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The PBS reading calendar says that today is the beginning of Hug Week. How appropriate. I have had so much fun this term with my preschool classes reading Hugless Douglas by David Melling whose books I love. This book elicited lots of talk about hugs and how nice they are as well as lots of miming of the types of hugs illustrated on the rear endpages. And just as we were sharing this book the sequel about Douglas and his hat, Don't Worry Douglas! became available in the shops so we had to read it too. It had a very real childhood dilemma for the children to discuss. What would you do if you broke or damaged something that had just been given to you by your father? It was interesting what the children decided. It gave me a real insight into how they thought and the relationship they had with their fathers.
One of the children asked if there were anymore 'hug' books so we went off in search of some. I was surprised to find so many. Here are some:
• Hug by Jez Alborough
• Hug Time by Patrick McDonnell
• The Perfect Hug by Joanna Walsh & Judi Abbot
• Big Bear Hug by Nicholas Oldland
• Too Hot to Hug by Steve Smallman & Cee Biscoe


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Tuesday, August 13, 2013
"A Fresh Perspective" Newz4U.net Article
On Sunday August 11, 2013 I met with Newz4U.net author and poet Pat Connors. I had a lovely time sipping on a nice cold pear cider and discussing, not only my artwork and career, but some personal aspects of my life as well. Pat is such a kind person, I felt totally comfortable speaking with him and felt energized by his interest in my work.
This morning Pat published a lovely article about me and my artwork on Newz4U.net containing many quotes from this weekends interview. I would LOVE it if you would check it out HERE. :)
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Matlock Town FC are delighted to announce the signing of goalkeeper Lewis King formally of Stalybridge Celtic.
King, 22, signed for the Gladiators last week, and like his predecessor Kennedy, enjoyed a spell at Sunderland, having begun his career at hometown club Derby County.
The Spondon-based keeper, standing at 6'1" was at Stalybridge Celtic last season after previously serving Stockport County, Eastwood Town and Boston United.
Hume said: "Lewis is a very good goalkeeper who has a presence and kicks well.
"He says he can't wait to get started here in spite of offers from higher league clubs but he just wants the chance to play regularly rather than being a number two and we're delighted to have him with us."
Matlock Town FC would like to wish Muhammed Sabo all the best in his future endeavours following his departure from the club to join Shaw Lane Aquaforce.
"Muhammed would have been away for the first two or three matches and he's also joining the army later in the season, so I didn't give him too many minutes in the pre season games," said Hume.
"Shaw Lane came in and have obviously given him a favorable deal, so good luck to the lad who leaves with our best wishes having done well for us last season."


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I know there is a topic about implanon already and i did have a look at it, but ive got a few questions! Im having mine removed tomorrow and going back on the pill as i want more control over my monthlies. My questions are:
Does it hurt to after its removed? If so how long for? Can i use it as an excuse to be on light duties at work! Haha
Will i gain weight going from implant to pill?? This almost enough for me to just shove another implant in!
Thanks heaps and any feedback would be most helpful!


text: I'm a User Experience Designer based in Boston, Massachusetts. I've got an awesome job at Google where I work on the Android for Education team developing ways to empower teachers and streamline educational technology. From conceptual wire-framing to pixel-polish and production, I'm passionate about discovering and iterating on solutions to user experience challenges.


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The Fighting Side of Me: Press Smears & Anatomy of a Killing
August 2, 2011
Host Paul Fromm:
- Blasts the Calgary Sun for smearing local youth asking questions about mass immigration as "racists" and "White supremacists";
- Hammers Globe and Mail for soap opera reporting of first day of Jeff Hughes inquest;
- Gives full report on inquest into White Nationalist Jeff Hughes killing by RCMP in Nanaimo—
- 23 shots fired at Hughes allegedly armed with a flare gun he never fired;
- Hughes shot in the back;
- Police too scared to approach downed man — Hughes bled out for 20 minutes;
- Hughes family lawyer Doug Christie repeatedly shut down by Coroner Marj Paonessa.
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I've been watching some of the Olympics this week (despite the fact that I think the USA probably should have boycotted them), and thinking about the nature of the competitions.
One thing I've noticed – and I'm not saying this is a particularly startling insight on my part – is that the sports can, for the most part, be divided into two categories. There's the ones where you win by earning points, or runs, or whatever, through your own actions, and there's the ones where you win by convincing judges to give you points. Examples of the former would be, say, baseball or soccer or tennis or the 100 meter dash or something like that; examples of the latter would be stuff like gymnastics, diving, synchronized swimming.
Now, is it just me, or is there something seriously wrong with the latter type of "sport"? I'm not sure they even deserve to be called "sports". Sports are supposed to be tests of the athletic skill of the competitors. The competitors in gymnastics, diving, etc, are athletes, certainly, but it seems to me that these so-called sports are not testing their athletic skill – they're testing their ability to convince the judges to give them points. This leaves the ultimate responsibility for determining the winner in the hands of the judges, not the hands of the competitors.
Which means that ideology-related bias (I could easily see a judge from the US not giving high marks to a gymnast from China because those two countries are seen as adversaries), home-field advantage (it seems to just be acknowledged fact at these Olympic games that the Chinese have an advantage in judged "sports" because the roar of the crowd is louder for their athletes, making them seem more impressive), and pure whim play much too large a role.
And don't try to tell me that the way the judges determine the scores is in some way scientific and they are just applying a set of simple rules to what they see. Even if that is in theory the case, it is clearly not the case in real life – a sport where one judge can give a 10.0 and another an 8.5 to the same dive, for example, cannot be based on objective observation of what happened.
Still, you do have sports that are kind of on the border – I don't know much about boxing, and so am not sure if it falls into the sports or "sports" category, and while it seems like wrestling is objective, there are apparently judged involved to determine when exactly to award a point. And even with sports like baseball or football or soccer, you have umpires or referees who have an influence on the game even though they are on neither team.
But I don't think this is the same thing. With calling balls and strikes in baseball, for example, the umpire does have to make the call, but he is saying that an event happened a certain way. He is making a call about facts. With judged sports, they are not making calls about facts, they are translating their opinions into a pseudo-scientific scoring system. They are not saying "this dive was worth 8.5 points and anyone who disagrees with me is in error", they are saying, "oh, let's see, he did X, Y and Z well but messed up on W a bit… let's give him an 8.5, that sounds about right". And different judges can come to different conclusions, and give different point values, and this is seen as acceptable, even perhaps a good thing.
Good thing, bad thing, I don't care – but it does make it, in my opinion, not a sport.
It would be interested to see what would happen to the Olympics if all of these "sports" were taken out, though. Most people probably wouldn't watch if the Olympics consisted only of track and field and swimming and soccer and stuff like that. But it would be more of a contest of pure athletic skill. It would also probably result in the US beating China in the Olympic medal count; right now the US has more medals total, but the Chinese more golds, but I suspect this is largely a result of the Chinese winning in the judged "sports" (IIRC they swept men's gymnastics, and diving too, and did really well in the women's of both those sports too) – if you take those out, the US probably wins by a hefty margin. I don't know, though; the US probably has a lot of medals in those sports too, after all.


text: At this point in our trip we were feeling pretty broke and (I'll be honest) a little homesick, so it was lucky that we had planned to spend a good chunk of time at K's house in Kennewick! We ended up staying there for about a week and a half, unwinding and recharging before the last leg of our adventure. Some highlights: kayaking on the river, an air show/boat race, sangria and horseshoes when K's brother and his girlfriend came to visit for the weekend (and lots of card and dice games late into the night--one of which I won!), soaking in the hot tub, wine and beer tastings, Chico's Tacos, Art in the Park, the Hanford tour (although I'll admit, I slept through most of the bus rides), and a sunset hike (K took some of these photos, like that last one--my favorite!). In six years of dating, this was the first time I had ever been to his hometown, so it was really great to see where he spent his (later) formative years and spend some quality time with his family, who were so very hospitable and showed us a great time :)


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It's amazing the way music will follow us wherever we go. Certain songs will continue to appear in different contexts throughout your life, and in doing so will add to the catalogue of emotions and moments that will forever be attached to them. I encountered some such songs while out last night with my new Danish friend, Anne.
We first sampled the Mediterranean cuisine at a delightfully garish and kitschy restaurant in the Pijp neighborhood, moving on to drinks at a nearby bar and then some live music at Bourbon Street, a popular venue off Leidsplein.
The act of the night was a various collection of Europeans covering a various collection of popular American songs. Anne and I bopped along in appreciation with the rest of the crowd, but when the drummer kicked off with that familiar beginning to "Love Shack" by the B-52's, I was immediately transported back to a Livermore High School dance.
This was one of those token numbers we could always count on, one that every Bay Area DJ hired by LHS would throw into the playlist. (Other dependable selections were "California Love" by 2Pac and Dr Dre, "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" by Shania Twain, and Garth Brook's ever-popular "Friends in Low Places." Did I mention our mascot was the cowboy?) But "Love Shack"… this was a sure-fire crowd-pleaser. There was something strangely exhilarating about showing off our much practiced hormone-charged moves under the green and purple lights of the gym to a song that you might hear on your mom's favorite radio station.
So I am standing there in this bar in Holland, Grolsch in hand and staring up at the "Bourbon Street: Amsterdam" painted on the stage upon which performs a band called GSI: Groove Scene Investigation (no, I did not make that up), but in my mind I am 15, enthusiastically thumping my hips in the air and flailing my arms about, eyes closed tight as I sing along, "everybody's movin' everybody's groovin' baby."
When they play "Billy Jean" I am suddenly sitting on my knees on the floor of the multi-purpose room at Arroyo Seco Elementary School during the talent show. A boy in my grade—4th or 5th at this time, I can't remember—is dancing on stage to the Michael Jackson hit. His name is Chris Walker. He's black and lanky with a shaved head, everybody loves him, and he is hitting every Jackson move dead on. Myself and the other girls in our grade have rushed the stage as though witnessing a celebrity, and we squeal in admiration at every flick of his wrist, our eyelashes fluttering and our bony, tennis-ball knees growing red on the cold linoleum.
But I am actually standing in this crowded European bar, my feet growing sore in my leather boots as Anne and l subtly moving to the beat as we watch one of the band members move his fingers over his keyboard the way those of a monkey move over a soggy piece of fruit.
Later they play Madonna's "Like a Prayer." I instantly recall sitting at our Dell family computer, a 12-year-old who has recently discovered Limewire—the free music-downloading program. I play Madonna's powerful pop-gospel track over and over and over again, and in between AOL Instant Messenger conversations, my bare feet pound on our thick brown carpet as I sing as loud as my lungs can manage, eyes closed and with more emotion than I knew I had.
This emotion continues to materialize every time I hear "Like a Prayer" thereafter, including this summer when I rode in the passenger seat of my friend Sara's car—full of recently graduated girls ready for a night on the town. We had our makeup on and our top buttons undone and Madonna and her choir rang out from the car stereo as we sped over the 110, the downtown LA lights rising and sparkling before us, full of glamor and promise. I danced and moved and shook and rocked as much as can be done while strapped in by a seatbelt. My ponytail and huge round earrings whipped about as I grew euphorically dizzy from the rocking movement of the car, the fast LA freeway traffic, and the sheer volume of our excitement.
And now here I stand, the neck of my Grolsch warming in my grip as I watch the fat singer on stage, probably Eastern European, with massive sideburns and a greasy ponytail, as a V of sweat develops on his olive-green polo shirt between his soft man-boobs and he shrieks out (rather well, actually) the high-pitched choir part that brings home the end of Madonna's song.
As I watch the performance, I string these recollections along like beads on a necklace. And as each one fades as the music slows, I wonder: how did I end up here, now? It's impossible to imagine where you'll be, who you'll be with and what you'll be doing later in life, especially when you get so caught up in certain moments that you feel you may have actually stirred up your brains, but it's nice to know that wherever you go, you can always revisit the places you've been with just a little reminder.
Just like a prayer, your voice can take me there
Just like a muse to me, you are a mystery
Just like a dream, you are not what you seem
Just like a prayer, no choice your voice can take me there


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Michael Dunn
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Summer Vacation
Most of my experience has been like the school year - some ups and downs, but otherwise a combination of people, software and/or hardware coming to successful completion without too much excitement or too many bumps in the road. I have chosen a few of the more exciting or unusual summer vacation class of projects to include.
Ground Zero
I started from ground zero at RIPS [Raster Image Processing Systems, a start-up] and setup component suppliers, performed board layout, arranged prototype fabrication, and test for the RISC based single board computer while keeping all of the vendors happy and the component orders in sync. This allowed software development to progress while I completed the Laser Engine Adapter board and firmware amidst other activities. We began with 3 people in the Spring and by Fall had built a small team that delivered the world's first demonstration of a PostScript compatible printer printing at 20 PPM. Starting a hardware/software program like this when absolutely nothing was in place and delivering a successful product demonstration in 8 months was definitely a challenging and rewarding adventure.
Instant Gratification
The Laser Engine Adapter board [at RIPS] was designed to connect to any laser printer engine by making a custom cable and changing some jumpers or, in the worst case, making a firmware change. One of my hats was the responsibility for the fabrication and firmware for this board. When contacted by potential customers for evaluation units, we would ask them to schedule a visit to our facility, ship us the interface specification and a laser printer sans controller. The printer usually arrived at the same time as the customer. An adapter cable was fabricated and the LEA board tweaked per specifications in advance of the customer arrival. The commitment to the customer was to demonstrate the controller on a similar laser printer and deliver a working configuration in 2 weeks. During the customer pitch meeting, the printer was usually working within 45 minutes. When the customer saw the demo running on their own printer and outperforming the Apple LaserWriter, their expectations were exceeded and their confidence in RIPS to execute was greatly increased. The technical expertise, concept, and planning transformed a typically boring event into a marketing advantage. And to the casual observer - "that was no big deal, it only took 45 minutes".
Ditch Digging
I volunteered to take over a seriously mismanaged project that was in a ditch. The project centerpiece was hardware and software to be delivered by a third party [TP] to TI - _and_ TI was committed to deliver the product to a major customer. A site visit revealed that the TP was marginally qualified to do the design and totally unqualified to deliver prototype or production parts. I remained on site for over a week developing a basic project plan and training someone to a minimum level to establish consistent communication terms and report back on project status. During this time our logic guru was factoring the FPGA logic so that it would fit. Upon receipt of working prototypes, I successfully pitched the idea to purchase the manufacturing rights from the TP. This allowed us to circumvent their inability to manufacture the product and select a contract manufacturer to build a quality product.
End Run
TI decided to promote a new flagship C6000 DSP and get it into more hands by selling a single board computer that could be used as a plugin PCI card or standalone board for software development. A JTAG controller that connected to the debug software via the PCI bus was included in the board logic. The overall project goal was to deliver hardware that could be plugged into the PCI bus and software that could be installed to create an instant DSP development environment. We were fortunate to have selected a competent third party developer to handle most of the hardware and software design. We were able to work as a team, working through issues on both sides, like requirement details and scope changes, calibration issues due to different development practices, and component delivery issues. After the completion of a rigorous Test and Acceptance Plan, the product was released and shipped to customers.
The product seemed destined for great success until the problem reports started coming in. Periodically installation problems would be reported and the support staff, who had not previously supported PCI-based products, was ill equipped to deal with the variety of things that could go wrong. In house testing had only identified user problems during installation - no other type of problems were able to be created. Investigation of the problems identified non-TI drivers were the primary culprit. Some vendors had released PCI drivers that could not share interrupts (this does not meet PCI specs) but did not experience problems due to the small number of PCI cards installed (no interrupt sharing needed). In some cases it was very difficult to convince a customer whose PC had been running flawlessly for a year that the new equipment failure was due to old software on their machine. Changes were made to the installation software and documentation, tech bulletins and training supplied to support personnel, and a troubleshooting guide was created to deal with problems if they occurred. The problem was the number of evaluation kits in the pipeline and the self installation nature of the product. With no corporate web support in place at the time, I joined and became an active participant of the Yahoo C6x group. This had two main effects - I could address user issues in the short run and obtain direct user feedback. Since obtaining useful user feedback on a product distributed through multiple channels is difficult, this proved very useful on future products - even though I initially bypassed the existing corporate system.
TI wanted to encourage third parties (TPs) to create and manufacture their own JTAG debug hardware. To do this the TPs needed two things - some DSP specific JTAG knowledge and a current licensed version of the source code based Debug Porting Kit. These constraints limited the potential number of JTAG debug hardware suppliers. I championed and managed the release of a redesigned "Sourceless" Porting Kit that eliminated the requirement of DSP specific JTAG knowledge and the original source code license. The released product went for over three with only a single software update.
Impossible Dream
There was a company with a very successful product line. Their string of products had progressed in a classical evolutionary manner. They decided to create a totally new product - new hardware, portrait mode display, Ethernet, UNIX OS port, WYSIWG editor, spreadsheet, graphics package, equation editor, and a relational database. A large program that was delayed beyond the original ship date when I was hired with full knowledge that the program was in serious trouble. The initial assessment was basically what was expected - all of the obvious and fun major technical issues were addressed, but the detailed requirements and final product details were lacking. The basic model was a Desktop Publishing System with a Xerox Star-like UI. The decision was made to contact and interview some existing Star users to determine the customer expectations. Wow! Here we were in the middle of the river with something like 100 man years invested and the requirements had not yet been nailed! The interview information and data from the Seybold Report were used to create new and refine existing user requirements. With everything split across two Project Managers, the rescheduled program was finally on the right track. The completion of the requirements and attentive beta testing were key to delivering a product with acclaimed Desktop Publishing functionality.
Lesson Learned
I was asked to visit a customer site in Burbank, California to assess and remedy a mystery problem with their embedded communication controller. The customer began experiencing fatal communication errors once or twice per day and it was causing a high degree of frustration. Service reps had replaced every component and power supply in the controller and it made no difference. Monitoring of the AC power showed no inconsistencies or disruptions. The controller would display inconsistent and unique error codes at the time of each failure. Manual intervention and restarting the job was always successful. My assignment was to 'visit the site and not come back until the problem was resolved or defined'.
After verifying that the controller was in proper working order, I began interviewing the operator and other folks in the immediate area. The only information that I got was 'everything was normal and it just quit' until I got to Dianne. As I was about to ask her a question, she said "You had better get back over to your machine. It is getting ready to break!" In the ensuing conversation, Dianne revealed that ever since they installed that new press on the other end of the second floor a failure would occur when they ran it. Aha, a clue, a clue!
The operation of the large press would vibrate the power relay just enough to cause a logic voltage glitch, but not long enough to detect a power failure.
The Lesson Learned - never underestimate the value of user [or observer] input.
Process Improvement Specialist - Project Manager - Program Manager
Position to unleash my 25+ years of high technology experienceto make a difference in a growing organizationfor the next 10 years.
Attended Texas A&I University - Kingsville, Texas
Continuing Education


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Mr Healey has more than 20 years' experience dedicated almost exclusively to servicing clients in agribusiness and primary industries. Focusing primarily on agricultural property, water rights and investment in agribusiness, he has advised on some of Australia's most prominent rural transactions.
His experience includes all forms of agricultural property transactions, rural and irrigation water transactions, and leading teams in mergers and acquisitions. He also assists inbound investors and domestic agribusinesses with their investment and day to day legal requirements. In 2014, he completed what was reported as possibly the largest farmland sale in the world that year.
Mr Healey acts for local and international agribusinesses, primary producers and investors across their range of legal needs. His in-bound clients are drawn from China, Singapore, Canada and the United States amongst others.
Clients benefit from his expert and timely services which, when coupled with practical industry knowledge, result in a commercial approach to closing transactions.
He regularly speaks at legal and industry conferences on legal issues that affect the agribusiness sector, is listed as a Preeminent Agribusiness Lawyer in Doyle's Guide (2016) and was recognised by his peers as one of Australia's leading Agriculture & Rural Affairs lawyers in the 2017 Best Lawyers.
Prior to joining K&L Gates, Mr. Healey was the National Agribusiness Practice Group Leader at a large Australian law firm.
Leases, conduct and compensation agreements and other property interests
Mergers and acquisitions
Other operational advice


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Updated: often, leading up to the race
Jumps to sections on this page:
Event Sched | Purse/Race Awards | TV / Re-airs | Radio
Practice/Qual Times | Rundown of Race/Results | Entry/Practice/Qualifying
Track/Race Info | Local Newspapers/TV | Local TV
Weather | Camping | Paint Schemes
Chassis | Goodyear Notes | Odds
Race: Saturday, May 12, 2012 in Darlington, SC
Title Sponsor: Bojangos
Scheduled Green Flag (approx): 7:15pm/et
NASCAR Pre-race: FOX - 6:30pm/et
Television Race Coverage: FOX, 7:00pm/et
In the Booth: Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip, Larry McReynolds
Pit Reporters: Dick Berggren, Steve Byrnes, Matt Yocum, Krista Voda
Hollywood Hotel: Chris Myers and Michael Waltrip
Virtual Garage: Jeff Hammond
SPEED's NASCAR Raceday Pre-Race Show: 4:30 pm/et with John Roberts, Kyle Petty, Kenny Wallace
Scheduled Race Re-Air Dates/Times: Wednesday, May 16 at 12:00pm/et on SPEED
TV Listings, Links and Info:
Jayski's TV Listings Page
NASCAR on TV
Race Fan TV
This Week - Motor Racing Network (MRN) and SiriusXM Satellite NASCAR Channel 90
Times are local to the Track
Friday, May 11
11:30 am - 1:30 pm NSCS Practice
2:15 - 3:00 pm NSCS Final Practice
5:10 pm NSCS Qualifying
Saturday, May 12
6:30 pm NSCS Driver Introductions
7:00 pm NSCS Bojangles' Southern 500 Race
NSCS = Sprint Cup Series
Times are local to the Track
Friday, May 11, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm/et, TV-SPEED
Happy Hour 'Final' practice: Friday, May 11, 2:15 - 3:00 pm/et, TV-SPEED
Qualifying: 2 laps for positions 1-42, Friday, May 11 at 5:10 pm/et, TV-SPEED, no re-air scheduled.
2012: $5,663,476
2011: $5,531,600
2010: $5,547,816
2009: $5,666,384
2008: $5,618,601
2007: $5,507,009
2006: $5,410,760
2005: $5,338,043
2004: $5,219,075
2003: $4,695,345
Track Specifications:
Track/Race Length: 1.366 egg-shaped oval, 367 laps, 501.322 miles
Banking: Turns 1/2 - 25 degrees, width 79 ft; Turns 3/4 - 23 degrees, width 62 ft; Front - 3 degrees, Back - 2 degrees.
Frontstretch 1,229 ft long, 90 ft wide;
Backstretch - 1,229 ft long, 90 ft wide
Pit Road: Length: 2,025 feet, Width: 46 feet
Speed Limits: Pace Car - 50 mph, Pit Road - 45 mph
Track Last Repaved in early 2008
Grandstand Seating: 68,000
Opened: 1950
Race Festivities/Officials:
Grand Marshal: NASCAR drivers' Moms
Command to start engines: NASCAR drivers' Moms
Honorary Starter/Wave Green Flag: Randy Poindexter, Bojangles' Senior Vice President of Marketing
Invocation: Mark Jones, First Baptist Church of Darlington
National Anthem: Casey Weston
Military Flyover: F-16's 77th fighter squadron - Shaw Air Force Base
Track Websites:
Darlington Raceway
Facebook: Darlington Raceway
Twitter: TooToughToTame
ISC Motorsports
May 2011: see my Darlington Race Info page
2011 Pole Sitter: #4-Kasey Kahne, 181.254mph, finished 4th
Track Qualifying Record: Kasey Kahne, May 2011, 181.254mph
2011 Race Winner: #78-Regan Smith, 129.678mph, started 23rd
Track Race Record: Kyle Busch, May 2008, 140.350mph
Slowest Race Record: Fonty Flock, Sept 1952, 74.512mph
Oldest Winner: Harry Gant, 51 years, 7 months, 22 days, Sept 1991
Youngest Winner: Kyle Busch, 23 years, eight days, May 2008
The Numbers for the Bojangles' Southern 500:
0 - fewest cautions (9/2/63)
1 - fewest cars on lead lap at finish (24 times, most recent 9/3/79)
1 - fewest laps led by race winner Ricky Craven, 3/16/03)
2 - fewest leaders (5/9/64)
4 - fewest lead changes (9/4/50)
6 - number of jet dryers available for track drying this weekend
10 - most wins by driver (David Pearson)
12 - fewest cars running at finish (9/2/74)
17 - most cautions (5/9/09)
17 - most leaders (9/6/82)
19 - wins from the pole; 35 from the front row
23 - most cars on lead lap at finish (9/1/02)
41 - most lead changes (9/6/82)
41 - most running at finish (twice, most recent 5/10/08)
45 - different race winners
47 - different pole winners
101 - most caution laps (9/2/74)
120 minutes - approximate amount of time it takes to dry the 1.366-mile track after a significant rainfall
351 - most laps led by race winner (Johnny Mantz, 9/4/50)
Key Darlington Dates
1949 - Harold Brasington, a retired racer, purchased 70 acres from Sherman Ramsey and started construction of the race track. (The egg-shaped design was necessary because Brasington promised Ramsey the track wouldn't disturb his minnow pond on the west side of the property).
1950 - First race on Labor Day, a 75-car field for the 500-mile event on what was then a 1.250-mile track
1951 - Field of 82 cars started the race
1953 - Track was re-measured to 1.375 miles
1959 - Last convertible race (won by Fireball Roberts)
1965 - Cale Yarborough, of nearby Timmonsville, crashed with his car sailing over the guard rail and off the track. He was unhurt and the mishap was used as an introduction to ABC's Wide World of Sports for several years.
1970 - Track re-configured to 1.366 miles following the spring race
1982 - International Speedway Corporation (ISC) acquires Darlington Raceway
1995 - Track repaved
1997 - Frontstretch and backstretch switched
2000 - All cars pit on same side for first time
2005 - First Saturday night race at Darlington
2008 - Track repaved prior to 2008 race
2012 Caution Update
1 - fewest cautions this season (Fontana)
3 - races extended beyond scheduled distance (Daytona, Martinsville, Talladega)
10 - most cautions this season (Daytona)
53 - number of cautions in the first 10 races of 2012; includes 24 for accidents, 14 for debris and five for spins
305 of 3,120 - number of laps under caution in 2012
386.163 of 3,730.430 - miles under caution in the first 10 races
(Darnell Communications for SRT Motorsports and Dodge)(5-10-2012)
At Darlington Raceway...numbers and stats:
• Built as a 1.25-mile paved superspeedway in 1949-50, Darlington Raceway hosted the first 500-mile race in NASCAR history and the first on asphalt on Sept. 4, 1950.
• The track was re-measured to 1.375 miles in 1953.
• The track was re-configured to 1.366 miles following the spring race in 1970.
• The track was repaved in 1995.
• The 2005 race was the first Saturday night race at Darlington.
• The track was repaved again prior to the 2008 season.
• There have been 108 NASCAR Sprint Cup races at Darlington Raceway since the track opened in 1950.
• There was one race per year in 1950, 1951, from 1953-1959, and again every year since 2005. Darlington held two races a season in all other years.
• Curtis Turner won the first pole, in 1950.
• Johnny Mantz won the first race, in 1950.
• 47 drivers have posted poles at Darlington.
• David Pearson leads all drivers with 12 poles at Darlington.
• 45 drivers have won races at Darlington; 25 drivers have won more than once there.
• David Pearson leads all drivers with 10 victories, followed by Dale Earnhardt with nine.
• Jeff Gordon is third overall and leads all active drivers with seven victories.
• Hendrick Motorsports has won 13 races at Darlington, more than any other organization.
• 19 races at Darlington have been won from the pole, the most productive starting position. Dale Jarrett was the last driver to win from the pole in 1997.
• The deepest in the field that a race winner has started was 43rd, in the track's inaugural race in 1950 by Johnny Mantz. That race had a 75-car field.
• Darlington is the site of one of the closest race finishes in NASCAR history. Ricky Craven edged Kurt Busch by 0.002 seconds on March 16, 2003 - which is tied with Talladega (April 17, 2011) as the two smallest margins of victory since NASCAR instituted electronic timing in 1993.
• Youngest NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Darlington Raceway winner: Kyle Busch (05/10/2008 - 23 years, 0 months, 8 days).
• Oldest NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Darlington Raceway winner: Harry Gant (05/06/1991 - 51 years, 7 months, 22 days)(NASCAR)(5-8-2012)
For news, stats, records and more about this race track, see: Jayski's Darlington Raceway Track News/Rumors/Links page
Johnson wins at Darlington: #48-Jimmie Johnson won the Bojangles' Southern 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway for his 1st win of the year, 3rd at Darlington, his 56th career win, and the 200th Sprint Cup Series win for car owner Rick Hendrick. He took the lead with 42 laps remaining and held the lead the rest of the way, including one green white checker finish.
#11-Hamlin finished 2nd followed by #14-Stewart, #18-Busch, #56-Truex, Jr., #17-Kenseth, #99-Edwards, #5-Kahne, #9-Ambrose, and #20-Logano.
There were 8 cautions for 38 yellow flag laps. The race went green for the first 171 laps. There were 22 lead changes among 8 drivers.
The estimated attendence was 63,000, up from 61,000 last year.
See race results, awards, money won, laps led, cautions and more on the Darlington Race Results page (pdf) and the official rundown on the Official Race Report.(5-12-2012)
2012 Sprint Cup Driver Championship Points Standings:
[after Darlington, race 11 of 36]
1) #16-Greg Biffle [1 win], 411
2) #17-Matt Kenseth [1 win], 409, -2
3) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. [0 wins], 397, -16
4) #11-Denny Hamlin [2 wins], 394, -17
5) #48-Jimmie Johnson [1 win], 372, -39
6) #56-Martin Truex Jr. [0 wins], 372, -39
7) #14-Tony Stewart [2 wins], 369, -42
8) #29-Kevin Harvick [0 wins], 361, -50
9) #18-Kyle Busch [1 win], 349, -62
10) #15-Clint Bowyer [0 wins], 337, -74
Chase wild card drivers:
11) #2-Brad Keselowski [2 wins, 12th in points], 328, -83
12) #39-Ryan Newman [1 win, 13th in points], 307, -104
(ties broken by 1sts, 2nds, 3rd, etc)
See drivers championship points standings on the Drivers Points Standings page (pdf).(5-12-2012)
Top-35 in Owner Points and guaranteed a starting spot at Charlotte:
#83 remains in 35th but is now 49 points ahead of the #33 team.
Rank) Car#-Driver/Team, owners pts, +/-
32) #32-Sorenson/FAS Lane Racing, 159, +54
33) #36-Blaney/Baldwin, 157, +52
34) #10-Reutimann-Patrick/Baldwin, 155, +50
35) #83-Cassill/BK Racing, 154, +49 ahead of 36th
these teams / drivers will need to qualify by speed:
36) #33-Leicht/Childress, 105, -49 from the top 35
37) #21-Bayne/Wood Bros., 96, -58
38) #30-Stremme/Inception, 86, -68
The teams are NOT locked in past the next race as the owners points change after each race.
For the owner points standings, see the Owners Points Standings page (pdf).(5-12-2012)
Race Fast Facts - Darlington Raceway:
Jimmie Johnson won the 63rd Annual Bojangles' Southern 500, his 56th victory in 374 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
This is his first victory and eighth top-10 finish in 2012.
This is his third victory and 10th top-10 finish in 14 races at Darlington Raceway.
This is Hendrick Motorsports' 200th victory. Hendrick is only the second team to accomplish the feat (Petty Enterprises, 268 wins).
Denny Hamlin (second) posted his sixth top-10 finish in seven races at Darlington Raceway. It is his sixth top-10 finish in 2012.
Tony Stewart (third) posted his 11th top-10 finish in 20 races at Darlington Raceway.
Greg Biffle leads the point standings by 2 points over Matt Kenseth.(NASCAR Statistics)(5-12-2012)
Darlington Notes-n-Nuggets:
" Jimmie Johnson grabbed his 56th Cup win, good for eighth all-time, in his 374th start.
" The last win for Jimmie Johnson prior to Bojangles' Southern 500 was in October at Kansas (16 starts between).
" Jimmie Johnson is the eighth different winner in 11 Cup races in 2012.
" The victory gives Jimmie Johnson at least one win in all 11 career Cup seasons.
" It's Jimmie Johnson's third Darlington win in his 14th start, and first win since Fall 2004.
" Jimmie Johnson led 134 laps, the most of all drivers -- including the last 44.
" Darlington is the 11th track that Jimmie Johnson has at least three wins on.
" It was Hendrick Motorsports' 200th Cup win, joining Petty Enterprises (268 wins) as the second team to reach 200 Cup wins.
" Darlington marks Hendrick's first win of 2012, as last win was also Jimmie Johnson's last victory at Kansas in October.
" The victory was Handrick's 14th Darlington win -- the most of all teams.
" Denny Hamlin's (second) average finish in seven races at Darlington is 5.87, which is best of all drivers with more than two starts.
" Tony Stewart (third) matched his best Darlington finish in his 20th start. This was only his fourth top-five finish of the season.
" Kyle Busch (fourth) now has four top-five finishes in 2012, including the last three races.
" Martin Truex Jr (fifth) notched his fourth top-five finish of 2012.
" Greg Biffle (12th) had only his fourth finish outside the top-10 in 2012, but is still leading the points by two over Matt Kenseth.
" Dale Earnhardt Jr (17th) posted his worst finish of the 2012 season, and first finish outside the top-15.
" Danica Patrick (31st) was the third woman to compete in a Cup race at Darlington.
" Jeff Gordon (35th) floundered to his seventh finish outside the top-20 this season, including all of the last four races.
" Race finished with a Green-White-Checkered -- the fourth time that's happened in 2012.
(Racing Recall/nascar.com)(5-12-2012)
Lucky Dogs - Who got a lap back on each caution at Darlington: (and their finish)
Caution 1: #15-Bowyer, 11th
Caution 2: #39-Newman, 23rd
Caution 3: #88-Earnhardt, Jr., 17th
Caution 4: #1-McMurray, 34th
Caution 5: #31-Burton, 18th
Caution 6: #9-Ambrose, 9th
Caution 7: #2-Keselowski,15th
Caution 8: #55-Martin, 20th
Race Coverage of the Bojangles' Southern 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway is scheduled for Saturday, May 12, 2012.
Television (TV): FOX at 7:00 pm/et; Pre-Race show at 6:30 pm/et; green flag approx 7:15pm/et
Radio: Motor Racing Network (MRN) and Sirius XM Satellite NASCAR Radio 90
Scheduled Race Re-Airs: on SPEED, Wednesday, May 16 at 12:00pm/et
Pit Stall Selections: The selections of pit stalls for the Bojangles' Southern 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway have been made.
Pole sitter #16-Biffle chose pit stall 1 [as do most pole sitters].
Outside pole sitter #48-Johnson took pit stall 21, the first pitstall behind the start finish line.
#5-Kahne, who starts 3rd took the 7th pit stall, the 1st stall with an opening behind it.
The 43rd and final pit stall was taken by #1-McMurray, who starts 11th.
To see where the drivers/teams pit stall is, see the pit selection chart on the Pit Stall Selection chart.(5-11-2012)
Links to results, practices, qualifying PDF's:
Official Race Report
Race Results
Drivers Points
Owners Points
Starting Lineup
Qualifying Results
Happy Hour Practice Speeds
Practice 1 Speeds page
NASCAR Green-White-Checkered Race Procedure: NASCAR allows a maximum of three restart attempts prior to the White Flag under NASCAR's Green-White-Checkered flag finish. If the leader has taken the White Flag and the caution flag is displayed, the field is frozen and the race will not be restarted. Previously, there was only one restart attempt. The procedure applies to all three national series. See rule and notes on the Green-White-Checker rule page.
Wave-around rule: The wave-around rule dictates that cars under penalty at the time of the caution are ineligible for the wave around.
See Jayski's - 2012 Sprint Cup Race Results Page for pole winner, race winner with speed and starting/finishing position, links to race results, drivers & owners points, pit stall selections, qualifying results/starting lineup, practice speeds and chase stats as well as link to race track and race information page for each race
Biffle wins pole at Darlington: #16-Greg Biffle won the pole for the Bojangles' Southern 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway with a speed of 180.257mph for his 2nd pole of 2012 and 11th career pole. #48-Johnson was 2nd fastest followed by #5-Kahne, #39-Newman, #18-Busch, #56-Truex, Jr., #99-Edwards, #11-Hamlin, #78-Smith, and #31-Burton.
The go-or-go homers who made the race (8): #79-Speed, #30-Stremme, #73-Kvapil, #26-Wise, #52-Skinner, #74-Whitt, #87-Nemechek, #49-Yeley.
The go-or-go homers who failed to qualify for the race (4):#23-Riggs, #98-McDowell, #33-Leicht, #19-Bliss.
See qualifying results, order, pole progression, go-or-go homers & starting lineup on the Darlington Lineup / Qualifying Page.(5-11-2012)
Qualifying Fast Facts - Darlington Raceway:
Greg Biffle won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 63rd Annual Bojangles' Southern 500 with a lap of 27.281 seconds, 180.257 mph.
This is his 11th pole in 341 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
This is his second pole and eighth top-10 start in 2012.
This is his second pole in 12 races at Darlington Raceway. His first pole at the track came in May 2008. Biffle led 95 laps in that race, but finished 43rd after engine trouble.
Biffle started in the top 10 in both of his Darlington wins, third in 2005 and ninth in 2009.
Jimmie Johnson (second) posted his sixth top-10 start of 2012 and his seventh in 14 races at Darlington Raceway.
Kasey Kahne (third) posted his eighth top-10 start at Darlington Raceway. It is his 10th in 11 races this season.
Josh Wise (30th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.(NASCAR Statistics)(5-11-2012)
Coverage of Qualifying for the Bojangles' Southern 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway is scheduled for Friday, May 11, 2012 at 5:10pm/et.
Television (TV): SPEED, 5:00pm/et
Scheduled Qualifying Re-Air: none scheduled
Qualifying Order for the Bojangles' Southern 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway is posted. 47 cars/drivers are listed.
The first of the drivers scheduled to go out is #10-Patrick, slowest in practice.
The final driver scheduled to go out is #29-Harvick, who was fastest in first practice.
Qualifying order is set by the first practice session, with slowest driver going out by speed and the fastest going out last. The non-top 35 drivers are now mixed in with the top-35 in owners points, slowest to fastest.
See the full qualifying order on the Darlington Qualifying Page.(5-11-2012)
Rain Out Procedures: the rain-out qualifying procedure for all three NASCAR national series is as follows: If first practice is run, but qualifying is unable to take place, the starting lineup will be based on speeds from the car's fastest lap from the first practice, with top-35 cars in owner points no longer segregated from the non-top 35 cars. Previously, the top 35 cars lined up in front of all other eligible car owners.
Happy Hour Practice for the Bojangles' Southern 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway isover after 45 scheduled minutes, the top five fastest, slowest and notes:
#22-Allmendinger 175.022
#16-Biffle 174.730
#99-Edwards 174.099
#48-Johnson 174.087
#73-Kvapil 173.626
slowest: #34-Ragan 168.250 & #32-Sorenson 167.027.
See fastest speeds, best ten-lap averages, laps run and more on the Darlington Happy Hour Practice Speeds (pdf), no average speeds all laps and NOT changing back to the old way, just posting the pdf's.(5-11-2012)
Go-or-Go Homers final practice for the Bojangles' Southern 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway.
the final practice rank for the go-or-go homers (drivers not in the top 35 of current owners points)
These drivers would make the race if things stay the same:
#73-Travis Kvapil, 5th fastest
#26-Josh Wise, 8th
#98-Michael McDowell, 9th
#30-David Stremme, 10th
#79-Scott Speed, 21st
#23-Scott Riggs, 24th
#49-J.J. Yeley, 30th
#87-Joe Nemechek, 31st
These drivers would miss the race if things stay the same:
#19-Mike Bliss, 32nd
#74-Cole Whitt, 33rd
#33-Stephen Leicht, 34th
#52-Mike Skinner, 35th
1st Friday Practice for the Bojangles' Southern 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway is over after 120 scheduled minutes, the top five fastest, slowest and notes:
#29-Harvick 177.090
#16-Biffle 176.290
#51-Busch 175.993
#99-Edwards 175.760
#14-Stewart 175.647
slowest: #52-Skinner 169.438 & #10-Patrick 167.997.
notes: #43-Almirola looped his car coming off turn four on his second lap. He didn't hit anything.
Drivers with Darlington stripes: #48-Johnson, #33-Leicht, #38-Gilliland, #56-Truex, Jr, #43-Almirola, #10-Patrick.
This practice will set the order for qualifying Friday at 5:10pm/et on SPEED.
See fastest speeds, best ten-lap averages, laps run and more on the Darlington 1st Practice Speeds (pdf), no average speeds all laps and NOT changing back to the old way, just posting the pdf's. (5-11-2012)
Go-or-Go Homers first practice for the Bojangles' Southern 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway.
the first practice rank for the go-or-go homers (drivers not in the top 35 of current owners points)
These drivers would make the race if things stay the same:
#73-Travis Kvapil, 29th
#98-Michael McDowell, 30th
#26-Josh Wise, 33rd
#30-David Stremme, 36th
#74-Cole Whitt, 37th
#19-Mike Bliss, 40th
#79-Scott Speed, 41st
#23-Scott Riggs, 42nd
These drivers would miss the race if things stay the same:
#49-J.J. Yeley, 43rd
#87-Joe Nemechek, 44th
#33-Stephen Leicht, 45th
#52-Mike Skinner, 46th
The Entry List for the Bojangles' Southern 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway is posted, 47 teams/drivers [for 43 spots] are listed, including:
Danica Patrick is back in the #10 Chevy, David Reutimann will drive the #93. Travis Kvapil will drive the #73, a third car for BK Racing.
Not in top 35 of owners points:
#19-Mike Bliss (46/5)
#23-Scott Riggs (43/10)
#26-Josh Wise (40/10)
#30-David Stremme (38/10)
#33-Stephen Leicht (36/10)
#49-J.J. Yeley (39/10)
#52-Mike Skinner (54/1)
#73-Travis Kvapil (0/0)
#74-Cole Whitt (47/6)
#79-Scott Speed (55/1)
#87-Joe Nemechek (42/10)
#98-Michael McDowell (41/10)
In the event that qualifying is cancelled:
the eight who would make it [8]: #'s 33,30,49,26,98,87,23,74
missing the race would be [4]: #'s 19,52,79,73
See the full entry list at my Jayski's Darlington Entry List.(5-7/10-2012)
2012 Sprint Cup Driver Championship Points Standings:
[after Talladega, race 10 of 36]
1) #16-Greg Biffle [1 win], 378
2) #17-Matt Kenseth [1 win], 371, -7
3) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. [0 wins], 369, -9
4) #11-Denny Hamlin [2 wins], 351, -27
5) #29-Kevin Harvick [0 wins], 333, -45
6) #56-Martin Truex Jr. [0 wins], 332, -46
7) #14-Tony Stewart [2 wins], 328, -50
8) #48-Jimmie Johnson [0 wins], 324, -54
9) #18-Kyle Busch [1 win], 308, -70
10) #15-Clint Bowyer [0 wins], 302, -76
Chase wild card drivers:
11) #2-Brad Keselowski [2 wins, 12th in points], 299, -79
12) #39-Ryan Newman [1 win, 13th in points], 286, -92
(ties broken by 1sts, 2nds, 3rd, etc)
See drivers championship points standings on the Drivers Points Standings page (pdf).(5-6-2012)
Top-35 in Owner Points and guaranteed a starting spot at Darlington:
#10 team jumps up to 33rd, #36 falls to 34th and #83 falls to 35th. #33 team is 36th, now 30 points out.
Rank) Car#-Driver/Team, owners pts, +/-
31) #38-Gilliland/Front Row, 165, +60
32) #32-Labonte/FAS Lane Racing, 145, +40
33) #10-Reutimann-Patrick/Baldwin, 142, +35
34) #36-Blaney/Baldwin, 140, +35
35) #83-Cassill/BK Racing, 135, +30 ahead of 36th
these teams / drivers will need to qualify by speed:
36) #33-Raines/Childress, 105, -30 from the top 35
37) #21-Bayne/Wood Bros., 96, -39
38) #30-Stremme/Inception, 81, -54
The teams are NOT locked in past the next race as the owners points change after each race.
For the owner points standings, see the Owners Points Standings page (pdf).(5-6-2012)
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Chassis selections for the Bojangles' Southern 500: see the list of many teams and what chassis were selected by the team to run at Darlington International Speedway:
MISSING? why are some teams missing? like the #11, #24 or others? those teams do not report what chassis in the race previews or prs.
#1-Jamie McMurray: Crew Chief Kevin "Bono" Manion and the No. 1 Bass Pro Shops�/Tracker Boats team will bring Chassis #1112 to Darlington Raceway this weekend. This chassis raced in last year's Brickyard 400, leading five laps and finishing fourth. This chassis also saw track time during last fall's race at Chicagoland Speedway, finishing 38th due to an engine failure.
#2-Brad Keselowski: The No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger team will race chassis PRS-810 during Saturday night's Bojangles' Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway. Keselowski last drove this chassis to a fifth-place finish at Phoenix International Raceway in March.
#5-Kasey Kahne: Crew chief Kenny Francis has selected Hendrick Motorsports Chassis No. 5-713 for Saturday night's race at Darlington. This car was built for the 2012 season, and Kahne has driven it to two top-14 finishes -- a 14th-place result at Fontana (Calif.) and a seventh-place finish at Texas Motor Speedway. Kahne lined up fifth for both events.
#9-Marcos Ambrose: The #9 RPM team has prepared chassis No. 743 for the 367-lap race at Darlington Raceway. This DEWALT Ford Fusion was run at Bristol earlier this year.
#14-Tony Stewart: Chassis No. 14-708: This is a brand-new racecar that has never turned a wheel on the racetrack, but it has seen numerous hours in the wind tunnel. The Southern 500 marks Chassis No. 14-708's on-track debut.
#15-Clint Bowyer: Primary Chassis No. 727 raced to a 13th place finish at California. Chassis No. 721 is the backup and previously served backup duty at Las Vegas, Fontana, Texas and Kansas - but never raced.
#16-Greg Biffle: Primary: RK-749, Last ran Bristol - finished 13th; Backup: RK-786, Last ran Homestead - finished 35th
#17-Matt Kenseth: Primary: RK-806 (Brand new chassis)
#22-A.J. Allmendinger: and his Todd Gordon-led Penske Racing No. 22 Team will be racing their "PRS-812" Shell-Pennzoil Dodge Charger this weekend at Darlington. This chassis has been raced only once to date; in the March 11 race at Las Vegas. Dinger started 14th and had moved up to sixth in that race before fuel system issues relegated him to the garage for repairs. The "PRS-814" chassis will serve as the backup. It is a new Dodge Charger and has yet to make it onto a race track.
#27-Paul Menard: will pilot Chassis No. 347 from the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stable. This No. 27 Chevrolet was last seen on track at Bristol Motor Speedway in March, where Menard drove it to a 10th-place finish. This chassis was also used in competition in 2011 at Auto Club Speedway, Dover International Speedway (May) and both events at Pocono Raceway.
#29-Kevin Harvick: will pilot Chassis No. 374 from the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stable. This chassis was built new for competition in 2012, and was driven by Harvick at Auto Club Speedway in March where he collected a fourth-place finish in the rain-shortened event.
#31-Jeff Burton: will race chassis No. 393 from the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stable. This No. 31 Chevrolet, built new for the 2012 season, was utilized in March at Auto Club Speedway where Burton finished in the 22nd position in the rain-shortened Auto Club 400.
#36-Dave Blaney: will drive the No. 293 chassis, which he drove twice this season and five times during the 2011 season. The Harford, Ohio native's best start with the No. 293 chassis was 17th at Richmond and best finish was 23rd at Phoenix this season. TBR purchased the chassis from Richard Childress Racing, where Jeff Burton drove the chassis prior to its debut with TBR.
#39-Ryan Newman: Chassis No. 39-682: The Southern 500 at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway will mark the second start for Chassis No. 39-682 this season. The first came at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth. An ill-handling racecar and an unusually long green-flag run the final 234 laps ran caution-free meant Newman's crew didn't have much of a chance to apply chassis adjustments. So Newman finished a disappointing 21st. The chassis made two runs in 2011, both of which resulted in top-20 finishes. The car debuted at Atlanta Motor Speedway in September. Although Newman qualified in the top-10, he struggled with track position for most of the day and finished a disappointing 20th. Chassis No. 39-682 returned to action for last season's finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. After qualifying 14th, Newman ran as high as second, and in the top-10 for the most of the day, before finishing 12th. The chassis was updated for the 2012 season before making its first start at Texas.
#42-Juan Pablo Montoya: Crew Chief Chris "Shine" Heroy and the No. 42 Target team will bring Chassis #1111 to Darlington Raceway this weekend. This chassis made its debut in last season's finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway, leading two laps and finishing 31st after an accident put the No. 42 four laps down. This chassis also earned Montoya's first top-10 of the 2012 season, finishing eighth at Bristol Motor Speedway.
#43-Aric Almirola:: The #43 team will race chassis No. 742 this weekend. The chassis was used at various intermediate tracks in 2011, most recently at the Kansas race in October.
#48-Jimmie Johnson:: Chassis No. 681 serves as the primary for Johnson at Darlington. Chassis No. 669 serves as the backup.
#51-Kurt Busch: Chassis No. 557: This weekend's Bojangles' Southern 500 will be the first race of the 2012 season for this chassis. The team used this particular chassis during the mid-April tire test at Dover (Del.) International Speedway. Prior to the 2012 season, the car was used as a road-course car. Hendrick Motorsports built this chassis with a universal clip, which allows for greater adjustments with the geometric points on the chassis. As such, the team converted the car from a road-course car to an intermediate-track car for this season.
#55-Mark Martin: Primary 726 - finished 12th at California Speedway. Backup 708 - has not raced in 2012.
#88-Dale Earnhardt, Jr.: This weekend, crew chief Steve Letarte will unload Hendrick Motorsports Chassis No. 88-711. Earnhardt last raced this chassis to a third-place finish at California in March.
#99-Carl Edwards: RK-815 - This is a new car
(from team PR's/sites if reported)(5-11-2012)
Tire: Goodyear Eagle Speedway Radials
Number of Tires:
Sprint Cup: Left-side -- 1,475, Right-side -- 1,475;
Nationwide: Left-side -- 525, Right-side -- 525
Set limits:
Sprint Cup: 5 sets for practice/qualifying and 11 sets for the race;
Nationwide: 6 sets for the weekend
Tire Codes:
Left-side -- D-4392; Right-side -- D-4430
Tire Circumference:
Left-side -- 87.2 in. (2,215 mm);
Right-side -- 88.3 in. (2,244 mm)
Technical Inspection Inflation:
Left Front -- 30 psi; Left Rear -- 30 psi;
Right Front -- 55 psi; Right Rear -- 50 psi
Minimum Recommended Inflation:
Left Front -- 22 psi; Left Rear -- 20 psi;
Right Front -- 52 psi; Right Rear -- 48 psi
Notes: Teams in both the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series will run the same tire codes at Darlington this weekend . . . this is the same combination of left- and right-side tires that teams in these two series ran at Darlington last season . . . these teams have also run each of these two tire codes separately at other tracks in the past, including this left-side code (D-4392) at Texas last month . . . additionally, last season, they ran this left-side code at Texas, Nashville (Nationwide only), Chicagoland and Homestead; and this right-side code (D-4430) at Charlotte . . . as on all NASCAR ovals greater than one mile in length, teams are required to run inner liners in all four tire positions at Darlington . . . air pressure in those inner liners should be 12-25 psi greater than that of the outer tire.
See all Paint Scheme news, links and chart for this race on the:
Paint Schemes Gallery & Race Chart page
The chart was removed from here as it was also posted on the Paint Schemes Gallery page, makes no sense to post the same info in two spots
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Bojangles' Southern 500 Preview by Micah Roberts
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Bojangles' Southern 500
2012 Sprint Cup Championship
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(this is not to promote gambling but to offer readers odds and ideas on what the 'experts' think about the upcoming race and the Cup series season)


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Reading book 12 of The Odyssey always prompts the following question from students: Why are all the sea monsters women? Meaning, why is the Kyklops of Book 9 characterized as male while Skylla, Karybdis, and, of course, the Sirens are characterized as female? In mythology, some of these creatures were once human, and so they retain the gender of their original form. But still, we wondered, is there something uniquely feminine about sea monsters? And, in this context, what does their gender suggest about Odysseus? Below is our latest class thesis:
Where The Iliad tells the story of a war, The Odyssey tells the story of a warrior's terrifying journey home. For Odysseus, homecoming is especially fraught because it is marked by a return to the women in his life, and, subconsciously, Odysseus is terrified of these women. He is afraid of their endless demands, their uncompromising loyalty, their tricks and manipulations, and the power they have over him.
These particular monsters, who drown and consume their victims, are characterized as female because they are representations of his repressed fear of his wife (surrounded by "lusty suitors"), his demanding mother (who commits suicide, by drowning herself, in grief over his absence), and his mistresses, the clingy Kalypso (who manipulates him with tears and threats) and Kirke (who manipulates time to trick him and keep him forever)


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Recently, news outlets reported that an illegal alien was being prosecuted for intoxicated assault for causing an accident while driving while intoxicated. Aside from the immigration issue, this case highlights not only the criminal ramifications of drunk driving but also the civil implications. While awards of punitive damages were limited in Texas last decade, certain conduct does not fall within those limitations. One such example includes injuries cased in DWI accidents amounting to intoxication assault under the Texas Penal Code whether in a boat or car.
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Sunday, May 1, 2011
Mixed Media Art ~ Creating a collage painting on wood panel
Mixed media art has been such fun for me especially the creation of this collage painting on wood panel entitled "Sabine." The creation of this piece was all about the process and for the first time I was not in a hurry to get to an outcome. I took my time, learned, played and most of all, I had fun!
I put together a video of the progression of the piece. You can watch various stages of both the drawing and the painting process. I hope you enjoy.
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That being said, I've had a strong of hotel experiences recently that have led me to "have enough with not enough." And while I'm certainly not turning this into a travel blog (see this recent post) I thought I'd share them with you.
Not enough light
Hey, I'm probably more eco-conscious than most, and my entire home is equipped with CFL or LED lights that are turned off the minute I leave a room. But as hotels have converted to more energy-efficient bulbs and more stylish lighting fixtures, they seem to have forgotten an important lesson: people need to be able to actually see … and read, and write.
My female friends often lament the lack of light in hotel bathrooms, but I'm finding that upgraded mirrors with the lights running around all four sides are a nice improvement. Lighting in the rest of the room is another story. Bulbs in fixtures where reading will occur should be bright, either of a higher wattage or a 3-way or dimmable CFL (yes, they have them).
Not enough hooks
Based on the almost complete absence of hooks in most hotel bathrooms, I can only assume that the property's designers are nudists who have no need to hang clothing or wet workout gear. The norm seems to be one hook, maybe with two pointy prongs protruding from it, ones sharp enough to leave permanent marking in any clothing you hang there. If I come back from the gym, I at minimum have wet workout shorts, shirt, undergarment, and headband. Four items. So one or two on the hook. One or two on the door handle (yuk). And maybe one over the shower rod where my eco-conscious conscience had hung a towel to dry. And what if I'm sharing the room? Double trouble. Dear hotels: hooks. Lots of them. Try a minimum of 4-6.
Not enough healthy options
Too many room service menus still feature too many fatty foods in oversized portions. The Andaz properties in NYC have the right idea as almost the entire menu is "build your own" whether it be salads, sandwiches, or the complete meal. Ingredients and options are listed and you just select the combination that works for you. More hotels should do the same.
Not enough comfort and warmth
Hotels are lacking this in both tangible and intangible ways. I'm a minimalist at heart but some of the stark decor and geometric furniture (see this chair from a remodeled room at the Hyatt Regency Chicago) is just plain cold and uncomfortable. So much of the entire travel experience is already that way. A winning hotel would offer the comfort and warmth a weary road warrior is seeking. That requires rethinking room decor AND employee hospitality. Too many desk agents could easily be confused for robo-callers in terms of htheir tone and conversation with guests. I recently stayed at the always wonderful Sundance Resort in Utah where every single employee was warm, welcoming, and genuine. It's sad that encountering that was such a shock to my system.
I used to say not enough electrical outlets, but that seems to be vastly improved although your mileage may vary.
And while all of my examples have come from hotels, the principle of basic functionality applies to every business, every organization, every product or service. You have to review what you are creating through the lenses of the end users (who may be very different than you) and test the functionality of your efforts based on what they are going to want to do. Are you testing your own products and services enough?
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The U.N. secretary-general sharply criticized Israel Monday for the deaths of 557 Palestinian children, most of them during last summer's military offensive in the Gaza Strip. In an annual report on the impact of conflict on children, Ban Ki-moon kept Israel off the official list of violators, but reproached it for "the unprecedented and unacceptable scale" of the impact its military operations had on Palestinian children.
Israel's seven-week long war in Gaza killed over 2,200 people, mainly Palestinians. The Israel Defense Forces launched the offensive last July to cripple Hamas militants from firing rockets indiscriminately into its territory.
In an earlier draft of the U.N. report written by Ban's Special Representative for Children and Conflict, Israel and Hamas were both reported to be included in the annex - which names and shames the worst violators. Neither party appeared in Monday's final report sent to members of the Security Council, which Philippe Bolopion of Human Rights Watch attributed to political pressure.
"We believe that both groups deserve to be on that list if you look at the facts on the ground. But sadly, in this case it appears that political pressure has prevailed. Frankly, we were expecting better from a U.N. secretary-general who has promised to put human rights up front on the U.N. agenda," said Bolopion.
Ban's spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, did not appear to deny that member states had pressed for Israel to be left off the annex.
"Member states have never been shy in expressing their opinion to the secretary-general about what should be in or out of the report, whether it's this report this year or in the previous years," said Dujarric.
Israel's U.N. Ambassador Ron Prosor said the U.N. chief was right not to include Israel on the list, and urged him to condemn Hamas and other armed groups operating in Gaza as terrorist organizations.
Although not in the annex, the body of the report details Israeli violations against Palestinian children, noting that more children were killed in Gaza in 2014 than even in Syria's brutal civil war.
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Thirty-two hospitals were damaged and more than 500 schools were damaged or destroyed, including seven run by the U.N. that were being used as civilian shelters.
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Saturday, November 21, 2009
Technical Topics -- Organizing the Manuscript
How do I handle the sheer overwhelming mass of research, multiple drafts, out-takes, backups and so on
that constitute a novel?
ETA: This is SO boring I put it all below the fold.
1. I create a folder with the story name -- MAGGIE.
2. Into that, I put a document called Working Draft of MAGGIE.doc.
This is the master document.
The important one.
This is the latest and most real copy of the manuscript. Every important change is in here and it's all up to date.When I submit, I take the submission copy from this working draft.
3. I create a folder named Old Copies of MAGGIE.
This is where I keep all the important backups
Every night when I close the machine down -- sometimes more often -- I copy the Working Draft of MAGGIE and save it as a document named
or whatever.
This Maggie/date document is put into the folder named Old Copies of Maggie where it will be safe and happy.
I also send that Maggie112109.doc to myself at gmail as a backup.
4. What else?
I create a document called Reference Copy of MAGGIE.doc.
I love my Reference Copy
This is where I store factoids.
This Reference Copy document is a fairly complete, but not fanatically up-to-date draft of the manuscript.
I go to where the factoid is needed. I add a few key words, if they are not already in the manuscript. I toss in the URL or book and page number that will let me get back to the reference again.
This makes it so easy to check on what the weather is like on July 1 or the phase of the moon. Search 'moon' in the reference document and there is my URL for all the moonphases.
5. I create a document called Bits and Pieces of Maggie October.doc
This is for writing that is too good to throw away.
Or the variants of a scene that I'm rewriting.
6. I create a folder named INFO and put useful bits of research there.
This is my research, kept handy.
Value of Money.doc
or Gypsies.doc
or Police Procedures.doc.
7. Then I create a folder named DRAFT ONE.
This is where I break the writing down into scenes.
I give myself a separate folder for each scene.
The folders are named after the action of the scene. They are numbered in the order in which I expect the scenes to appear.
I name these folders with the number first so they line up neatly in order.
Scene 3 Adrian gets caught picking a pocket
Scene 3a Everybody has breakfast at the chopshop
Scene 4 Justine and Adrian get some nooky
Scene 6 The donkey scene
I don't put them in order, really, till I have the basic outline of the plot. Then I can go back and rename the files so they all line up neatly.
Even way far along in the writing I can add new scenes. A new scene can become 19b, (following 19 and before 20.)
I can pull a scene out and we have a hiatus.
8. Ok. I have a folder for every scene.
The first thing I put into each folder is a working draft document for the scene.
I do most of my work in these working draft of the scenes.
So I'll be writing along in Working draft of Adrian gets caught picking.doc.
It will be in the folder 'Scene 3 Adrian gets caught picking a pocket'.
I can create lots of useful files and variants of this scene and tuck them all into this same folder.
Working draft of Breakfast.doc
goes into the folder
'Scene 3a Everybody has breakfast at the chophouse'
Sometimes I work in the main document --
Working Draft of Maggie.doc.
Sometimes I work in a scene --
Working draft of Beakfast.doc
But in the end, when I make significant progress on a scene, or I have a scene right,
I take it upstairs and insert it into Working Draft of Maggie.doc
What does this look like?
When you open my working area up, I go to the great big MAGGIE folder.
There's just a few things in it.
It looks like:
... Bits and Pieces of Maggie October.doc
... Reference Copy of Maggie.doc
... Working Draft of MAGGIE.doc
When all the parts get expanded, you can see where everything lives.
... Bits and Pieces of Maggie October.doc
... DRAFT ONE [Secondary Folder]
... ..... Scene 1 Doyle and Adrian in the Boat [Tertiary Folder]
... ..... .... Info on Boats.doc
... ..... .... D and A Boat100909.doc
... ..... .... D and A Boat100909b.doc
... ..... .... D and A Boat100909c.doc
... ..... .... D and A Boat102109.doc
... ..... .... D and A Boat1108909.doc
... ..... .... Working draft of D and A in Boat.doc
... ..... Scene 2 Justine trips
... ..... .... Rough notes on Justine trips.doc
... ..... .... Justine Trips110909.doc
... ..... .... Justine Trips111209.doc
... ..... .... Justine Trips111309.doc.
... ..... .... Justine Trips111409.doc
... ..... .... Notes on Justine Trips
... ..... .... Working Draft of Justine Trips.doc
... ..... Scene 3 The Trampoline
... ..... Scene 3a More Work on the Boat
... ..... .... Notes on Working the Boat
... ..... Scene 3b Adrian gets caught picking a pocket
... ..... Scene 3c Everybody has breakfast at the chophouse
... ..... .... Notes on chophouse description
... ..... .... Working draft of Everybody has breakfast.doc
... ..... Scene 4 Justine and Adrian get some nooky
... ..... .... Miscellaneous language for lovescene.doc
... ..... .... Working draft of Nooky One
... ..... Scene 6 The donkey scene
... ..... Scene etc
... ..... Gypsies.doc
... ..... Police Procedures.doc
... ..... Value of Money.doc
... .... Bits and Pieces of Maggie July
... .... Bits and Pieces of Maggie August
... .... Bits and Pieces of Maggie September
... ..... Maggie090809.doc
... ..... Maggie090909.doc
... ..... Maggie090909a.doc
... ..... Maggie090909b.doc
... ..... Maggie0910809.doc
... ..... Maggie091109,doc
... Reference Copy of Maggie.doc
... Working Draft of MAGGIE.doc
It's a logical organization for me. I know where everything is and can find it easily. The important document -- The Working Draft -- remains in a commanding position. I always have a place to make notes and leave them directly next to the scene in which they will appear.
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Wow. Um... Wow.
I think my brain my hurt a little now. :-)
Holy cow. You must have an incredibly logical and organized brain. I don't think I could ever keep track of so many documents. I have a hard enough time holding on to various threads.ReplyDelete
Good luck finishing Maggie. I just finished ML&SM and can't wait for Maggie to land on the bookshelves!
That is really cool! It's almost exactly like what I do, with the folders and the research and the links and the gmail backups, etc. - except I could never have so many different files for scenes; it'd drive me crazy seeing that many documents in a folder, no matter how organized. You can tell when I'm really, finally, actually, nearing the end of a novel cos I start storing everything on CD and clearing out all the folders on the computer. Everything becomes nice and empty again waiting for the next wip.ReplyDelete
So excited for Maggie!
I feel a sense of satisfaction when all my little folders for scenes are laid out in front of me.ReplyDelete
I guess it's like a contractor looking over the work site. He has a spot roped off for each sort of building material and he knows where everything is. He can see at a glance what's arrived and what hasn't.
For me, the scene folders divide the vast chaos of story into manageable chunks.
The folders start out empty, the same way the contractor's yard would start out empty before the deliveries began.
I work chronologically. But lots of times i 'see' a scene that's going to come much later in the story.
Because I have a 'scene folder', I can dream up words for any scene and throw them down in a document called 'wording Justine learning to pick pockets'.
I have a folder to drop that document into. The document has a physical and logical home.
When, six months later, I finally sit down to write the pickpocketing scene -- I open up the folder and there is everything -- all the versions I've dreamed up in the last six months, all the nifty wording that relates to the scene, the 1830 police accounts of pickpocketing I found on the web, four images of period change purses, my notes on what this says about the characters and how it fits into Justine's backstory. Later, this folder will hold old versions of the scene and bits and pieces related to the scene that I might want to salvage.
These useful documents haven't been kicking around loose all this time. They've had a neat box to live in. And now that I need this stuff, everything is there, together.
I run 50 or 60 scenes per book. (This ends up at 40+ chapters, in 110,000 words.) So that's 50+ FOLDERS, which I suppose could be a little overwhelming.
But the folders, because they're NUMBERED, line up in the order they appear in the story. I do my actual writing chronological so it's relatively easy to click through to where I'm 'working' and write up the next scene.
@ Katrina --ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for the kind words.
I'm too buffle-headed to keep everything straight in one long document. The manuscript might stretch out as long as 130,000 or 140,000 words at its most bloated.
I find this overwhelming.
I DO work with the document in this form after the early draft is completed. I have to. But I miss the simplicity of those 2000- and 3000- and 4000- word scenes. So much easier to see the 'shape' and 'form' of them in isolation.
And WORD is not zippy when the document gets over 100K words. WORD gets glitchy and annoys me.
That is to say, it annoys me more than usual.
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Back to the crunch issue--salad? Cornichons? Or slightly underdone green beans?ReplyDelete
I am hosting 18 and one of them is bringing an israeli salad with matzah--very crunchy but not for everyone.
Green beans is a thought. I had the most lovely green beans a few nights ago at a Chinese restaurant.ReplyDelete
I think they may have been steamed and then lightly sauteed in oil. Bit of garlic probably.
I am in awe.ReplyDelete
Also, I know this is a separate issue, but please tell me you do proper backup of all this? Online and physical and so on?
Ya know --ReplyDelete
This is hard to describe, but it's real easy to do. And it means you don't have little snips and snaps of writing lying about underfoot.
I send the manuscript to myself through gmail. Frequently.
I should maybe do a backup on a thumb drive too ...
You should also look into getting automatic backup. I use mozy.com which is free so long as you don't use too much space (if you use it to back up photos and so on, it'll start costing). And yes, use a thumb drive or an external hard drive, too. As many different locations, separated physically and electronically will minimise the risks.ReplyDelete
I will think about this. Gmail makes me feel fairly secure.ReplyDelete
There are generally only a few dozen working files that I absolutely must keep.


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Apartment Tirnanog, Costa Teguise
This Sunny, Spacious apartment is of excellent high standard and offers the perfect accommodation for a relaxing holiday. The apartment can be rented on its own or as a package with the 3 bedroom villa it is part of, making it ideal for families and couples.
Both bedrooms have their own shower rooms. The pool is 7×4 metre, electrically heated to around 28 degrees with steps going into the pool for easy access for younger and more mature guests. The property is only a 5 min stroll to the nearest bars, restaurant and shops. The Golden sandy beaches of Las Cucharas are also only 8 minutes walk away, where there is plenty to do for all ages. There is a weekly market on a Friday evening in Costa Teguise in the square of Pueblo Marinero. A car is not necessary, although the villa has a block paved driveway with parking for 2 cars if required. FREE Wi-Fi available in villa & on patio.
The apartment is accessible from the main villa kitchen (if renting both properties together) and the patio area with all its own facility's. Two Bedrooms, two bathrooms, patio & kitchen. The villa and apartment are NEVER rented to separate groups at same time. So the pool and Jacuzzi area will be exclusively for guests booked only. I.E. Guests booking apartment if available, we will then not rent the villa same weeks and visa versa. The apartment has it's own entrance to the right of the villa.
The main apartment sleeps up to 4 guests and is full equipped for holiday letting.
Sleeps 1 to 4 guests
2 Bathrooms
Swimming pool (heating optional)
Hot Tub (additional fee)
Free Wi Fi
Fully Fitted Kitchen
Washing machine
Wheelchair access
Towels are changed once per 7 days, after 7 nights guests will receive a sheets and towels change.
Every person will receive a Bath and Hand Towel Plus Pool Towel.
The weekly rates are:
Off peak: £400 including 2 guests and £520 including 4 guests
Peak: £450 including 2 guests and £570 including 4 guests
If you would like the swimming pool heated to approximately 27 degrees, there is an extra cost of £50 per week. The hot tub is available for use at £30 extra per week. Villa Tirnanog can be rented in conjunction with this apartment, please make an enquiry for a quote to stay in both properties.


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Tnt Sport Cycle
415 Oriskany
Whitesboro, NY 13492
Whitesboro, NY 13492
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