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[B]System Administrator (Los Angeles)
Luma Pictures[/B] is an artist centric feature film VFX studio located two blocks from the beach in Santa Monica, California. *We maintain a unique culture with an amazingly talented staff and are always on the lookout for exceptional people for full time and project positions.
The ideal candidate will be able to contribute to many aspects of our production network; including user support, OS management and scripting.
The precise tasks can vary depending on what you bring to the table, but some of the outstanding responsibilities are:
- Manage and troubleshoot hardware and software issues on user workstations running Mac, Linux and occasionally Windows
- BASH and/or Python scripting to increase production in our area of supporting the artists
- Assisting with other items such as power issues, building issues, and other general Issues
- Ethernet cabling, power cabling, server setups and take downs, deployments
- Advanced knowledge of OSX, CentOS/RHEL, Fedora including software management and deployment
- Advanced knowledge of and experience with networking concepts and network implementations, including routing, VLANs, firewalls, traffic inspection
- Advanced knowledge of DNS, LDAP, HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, SSH, RDP and other common protocols
- Proactive, curious, energetic, troubleshooter
- Strong desire and ability to learn and apply new knowledge and techniques
- Able to lift a server or other similarly weighted item from time to time, independently
- Extremely proficient with gnu/linux rpm-based distributions
- Knowledge of apache httpd virtual hosts files
- Ability to lead in advanced troubleshooting without guidance for hardware, software and networking issues
- Advanced knowledge of hardware RAID, software RAID, lvm, ext3/4, NFS, CIFS/SMB, AFP
- Advanced knowledge of hardware including RAID cards, clustered storage such as equallogic, sun fire, isilon or avamar
- Advanced knowledge of network troubleshooting techniques using nmap, tcpdump, wireshark, iperf, iptraf, nettop, traceroute, etc
- Advanced knowledge of linux network commands including NetworkManager, host, nslookup, dig, ifconfig, ip, route, netstat, ping, iptables, etc
- Solid understanding of packet flow, tcp and udp transmissions
- Advanced knowledge of sysv, init scripts and the startup and login process for linux and osx systems
- Advanced knowledge of virtualization concepts and implementations
- Knowledge of rpm repository mirroring and rpmbuild, for custom repos
- Advancecd knowledge of security concepts ranging from file permissions to best practices and backdoor prevention
- Knowledge of VPN technologies including site-to-site VPN tunnels
- Advanced knowledge of xenserver administration, including p2v
- Knowledge of openldap or opendirectory
- Knowledge of systemd
- Familiar with visual effects shops, pipelines or similar
- Experience with bluecoat systems or other hardware ssl proxy web filters
- Wireless networking experience
- Video card experience (drivers, troubleshooting, Xorg, etc)
- Puppet management system knowledge
- Mcollective knowledge
- Cobbler knowledge
- Fortigate/fortiap experience
- Procurve experience
If you think you fit the bill and want a quick response, go to firstname.lastname@example.com and/or www.lumapictures.com. If you prefer to send hard copies, you can submit a resume, reel, shot breakdown and cover letter to:
Attention: Recruiting - [System Administrator]
Luma Pictures
1424 2nd St
Santa Monica, CA 90401


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Sweet and Spicy Pork Tenderloin
When we ate this meal, I told my husband it was official: pork tenderloin is my favorite cut of meat ever. Which is why I have recipe upon recipe upon recipe for pork tenderloin residing here on this blog (and even one more on the docket coming up in the next few weeks).
I love that it cooks quickly but remains succulent and tender and lends itself well to any variety of flavors, not to mention that it is a leaner meat so is easier to keep lighter and healthier.
Just like the cookies, I figure I could try a 100 more variations of pork tenderloin and never tire of the journey.
This version is the first I've posted with a BBQ flair and it is beyond fantastic.
Slightly sweet and slightly spicy (we are talking very lightly spicy – nothing major to burn out the taste buds, I promise!), the pork benefits from a dry rub that also does double duty in the throw-together BBQ sauce topping the pork after roasting.
I served this with baked potatoes, biscuits and green salad and it was not only a complete meal, but a completely delicious and filling meal. Long live recipes dedicated to the almighty pork tenderloin! The endless options make me a very happy woman.
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Sweet and Spicy Pork Tenderloin
- 2 tablespoons chili powder
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 2 (12- to 16-ounce each) pork tenderloins, trimmed
- 1 tablespoon vegetable or canola oil
- 1/4 cup ketchup
- 2 teaspoons cider vinegar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
- Adjust an oven rack to middle position and preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Pat the pork tenderloin dry with a paper towel. In a small bowl, combine the chili powder, paprika, salt and pepper. Reserve 1 tablespoon of the spice mixture and use the rest to rub over the pork tenderloin on all sides.
- In a large 12-inch nonstick skillet, heat the oil over medium heat until it is rippling and hot. Add the pork tenderloins in a single layer and cook the pork until browned on all sides, 5-7 minutes total (flipping as needed). Transfer the pork to an aluminum-foil lined baking pan and bake until the meat registers 140 degrees at the thickest part, about 15-18 minutes. Transfer the pork to a platter or plate and tent with foil, letting it rest for 5 minutes before slicing.
- In a bowl, combine the reserved spice mixture, ketchup, vinegar and sugar and brush over the cooked pork. Slice the pork and serve.
Follow @melskitchencafe on Instagram and show me the recipes you are making from my blog using the hashtag #melskitchencafe. I love seeing all the goodness you are whipping up in your kitchens!
Recipe Source: from Cook's Country April/May 2012

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. - A man hunting coyotes near Gainesville is being treated at the hospital after a shooting accident.
A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission report says 61-year-old Norberto Mondilio Quinones-Caseres was airlifted to Shands Hospital in Gainesville on Tuesday. He told wildlife officials he was climbing over a fence when his gun discharged and a bullet hit him in the abdomen.
An update on his condition has not been released.
Wildlife officials say Quinones-Caseres is from the town of Fort White in Columbia County. He was alert when Sheriff's Office deputies responded to the scene. He told them he was hunting coyotes.
Authorities continue to investigate the accident.
Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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Fresh of hanging on for their 13th straight home victory Saturday, the Boston Bruins flew to St. Louis for tonight's tilt with the Blues.
The Blues are coming off a stirring 4-2 win over the Minnesota Wild that broke a five-game losing streak, as Jeremy Rutherford of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch describes.
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DetailsVarying heights. Enjoy a wonderful assortment of fragrant Oriental lilies in all the colors. A great mix to get started with this showy group of perennial bulbs. Oriental lilies enjoy full to part sun in compost enriched acidic garden soil and are cold hardy in zones 3-9. They often have huge flowers and taller varieties benefit from staking, especially if you live in a windy area. Mulch well in winter to protect the bulbs from too much cold. Hybridized from Asian native plants.
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- Oriental lilies are very fragrant, while Asian lilies are not.
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ARLINGTON, Texas — There's a twinkle in Buck Showalter's eye. He is on the big stage again, managing the one game everyone will be watching tonight.
It's going to be a wild ride as Showalter's Orioles try to find a way to beat the Rangers in this do-or-die, wild-card encounter at the Ballpark in Arlington. The winner gets to exhale before moving on to play the Yankees in the ALDS.
This is the Buck is Back Tour.
He lives for games like this and you can be sure he has mapped out every possibility. He gets to manage back in Texas, where he spent four years guiding the Rangers, and if the Orioles pull this off, he will get back to The Bronx, where Showalter set the foundation for those Dynasty Yankees, bringing the team to the postseason in 1995 for the first time since 1981.
Joe Torre took over from there.
All week Showalter has been engaging and insightful. He said the credit goes to his players. He is just being modest. He has gotten these Orioles to believe in themselves, and has squeezed 93 wins out of this pitching staff that doesn't have anything close to a No. 1 starter.
"Buck has done a tremendous job,'' first-year GM Dan Duquette told The Post, "especially with the pitching staff.''
The Orioles managed to throw 10 shutouts this season, something they haven't done since 2004. Showalter has gotten wins from 19 different pitchers, one shy of the club record his team set last season. Since the start of the 2011 season the Orioles are 51-31 (.621) in one-run games, the highest winning percentage in the game over that span. Bruce Bochy, another excellent manager, and his Giants are second at 62-42, a .596 winning percentage.
If tonight's game stays close, something the Orioles pitchers may not be able to do against the Rock 'em, Sock 'em Rangers, Showalter will find a way to pull out a victory. The Orioles were 29-9 (.763 winning percentage) this season in one-run games.
That is Buck Ball.
The wheels are turning and yesterday Showalter elected to go with veteran lefty Joe Saunders as tonight's starter, even though Saunders is 0-6 here during his career with a 9.38 ERA. Yu Darvish starts for the Rangers.
"If you're looking for pitchers with good numbers against the Texas Rangers, they're hard to find,'' Showalter said. "Regardless of who pitches, we're going to have to pitch well and do some things out of the bullpen and swing the bat and catch the ball. It's only one phase of the game, but it's very important."
Saunders didn't want to know his numbers here, telling reporters, "I can imagine. I don't care. Tomorrow is a new day."
Showalter will mix and match. The Orioles are 74-0 when leading after seven innings this season.
These are good times again in Baltimore, noted Hall of Fame pitcher Jim Palmer.
"The Ravens have a good ballclub. It's been a football town for too long, but it's nice that we can share some of the excellence of play," Palmer said. It could be over in a day or you could be playing the Yankees again. I would rather see the Orioles play in Texas. Nothing against the Rangers, but we're a fly-ball hitting team.''
Home runs fly here and the Orioles have hit 214 this season. Only the Yankees have hit more with 245.
Texas' manager Ron Washington is under pressure because of the collapse in the World Series last season and his team's collapse this season, including the loss Wednesday to Oakland. Of those losses, Washington said, "We didn't pitch well enough to win. It's about pitching."
After 93 wins, one team is going home. "Our guys are ready,'' Showalter promised. "This is a challenge. But we feel real good about the opportunity we have earned. It's there for us.''
Showalter will pull out all the stops tonight. If the Orioles keep this game close, the Buck is not stopping here.


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Unsweetened Chocolate
How we tested
For most of the 20th century, unsweetened chocolate played a starring role in the home baker's pantry. Today, however, it seems upstaged by bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, showing up in fewer recipes. But in the test kitchen, we often rely on unsweetened chocolate as a building block in desserts such as brownies and chocolate cake; it's an excellent way to deepen chocolate flavor without adding sweetness.
The purest form of chocolate, with no sugar or other ingredients added, unsweetened chocolate is definitely not candy (as anyone who's sampled it plain can tell you). Mayans mixed it with hot water and drank it as a bitter, stimulating beverage, the way we drink black coffee. Spanish explorers brought it home, and within the next century it was all the rage in Europe (though often with added sugar and milk). But for all its popularity, chocolate remained a luxury until the Industrial Revolution, when mass production made it cheap enough for mass consumption. One of the first food manufacturers in America was the James Baker Co. of Dorchester, Mass., which began making Baker's brand unsweetened chocolate in 1765. Milton Hershey's first chocolate was an unsweetened baking bar introduced in 1894 (the famous milk chocolate bar followed six years later).
Both of those pioneering American products are still sold in supermarkets. But like other forms of chocolate, the unsweetened kind has gone upscale these days, and basic brands share the shelves with far more expensive products billing themselves as "premium" or "artisan." There are also myriad fancy unsweetened chocolates available through mail order. Could any of these top the originals? We rounded up seven other competing brands and baked all nine in classic brownies and then mixed them into chocolate sauce to find out.
Distinct Differences
We asked our tasters to rate the samples on the intensity and complexity of chocolate flavor—and right from the start it was clear that unsweetened chocolates are not all alike. From nutty to fruity, smoky, and coffeelike flavors, they brought a wide range of nuances to our tasting table. Since most of these chocolates contain nothing more than processed cacao beans, we could only assume that any flavor complexities derived from the beans themselves, which manufacturers roast and blend to further manipulate their product's typical flavor profile.
When we tasted the brownies, though, we were surprised that some of the more exotic chocolates actually fell short. Tasters described brownies as "bland, not much in the way of complexity," "mild," and "nothing special." Their comments on others echoed these sentiments: "pretty meek," "dull," and "one-dimensional." Another chocolate fared no better, with tasters complaining, "Where's the chocolate?"
The best-liked brownies came from three sources: a French brand that tasters praised for a "smoky" profile; another which was noted for being very sweet, with "raisin," "raspberry," and "coffee undertones"; and to our surprise, one of the everyday supermarket brands. Tasters raved about its "well-rounded, complex flavors," including suggestions of "caramel and coffee," with "rich, deep, bittersweet notes" and "big" chocolate flavor. However, our other classic American brand didn't fare nearly as well. Some tasters liked the cherry tones this chocolate provided, but most found it underwhelming, tasting far more of sugar than of chocolate.
Intrigued but not yet convinced, we sampled all the entries again, this time in a simple chocolate sauce. The tasters' scores and comments mirrored the brownie results almost exactly.
Secrets of Chocolate
Chocolate manufacturers closely guard their trade secrets, so discovering exactly what made the top-ranked chocolate brands stand out was not easy. We sent the chocolates to an independent laboratory to analyze their percentages of cocoa solids and cocoa butter—the two components that make up cacao beans. We also compared ingredient lists and evaluated tasters' comments for clues.
While every unsweetened chocolate is made up of 100 percent cacao or very close to it (some brands contain trace amounts of other ingredients such as vanilla or lecithin), we found the chocolates varied in the amount of cocoa butter they contain. According to federal regulations, unsweetened chocolate must contain no less than 50 percent and no more than 60 percent cocoa butter. Our lab tests revealed that our winner had the lowest fat level of all of the chocolates, with just 50.3 percent. Most of the rest of the lineup contained between 52 and 55 percent fat, a typical amount that naturally occurs in cacao beans. With the least cocoa butter, the test kitchen favorite contains more cocoa solids than the rest of the lineup, which would explain its richer chocolate flavor.
Flavor Flaws
But so far, all we had was a partial explanation, because some of the lowest-ranked chocolates also contained high levels of cocoa solids. So merely having more chocolate flavor isn't enough: It has to be good chocolate flavor. Over-roasting may have been the downfall of a bottom-ranked brand: Tasters noticed burned flavors, "like licking charred bark," "smoky," and "unpleasant." Baker's shared that "burnt," "earthy, soil-like" profile.
And then there are the beans themselves. Given that unsweetened chocolate is simply roasted ground cacao beans, usually not refined or conched (a process of grinding chocolate particles very finely while aerating the chocolate and mellowing the flavor), there's no hiding mediocre beans and faulty roasting. But experts told us that the best beans generally are not used in unsweetened chocolate. "Since it is also called baking chocolate, and used in recipes with other ingredients, not usually eaten alone, you often find a wider variation in its quality," said Gregory Ziegler, a professor of food science at Penn State University. "I'd think that these products would typically be a blend of average beans." But our winner's ingredient label also shows that it contains added cocoa (more cocoa solids with some fat), and one expert speculated that the company incorporates higher-quality cocoa into a base of cheaper beans to boost the flavor.
When all is said and done, do we still recommend using unsweetened chocolate? Yes. When we developed our recipe for Old-Fashioned Chocolate Layer Cake (March/April 2006), only unsweetened chocolate created the traditional tender, airy, open crumb that stood tall, not fudgy and dense like more modern cakes. We'll also continue to use it as a way to pack more chocolate flavor into chocolate desserts while keeping the sweetness under control. Because overall scores in this testing were close for most of the top of the lineup, any of the higher-ranked unsweetened chocolates will do the job. Just avoid the bottom-ranked brands—they'll only add weak chocolate flavor and possibly some unpleasant off-flavors, too.


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Caesar Rodney's Delaney Steel scored six goals to lead the Lady Riders past Smyrna 17-5 in lacrosse Thursday afternoon.
Caesar Rodney's Lady Riders lacrosse team scored early and often in a 17-5 victory over visiting Smyrna Thursday afternoon.
Delaney Steele led an aggressive Rider attack with six goals on the day, along with two assists. CR's Maegan Stewart had four goals and two assists, and Megan Webb added three goals and three assists. The Lade Rider outshot the Lady Eagles by a wide 35-18 margin.
Defensively, the Rider defense bottled up the Smyrna offense throughout most of the day, employing a stifling three-defender guard around the Eagles ball carrier.
The Riders scored the first goal of the game at 23:36, then added another goal about 12 seconds later.
The Eagles got on the board less than five minutes later, but CR responded by scoring four unanswered goals to pull ahead 6-1.
Caesar Rodney kept up its strong offense with crisp passing and outscored Smyrna 4-2 in the last six minutes of the first half to build a 10-3 halftime lead.
Both teams came out aggressively in the second half, and each side scored an early goal. But the Riders kept up the offensive pressure, controlled the period, and outscored the Eagles 7-2 in the second half to seal the victory.
The Lady Eagles drop to 5-3 on the season. Their next match will be on Monday, at home against Polytech at 4 p.m. They will also host Caravel Academy on Wednesday at 4 p.m.
Caesar Rodney improved to 4-4. The Lady Riders will play Archmere Academy on Saturday in Claymont at 2:30 p.m., followed by another road game against Dover on Monday evening starting at 5:30 p.m. Their next home game will be on Wednesday against St. Thomas More, starting at 4:15 p.m.


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When I hear "Let food be thy medicine...," I think of one thing alone, comfort. Medicine is supposed to heal the body, and I honestly believe that food can heal the soul. Being in college I believe this more now than ever before. Being on the 15-cents-a-package ramen diet can really get old and quite frankly just become depressing. College can be rough, with the stress of school and all the other drama that can occur; and sometimes you just need a little pick me up. Now just trust me on this, ramen is definitely not the answer for said pick me up. Ask anyone who has been away at school for a while what they would want to eat if they could pick anything and it's almost guaranteed that they would say a home cooked meal. I think we all want this because having a little piece of home is like having our own little revival.
For me personally, the most "healing" food would be my grandmother's Bunny Cakes. For as long as I can remember she has made pancakes, from scratch, shaped like rabbits. While I am now nineteen years old and seeming too old for these, I will never be able to out grow Bunny Cakes. I remember waking up to the smell of pancakes and developing the most enormous grin on my face; Bunny Cakes always meant instant gratification in my world. However, now that I am older, eating at my grandma's is more than just being happy; I now realize that it takes me back to that place of safety and when life was so much more simple. Eating them momentarily heals me of any issues I may currently be facing in my adult world. I feel comforted.
Another food that can carry me away instantly is cookie dough. I understand that this may not be the healthiest of snack choices; however, what works simply works. If I am feeling particularly stressed out about school, money, or boys (emphasis on the boys), then I grab a tub of cookie dough and shove my face full. I have no earthly clue as to how or why this makes me feel better, but somehow it works like a charm every time. I have shared this method of revival with a few of my closest girl friends, and they have all agreed that its magic. We have been known to sit there on the floor with our sappy movies and tub of cookie dough while the world begins to not seem so harshly cruel for a few minutes. This may just make us sound like a bunch of fatties, but for that short moment it does not matter. We are comforted, we are healed.
These are two different ways food can be medicine; however, they both have to do with comfort and healing. While one takes a person back to happier times, the other simply makes the world go away completely for a while; both leading to a brief renewal of the soul. So I do not know if Hippocrates was thinking about girls shoving there face with cookie dough at the first sign of stress or a five year old gleaming over Bunny cakes when he made the statement "Let food be thy medicine..."; but that is what comes to my mind when I hear it. Soul food, its not meant to be healthy for the body, but to help heal the soul; to bring someone back into their own place of comfort and peace. They are healed and revived.
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Johnson aiming for another win in Texas
Fort Worth, TX – The Sprint Cup Series will run its first nighttime (points-paying) race of the season this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway. NASCAR's new race car, the Gen-6, will also return to intermediate track competition.
After winning last Sunday's race at Martinsville, Jimmie Johnson reclaimed the points lead, as he holds a six-point advantage over defending series champion Brad Keselowski. Dale Earnhardt Jr. is 12 points behind Johnson, his Hendrick Motorsports teammate.
Johnson became the first repeat winner of the season. He won the Feb. 24 Daytona 500. Johnson also took the checkered flag for the most recent Sprint Cup race at Texas five months ago. Can the five-time series champion pick up another victory there on Saturday night?
"I feel good about it," Johnson said. "We ran really well at Vegas, and California didn't go as well as we wanted, but it's a much different racetrack than what we have at Texas. I would say that Texas and Vegas are closer together than Texas and California. We'll go there and see. We're still learning this car on the big tracks. At Fontana, we were certainly trying some things, and are smarter leaving there, and I know that these guys (No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports team) will work hard and give me a great car this coming race."
Texas is the second 1.5-mile track on the schedule this year, following Las Vegas (March 10). The series will run at another mile and a half, Kansas, on April 21.
With the Gen-6, Texas will likely feature this season's fastest non- restrictor-plate lap times. The track qualifying record here is 196.235 mph, set by Brian Vickers in November 2006. Sprint Cup teams tested at Texas on Thursday to get more familiar with the new car here.
"The surface (at Texas) is a little bit older than places like Charlotte, Michigan and Kansas," Johnson noted. "I think you will see a lot of four-tire calls and that could make a difference in the race. It's a fast track, and it's going to be challenging to keep the car underneath you and not get yourself in trouble. I really like the track. I think it's really going to be another great race."
Greg Biffle won last year's spring race at Texas, adding to Roush Fenway Racing's dominance here. Jack Roush has the most car owner victories at this track with nine, compared to four wins for Rick Hendrick and three for Joe Gibbs.
Carl Edwards, who drives the No. 99 Ford for Roush, leads all drivers with three Sprint Cup victories at Texas. He won both races here during the 2008 season. Last month, Edwards snapped a two-year, 70-race winless streak in the series at Phoenix.
"I love racing at Texas, because everything about the race track is fun," Edwards said. "We're hoping for our second win of the season and fourth at Texas. It's going to be a tough one on the crew chiefs and engineers to get these cars perfect in the nighttime conditions, because we don't get to practice like that. It's going to be a tough race from start to finish."
Five different Roush Fenway drivers have won at Texas: Biffle, Edwards, Jeff Burton, Matt Kenseth and Mark Martin. Biffle, Burton and Kenseth have two victories each here.
"I attribute it to good teams, good drivers and communication with equipment," Biffle said. "Teams will get on to setups. Maybe their race cars cater to this type of racetrack a little bit better. I've had a lot of success here. We are sharing that information, so Carl (Edwards) has that setup. Carl has won here, so we copied his setup. We learn together as a group, and I think it helps us as an organization to be strong at particular race tracks."
Brian Vickers will drive the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota in relief of the injured Denny Hamlin. Vickers, a Nationwide Series regular this season, is also scheduled to be in the car at Kansas and Richmond (April 27). Mark Martin drove the No. 11 to a 10th-place finish at Martinsville. Hamlin continues to recover from a compression fracture in his lower back due to an accident on the final lap in the March 24 race in Fontana, Calif.
Forty-five teams are on the preliminary entry list for the NRA 500.
Series: NASCAR Sprint Cup. Date: Saturday, April 13. Race: NRA 500. Site: Texas Motor Speedway. Track: 1.5-mile oval. Start time: 7:30 p.m. ET. Laps: 334. Miles: 501. 2012 Winner: Greg Biffle. Television: FOX. Radio: Performance Racing Network (PRN)/SIRIUS NASCAR Radio.


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