employee.
It is the intent of the Board of Education that District officials and employees be extremely cautious and circumspect about accepting any gratuity, favor, or gift. The acceptance of personal benefits raises suspicions that tend to undermine public trust.
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"Tattooed for LIFE" Victory Custom Bike by Klock Werks. You could WIN this Bike!
Bike Name: "Tattooed for LIFE"Builder: Team Klock Werks, Mitchell, SD
Paint: Gasoline Art-Darren Wenzel
Bike: 2010 Victory Kingpin
Raffle tickets will be sold here, by the team at Klock Werks, and at participating retailers beginning March 1st with the winner to be drawn at the end of the week "Biketoberfest" in Daytona 2012 (one of Vic's favorite trips with the Klock Werks Krew).
The project is based on a stock framed Victory Kingpin and the return to popularity of cafe' style bikes. The needs for young riders to obtain a high value bike with a 100 inch V-Twin motor, inverted front suspension, monoshock rear, and phenomonal style have never been more obtainable than the Victory Kingpin.
The design team at Klock Werks customized it by starting with Vortex clip-on style handlebars and modified rearsets to change the rider position. The reliable stock gauge was frenched into the factory headlight housing. The pipe was kustom built utilizing a Kerker canister and cermachrome heat coating.
The motor was treated to a Lloydz Motor Werks cam and torque tube upgrade and ignition is controlled by a DynoJet PowerCommander. For aesthetics all the engine and transmission covers were coated in gloss black powdercoat with chrome hardware.
The handbuilt steel rear tail section utilizes a factory Victory Hammer tailight and is cloaked in satin white PPG paint. Little details like the brushed levers, fork caps and controls, a lengthened rear shock link to give a more aggressive swingarm angle, a kustom cut stock belt guard, Klock Werks front fender and control mounts all show what can be done on a budget.
A stock left Victory fork leg was upgraded to add a second front brake. The stock wheels were painted and shod in world class Pirelli rubber to aid performance.
The race inspired, tattoo tribute graphics of Vic and Austin were artistically done by Darren Wenzel of Gasoline Art in Austin, TX. Vic was a tattoo artist as well as a valuable Klock Werks employee, and the graphics are actually representations of some of Vic's tattoos.
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LOS ANGELES — – Reeves Nelson didn't need one of those pep talks for his return to the UCLA lineup.
A phone call from his mother, Sheila, was enough.
Nelson scored a game-high 19 points and added 10 rebounds to mark his return and pace UCLA to a 75-69 victory over Arizona in the quarterfinals of the Pac-10 Tournament on Thursday afternoon at Staples Center.
"I talked to her this morning before the game," Nelson said afterward. "She said, 'Go out and play as hard as you can for me.' And that's what I did."
Sheila Nelson voiced her concern after her son underwent a laser procedure to repair a slight tear in his left retina on Feb. 22. Her worry that the eye issues could become a long-term problem prompted Nelson to slam on the brakes to what had been a promising yet unfinished season.
It was Reeves' mother who called Dr. Steven Schwartz, who performed the procedure on her son, and got the reassurance he could return without causing any more harm to the eye. That's what led to Nelson's comeback, one that could not have come at a better time.
The Bruins played Arizona last week and lost after building a 14-point lead in the second half. With Nelson back, the chances of a similar disaster significantly dropped.
"The big difference is that Reeves was able to play versus last week when he couldn't," UCLA coach Ben Howland said. "It helps to have Reeves back because he's really our only solid inside presence. They did a good job in getting the ball to him and he had some offensive rebounds and put-backs."
Reeves' effort was complemented by the play of seniors Nikola Dragovic and Michael Roll, who scored 18 points each.
While the offensive output was important, an even tougher defense turned out to be the difference.
The Bruins (13-17) used their usual 2-3 zone but also turned to the familiar and reliable man-to-man look a few times.
As a result, Arizona's Kyle Fogg, who averaged 25.5 points while notching two career-highs in the two previous games against UCLA this season, finished with 10 points. Fogg was 7 for 10 on 3-pointers in last week's game against the Bruins but was 1 for 5 from long range on Thursday.
Derrick Williams, the conference's freshman of the year, was held to two points in the first half before finishing with 14.
"We switched it up a little bit," Roll said. "We double-teamed Williams and made him have a couple more turnovers (five) than before.
"We got out to the shooters. Fogg had no career game against us for the first time."
Even with everything the Bruins had going for them, the Wildcats refused to go away. UCLA led by nine midway through the second half only to have the Wildcats get close with 8:10 remaining.
Unlike last week's game, however, the Bruins responded when they needed to. Solomon Hill cut the UCLA lead to three points with a free throw but Dragovic pushed the difference back to five with two free throws.
Wise scored on a layup that cut the Bruins' lead to 61-57 with just over six minutes left, but Malcolm Lee answered with a 3-point basket from near the top of the key.
"They're a good team," Roll said. "No matter what we threw at them, we knew they weren't going to fold. Last week they made a push, we were up by 14, and they came back.
"I feel like whatever they threw at us, we answered it right back. They hit a big shot to cut it to four, and we went to the free throw line or got a big bucket. It was great to see that."
Arizona finished its season with a 16-14 record and fell to 0-5, since 2002, when scoring fewer than 70 points in the Pac-10 Tournament.
The Bruins play conference regular-season champion Cal in Friday's semifinals. Cal beat Oregon, 90-74, on Thursday. Cal and UCLA split their two regular-season games.
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The Atlantic Wins Magazine Cover of The Year
The voting is over, and the winner of the first FishbowlNY Magazine Cover of The Year is The Atlantic. It was a virtual tie between New York (who we thought would win) and its cover of a post-Sandy Manhattan and The Atlantic right up until the end. However, The Atlantic ended up with 41 percent of the vote, while New York grabbed 34 percent. Those two covers pretty much blew away the competition, as the next closest was ESPN The Magazine, with 9.9 percent of the vote.
Congrats to the Atlantic, and to Darhil Crooks, the magazine's creative director. The winning cover was the first Atlantic issue with Crooks' imprint, and it obviously made an impact on readers.
Thanks to everyone who voted in our poll. You are all — in your own special way — the wind beneath FishbowlNY's wings.


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We ran into Adam Savage at the Maker Faire 2018 in New York City
While going to see him onstage we ran into him posing for photos with a Star Wars group. He was more than happy to stand with Rolly long enough for a photo. He appreciated the fact that we were staying later at the show just to catch him onstage.
Meanwhile, Guba, with no idea who Adam Savage was or what he looked like, had wandered off.
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Gertrude showed up as a stray at a shelter, with a wobbly front leg, possibly due to an old, untreated injury–no fun for a 3 year old GSP who just wants to romp! An MRI showed that she had a tendon that needed to be "released," at a cost of $4,000. Thanks to our donors, the surgery was completed successfully. Gertie's biggest problem then was that the halo prevented her from carrying rolls of toilet paper around, her favorite indoor sport. Her foster family, a couple with extensive GSP experience, fell in love with her and adopted her. Now she will be able to enjoy many years of running and jumping, pain free.
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This is a list of things NFL QBs would be doing if they weren't NFL QBs.
1. Derek Anderson - Arsonist.
2. Matt Barkley - guy who walks around the beach with a metal detector not even looking for valuables because he's perfectly content to take the reliable 5 cents per aluminum can.
3. McLeod Bethel-Thompson - Hairstylist.
4. Matt Blanchard - Finance bro.
5. Blake Bortles - Guy who solicits donations on city street corners who gets really angry when people don't acknowledge him at all because fuck you, even though he's got a shitty job, he's still a goddamn human being who deserves some goddamn respect.
6. Tajh Boyd - Accountant.
7. Sam Bradford - High school history teacher who is generally well-liked.
8. Tom Brady - Modern Dance instructor.
9. Tyler Bray - Regional Manager of a chain of independent cellular phone stores that are authorized Verizon dealers.
10. Drew Brees - Junior High P.E. Coach.
11. Teddy Bridgewater - Yoga Instructor.
12. Jason Campbell - Marketing Assistant at pharmaceutical company you've never heard of.
13. Derek Carr - Lead guitarist for a rap-rock band that he would describe to you as "sorta like Drowning Pool mixed with Tyler, The Creator's early stuff, you know?"
14. Matt Cassel - Bicycle messenger. r
15. Jimmy Clausen - Night manager at a rural gas station where he can smoke as much weed as he damn well pleases.
16. Kellen Clemens - Pee Wee Hockey coach who lets the kids know exactly what these pussy refs will let them get away with.
17. Aaron Corp - Ghost.
18. Kirk Cousins - Mouth model.
19. Jay Cutler - Owner of a pizza place where the tomato sauce is disgustingly sweet. So much so that you eat there once and you have no choice other than to assume that he's putting at least a cup of sugar into every pot of sauce. The bitch of it is, other people in your neighborhood seem to love his fucking bullshit sugar pizza. "Let's go to Jay's!" they say, and you wonder if their terrible taste in pizza is because they live in an admittedly rural area where the options for pizza are pretty much just Jay's or frozen and so who could blame them? or if something more sinister is at play.
20. Andy Dalton - Finance bro.
21. Chase Daniel - Account Executive at a used car dealership.
22. BJ Daniels - Seven-time International Thumb War Champion.
23. Austin Davis - Defense attorney. Deadspin reader.
24. Dominique Davis - Fireman.
25. Pat Devlin - Recreational Therapist with a heart of gold.
26. Dennis Dixon - World's best granddad.
27. Zac Dysert - Baseball player.
28. Trent Edwards - Cop.
29. David Fales - Nurse.
30. Ryan Fitzpatrick - Guy who tries to sell you flowers and wash your windows on the median in front of the highway on-ramp that is always backed up because no one in this goddamn city knows how to fucking merge.
31. Joe Flacco - Junior high math teacher who everyone hates.
32. Matt Flynn - Programmer who has that rare combination of coding prowess and interpersonal skills that really helps him get ahead.
33. Nick Foles - Career criminal.
34. Josh Freeman - Manager of a tanning salon who doesn't mind driving high school girls who frequent the salon home from parties when they've had too much to drink because he's a stand-up guy and there's nothing weird about it at all it's not like they're anything more than friends or anything like that so why are you being so judgmental about it?
35. Blaine Gabbert - Paintball superstore stock boy and cashier.
36. Jimmy Garoppolo - Young detective who doesn't play by the rules.
37. David Garrard - Veteran detective who is as straight-laced as they come. Jimmy Garoppolo's partner, and natural adversary until they learn to overcome their differences and work together.
38. Garrett Gilbert - Guy at every bar you go to who calls you a retard and wants to fight you.
39. Mike Glennon - Eco-tourism aficionado and self-made millionaire.
40. Bruce Gradkowski - Professional bowler who struggles to balance his work and home life and openly says as much to anyone who is willing to speak with him.
41. Robert Griffin III - Bank teller.
42. Ryan Griffin - An extra who specializes in portraying organized crime cronies for movies and television.
43. Rex Grossman - Unemployed guy who only uses Twitter for pornography.
44. Calb Jeffrey Hanie - Author and cover-model of self-published romance novels.
45. Chandler Harnish - NY Daily News contributor.
46. Graham Harrell - 1st grader in a proudly punitive school district where they won't promote him to 2nd grade until he learns to share his toys and keep his hands to himself.
47. Matt Hasselbeck - Ear fetishist even though that's not really a career, but the way Matt sees it, if you're not doing what you love, why bother doing anything?
48. Chad Henne - Mechanic.
49. Shaun Hill - Restaurant Chef of above-average talent.
50. Brian Hoyer - Fish processor.
51. Tavaris Jackson - Ornithologist.
52. Jerrod Johnson - Social worker.
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"I'm all in because you're all in," said OpenTable CEO Christa Quarles in her introductory call to action at the first ever Innovation Summit in the company's hometown of San Francisco. On a beautiful March day, industry luminaries and the OpenTable team came together in a light-filled space in the Dogpatch neighborhood to talk innovation and what's happening in the restaurant business — here in the Bay Area and on the nationwide stage.
After all, San Francisco is where it all began for OpenTable nearly 20 years ago, and many of the Summit's attendees were among the first set of customers on the platform. Now with years of experience with OpenTable, they are integral to the city's culinary landscape.
Beyond the Bay Area, Quarles took to the road in her first two years as CEO, traveling around the world listening to restaurant customers. During the course of this tour de restaurants, she heard three common drum beats: "You're expensive, you steal my diners, you don't innovate." In the programming and content of the Summit itself, from a diverse set of presentations that ranged in topic from creating a culture of hospitality and where your diners come from to the future of the product and the industry, we set out to debunk these particular beliefs.
Cool to Care: Creating A Culture of Hospitality
In an inspiring introduction about hospitality and how it scales, Quarles chatted with Anthony Rudolf, of Co.create NYC, and Will Guidara of the Welcome Conference (and Eleven Madison Park co-owner), tackled a myth of their own — the widespread front-of-the-house mentality that you can't teach hospitality.
"You absolutely can encourage it," said Guidara. "Unless you know what it's like to receive graciousness, you're never going to be inspired to give it. It just needs to be cool to care."
Rudolf and Guidara, beacons of inspiration in the industry, shared the story of how they began as rival GM's at Thomas Keller's Per Se and Eleven Madison Park, respectively, and one day discovered how shared their experiences and challenges were. From a walking conversation to co-founding a TED-esque conference for the restaurant industry, the pair has helped lead the conversation about creating a culture of true hospitality — and what that means in practice in your restaurant.
But hospitality extends outside the restaurant into everything we do. Speaking to the environment at OpenTable, Quarles added, "Culture is how you make decisions when you're not in the room."
"In hospitality, if we're authentic, we have the opportunity to dream about the world that we wished existed — and create it," said Will, a quote that gave the room full of restaurateurs, chefs, and front-of-house staff all the feels.
No Secret Sauce: Millennials, Social Media, and How Diners Find Your Restaurant
Restaurant review platform The Infatuation has been a beacon of cool for hungry millennials since its inception eight years ago. Co-founder Andrew Steinthal dug into the story behind the millennial diner, unpacking what that means for restaurants eager to capture this audience.
"People are hungry for cool stuff," Steinthal said, referring to the data and insights the company collects from their Text Rex messaging service, which basically allows diners to text a human concierge a request for a restaurant recommendation in real-time. "Experiences," "casual," and "situational discovery" are what it's all about in this audience — and, of course, "social is the currency of cool."
So how does a restaurant tap into the social capital they could be capturing by attracting millennial diners on social media? Marne Levine, COO of Instagram, took the stage with Quarles to break down how to make the most of your Instagram presence as a restaurant without a devoted social marketing team.
"We're trying to create the kindest, most inclusive community," Levine explained. "There is obviously no secret sauce, but there are some really great best practices here. I am deeply empathetic to the fact that you have a lot going on. The good news is, if you do put in the effort, you can actually get the rewards. And the rewards are real business results."
Sharing performance numbers and trend insights, Levine suggested the following Instagram best practices for restaurants:
1. Adopt a business profile.
2. Instagram stories are where people are going — and most people are watching with the sound on!
3. Business is personal, so be authentic. Turn the story on yourself, as the simple, daily activities of running a restaurant are engaging to people interested in what goes on behind the scenes at their favorite places to eat.
From social marketing by restaurants to how OpenTable acts a marketing engine on their behalf, Scott Jampol, OpenTable SVP of Marketing, gave a behind-the-scenes walkthrough of his own, detailing where diners come from when they make a reservation. "When you think about being listed on OpenTable, it's actually a marketing position — fifty-five percent of your diners come directly to OpenTable," Jampol explained.
He left the audience with a quote from Bill Chait of Tartine: "For those hoping for a better marketing spend, how many sixty-dollar-per-plate diners are they willing to give up to save the one-dollar cover fee?" (To learn more about how OpenTable is marketing for your restaurant, check out the breakdown.)
Shop Talk: Innovation and the Future of the Industry
From an in-depth explanation of the latest features within the OpenTable tools, such as GuestCenter and the iPhone app for managers, to a spirited conversation between Rudolf and San Francisco chef influencers Traci Des Jardins, Charles Phan, Thomas McNaughton, and Shelley Lindgren, the day ended on an educational note.
Product details were shared, and the chefs spoke about labor laws, rising costs of doing business in San Francisco, your staff as your best PR, and pressing the local government to advocate for change. The dialogue was open, candid, and forward-looking — exactly the objective of the day itself.
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Six women, all undergraduate engineering students at MIT, won last year's MakeMIT Hackathon by creating a device that can easily change the world for people who are blind.
They call themselves Team-Tactile, and they did something that should have been done a long time ago.
They created a device that is the size of a candy bar. It has a camera on the back, it runs OCR software, and it has 36cells of refreshable braille on the front. You just move the device, for now called Tactile, over printed text, and it is immediately displayed in braille on the front. Think about what an improvement this is over current methods of taking pictures, waiting for OCR software to convert to text, and then having to have a very expensive braille device connected to whatever you used to take the picture and convert to text.
The team only had 15 hours to create this device during the hackathon competition, and it only costs around one hundred dollars.
The problem in the braille display market is that no one has been motivated to create anything new and affordable. We are still using technology that is decades old, and the cost for these devices are in the thousands of dollars. It is about time that new options come to those who desperately need it. Only 10% of blind people can read braille, 70% of blind people are unemployed, and 80% of blind people who are employed can read braille. You do the math. Having easy access to braille material directly correlates to a more educated and productive blind community.
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The Hoyas avenged last year's loss to the Hoyas in Memphis to extend their home winning streak to 26 games. In a game that went back and forth all the way through regulation, Georgetown exploded to a 79-70 victory after the overtime period. The 17th ranked Hoyas were out-rebounded by a wide margin, although they played standout defense and got plenty of timely buckets.
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Edward Livingston Youmans (June 3, 1821 – January 18, 1887) was an American scientific writer, editor, and lecturer and founder of Popular Science magazine.
Edward L. Youmans
Edward Livingston Youmans
June 3, 1821
|January 18, 1887 65) (aged
New York City, New York, U.S.
|Alma mater
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Catherine Newton Lee
(m. 1861; his death 1887)
|William Jay Youmans (brother)
Eliza Ann Youmans (sister)
Early life
Youmans was the son of Vincent Youmans and Catherine (née Scofield) Youmans.[1] He grew up in Saratoga County where his parents had moved during his early years. His father was a mechanic and a farmer; his mother was a teacher.[2] His brother, William Jay Youmans, helped him found and edit Popular Science Monthly, and on Edward's death his brother became editor-in-chief. His sister Eliza Ann Youmans, in addition to being of great help to Edward in dealing with his blindness, was a science writer herself, chiefly on botanical subjects.
He attended the common school in Saratoga County. At 13 years old, he was afflicted with ophthalmia from which he suffered during the remainder of his life. When he was 17, he became practically blind, and remained so until he was about 30. He very rarely had vision enough to read ordinary type. Despite this handicap, however, he managed to acquire a good education.[1][3]
Youmans went to New York City in 1840 for treatment of his eye problem.[3] After some time in an infirmary, he boarded with printers who read to him from the latest works. Finally he found a home with a Quaker family, where he resided for many years.[1] In New York, he got to know Horace Greeley, Walt Whitman, and William Henry Appleton.[2]
In 1845, his sister, Eliza Ann Youmans, became his reader and amanuensis, and with her aid he undertook the study of chemistry and physics. In 1851, while studying agricultural chemistry, he prepared a Chemical Chart which won such favor that the next year he published a Class-Book of Chemistry. From that time on, he devoted himself to popularizing science.[4] He studied medicine during this period and received the degree of M.D. from the University of Vermont.[3]
He started lecturing on science in 1852, and for the next 17 years he gave courses of lectures in connection with the lyceum system in many towns and cities, awakening deep interest in scientific subjects. In his lectures on the "Chemistry of the Sunbeam" and the "Dynamics of Life", he was the first to expound popularly the doctrines of the conservation of energy and the mutual relation of forces.[3]
After his marriage in 1861, his wife's literary abilities were put to use in Youmans' editorial and promotional activities.[2] Early on Youmans became deeply interested in the diffusion of standard scientific works in the United States, particularly those on evolution philosophy. He republished such works in the United States, and did all he could through the newspaper and periodical press to make them known to the public. Herbert Spencer's books alone, on behalf of which he spared no effort, reached a sale of 132,000 copies by 1890, and the foreign authors whose works he used for years enjoyed, by voluntary arrangement with the D. Appleton & Company, the benefits of international copyright, of the justice and need of which Youmans was from the beginning of his literary life an ardent advocate.[3]
International Scientific Series
Youmans started the "International Scientific Series" in 1871, by means of which works by the greatest scientists of all nations were published simultaneously in the principal modern languages. Arrangements were made for the publication of works in New York, London, Paris, and Leipzig, and afterward in St. Petersburg and Milan. The project was based on the idea of payment to authors from the sale in all countries. By 1888, the series had reached its 64th volume.[3][4]
Popular Science
In 1872, Youmans founded Popular Science Monthly magazine, which he edited until his death. The 28 volumes issued under his care show a devotion to the spread of scientific thought upon the chief topics of the time. His enthusiastic nature led to constant overdoing, and the strain affected his strength years before his death. From 1882, his lungs were seriously affected, but he worked on persistently until early in 1886.[3][4]
In 1882, Youmans organized the New York banquet at the end of Herbert Spencer's U.S. tour. All told, Spencer wrote 91 articles for Popular Science Monthly.[5]
Personal life
On November 4, 1861, in Saratoga, New York, he married Catherine Newton "Kate" Lee (c. 1819–1894), widow of William Little Lee, the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Kingdom of Hawaii.[6] They didn't have any children.
Youmans died on January 18, 1887 in New York City.
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- Brief explanations of a new chart of chemistry: Upon which the fundamental principles of the science ... are represented to the eye by diagrams and colors in the clearest manner (1850)
- Alcohol and the constitution of man;: Being a scientific account of the chemical properties of alcohol, and its leading effects upon the healthy human constitution (1854)
- Chemical atlas ;: Or, The chemistry of familiar objects (1856)
- A class-book of chemistry: In which the principles of the science are familiarly explained and applied to the arts, agriculture, physiology, dietetics ...(1859)
- Handbook of household science: A popular account of heat, light, air, aliment, & cleansing in their scientific principles & domestic application (1864)
- The correlation and conservation of forces: A series of expositions by Prof. Grove ... (1867)
- The culture demanded by modern life: A series of addresses and arguments on the claims of scientific education (1867)
- Observations on the scientific study of human nature: A lecture delivered before the London College of Preceptors, October 10, 1866 (1867)
- The scientific basis of prohibition (1871)
- Herbert Spencer on the Americans and the Americans on Herbert Spencer: Being a full report of his interview, and of the proceedings of the farewell banquet of Nov. 11, 1882 (1883)
Further reading
- John Fiske, Edward Livingston Youmans, 1894.
Youmans, Eliza Ann (March 1887). "Sketch of Edward L. Youmans". Popular Science Monthly. 30.
- Good, Harry Gehman (1936). "Youmans, Edward Livingston". Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1889). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
- One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
- Pittenger, Mark (1999). "Youmans, Edward Livingston". American National Biography. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Dunn, Barbara E. (2004). "William Little Lee and Catherine Lee, Letters from Hawai'i, 1848-1855". Hawaiian Journal of History. 38. Hawaii Historical Society. p. 61. hdl:10524/147.


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May 20, 2011
Brian France
BRIAN FRANCE: Thank you. I'll start out by saying many of you have come up to me and said through the years that you feel like the media sometimes gets a little short-changed, doesn't quite get the treatment that you deserve. Looking at that TV and the screen out front, the new screen, you guys maybe right. That is quite a big screen, and quite a resolution.
On a serious note, we're almost not at the halfway point, but we're headed that way here at the All-Star break. And obviously we got off to a fast start at Daytona with a young, dynamic winner and a great race.
This week, of course, today is NASCAR day, we're very proud of the money raised going to children -- mostly children who need it the most, and not to mention the moneys just granted to the tornado victims throughout Alabama, Tennessee, and Mississippi and other parts of the industry having chipped into that.
So that's good to see, and it's good to see that NASCAR day continues to make good things happen for people who need it. Of course we're also celebrating the Hall of Fame of the second class here on Monday night. It's a great class. The community is really supportive. I was at the event Wednesday night, so we're looking for a really fun and deserving night on Monday night.
I understand that attendance is up for tomorrow night as well as going into Memorial Day weekend and the Coke 600. So that's nice to see the track here in Charlotte do doing a really good job.
I would just tell you a few things and I'll take questions in a moment. But about competition, which obviously is the centerpiece of what we do. If you look back, and I would go back not only to the first part of this year, but really go back to most of last year where you saw a rise in the competition level, lead changes, new winners, very competitive chase down the stretch between Denny and Jimmie Johnson and so on. That's carried on to this year.
So you've seen some resurgence by some of the drivers who mean the most to the NASCAR fan base, and obviously that would be Dale Jr., who is, I think, fourth in points now, contending for wins. And it looks like he could contend for a championship if he continues to improve with his team.
There's been a lot of excitement, and I know we'll have some questions on some of the mixing it up on the racetrack in recent weeks. Not surprising, because things are tighter, the competition level is higher, emotions are higher, so that doesn't surprise us to see that that's the case.
So a good part of that is exciting and great for the sport. Obviously there are limits to what we think how far that can go, and we've shown those limits recently.
If you look at the Kevin Harvick incident, which was not even a racing incident, it was after the event, where you saw us take action and step in. You saw us take action as well with discussions with Juan Pablo and Ryan Newman as well. So there are always limits, but on balance, the most important thing is how tight the competition is.
I'll say one other thing about that. You know, the wildcard format where wins are going to matter as we go into July and August and close out the regular season, you know, you could have some really interesting things happen with some drivers like Regan Smith or others that are going -- who were counted out before, but they have a win. They maybe have more wins, and that could be a factor, probably will be a factor.
So I think if you talk to anybody who is in the know, that you would get a very good report card on the competition. I've always said that's the steak on the plate for us.
Then the final thing is that we mentioned to you some time ago that we had engaged in some reviews of things within the industry that we think we can improve on. They range from the experience at the track, the things we can do at the league level, and things the team owners can do differently and better to serve our fans.
Those reviews are in. They're good, they're constructive. We'll be sharing those with the team owners here shortly. We have shared it with a number of tracks already so far. So we'd like to think that we're our own good self critic in some areas that we think we can improve on. So with that, I'll be happy to take some questions.
Q. I'm wondering where you personally fall on the boys-have-at-it issue? It's a little tricky in that NASCAR has to maintain law and order, but you get all this outside interest and you bring all these new eyeballs and it gets people talking and it's a real water cooler thing. So where do you personally fall, and what is the proper way to manage that?
BRIAN FRANCE: Well, I think -- that's a good question. I think there are limits. You saw one of the limits is that if you put anyone in danger, like what happened with Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch where it was after the race had happened.
I think it's important to note if you look through NASCAR's history, one of the videos that showed the most Wednesday night was the famous finish at Daytona with Richard Petty and David Pearson where they obviously hit each other and spun out in the grass. You go through our history and that's part of it, contact, emotion, in particular late in the race.
We're like anybody. We can over-officiate and over-regulate in some circumstances, over a 60-year period of time. And I think our point was a couple years ago we thought we might be in a pattern of that, and we wanted to put it more in the drivers' hands.
We never said there were no limits to that. You just can't go around with a missile and a weapon out there. But if you're having contact, that's part of NASCAR. So it's tough for us, but that's what we do. And it's tough for any sport to have certain areas of the game or in auto racing that are subjective as to what is too much, but we'll figure that out.
We're going to remain, obviously, a contact sport, and we're going to remain with the basic philosophy that we're putting more of it in the drivers' hands. If they go over a line we think is there, we'll deal with that.
Q. Despite the fact that we've seen some really incredible competition and the product is as strong as I can ever remember on the racetrack, Jeff Belskus, the CEO and president of Indianapolis Motor Speedway, had a comment in the papers that said we don't disclose numbers, but you saw a lot of empty seats here last year are, and I think you're going to see more of it this year. Is there some sort of problem with the relationship there when it was like the second most prestigious races on the Sprint Cup tour? Are you getting some sort of kickback from Indy at all?
BRIAN FRANCE: Well, no, the relationship is fine. I think, obviously, there were a couple years there where we had not our best day in terms of the tire problems and other things. They also had other issues that had nothing to do with us and other series had race there, and they've had management changes and so on. I know they're trying to figure that out.
There are going to be some markets, based on the economy and based on other circumstances, that we will be off in attendance. There will be a lot of areas we'll be on in attendance. I said this weekend is an example of that in Phoenix and many markets. Kentucky will be sold out. Iowa do will very, very well, all in that mid-west region too, by the way.
So we know the economy's still not perfect in places like Michigan and Florida, California, for sure. So, while we're not economists, we understand when our fans are going through tough times, and we're going to work with the tracks to get ticket pricing and other things that might help that cause.
Q. There's been some comments from drivers, I guess most notably from Tony Stewart, talking about wanting more specific parameters about what they can and can't do in this new environment. And I realize a lot of this is subjective, but is it possible to say you can't do this, you can do that. Can you draw better lines there?
BRIAN FRANCE: We think not. We think there is a 60-year history of how we officiate the events. Most of our top officials -- and certainly Mike Helton who is in charge every weekend and has been at the helm for a decade and longer. So we have a lot of -- this shouldn't be a big surprise for anyone to try to read us and how we're going to officiate the events.
We said late in the event if your car's faster than somebody else and there is some contact and somebody gets by, that's NASCAR racing. We celebrate that throughout our history. Look here at the All-Star. Some of the great finishes have all been with contact - Earnhardt and Bill Elliot, going to the grass. That's just the way it is.
The drivers know us well enough to understand, and they certainly have conversations that we'll be happy to reiterate our situation. But there is still going to be subjectivity. There is no set of eight things we're going to be looking at, because that would be impossible. It's not practical.
Q. If you could address the health of the NASCAR Home Tracks program and how that would affect or relate to the health of the sport overall? What is that relationship like and how about the health of the home tracks program?
BRIAN FRANCE: Well, I think two things. The home track area of the business has improved in the last couple of years, in particularly the regional events like the K&N Series, who showcased throughout those home tracks, and gave them a big night.
One of the things that's happened with our regional series in our home tracks is we're starting to get -- you've maybe heard me say that some of the drivers in our diversity program who were in the K&N series, who were in those home tracks -- one being Darrell Wallace, who I know is winning in some very competitive situations. He is going to, I'm sure be a national series, one of the four national series shortly. And if that happens, and if he's successful, I hope he is, it would be a tremendous boost for us, and a tremendous accomplishment for him.
Other drivers like Sergio Pena and others who are coming from the home tracks, coming from the regional series, and they're getting opportunities and showing their skills and that's going to be a good thing?
Q. Following up on the attendance. During the famous realignment news conference eight years ago, your father said he didn't like seeing empty seats at racetracks and that was a big factor at making a schedule. In light of some of these tracks struggling such as Dover with three straight smaller crowds, and barely full on Sunday, where does NASCAR stand on that? Could you still strip track of races or do they get some dispensation as the economy recovers?
BRIAN FRANCE: My father was pretty forward thinking. But even he I'm not sure saw the financial crisis that we had in '07 and '08 come. So that tends to modify your thinking of how you view these things.
Look, Dover, had a tremendously bad weather forecast. It's a miracle that that event -- and I'm not making total excuses here -- but it's a miracle on Saturday and Sunday that think got the races off at all. So there were no-shows, there was no walk-up, they didn't get any help from the weather.
We'll take a look at it because he was right. We certainly don't like to see empty seats. We like to see as many fans enjoying this great competition as possible, but we're also realistic that some things are going to take time. There's not many sports that aren't being affected in one way or the other in attendance. And they're having to do a lot of things, so are we, so are the tracks, to be sensitive.
We have high gas prices that are upon us, and that is certainly another factor for our fans to consider. We certainly don't want to see empty seats. We'll be working with tracks to get the best dates possible, and we'll go from there.
Q. It seems like this year especially but late last year too, mid-last year about that time, there's been a new focus by NASCAR, generally you guys, not necessarily industry, but by the powers that be in the company to embrace what NASCAR was because for a time there was a shift to try to go be something else. How much have you guys talked about that, embracing the history and being what it is?
BRIAN FRANCE: Well, I wouldn't agree with that. I don't think there was a time when we didn't think the best racing in the world was important or that our core fan wasn't important. That just wouldn't be accurate. Obviously, we have a job to do which is to satisfy the core fan in every way we can possibly and we'll try to do that. We're also trying to be appealing in ways to new fans.
Sometimes there is a different path that you have to be on, slightly different, to accomplish both things. But you're never off of one path for long, and they're never very far apart. So we're focused on being -- our history couldn't be more important. The Hall of Fame being exemplary proof of that on Monday and through the week.
We'll always keep our eye on the ball. But on the other hand, we're reacting to social media, we're reacting to the digital media landscape that's changing quickly, and most of you in this room know it better than I.
We're reacting to how young people, in particular, are taking in their favorite sports or learning about their favorite sports. It's very different than it was ten years ago, say five years ago.
You just can't have your head down when all these things are going on your way to trying to grow a fan base.
Q. It's no longer unusual for a Formula 1 driver to come to NASCAR. I'm wondering what it means to have this influx. Does it matter to NASCAR? Is there a benefit to it? Is there something about it that maybe detracts from the fan base?
BRIAN FRANCE: Not at all. I don't think the tracks at all. I think it shows you the level of competition that the best drivers in the world want to be a part of. And that's been going on, as you said, for some time. Juan Pablo will probably be at the head of the line in that regard.
So, no, I think it's great. Some will have more success than others. But the idea that they look at this style of racing and level of competition on par with anybody in the world, that's exactly what we'd expect.
Q. Wonder if you could assess is how you think the new points are working out so far in light of the fact that drivers now have to pick one series to run a championship in? Is there any consideration to maybe run in an All-Star type event for Nationwide or trucks?
BRIAN FRANCE: I don't know about an All-Star Race. It's been talked about and discussed before. I think the points, I assume, you're speaking about the Nationwide restrictions for the regulars to race for the championship. I think that will come into better play for us later in the year. I think it's added something, no question, to the events.
I think you're going to see us take a slow, steady look at making sure that we're getting the most out of the Nationwide Series, which needs to be analogous to college football and being able to build some Stars that come from Saturday to Sunday for us.
This was a big step, but it's not going to be the only step, and we'll be looking at ways to enhance the young drivers and their talents, and new owners, for that matter, in the Nationwide and other national series, that don't just get this, you know, perforation of Cup drivers to the point where it just homogenizes Sunday and Saturday and doesn't deliver the benefit that's we like to see with showcasing yuck drivers and young talent and young owners, new owners.
Q. Earlier Jimmie Johnson this week was commenting on the fact that he's the number one athlete of America's most influential athletes by Forbes magazine, which I'm sure you know of. But do you feel like -- he had said that he thought a note that NASCAR was finally getting its due. I'm wondering if you feel that's indeed true, and if you think the perception of NASCAR, if you think the momentum is starting to turn a bit?
BRIAN FRANCE: I think, listen, he's won five consecutive championships at the highest level of competition in American Motorsports and I would argue around the world, so he's deserving of that position by Forbes.
I can't say that we've turned the kind of corners I'd like to see the sport turn, that's why we're doing so many things to be a better contributor and better partner in that area with our IMC, that I know most of you are very familiar with now. And we're led by Brett Jukes and we're hiring some of the best talent that we can find to help tell the NASCAR story to mediums across all of these new places.
Can I say we've achieved anything close to what I'd like to see? No. But, obviously, all Motorsports would like to have our problems, but our problems are challenges and we're going to meet them head on and that's our job. Grow this sport, tell the story, showcase our drivers in the best competition in the world.
Q. Roger Goodell has done a number of conference calls this year with season ticket holders for various NFL teams with fans to talk to them about whether it's the lockout issues or particular issues they have about the sport. Why haven't you done something like that or why couldn't you do something like that with say season ticket holders at the various tracks throughout the circuit?
BRIAN FRANCE: You know, I'm sure he was trying to reassure his fan base on some issues that he was working on, and I assume that is the labor issues. I don't know. I wasn't on any of those calls.
The tracks sell the tickets here, and have, and they know their customers best. If I could add something to a call with our fan base and their ticket customers, I'd be happy to do it.
I haven't been asked to do it. I think we tend to let the tracks have that relationship, and that will remain until there is a need to do something different.
Q. It's appeared that being so sponsor dependent that NASCAR might have been hesitant to embrace the split-screen commercials. Did FOX inform you that they were going to to do it, and what do you think about ESPN's plans?
BRIAN FRANCE: We've been informed. Obviously it's not a brand-new concept. It was tried a decade ago or so with some mixed reviews. And they're trying some different takes at it. I think -- listen, if it enhances the viewing experience and works for the advertisers, then we're all open to that.
I think we're going to trust our TV partners to try some new things and they'll be as critical as we will be in terms of how it's working and we'll have to see how it goes.
Q. On a related note, I'm curious. The last television deal you signed in December '05 for a deal that started in '07, are you going to follow a similar time line then? Can you talk about how that side by side might affect the next negotiations?
BRIAN FRANCE: Yeah, I don't know. It's too early to tell how that would affect the negotiations, because we don't know how it's going to work commercially or otherwise.
Look, there is no question that the television landscape with what's happened with Comcast and NBC coming together, and recent deals, the Pac-12 deal and others, that sports content has never been more important to all of the networks who are in the business, and some new ones that are getting into the business.
But our first obligation and hope is that we get renewals done with our incumbents. When that day comes where that's not possible, which I hope it doesn't come because I think we have the best lineup of broadcast partners, we'll deal with that and we'll have to see how the broadcast affects it.
Q. You talked earlier about NASCAR paying attention to social media changing, interests of younger audiences. I was wondering whether you've decided whether to do this or not, is shortening some of the races on the table at all?
BRIAN FRANCE: We have shortened races. Over the last five or six years, we've shortened several, including some Nationwide Series.
So, yeah, I think we'd be open to that if it works for the tracks and works for our network partners. And, obviously, if the fan base wants that, that will be something that will be case by case. But are we open to that? Yes. Have we done it before? Yes.
Q. What does probation mean and why was the All-Star Race included with Kevin and Kyle? A lot of fans are confused by that and think maybe because it's a non-points event that it shouldn't be included.
BRIAN FRANCE: What probation means is there is a different set of eyes and expectations that are placed on a driver who has been placed on probation. They're going to have a more limited flexibility in how we're going to officiate them should they be in a similar area that they have just violated.
Why it's important to have consistent rules even through the All-Star Races is there are safety elements that are inter-affected between events. There are lots of different reasons why you just wouldn't want to say we're not going to have a standard set of NASCAR rules in the All-Star Race.
Keep in mind, given that there are no points at stake, by definition, it gets more aggressive. We know that. That's fine. Drivers take more chances, they're not worried about where they are in the point standings, so it's going to be more aggressive and more competitive.
But if we took the lid off and said there are no rules or don't worry about any ramifications that might extend into next week at all, then we believe that -- as I said earlier in my remarks -- there has to be limits to all of this. That would be above the limits that we believe going into an event would make any sense. Thank you.
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Jackrabbitslims posted a topic in Umpire Equipment@Scott Kennedy What equipment will be on special for Black Friday?
For One Last Dance
MadMax posted a topic in Free For AllWith the season winding down (at least up here in the North, where the other great slayer of baseball is awakening – football), I was struck with a musing... How would you prepare for the final game of the year? So, I'll present to you the survey question: The age/skill level is irrelevant. This is the final "game in town" in your hometown. _Everyone_ who's anyone is going to be there. It will probably be televised, too (at least on local channels... don't get ahead of yourself). As the resident Umpire and Baseball Aficionado, you have been asked by the local (VFW, Kiwanis, Key Club, Lions, 4H, whatever) organizers what sort of things you'd like to see instituted into the game and the festivities surrounding it. You've been also given a "gear allowance" to buy whatever gear you need as The Plate Umpire. Alright, I'll start... ------------------------- - I'd like the game to be slated to start at 7:05 PM. Beforehand, arrange to have one of the recent War Veterans throw out the ceremonial first pitch, along with someone the community identifies of note (illness-challenged youth, foundation award winner, etc.). - The game will be 7 innings in length, with a 5th inning stretch (or 9 innings, if the community organizers feel they can handle a game that long). - I'd have someone request the wonderful old guy/gal who plays the organ in the local church to come down and "play the (electric) pipes" on a synthesizer we have hooked into the PA-sound system. They would be at liberty to insert whatever filler music they'd like. - There would be a PA announcer, preferably with a voice like Garrison Keillor, Morgan Freeman, John Hurt, or David McCullough. Even-keeled, narrator-esque, not hyped like at a wrestling event. - I would heavily advocate for OBR, with only a "Continuous Batting Order" modification _considered_. - 4-umpire crew, of course. - I would get a Force3 Unequal Chest Protector, and probably Force3 SG's (or Champros), with highly-polished plate shoes, of course. It would be a Nike Titanium mask with tan TW's (or a black Nike NRS mask with tan TW's) to top it off, because I am going to make every effort to rock a black plate coat. If it's just too hot out, then go MLB Black for shirts. - Miss "Insert Community Name" would be tapped to sing the National Anthem, accompanied by the local Barbershop Quartet (if available... although they might do the 5th/7th Inning Stretch). If Miss "Community" happened to be Carrie Underwood, there would be no objection. The local VFW post would do a complete flag presentation. - The stadium / ball field would be lit (duh, of course!... there are no time limits here). - There will be fireworks after.
Big_Mac14 posted a topic in Umpire EquipmentLooking to buy some more undershirts for umpiring, i currently have three shirts which isn't adequate for umpiring 7 days a week. Our group requires undershirts that black and as I personal preference I want undershirts that WON'T get loose at the neck area. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
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Jocko posted a topic in Umpire EquipmentFollowed the link in an email from U-A and found this: http://goodcallsbaseball.blogspot.com/2013/01/team-wendy-and-wilson-dominate-mask.html?m=1 Now the whole world knows our Resident Gear Pimp! :cheers: