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Louie Giglio isn't a recording artist, but his influence has been felt throughout the worship ministry for the better part of 20 years. Giglio is the founder and pastor of Passion City Church in Atlanta and the co-founder of the popular Passion Movement, which has become known for its annual conferences and gatherings that seek to unite young adults and college students in worship and prayer.
Giglio has also co-written several popular worship songs with Grammy Award winning worship leader Chris Tomlin including "Holy Is The Lord," "Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)," "Prepare The Way," and "Be Glorified."
In this Whole Notes interview, Giglio talks about his latest book Waiting Here For You: An Advent Journey of Hope and how he hopes people will rediscover some simple but powerful truths found in God's Word:
Chad Bonham: Christmas is often celebrated and dreaded at the same time. How much of your book is about trying to get people to rediscover the joy of Christmas through the advent concept?
Louie Giglio: Absolutely, that's part of it. But even more than that, it's about helping people understand that life isn't perfect and that's the kind of world where Jesus showed up. He wasn't born in a palace on a perfect day. He was born in the middle of the night during tax season to an unwed couple in a stable or a cave in a sheep field. That was God's way of showing us that nothing is perfect. Life is chaotic. It's messy. That's what Jesus was stepping into. The advent season helps us back up a little bit and recover some of that hope for our lives.
Bonham: How would you describe Advent to someone who hasn't heard of the concept or recognized the season?
Giglio: The word advent means "expectation." What advent can do for us is create a sense of hope. That's why the subtitle of the book is "An Advent Journey of Hope." All of us are stuck somewhere between the pain of this world and the promise of God. There's something that's not right or not perfect or not the way we had hoped or dreamed that it was going to be. But God promises that He will use everything and every moment to ultimately take us to a new Heaven and a new Earth. For now, we're stuck in the middle. Advent is the season that can remind us God is working while we're waiting and we're really waiting with God. If you're waiting with God, waiting is okay. If you're always waiting on God, you'll be frustrated. God never seems to work at the speed that we want Him to. Advent allows us to recover during this four-week journey. It begins four Sundays before Christmas all the way up to Christmas. It lets us breath in those moments of faithfulness and helps us recognize that God is working. Even if we don't see it, God is always working underneath the surface, behind the scenes and orchestrating His plans and purposes. We go from Malachi to Matthew in one page of our scriptures, but that one piece of paper that separates the Old Testament from the New Testament represents 400 years of history—400 years where there wasn't a prophet, 400 years where God's voice wasn't heard. And that silence was broken with the cry of a baby on Christmas night. There are people who are waiting right now. They're waiting on a marriage. They're waiting on a baby to come. They're waiting on a job or a breakthrough or a promise that God has given them. All these readings in the book are meant to point us to Christmas night and remind us that God is faithful. God is faithful. God is faithful. 400 years might go by, but never count God out.
Bonham: We don't usually give much more thought to the Christmas story than a week or two in December. How would you encourage people to embrace this monumental story in our faith tradition throughout the year?
Giglio: The two great moments in human history are the day that Christ was born and the day He was raised from the dead. These are represented by Christmas and Easter—the two biggest holidays for the church. People who don't even go to church do go on these days. We've got to recover the promise of God revealed at Christmas and the triumph of Jesus on Easter morning. We've got to somehow figure out how to weave those stories into the flow.
Bonham: What was the personal inspiration behind the book?
Giglio: This book wasn't written for the perfect family. If there's a perfect family out there, we're all happy for that family. But most families aren't perfect. Most families are living with some sort of challenge or some sort of difficulty. While I was writing this book, I was writing in the summertime. I was writing every day and thinking of a family, not a specific family, but a family going through cancer at Christmas. In every word that went on the page, I wanted it to matter to a family like that. They're going to their treatment today. They're going to radiation today. They're not sure about the prognosis. They're not certain about the outcome. They don't need a nice little glib Christian devotion. They need truth that can be ballasts on a boat in the storm. Every day I sat down throughout that summer and I told God, "I want this to matter to a family going through cancer. If it matters to them, it will matter to all of us." That was the lift. It wasn't about writing a happy Christmas devotional. It was about giving people encouragement in the real challenges of life. That was last August. Then come Thanksgiving, our family was the family going through cancer. We got hit with a massive cancer diagnosis. We started going through Waiting Here For You as a family and we were the ones receiving the encouragement. We were that family. And we are that family again this Christmas. So I just need people to know that I'm not just somebody coming up with some nice devotional thoughts about Christmas. This is a book for people that are stuck in the middle of what they long for and hope for and the reality of God coming through on His promises in their lives. I believe that God is not lost. He is in the middle with us right now. If people will take a few moments and take this journey, hope will rise up in their hearts. I believe that.
Bonham: How intentional were you in creating a book that could be read and applied all year long, not such during Advent and the Christmas season?
Giglio: We almost put Christmas on the cover. I grew up in a church that didn't observe Advent, so I didn't really know what it was about until later in life. But to put the word Christmas on the cover, that might have pushed the book into the rush and the crush of the season. It's certainly for that season but someone could pick it up in February or August and get something out of it. The Word of God isn't for one particular season. It's for every season. But in its specific application, it's best read from Thanksgiving to Christmas. Then hopefully some people will go back to it and remember how a particular chapter impacted them. These are messages that apply to us through all seasons of life.
Bonham: In the past, you've had some powerful revelations about God—including the talk you gave about the cellular molecule known as laminin—that have really created some excitement within the church. Did you have any other eye-opening moments while researching and writing this book?
Giglio: There's not a laminin molecule in the book (laughs). Those only come around once in a lifetime. You're pretty thrilled when they do. The same thing happened with the tour that I did with Chris Tomlin and the symphony talk about the stars and the whales singing together with Chris. But this book doesn't have a hidden curveball that people that people have never seen. It's really about recovering the beauty of the simple truth that's right in front of us. Sometimes that's more profound than something we've never heard before. I hope people will walk away with that kind of fresh insight. But more importantly, I hope they walk way with Jesus' face clearly in their view and in such a way that it anchors them no matter how high the waves or how strong the winds are in their lives.
Stay connected to Louie Giglio through his church's official website: www.passioncitychurch.com.
Bear and Bo Rineheart's lives could have gone a lot of different directions. Bear was a star football player at Furman University and was talented enough to pursue a career beyond his college days. Bo appeared in the film Radio and was on the verge of accepting a recurring role in the television series "One Tree Hill."
But having been raised on a church campground in South Carolina where their artistically gifted parents were the caretakers, it seemed only natural that their love of music would dictate the path they would collectively walk. While many might have assumed the Rinehart's band NEEDTOBREATHE would head towards the Christian market, it was actually a unique opportunity from Atlantic Records in 2006 that pushed them headlong into the mainstream.
Since then, NEEDTOBREATHE has released five critically acclaimed albums, has toured with Taylor Swift and appeared on major television programs including "The Tonight Show," "Late Night with David Letterman," and "Conan." NEEDTOBREATHE has been equally embraced within the faith community where the band has won 10 Dove Awards and placed numerous singles on the Christian radio charts.
In this Whole Notes interview, lead singer Bear Rinehart talks about changes the band has gone through over the years, why they have been embraced in multiple markets, and how a rift between him and his brother Bo nearly destroyed it all:
Chad Bonham: How much have you guys changed from the earliest days of NEEDTOBREATHE and in what ways do you feel like you're still the same?
Bear Rinehart: We've gone through some serious changes throughout our career for sure, but I think it's all been a process of trying to get back to who we really are as people. The Outsiders was a record that was kind of a peek into who we are. I think this new record (Rivers In The Wasteland) is the most vulnerable that we've been. It's probably the most true to who we are. I don't know why it's so hard for us to shed some of those layers, whether its production or things that are surrounding the band. But I really think that this record is what we're all about and I do think it's similar to how we grew up and what it would be like if weren't trying to make records and if we didn't have the mics turned up.
Bonham: I've never seen anything like what's happened with this band. Like no other artist, you guys were immediately embraced in both the general and Christian markets and you've been able to play music wherever you want to play without dealing with much criticism from either side. Have you ever been able to figure out how that happened?
Rinehart: We've been very fortunate in that way. There are a lot of bands that made that possible. Switchfoot was one of the bands that paved the way for that to happen. They fought some battles that we didn't have to fight. We're thankful for that for sure. It was really intentional, in terms of how we approached the early part of our career from a business standpoint. We got offered a lot of Christian contracts when we first came out and we turned those down because we wanted to make sure we set it up the right way and give ourselves a chance to be able to do everything we wanted to do. We made some mistakes along the way. I'd be lying if I said we did it all right. It hasn't always gone according to plan, but at the same time, we've been really fortunate to do what we set out to do, which was make music for as many people as possible. We wanted kids who were like us to enjoy our music, but we also wanted their friends to like our music too. We wanted people that would never go to a Christian store or go to a church to listen to music to be able to get into our music. That's what we set out to do. I think we've been able to keep that dream alive. God put that on our hearts and it's been His plan, which has been amazing to be a part of.
Bonham: You've been pretty open recently about some struggles you and your brother Bo have gone through while working on music and touring together with the band.
Rinehart: It got pretty intense there for a while. We had talked ourselves into believing that it was actually good that we were fighting. It was competitive. We were writing songs. He would write a song and I would try to beat it with another song. It just got to be almost a joke. It was two leaders of a band that were trying to be right all the time. It was really childish when you look at it. In the thick of those things, because our priorities had gotten screwed up a little bit, it made sense to us somehow. The process for making this record was huge for us. We were able to take some time off and look back at the situation. It drove us back to a place where we were ready to quit. We were over it. If this was the way it was going to be, we weren't enjoying it anymore. It was tearing up our family relationship. That's not how we got into this. We got into this because we loved every second of it. We got into this because we love each other. This couldn't be our identity. We do it because God gave us this gift, but it can't be more important than anything else. So we started backing up from that and it's changed everything about how we do things. Our relationship has never been better. There's a song on the record called "Brother." It has a line that says, "Let me be your shelter." We just want to defend each other. We want to be there for each other.
Bonham: But it wasn't like The Police back in the '80s when Sting and Stewart Copeland were getting into fistfights during TV interviews before they broke up.
Rinehart: No, it really was like that. It had gotten so bad. We got to the point where we were in different dressing rooms on the last tour. And it's just childish. I can say it in a laughing way now, but it really speaks to how dark of a place we were in. Just like the first track on our record says, we were in a wasteland. "I'm the first one in line to die when the cavalry comes." That's the way it felt at the time. We titled the album Rivers In The Wasteland because we felt like God put a river into our relationship and something had to be done and was done. It was something new and refreshing that God did. He revived us from a dying place. It was a miracle. It really was. It took us a year to make that record that should have taken us three weeks to make. We had all the songs written and next thing you know it's a year later. It just showed what kind of place we were in when we started. It was a God thing. He broke through and changed everything.
Bonham: Anyone can be fulfilling their calling and walking out the path God laid out for them and still somehow wind up getting lost. Is that what happened to you guys?
Rinehart: Definitely. We felt like we had hit the bottom. We felt like we had really messed things up. What you're saying is true. There were a lot of our friends and some other artists that saw us during that time and they would come to us and tell us how our music had impacted them. So God can use you regardless of what you're doing. He can still work through you. That's just a picture of God's grace throughout this whole thing. Even in our darkest times, God was still ministering through what we were doing in an incredible way. He chose not to take this thing from us, which is absolutely unbelievable to me. This process has felt like an absolute gift. We feel incredibly blessed to do what we're doing.
Bonham: After what you guys went through the last couple of years, was it important for this new record to be stripped down and transparent?
Rinehart: I think it was, but I also think people sometimes give us too much credit when they listen to our record and think about the forethought that goes into how a record is going to end up. A lot of times, a record, when you're writing it, is so raw. A lot of the songs are written during those tough times. We were amazed at the end of the process how God put this record together. It was almost prophetic in a way. You know what you're writing about because you're in the situation, but you don't necessarily see the end of the situation and how it's going to tie itself up. Some of the tracks at the beginning of the record are in a really dark place and at the time, to be completely honest, I didn't know what the purpose of putting those songs down was. I just knew that's where I was. That's the real power of the record. It was a real journey being documented. I think you can hear that in the songs. It keeps us humble for sure. It makes us know that we don't have all the answers. God allowed us to finish the process, but it was like He was reminding us that we have to trust Him moving forward. We had to learn while we were making this record. Our best records have been made that way. We couldn't see the end of it before we started and we didn't know how it was going to wrap up.
To keep up with the latest from NEEDTOBREATHE, check out the band's official website: www.needtobreathe.com
Watching Michael Tait backstage before a performance with The Newsboys is a fascinating experience. The legendary front man has an infectiously charming habit of engaging nearly everyone in his path. Tait might not always look you in the eye but it's not because he's being aloof. On the contrary, the attention-challenged singer is usually on high alert for another opportunity to make someone smile while fully locked in on the person at hand.
Having personally observed his pre-concert routine on numerous occasions dating back to 1991 (when dc Talk opened for Michael W. Smith) and later in 2001 (when he led the band simply known as Tait), it's quite possible that Tait has the same amount of energy (perhaps more) than when he was breaking down walls within the Christian industry alongside musical partners Tobymac and Kevin Max.
These days, Tait is equally adept at commanding the attention of 20,000 kids of all ages. And with recent hit singles like "We Believe" and the title track to the film God's Not Dead (in which The Newsboys made a significant cameo), Tait has no plans of slowing down anytime soon.
In this Whole Notes interview, Tait talks about what led to his connection with The Newsboys, how he maintains his energy, and why God's Not Dead was such an important film for this generation:
Chad Bonham: It still seems a little surreal that you've been a part of two of the biggest Christian recording acts. In a nutshell, how did the Newsboys gig come about?
Tait: I needed the Newsboys desperately and they needed me desperately. (Former lead singer) Peter (Furler) was just worn out. He wanted to stay home for a while. So when I came in, Peter was the one who handed me the baton. He told me to take it and run with it. I've loved every second of it. God has blessed this band, in spite of me and in spite of my weaknesses.
Bonham: Where do you get your energy to keep performing at such a high level night after night?
Tait: Good question. I feed off the crowd a lot. I love to see their faces, singing the words. I feed off their emotions. I want to give that back to them. I want God to speak through me to the crowd. I want to get them excited about their faith. I always want to give it my heart and soul.
Bonham: How do you answer the skeptics that say it's unlikely for a young person to be spiritually impacted in a large concert setting like an arena tour or a Winter Jam event?
Tait: From my vantage point, I know that God uses the band in those settings. There's a song we do called "Home." It's about my mom dying. There are a lot of people that come to our shows who have lost a loved one and they know what I'm feeling when I sing that song. We have another song called "We Believe." That's a powerful song. In those moments, we can feel it. I always encourage the crowd to make that song their creed and then we worship together and give glory and honor to the Creator and the master of the universe. I know that song connects with people. I can just feel it. So I think it's quite possible for people to be impacted in those times.
Bonham: As you got to spend some time getting to know Lecrae during Winter Jam, what are your thoughts on his rise in popularity in both the Christian and general markets?
Tait: Lecrae wants to share his past. He wants to share his heart with people. But trying to reach people on both sides is a very tricky and treacherous trail. I've told him that. You've got to be careful. At the end of the day, he is human. But he has a solid foundation. He has a very sweet heart.
Bonham: After so many years doing this, are you compelled to reach out to guys like Lecrae and other young artists and give them advice on how to avoid some of the pitfalls that come with being a part of the music industry?
Tait: I enjoy that so much. I really do. I'm proud to be that guy. When a young artist asks me a question, I want to do what I can to give them an answer if I have it within me. I know what I know. I won't make up stuff. But if it's something I've been through, I'll share my experiences and tell them the truth.
Bonham: Why is a movie like God's Not Dead so important for this generation?
Tait: We need to use outlets like this to help people's lives intersect with Christ. For us, it was an opportunity to take the band out of the arena and out of the church youth group and get into the movie theater where kids can go with their unsaved friends and loved ones. That is powerful. That was the goal of this movie. It's about a college student fighting for his faith in a pretty dark environment, which isn't unlike what's really going on these days. This is the time. We need to shine our lights the brightest in these situations. We're in that day. It's getting darker and darker out there. We need to shine brighter and brighter.
Bonham: Before we wrap up, I want to make sure you remember that I didn't ask you about when dc Talk is getting back together.
Tait: Thank you for that! I'm pleasantly surprised. (laughs)
Bonham: It's probably the first or last question you usually get.
Tait: Every time! Every time! (laughs) I've learned to roll with whatever comes my way. I don't mind the questions. I'm just blessed to be doing this after all these years.
Keep up with the latest from The Newsboys by visiting the official website HERE.
Sustaining an eight-year music career under the radar is quite the impressive feat these days. It's difficult to last in a cutthroat business where, even within the Christian industry, longevity is always hard to come by. But somehow, Anthony Evans managed to record six albums between 2004 and 2011 without the help of a major breakout hit.
For some, Evans might be known as the son of nationally recognized pastor Dr. Tony Evans. But until his appearance on season two of The Voice in 2012, he was an incredibly gifted singer-songwriter whose time to shine was just over the horizon. When Evans sang "If I Ain't Got You" in a battle round with Jesse Campbell, not only did it go down as one of the show's greatest performances, his part in the duet also launched his career into unchartered waters.
Earlier this month, Evans released his seventh album and first project since that fateful national television appearance. According to the soulful vocalist, Real Life, Real Worship is a testimony of God's work in his life over the past two years.
In this Whole Notes interview, Evans talks about how he landed on The Voice, how a conversation with Grammy-Award winning artist Christina Aguilera changed his perspective and how he hopes both the Church and the general market embrace his latest collection of songs:
Chad Bonham: How has having a well-known minister for a father impacted your music career?
Anthony Evans: To me, he was always just my dad. I had to figure out my own faith. That was something I figured out a while ago when I was 18. But I can always stand on the fact that he's been a great example for me. Beyond that, building my career hasn't been attached to my dad. It's been me figuring things out for myself.
Bonham: What was the process that led you to participate in The Voice?
Evans: Some friends of mine encouraged me to send a video way before the show even debuted. I got a phone call to meet with the production team. At that point, I had people telling me I should try it. I had my own thing going but they encouraged me that I was only going to achieve things if I took chances. I wasn't trying to do something broader at that time, but there was something in my heart saying, "There's got to be more." It's not like I was discontent with what I was doing, but I felt like God was calling me to step outside of the four church walls and do something different. The Voice was obviously that opportunity for me. I didn't make it the first season, but then they called me back to do the second season. That's how the doors were opened to all the opportunities I have right now. Being in LA inspired me to do this new record. I've been in sessions with some monster artists that I never thought I'd ever be around. It's also shown me that you've always got to be on it. The best people in the world are in LA. You have to step it up.
Bonham: Did your battle round song with Jesse Campbell feel like a game changer for your career?
Evans: That was a game changer for me. That performance opened up the door for everything I'm doing now. That 90-second song with Jesse did that for me. I'll be forever grateful to The Voice for giving me the opportunity. They called me after that battle and told me they were having a new thing called "The Steal" or what they called "The Anthony Evans Rule" because they were sorry I wasn't there anymore. They had rules that they couldn't change for my situation, but they changed them for the next season.
Bonham: What are you currently doing with the show?
Evans: I'm going on the road with the show. I'm on a team of talent producers and we whittle down this monstrous number of people to the ones that are going to be on the blind auditions. It's fun to be a part of that. A lot of the contestants recognize me from the show so I get to coach them through the process.
Bonham: It seems like the new album is a combination of songs that reflect your upbringing and songs that convey some of the new things you've experienced in the last couple of years. Is that an accurate description?
Evans: That's a hundred percent accurate.
Bonham: How did you balance the two concepts considering the fact that some people in the Church get nervous when Christian artists delve into topics outside of the traditional messages of faith and worship?
Evans: There's nothing to get nervous about. All I'm doing is being authentic and real and singing about the emotions I go through as a human being. I don't think we should be nervous about expressing who we really are when it comes to being a believer but also when it comes to being someone who goes through real life. You have to experience real life before you can understand what it means to really worship. That's it. This whole concept started at Christina Aguilera's house. She asked what a worship leader was. She wanted me to explain that to her. And I thought, "If I start talking to this girl in church terms, it's going to freak her out." If I wasn't a Christian and I didn't know about church and I started using worship terminology—if I started talking about "the Lamb that was slain" to Christina, she would think, "You're in a cult." It's a weird thought. So in that moment, I knew I had to connect to her through real life issues. I told her about me going through a broken engagement. Then she talked about how she went through some hard things in her life. That was real life. But then when she started to talk about how I handled it, and I was able to talk about real worship. That's how this record came together. It's just me being honest about my emotions and writing songs that people outside of church can connect to. The creative director for the video was Cher's creative director. I want those kind of people involved. I want them to hear the song and go get the record and hear the worship songs and go, "Oh this is what Anthony is all about." That is the objective of this whole project. I'm not nervous about the church being anxious. I just want Christians to embrace the fact that music is made not just for the church, but it's also for the people that need to hear about the love of God.
Bonham: How would you describe the evolution of your music since 2004?
Evans: Over the last 10 years, stylistically I've gotten to the point where I want to explore and do things with excellence. I want to write songs that resonate with me and will resonate with a live audience. I'm exploring fresh sounds. This is the first Christian record that my producer (Max Stark) has ever done. He naturally brought sounds that were not normal for Christian music. On the show, Christina Aguilera and Jewel taught me something important. They both told me that I didn't have to fit into a mold. You make the mold. People can smell a rat. If you're doing thing for marketing and for a record label, you're going to set yourself up to be called a phony. As long as it's true to you, you do it. If you make great music, you can become a mold breaker or a trailblazer. It's a little scary to do that because you can't always see what's in front of you, but you're clearing out a path for people behind you to follow.
Bonham: Do you feel like your experience on The Voice and the subsequent successes have breathed new life into your career?
Evans: I know artists that have tried for a long time in the Christian industry and then they were on a TV show and all of the sudden the doors swing wide open. Christians want to connect with things that are mainstream. So for me, people see that Christina Aguilera thinks I've got something to offer and all of the sudden they think maybe they should give my music a shot. I have a producer friend from the show who came to me and said, "How is it that you're 28 years old and I've never heard of you before?" It made no sense to her that she had didn't know anything about my music. That changed my mindset. I realized that I had been operating within a box. So now, there is no box. If you want to do it, you can do it.
Stay up on Anthony's latest news and tour dates by visiting his official website HERE.


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If you have a water heater that is not functioning properly, or if it has completely stopped working, you should consider replacing it all together. If you are moving into a new home, and you are adding all of the new appliances, the water heater that you choose is a very important decision. It should be one that will be energy-saving, and accommodate all of the people in your home through regular use. It should also be installed by a professional water heater installation company that will know exactly what to do and is licensed for Chestnut IL. Here are some simple tips that you can use to quickly find a water heater installation business that can install new ones at an affordable price.
How Are Water Heaters Installed in Chestnut IL?
he process of installing a water heater, one that will replace an existing one, is actually a very simple process. The old water heater needs to be drained, disconnected from the gas and water lines, and detached from the exhaust flue hat at the top. Once this is done, it can be taken out safely and the new one can be put in its place. Once the heat trap fittings and water lines are connected, along with the gas supply, it will be ready to function. However, there are always problems that can arise if you have never done this before, especially with the installation process. That's why you need to contact a professional that can do this for you just to make sure everything is done right.
How Can You Find A Reputable Water Heater Installation Plumber In Chestnut – IL?
TThese companies can be found in a couple different places. First of all, a search on the Internet will show you local listings on Google in Chestnut, and you will also find organic listings and advertisement of the companies that are also in the area. You could look in the Yellow Pages, or even the online directory for the Yellow Pages, but this is not going to tell you very much information. You will want to look at what others have said about these companies and choose one based upon the positive feedback that they have received. This can be done by either looking at the Google local listings, or the feedback received on Yelp, both of which can be very helpful in making your final decision.
Cost Versus Experience
One final consideration to make is how much you are willing to pay for one of these experts to come out. Some of them have decades of experience, and an assortment of workers that have been through proper training, workers that will be able to install it right the first time. Other companies may charge less, yet their ability to complete the job appropriately may be compromised by their lack of experience. It just depends on the type of budget that you have to work with, and whether or not you would prefer using a company that will provide competent guaranteed results. Additionally, you should use the same rationale when deciding on the type of water heater that you are choosing to use.
Regular water heaters tend to be the most cost-effective, whereas on-demand water heaters are quite expensive, but could save you money with your utility bill. All of this needs to be considered in advance before you decide to hire a local company in Chestnut IL to do the installation for you.
Buyer Protection Comes To Water HeatersI read an interesting article this week about the developments that are underway when it comes to protecting consumers from unethical water heater sales companies. Apparently there has been a long history of misleading sales tactics and consumer abuse when it comes to the installation and selling of water heaters.

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It's an interesting question, guessing the physique of an ancient warrior.
As has been pointed out to you before, LotR is meant to be a mythology.
Tales, songs, sculptures and paintings ranging from the Neoclassical to Renaissance. They're depicted, for the most part, slim and elegant
i havent done this. the warrior in question is eowyn who is fictional not ancient and i didnt guess i described. she's a waif, a catwalk model, if a little on the short side. she is supposed to represent the half girl / half woman 'maiden' of the noble court.
a tomboyish charactyer wanting to do battle. but she is unfit. weak except for the fantasies of a film director. just like many other women fighters on film. one i always think of is kira nareese on DS9. she's supposed to be a resistance fighter capable of hand to hand combat but it's all fantasy. she's just a babe in a jumpsuit who wd be crushed by the first klingon who cared to try.
i dont like the tone here. it's patronising and alienating and slightly angry.
let's put it this way. who wd you rather be in a battle with an army of orcs - 8 and a half stone (sic) waif eowyn or some 15 stone man rippling with muscles?
Not sure where you got Eowyn's weight from as Tolkien never mentioned it and neither does google.
Miranda Otto's weight seems to be 58 Kgs and I saw even lesser weighing athletes, wrestlers, judokas, pole vaulters and weightlifters (women's weightlifting starts at class 48 KGS). So it's utter nonsense that people who weigh less can't be strong.
Hector of Troy was smaller than his opponent Ajax and yet they fought each other to a stalemate. Hence proving common logic.
Illiad is not history,
it's a mythology.
Common logic
LotR is not supposed to be a history, it's supposed to be a mythology.
Any of which is irrelevant to the fact that lithe men and women can be and actually are skilled fighters even against more larger and brutal opponents.
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Cross-Site CSS FilesAugust 06, 2003
File this one under goofy fun.
One of the more interesting ideas popping up in discussion of the Zen Garden has been standardizing a set of markup for weblogs. Since the data types contained within a weblog are pretty consistent across the board with few deviations, a central repository of CSS-based design would be possible. You could design a style sheet for my site without ever having seen it, if our markup matches.
While this wasn't a goal in either project, a quick bit of inspiration last night led me to try loading some Zen Garden .css files into this site to see what would happen. I've made a couple of small changes to mezzoblue's
ids to better illustrate this effect, but each change was in an effort to move to more meaningful names:
#rhs became
#linkList, and so forth. The fit isn't perfect due to wildly different data, but hey, it ain't bad for hijacking style sheets which were never intended for this purpose.
Anyway, enough theory. Take a look:
- arch4.20 (original)
- Wicked Grove (original)
- Gothica (Original)
- Atlantis (Original)
- White Lily (Original)
And a couple of non-official Garden designs that work in this context:
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Let me go out on a limb and kind of take a different spin on it than your last few commenters… Although I definitely think it is an interesting and "enlightening" [get it?] experiment, the greater half of my analytical mind simply says:
It's freakin' weird, yo!
(mind you, that's not necessarily a bad thing)
It's all sounds good at one level, but part of the whole thing about blogs surely is that they can be individual. I can go look at a blog, take yours for examaple, and I'll know immediately which blog I'm reading, without having to look at the url or any title on the page.
This is very handy when I have a bookmark group that I click on whenever I'm checking back on sites, as I don't have to bother finding out who's blog I'm reading - I just know.
Having said that, being able to port designs from place to place would be quite cool. As you say, the structure of blogs doesn't vary too much across the board.
Weblogs are just one application that I've heard mentioned; someone's bound to do this sooner or later.
The main point though is the portability of presentation, given well-thought-out content/markup. I really have no idea what kind of practical, Real World uses this might have. But it's really neat.
"I really have no idea what kind of practical, Real World uses this might have."
Are you kidding? It would be so handy for those who aren't too web-saavy. Most people can't write their own personal stylesheets (and shouldn't have to either) but still might have difficulty reading text that is too small or uses a color that doesn't stand-out enough from the background. I personally have difficulty looking at white backgrounds as it quickly becomes painful to my eyes so my personal stylesheet fixes that…not everyone knows CSS tho.
Also, from observing others I've noticed that some people have difficulty distinguishing hyperlinks from normal text as the days of "blue and underlined on every site" has gone out the window. Using a single stylesheet would solve this problem and therefore improve useability. I think this idea has great potential and not just in a "gee whiz" kind of way.
I must have read this whole post completely wrong, but I got the impression that Dave's idea would allow the end users to control the style of sites with their own style sheets. So I could write a stylesheet that might control the style of several different blogs at once. In this respect, I don't think this would lead to design theft at all, because the designs might only be seen by one person. Forgive me if I'm wrong, but this was my original thought on the matter.
Chris: "I must have read this whole post completely wrong, but I got the impression that Dave's idea would allow the end users to control the style of sites with their own style sheets."
That, of course, would be possible as well but what Dave proposed is: "a central repository of CSS-based design".
Personally I don't understand all the concern over "design theft" as its already possible to just rip off someone's layout right now–and always has been. This might make theft a bit easier, I am, personally, not too concerned.
heh…good stuff. the original gothica actually originated from another css project (and in turn that originated from a completely unrelated design i was working on) with only a few ID tweaks as well… :)
I think I must have missed the point of the whole concept. Either that or I'm just too much of a designer rather than a coder. But apart from dude-next-door-with-weblog using top-notch-of-the-shelve-design what's the real value of this idea?
Sure, I can see some of the benefits but I would place this in categories such as favelets or other useful tools and wizards. Again it might be just me. I agree the idea has an interesting aspect and it's certainly worth a try (just look at Dave's examples).
On a sidenote: seems the preview button is having some difficulties. It just thanks me for posting, however the message was not actually been published.
Wow, it's so kool. I love it
Mm..I likes!
Particularly as I'm always stumped for ideas for layout, as well, I'm just not visually creative like that, so I my own site is rather plain. A central repository would be nice, even if just for kicks - let people switch to some other stylesheet, and they can view your site in that design, rather than the piss-poor design you came up with yourself!
I've been thinking about this for a while. But I've never done more than think. You have acted. :P
Well, now that I tried tweaking some of my code (and now see that dave's mezzoblue stylesheet partially works in my site) I notice that converting a site over to a common markup would be a bit of a project.
The main problem with such an idea is that page layout is still somewhat dependent upon structural markup (in my case, nesting elements has been required to position a few things). However, in the bigger picture, these are small issues that can be worked out.
Now I just need to actually figure out how this could be useful outside of being a CSS technology demonstration (which is a good reason in and of itself).
Would it really help other designers?
I suppose that it could be a method to create common layouts for need-to-find-information-fast sorts of users. It would actually be a nice application for corporate sites (I need to download drivers off of seven different manufacturer's sites - why do I need to learn the navigational logic of seven different sites?)
The only way I could really see it helping someone like me is a means to force me not to touch the basic markup, and try solving most problems using css alone (which is a good challenge).
I'll have to think about this some more. Although it is a good idea. For now, I might toy with getting my zen garden submission to work as a basic theme for my site. And I might still be interested in actually trying this out. Who knows what it might bring?
The spirit of exploration is what it's all about, Kevin. Let us know what you uncover!
Something in me says that there's a practical application for this, that goes far beyond weblogs. Porting the design from one web-based application to another, user-defined style sheets for controlling preferences web-wide as MikeyC pointed out, and probably plenty of other stuff I'll never come up with myself. I can't figure out what to do with it. Hopefully someone reading this will be sparked with an idea that turns into something wonderful.
ah, the fun you can have separating data and presentation…
i still say each zen entry should say somewhere on the page which style is currently loaded :)
Very cool. I've often thought about this. It would definitely make a difference in the weblogging community - although it is unclear to me what the difference would be. Either more people would take up blogging because they are able to have "pretty" sites easier, or it could just make it easier for people to steal good designs.
As for me, I keep meaning to write a better stylesheet than the one I currently have, but I haven't made the time yet. :)
Paul - I still say that's a damn good idea and I wish I'd thought of it 3 months ago. A retro-fit may happen yet. <strong> might be the way to go.
I've got to apologize for my previous lack of attention. I don't know why I didn't read the post twice before posting my comment.
Maybe the potential in the project is a style repository for another community blog site, but one where the design templates are standard compliant and more visually engaging than what is currently available. Or maybe I'm too tired to think straight. *shrug*
Very nice! I think it's a good idea too, as there are many ugly blog designs around and this way some good designs may get wider attention. I could try something like this myself…
Hi Dave!
It was sort of funny to see my zen garden submission holding your site's content. However, I must say that I really like your idea! Lately, I've been trying to restructure my own site to accept multiple themes (and I already have three). This sort of a project would only take a simple retrofitting of my current markup. If you would be interested, I would like to really try this out with my own site. Perhaps we could discuss this further? I am sure that it wouldn't take much to agree on a few markup choices.
Feel free to email me at firstname.lastname@example.com if you may indeed be interested in giving such an idea a test run.
If the work being done on Pie/Echo/Atom/Whatever results in a format that fully encapsulates blog content, you'd be able to run that through XSLT, style that, and avoid the problem of HTML div names and whatnot entirely.
Mark my words, it'll happen.
Good idea, I look forward to the learning opportunities. Just think I could become familiar with one set of content and then look around at the various layouts find out how to position items to my liking - I learn from example not from the w3.org specs!
When I try to figure out why my style sheets don't work - my normal response is to find a site with the look I want and figure out how they get the code to work then build from there. But it is getting harder to understand how things are done as people expand their css file to upwards of 50 items. A standardized system would be easier to learn and thus easier to deconstruct.
As to people steeling good designs, wouldn't this type of system be used by people who want to learn from others? i.e. What good is a central repository of CSS-based design if the submitters don't want people to improve on and modify their concepts.
thanks, dave ;)
i was just playing around with setting up my own lil 'fooBlog' app that would work against emails… since i use email all day long, from all over the place, seemed like a good idea… then the backend system (CF) writes out XML files in RSS 2.0 format, and i have a single XSLT sheet to transform it… etc.
sounds kinda complicated, but it really wasnt too bad…. i'd like to play around with "skinning" via XSLT against xml files for my site, blog (eventually)… just some idle thoughts…
Dave Winer was doing something like this (skinnable blogs) a couple of years ago and it seemed to get a good reception among his editthispage.com community, at least back when I followed it. People could have a decent looking page and personalize it from there, one step at a time.
Of course, you're going several steps beyond his complete replacement of table based layouts, templates and such with a proposal to standardize across lots of blog software. It also helps with the same message that the zen garden site does, that content should be separated from design and css is one of the best ways to achieve this when delivering to browsers.
I certainly appreciated a decent CSS implementation in the latest blog software I'm using (nucleus) as I've yet to have a full understanding of CSS layouts.
forgetfoo, or anyone for that matter,
Could you recommend a good XSLT book? I've seen one or two, but I'm not sure if they would be a good reference.
probably a misplaced comment here, and just an opinion… but tho i think "standardizing" blogs does have it's merits to many, personally, i'd find myself always keeping an eye open for new innovations on the blogfront… i'd like to see more experimentation with just how many ways a 'blog' could be presented… both visually and structurally… whether it be with Flash, DHTML, or just some kick'n CSS…
i think that XSLT is something that's really gonna take off, and never even thought of transforming an RSS feed with it until recently - just a lil experiment…
Kevin, I like the Wrox XSLT Programmer's Reference, 2nd Edition; started using it knowing about nothin' about XSLT, and now I'm nowhere near a wizard (don't use it often enough), but I feel reasonably competent and know where to look if I don't know.
Dude - that XSLT/RSS demo is sweet! XSLT is on my list of toys to play with next, so that may be the push I need to start going.
I can't find a real job as is, and I think that if everything became identical in markup with readily available designs, I'd never find one. As much as the idea is truely wonderful, and it is, I'm a bit nervous about it taking flight. Maybe I can't see the big picture, but the peices I do see just frighten me a bit.
Does anyone have any idea how this would help create jobs, rather than threaten to sucumb an already dry market? If you can give me that hope, I'd like to hear it!
ditto with Elaine… i like Wrox books, tho i mostly use them as reference books when i need to look something up… otherwise, i usually hit Google ;)
as for XSLT, i just read threw the XSL Tutorial on W3Schools.com - went over all the basics and i was up and running with a quick test pretty quickly… hope that helps!
You're such a daggy nerd, Dave
i love this. and i have been shamed, for my site works in a similar manner (i.e. you can pass a stylesheet URL to it–see the "style selecta"), but when i apply the zen garden sheets, my sites look nothing but jacked up ;)
of course this is also a function of you being familiar with your stylesheets as well, but you mentioned having consistent data types–i thought i didn't change mine much from the out of the box MT, but apparently so. oh well i'm a software developer not a designer dangit….
more later–i'm out :)
Dude, this may be a bit off topic but… that guy over at your "the dailies" link labeled "oh hello" totally riped off Mezzoblue's design! Is that legal?!?
(Sorry, I didn't know where to post this, sine the dailies have no commentability).
Those links don't work no more.


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- 2 cups canola oil
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Firebug 1.5a25Monday, September 28th, 2009
getfirebug.com has released Firebug 1.5a25, another feature-addition release. We are now pushing to finish the 1.5 features so we can get b1 out around the time of Firefox 3.6b1.All of the tests pass on FF 3.5.3 except the new ones for features not-yet-complete. Two cases fail on FF 3.7, one due to changes in the Javascript line table. We are investigating these.
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I think you're going to see a lot of randomness on this blog this month. :) I can't think of a decent thing to say right now. So, here we go:
- Don't wear high heels to a family gathering where there are kids because you're bound to go for a walk with them and walking in high heels down and up a hill is not very friendly to your feet
- I just recently decided to eat gluten free food but somehow forgot to pack my own food to the said family gathering. Because I'm a vegetarian as well, my choice were pickles and onions. Consequently all I ate were pickles.
- Do your husbands avoid family gatherings on your side of the family as well?
- I don't think that my family apart from my parents and my grandmother even remember how he looks :))
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"Phishing" -- the act of targeting victims via email in the hopes of spreading viruses and gathering personal information -- can happen to anyone. Cybercriminals have become quite savvy in their attempts to lure people into clicking on links or opening phony email attachments. Online phishing attacks can not only spread computer viruses, but they can pose a significant risk for identity theft.
Better Business Bureau has joined with the National Cyber Security Alliance's STOP. THINK. CONNECT. campaign to recommend the following tips to avoid falling for an email phishing scam:
Be on your toes. Only open emails, attachments, and links from people you know. Use anti-virus software regularly and enhance email filters to block threats. Watch out for unsolicited emails that contain misspellings or grammatical errors.
Don't believe what you see. It's easy to steal the colors, logos and header of an established organization. Scammers can also make links look like they lead to legitimate websites, and make emails appear to come from a different sender.
Avoid sharing. Don't reveal personal or financial information in an email, and do not respond to email solicitations for this information. This includes following links sent in email. Be wary of any urgent instructions to take specified action such as "Click on the link or your account will be closed."
Pay attention to a website's URL. Hover over any links to see where they lead. Malicious websites may look identical to a legitimate site, but the URL may use a variation in spelling or a different -- but similar -- domain.
If you are unsure whether an email request is legitimate, try to verify it by contacting the company directly. Contact the company using information provided on an account statement, not information provided in an email. Information about known phishing attacks is available online from groups such as the Anti-Phishing Working Group. Report phishing to APWG.
Keep a clean machine. Having the latest operating system, software, web browsers, anti-virus protection and apps are the best defenses against viruses, malware, and other online threats.
For more information you can trust, visit bbb.org. For more tips from the STOP. THINK. CONNECT campaign, visit Stay Safe Online.
This material was developed in coordination with the STOP.THINK.CONNECT. campaign of the National Cyber Security Alliance. STOP. THINK. CONNECT. is a trademark of the STOP. THINK. CONNECT. Messaging Convention, Inc. 2010
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Presenting at UKOUG Tech13 Conference
November 28, 2013 Leave a comment
It's been a while since I put anything on this blog, most likely down to a combination of being overly busy in my previous life at UKOUG and not having anything to say that couldn't be said in 140 characters.
Anyway, I'll be at the UKOUG Tech13 Conference in Manchester next week and to say I'm hyper about it would be a little bit of an understatement.
I'm really looking forward to getting a different conference experience this year. I'm certainly a lot more relaxed in the run up to it than I have ever been and a new city and venue to explore adds to the excitement.
I was really pleased to be offered a speaker slot for the conference, and my presentation will be on Wednesday morning, 8:30am in the Exchange Auditorium.
'RMAN Duplicate – When Clones Attack' is my story of a 3 day , urm, 'adventure' into using RMAN Duplicate to create a clone copy of a production system.
It's something that we have done many times before and for some of our systems it's a regular, scripted task to refresh our test systems.
Normally I'd bang on about how great I think it is but earlier this year we had one such attempt turn into a complete catalogue of errors.
It was a nightmare.
We got there in the end but not before we'd encountered bugs, system errors, human errors and even a ridiculous blonde error! Oh, and not forgetting the impossible recovery scenario – so glad we hit that one in a clone and not a production recovery scenario!
Once we got through it, it was obvious it needed to be turned into a presentation if only to help prevent even one person going through the same pain.
So I'll be there, bright and early and raring to share my story, I hope to see a few of you come along.


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Reviewed by Christina S. (age 8)
I like Skateboard Renegade because it teaches you the lesson that you don't have be like everybody else, you can be yourself. Matt Christopher's skateboarding books are my favorite. My favorite part of the book is when Zach made the skateboarding computer game for a school project. That's why I like this book.
I'd recommend this book not only to people who like skateboarding but also to people who like sports.


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DESTIN � A group of novices grabbed boxes, kettle bells and PVC pipe to prepare for their workout at IronClad CrossFit gym last week.
At least half of them never had stepped in the gym before, and a few seemed a little nervous as they tried out the new moves.
The close-knit group was part of a new veterans support organization called Team Red, White and Blue that is gaining popularity locally. What started in February with a handful of members has swelled to about 250.
The group helps veterans transitioning out of active duty while also bridging the gap between the military and civilian communities. People sign up and then get together each week for activities, mostly physical.
�It becomes just a group of people you enjoy hanging out with and the whole veterans and taking care of each other part just comes naturally,� said Brad Butler, the Fort Walton Beach chapter captain and active-duty Air Force.
Veterans returning from deployments and leaving military service often struggle with issues ranging from post-traumatic stress to physical injuries to readjusting to civilian life, Butler said. Some people become cut off socially without the camaraderie of their military team.
Team Red, White and Blue offers a social network to encourage people do whatever they can. It�s also a way for civilians to support veterans besides just opening their checkbooks, Butler said.
�What we want is for people to just come out and enjoy themselves. That�s what will help,� he said.


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Dear Reader: Do you think you are related to the individuals listed in this post? Please drop me a note! I love hearing from cousins and others researching my family!
I've been through Ancestry records too many times to count, but I find that it's always fruitful to go back and repeat searches for folks I added to my family tree ages ago. Today's finds:
A 1904 mention in the Washington Post of a lawsuit in which my grandfather, a physician, was suing an individual, presumably a patient, for $639.42.
A 1910 mention in the Post in an article detailing the inspection of a new milk plant in the D.C. area; my grandfather was one of 100 physicians and other medical personnel invited to tour the facility.
A 1911 Washington Post blurb about recent car sales. My grandfather had just purchased a Model 35 Buick Roadster. According to the American Automobiles web site, the 1912 Model 35 sold for $1,000. An ad for the vehicle is available online.
A 1915 Washington Post announcement that my grandmother would be one of many women assisting at the College Women's Club's presentation of "Color in the Home."
Another 1915 Post article about a University of Pennsylvania alumni dinner that my grandfather attended.
Alert readers will note that all of these items come from the same source. I found them by drilling down into the various categories of records returned among my search results. This helps to separate the wheat form the chaff, bypassing all of those unrelated census records, etc., that always seem to clog up the first few pages of top-level search results.
All of the above items add colorful details about my grandparents' lives and also a jumping off point for discovering more records (especially regarding that lawsuit!).


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Take a quiz!Jan Andrea -- Thursday, May 29, 2003 -- 07:13:37 PM
Found a fun quiz, survey, or other interactive site lately? Post the URL and we'll chat about the results until it grows tiresome. Then we'll do another one.This thread is tagged: onlinequizzes,tests,games
(All users will see what tags exist for a thread. Please tag carefully!)
Want to start with the Hell quiz from Laws, Ethics, and Morals? Seems pretty off-topic there, but just right here.
I'm going to Level 6 to be with my fellow heretics. Hurray! Unfortunately, my husband is going to level 5: Wrathful and Gloomy (Extreme). One or both of us must change our ways.
OOooo. . . .Level 5. Wrathful and Gloomy.
Hey, that's pretty accurate.
I'm going to Purgatory! Cool!
Deev, so far I think ALL us Catholic chicks are going to purgatory. Dante really stacked the deck.
Lucky gal. How many millennia do you have to spend there?
(DH had a priest who had a list -- ordained by god, apparently -- of how long you would spend in purgatory for each sin. IE, 4 years for masturbation (each offense), 2 for lying, etc.)
Diva - My buddy! We can keep each other company in Purgatory!
See y'all with the heretics in level 6. Can't complain, I would describe myself as a heretic.
Level 7 here.
Well, that was pleasant.
Level two here.
Level two also. "Lustful." Huh.
You all suck. I will pity you as I bask in the bright yet sorrowful light of Limbo.
Level 3, with the Gluttonous. Hope there's a good buffet...
Does anyone get to heaven?
You get to heaven after you've done your time in purgatory.
Level 6 - Heretics, Wigs and Haberdashery
Also on level 3 with the gluttons. I know you're all shocked.
Lizzie's younger than me. She just hasn't had time to sin as much.
I love this site for hours of fun.Title Generator
Whoa. The Title Generator says I'm Baroness of Vibrators. Go me!
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i am a female, causal player. used to be intermediate player but have not played in a while. let me know if you might want to play. call [edit: please share private info via PM or Friend Request]
I can play next week.
I am off work until 4/16/12 and can hit anytime of day/evening thats convenient for you as I'm totally doing nothing this week./
i am female beginner/intermediate casual player looking to play evenings/weekends, north austin or anywhere. i have courts/pool at my condo or can play elsewhere.
Hi lori,
Can you play tomorrow,19th june ?
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Each year thousands of men around the world take part in Movember, an annual sponsored moustache growing throughout the month of November. The event raises funds and awareness for men's health, specifically prostate cancer and testicular cancer.
To celebrate Movember, we thought we'd showcase a few examples of our favourite pieces of on stage facial topiary.
What's your favourite on stage moustache?
Upcoming productions featuring moustaches include Onegin and Simon Boccanegra.


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Blue skies over Sonoma, now that's more like it (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
By Mike Mulhern
SONOMA, Calif.
It may be time for Bruton and Marcus Smith to reopen this track's famed carousel -- aka Kulwicki's Korner, for stock car acrobatics the late NASCAR champion once displayed there.
Nothing like the blind downhill run, with some good wheel-hopping bumps into a wild-braking downhill 180, to liven up things for these drivers, most of whom have never experienced the full flavor of that part of the Smiths San Francisco Bay race track.
Think two more really exciting passing zones...on a track that has precious few places to get around someone.
The Smiths eliminated the carousel part of the two-mile road course, in order to improve sight lines for a huge new grandstand area on the backstretch esses, although that section of the track is still used in other races here.
If necessary, add a few of those giant Sprint Vision TVs....
Marcus Smith likes the idea: "That's a great idea...and a great question. We're open to all kinds of things; we're always trying to push the limits for the fans.
"One of the challenges is that adding the carousel would add quite a bit of length to each lap.
"But we're open to all kinds of ideas, and if that's something we need to consider, we'll certainly consider it."
Jeff Gordon, and he's not the only one, likes the idea of reviving the carousel corner: "Oh yeah, I loved it. I always loved it.
"I'm not a big fan of turn four, what we have now.
"I thought the carousel was great, a lot of fun, another passing zone...which I feel we desperately need. It's so hard to pass here -- and that carousel was tricky and very challenging.
"It's an exciting part of the track."
left, right, left, right, brake, brake, brake.....Marcos Ambrose working the esses (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
Sunday's SaveMart 350 is already the shortest race on the tour by far, at just 218 miles.
This run should also be one of the most vicious races of the season, if the past few events here are any indication. The Payback 350? Marcos Ambrose, who starts from the pole and who is one of the sport's most aggressive drivers, says this is a great place to even the score.
Maybe we need to recheck the scorecards for the season and see who owes whom....
Or then this may be another 'strategy race,' as Denny Hamlin predicts. A team that plays it just right may be able to make the distance on just two fuel stops.
It doesn't seem likely that fresh tires will overcome track position. This is the Martinsville-Watkins Glen tire setup, and drivers might want even more grip up off the corners than they're getting.
Perhaps the Smith's ought to reconsider the distance -- and the addition of the carousel -- so this race won't be another gas mileage game.
Ol' Smoke has his game face on every lap here. (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
One wild card here, certainly a wild card last summer, is Brian Vickers, fresh back from the 24 Hours of Lemans:
"It took me a few laps to get used to a 3500-pound car with 900 horsepower again, and no traction control.
"I've really enjoyed my time in Europe racing road courses and having the opportunity to drive so many amazing cars on amazing tracks. The good news is I've learned a lot about road racing; the bad news it's in a very different race car.
"Some of it will help me through the weekend, some of it I have to unwind."
With no word at all from Dodge executives about their plans, if any, for NASCAR 2013, and with Richard Petty's Ford contract up at the end of the season, Ambrose is suddenly one of the hottest drivers on the tour. Is he trying to help Petty and the other owners show Ford it needs to renew? Or is he trying to show Chrysler-Dodge bosses that he can bring them headlines if they offer a package?
The silence from the Chrysler-Dodge side is deafening.
And it's nearly the first of July. If the Daytona 500 is the first game out of the box, Dodge bosses need to get their house in order, and quickly. At this point, so late, it would seem that any prospect of Michael Andretti jumping into the NASCAR game -- and having a fleet of 2013s and all those engines ready to go -- is almost nil.
Certainly NASCAR executives wouldn't want to lose Chrysler-Dodge, but it's unclear what game plans might be on their table in Daytona.
New tires here. But drivers always want more grip (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
The shift for drivers from Michigan's mind-numbing 200-plus mph to these tight 90 mph corners and heavy breaking hasn't been easy for everyone. And the track has been quite dirty from drivers running off the course.
"I was more nervous running 90 here than I was running 200," Ambrose says. "You have to be really precise with your marks, and very aggressive, and carry momentum through these tight corners."
And maybe this place owes Ambrose one, for that embarrassing 2010 miscue that cost him the win.
"No, it doesn't," he insists. "I beat myself up here in 2010. It was me.
"I have got to make amends for that if I can. And with experience comes knowledge -- I know what not to do on the last restart."
Catch me if you can (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
One of the disappointments here so far is AJ Allmendinger. He's a solid road racer, and he's in the car Kurt Busch won in here a year ago.
"I'm not sure what direction to go or what we're missing," Allmendinger says. "What we learned from testing isn't translating as we were expecting. The whole platform of the car seems unsettled."
For years this place was a haven for road course 'ringers,' sports car specialists who got the nod, because many NASCAR tour regulars simply didn't have a good touch here.
Now, that's changed dramatically. Not only are most NASCAR regulars excellent road racers, but 'ringers' don't even get top calls anymore, Jimmie Johnson points out:
Scott Pruett, Boris Said, Ron Fellows are some of the top road racers around, but they never quite had any solid run of luck against these guys.
"Those guys were 'go-to' for a long, long time," Johnson says. "They still have some opportunities, but not the top-tier stuff any longer."
Boris Said, one of the world's best road racers (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
Part of the reason for the improvement is more road course testing, at Road Atlanta, Kershaw (S.C.), VIR and other courses.
Of course it might be even more logical for teams to actually be testing on the real tracks the tour races on.....and such test sessions would also be a good marketing game for selling more tickets.
Johnson, who qualified third, has become a top road racer the last two years, and he's certainly got hot equipment right now. In the early going Sunday the top three -- Ambrose, Jeff Gordon and Johnson -- should hold sway.
And longer too, if they can avoid getting caught up in the expected melees.
"Things build up when we get here, quite a few races in, and guys have had enough of being pushed around by certain guys," Johnson says. "We're going slow enough here, and close enough to one another, that if a guy who has been giving you a hard time for awhile comes across your nose, you're not going to back out of that hole. You're going to get into him.
"The final element is it's so frustrating to be blocked, and there are only two, maybe three, good passing opportunities... and if you get blocked a couple laps in a row, you are going to make sure that guy realizes he's blocking."
You could get some pretty good odds on Dale Earnhardt Jr. at Sonoma. He just wants a top-10 (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
Tony Stewart says the start of the race and restarts are the most frustrating, with double-file. And he's starting deep in the pack, 24th, which makes the run up the hill at the green quite problematic.
At the other end of the track, the 'parking lot' 180, is troublesome too.
"You've got guys that will race each other, then you've got guys that will block each other," Stewart says.
"A guy works hard to make a run off turn 10, and he's done his job, what he's supposed to do... Then when a guy blatantly blocks.
"That seems to happen a lot here for some reason. I don't know why guys are doing it; they didn't when I started 14 years ago.
"It seems every year blocking gets worse."
Denny Hamlin agrees. And he almost seems resigned to problems Sunday. (But then Monday he gets a quick media trip up to Alaska, to cool off....)
"People don't give each other room like they used to... and everyone is more aggressive," Hamlin frets. "People talk about 'driver ethics,' but this is a very 'gray' track when it comes to that.
"I've been here and gained 10 spots at the end of the race because some moron plowed the field in front of me and took out six cars... and I've been in that 'six cars' at times.
"That's when you're frustrated -- you had a good day, minding your own business, and you're part of someone else's wreck."
The rule, he says: "You don't want to be the moron."
After 2010, Marcos Ambrose says he's got a better end-game planned for Sunday's 350 (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
Matt Kenseth likewise see this track as a challenge, "to say the least for me.
"I started road course racing long ago, and there was always road course etiquette: You would only pass in certain zones, and when people got along side you to pass in those zones, you would drop back and fall in line and go on.
"You would really race the track the entire race, and race fuel mileage and tires, and try to be in position.
"But since the two-wide restarts, and this (new) car, that has really changed. All the etiquette is out the window, and you run side-by-side in places you were told not to before.
"It has really changed a lot.
"If you have wait for one car on the restart, you might lose eight or 10 spots before you know it.
"This has turned into the most 'no-holds-barred,' crazy, people-running-into-each-other race than any of the short tracks we go to."
And keep an eye on Kasey Kahne early (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
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Watch how to make this recipe.
Place the vegetable oil in a 7-quart Dutch oven and set over medium-high heat. Add the onion, bell pepper, celery, salt and pepper to the pot. Cook, stirring frequently, until the onions and celery are semi-translucent and the bell peppers are tender, 6 to 8 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for 1 to 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Add the pickled pork, bay leaves, thyme, hot sauce, cayenne pepper, water and beans to the pot and increase the heat to high. Cook, stirring frequently until the mixture comes to a boil, approximately 6 to 8 minutes. Decrease the heat to maintain a simmer, cover and cook for 1 1/2 hours, stirring every 30 minutes. Uncover, increase the heat slightly to maintain a steady simmer and continue to cook for another 30 to 40 minutes or until the beans are tender and the sauce is thickened to your liking. If you prefer an even creamier texture, mash some of the beans with a potato masher.
Prepare rice during the last 30 minutes of cooking the beans. Place the water into an electric kettle and bring to a boil. While the water is coming to a boil place the butter into a 3-quart saucepan, set over medium heat. Once the butter begins to bubble, add the rice and stir to combine. Add the salt and cook for 2 to 3 minutes, stirring frequently. Carefully pour the water over the rice and stir to combine. Decrease the heat to the lowest setting, cover, and cook for 15 to 20 minutes. Serve the beans over the rice.
Combine all of the ingredients except the ice and the pork in a 2-quart non-reactive saucepan, set over high heat and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and maintain a simmer for 3 minutes. Remove from the heat, add the ice and stir. Place the pork into a 1-gallon zip top bag and add the cooled pickling liquid. Remove as much air as possible; seal the bag and place in the refrigerator for at least 3 days, turning the bag occasionally. Use within 2 weeks or remove from the pork from the brine and freeze.


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One of Doncaster's best known pubs is to open its doors again months after it shut down – thanks to event bosses in the town.
Doncaster Conferencing, Catering and Events Ltd, who run the gigs, conferences and bars for Doncaster Culture and Leisure Trust have signed a lease to reopen The Leopard on West Street which closed earlier this year, after decades as one of the borough's highest profile venues for music.
The move comes weeks after The Doncaster Star revealed talks were taking place to discuss the move.
It was revealed as part of our Save Our Pubs campaign, and has been described as adding to its success.
Michael Hart, chief executive of Doncaster Culture and Leisure Trust, said: "We are delighted that the company who run the events at our venues has now signed the lease to reopen The Leopard pub.
"DCCE have a fantastic reputation for bringing great music to Doncaster over the years with acts from the Kaiser Chiefs and Kings of Leon to The Strokes and Travis.
"The Leopard had a great musical history and has played an important role in Doncaster for many years and we are keen to see DCCE build on this and bring the area back to life.
"As well as bringing big names to the borough, DCCE manage the bars at all of our events, manage our busy conference portfolio."
Chris Hone, from DCCE said: "We are aware of The Star's Save Our Pubs campaign and are pleased to be adding to its success by signing the lease on The Leopard.
"The Leopard is an established live music venue and pub which will be a great addition to the DCCE family.
"We are looking to work with all pubs in the West Street area to develop a plan which will attract more people to the area and help to grow the economy.
"While The Leopard was predominantly known for live music we intend to broaden the scope to offer comedy and cinema. We will also be looking for offer rehearsal space for local bands and groups."
The Doncaster Star launched its Save Our Pubs campaign earlier this year because of concerns over the number of community pubs in the borough which have closed down.
We have been calling for a changes in the law to help pubs. Hundreds signed a petition we ran with CAMRA at the Doncaster Beer Festival this year, which was handed to business secretary Vince Cable by Doncaster MP Rosie Winterton, who is also backing us.
Following that move, the Government announced in the Queen's Speech that it planned to bring in fair rent tribunals for landlords who felt they were being over charged by pub companies.
A number of Doncaster's best known landmark pubs have closed in the last few years.
They include The Drum, in Bentley, The Park, in Belle Vue and The Moon at Carcroft.
Yesterday we revealed the Station Hotel in Bawtry is also under threat.
CAMRA is currently trying to get two pubs in the borough, The Corner Pin and the Little Plough, both in the town centre, listed as community assets, which would mean if plans were drawn up to change the use of the building, they would have to be informed and given the chance to put in a bid for the premises.