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MG Lola was now running like clockwork, and the
car's pitstops were following a regular twelve-lap
schedule. Just before his first such stint came
to an end, Thomas Erdos passed the #30 Kruse Motorsport
Courage as it languished in the pits, elevating
the RML MG to 28th position. His stop, when it
came at 12:50am, was problem-free and routine,
and that allowed him to resume his challenge on
the #35 G-Force entry, catching and passing Gary
Pickering when the Londoner took to the pitlane
at ten past one.
minutes later and one of the team's predicted
rivals in this race, the #30 Kruse Courage, hit
more problems, with an off at the Dunlop Chicane
soon after returning to the track, further reducing
its challenge in LMP2. Tommy meanwhile, was closing
on the #89 Sebah Automotive Porsche and also,
now, the #32 Intersport Lola. The one-time LMP2
leader had been encountering a succession of minor
woes, but they seemed to be increasing in seriousness.
Taking the Lola's position at the head of the
class had been the the #37 Belmondo Courage, followed
soon afterwards for second by its sister car,
the #36.
Gregor Fisken took the Intersport Lola back into
the pits five minutes later, it handed 26th place
and a potential foothold on the third step of
the LMP2 podium to RML's MG Lola. Tantalisingly
close, just a lap and a half ahead, lay the #36
Courage, but overall status was nearer at hand.
Erdos duly passed the Sebah Porsche, depriving
Dane Thorkild Thyrring of 25th place and setting
the #25 MG Lola in his stead.
half-past one Tommy's triple stint came to an
end, but what should have been another routine
and trouble-free handover to Mike Newton turned
out to be anything but. For no obvious reason
the electrics failed to revive when it came time
for Mike to drive out of the box. There was much
shaking of heads. There is nothing more frustrating
that an intermittent fault that proves so elusive
to track down. Once again, as had happened several
times before, the MG was dragged backwards into
the pit so that the whole cohort of engineers
and mechanics could set to work on the car. Outside
on the pit apron, only four personnel are permitted
to work on a car. Once inside the garage, any
number of people can be called upon to assist.
pause gave us a chance to catch up with the Brazilian,
and discover how his late-night run had gone.
"It went really well," he said, sounding
tired, but clearly exhilarated by having continued
Warren's fight-back so successfully. "It
was hard work. Early in my first stint, I lost
the paddle-shift, so I had to use the manual gearchange
from then on. That also meant reverting to right-foot
braking, which I've not had to do for a while."
His observations of the track conditions were
not exactly favourable, but concurred with the
feedback being received from other drivers. "It
was very, very slippery out there. There's just
so much cement dust, possibly too much, and it
has made parts of the track exceedingly slippy.
Thankfully, the tyres have been so good. They
just stay, stay, stay. Through the Porsche Curves,
and at Indianapolis, the car felt so stable, it
was fantastic." Casting concerned glances
to the garage from time to time, it was clear
that he was distressed to see much of his hard
work going for nothing. "This is all so frustrating,"
he shrugged. "All that work, and to regain
P3, and then this. I can't believe it." Alastair
Mcqueen agreed. "It was all going so well,"
he said.
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stoppage ended up at being almost half an hour
in length, and Mike was not back out and circulating
until just before two o'clock. The delay had dropped
the team to 26th place overall, with the Sebah
Porsche back in front once again, this time by
several laps. Mike's times, however, were far
more encouraging. Although some way short of his
earlier bests - well, this was the middle of the
night, after all, and he was driving on the manual
gearchange - they were still markedly quicker
than those of his rivals ahead.
Twelve & Thirteen
remainder of this stint progressed without incident,
and Mike completed a refuelling pitstop at ten
to three without the feared electrical gremlin
rearing its head. Others were not so fortunate.
On the hour the #37 Courage hit a problem that
forced Belmondo to haul the car into the garage,
allowing Mike Newton to close to within less than
two laps, but he'd not have the chance to get
any closer. His next scheduled stop came up at
3:38, with the CEO of AD Group handing over driving
duties to Warren Hughes. Thankfully the car fired
up again without hesitation, and it was a matter
of moments before Hughes was roaring back out
along the pit exit. He soon found that same groove
that had served him so well earlier in the night,
and was posting times in the low three-fifties.
off the twelfth hour of the race, and seeing the
RML MG Lola through to half distance, Warren Hughes
enjoyed a stress-free run well past four o'clock
and down to half-past. Just before his next scheduled
stop he posted one of his best laps of the race,
a 3:49.524, and by doing so carried the MG Lola
through to 25th place overall, passing the #37
Courage and making a first claim on second position
in LMP2. The class leader at the time was young
Adam Sharpe in the #36 car, a mere three laps
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it was all just a temporary elevation. The pitstop
when it came did not go smoothly, and after refuelling
the car, the car was trolleyed backwards into
the garage. Sure enough, four minutes later the
#37 Belmondo car wailed up the tribune canyon
to snatch back second in class and started to
pull out a meaningful lead. It would be a full
24 minutes in the garage for Warren before Phil
Barker waved him out and on his way once more,
this time with some tempting soft-compound rubber
on all four corners. The fickle finger of fate
was pointing both ways through this summer's night,
however, and both Belmondo cars would be serving
time in the garage before the race was another
hour older. The #37 was first to pit at two minutes
to five, followed moments later by the #36. First
in would be first out, just five minutes later,
but the #37 would languish for some time yet.
At five eighteen Hughes sailed serenely by, and
then rubbed salt into the wound by posting his
fastest lap of the race, not once, but three times.
His first improvement; 3:47.875, was followed
two laps later by an even quicker 3:47.649, and
then rounded off by a scintillating 3:47.601.
must have been a collective sigh of relief from
the RML garage when Warren completed a perfect
pitstop at five-forty. He was stationary for just
five minutes, and then rapidly back out on track
and lapping in the mid 3:50's or 53's, establishing
a firm grip on 24th place overall, second in LMP2.
The car had covered 178 laps of the 13.6 kilometer
Circuit du Sarthe.
team's next target was the Luc Alphand Porsche,
being piloted by Jerome Policand, four laps ahead.
Passing the #72 entry would not happen for a while,
and not while Warren was in the car. At just after
half-six he would hand over the MG to Thomas Erdos,
and once again, the dice would tumble favourably.
It was a straightforward and reassuringly rapid
pitstop that saw Erdos heading back into the fray
with barely a heartbeat missed. "We've just
got to try and keep this thing going," said
Warren. Another with similar views was Scot Allan
McNish, barging headlong into the tyrewall at
Indianapolis when a tyre failed on his Audi R8.
He got it back to the pits and the car was racing
again inside ten minutes. Not so Xavier Pompidou
in the T2M Porsche, suffering a massive impact
at the same corner. That car wouldn't be moving
again - ever - although Xavier was amazingly unscathed.
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Erdos marked the start of the sixteenth hour by
passing the #89 Sebah Porsche, static in the pits,
at five past seven. It was another notch on the
overall order, but far more important was the
next LMP2 place. That was still held by the #36
Belmondo Courage, and by twenty-past the margin
stood at less than two laps with Erdos closing
at a rate of fifteen or twenty seconds each lap.
In the opposite direction, he had a similar two-lap
cushion over the #37, but was adding comfort by
outpacing the second Belmondo car by 30 seconds
or more.
next scheduled pitstop came round at 7:33. Fingers
crossed, it went without a hitch. Slick and fast
and totally faultless, the car was dosed up with
fuel and Tommy sent on his way. "I hope we
finish. I really hope we do," said one of
the mechanics. This wasn't a plea; this was grim
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Seventeen and Eighteen
battle in LMP2 has been fought as much in the
garages as on the track. Not one of the remaining
significant runners has enjoyed an easy passage,
and the #36 car was about to encounter another
patch of rough water. A conventional stop at ten
past eight was followed quarter of an hour later
by an unscheduled sojourn in the garage that would
last long enough to allow Tommy an unopposed claim
on 22nd overall. Bringing a far bigger cheer to
the RML garage, however, was the realisation that
this meant that the MG was now leading the class
for the first time. Sixteen hours previously such
an achievement might have seemed unlikely, but
a potent mix of perseverance, skill and mutual
encouragement can work wonders.
another faultless pitstop the prospects were suddenly
looking far more encouraging, and Erdos pressed
on confidently for another half hour. He passing
the #72 Luc Alphand Porsche just before the hour,
and then completed his stint by handing the MG
back to Mike Newton at 9:08. Not only was Mike
entrusted with the next stint, but he also had
the personal pleasure of knowing that his car
was now leading its class at Le Mans. It must
have been a very special sensation, made easier
to bear by the knowledge that he had a three-lap
lead over the #37 and four over the #36. Regrettably,
it was not going to last. At half past nine Mike
was back down the pitlane, and it wasn't a scheduled
stop. The car was barely at rest before the engine
cover was off. It didn't take a detailed examination
to confirm the problem. "We've got a gearbox
oil leak," acknowledged Ray Mallock. "One
of the castings may be cracked, so we're seeing
if we can fix it." Proof that this was the
culprit came from Jamie Campbell-Walter, who had
been following the MG when the fracture occurred.
He caught the oil and slid into the barriers at
the first Mulsanne chicane.
was desperately sad to see all that hard work
slipping through the team's proverbial fingers.
The Luc Alphand Porsche was the first to take
advantage, moving through to regain 21st place
at 9:40. Eight minutes later the #37 Courage reclaimed
the class lead, and then the #36 knocked the MG
down to third.
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the car stationary in the garage the team's
position on those podium steps was looking increasingly
fragile, and as the clock ticked past ten o'clock
the timing screens already confirmed that 25th
overall was third in LMP2, yet the likelihood
of slipping to fourth was imminent. The #30 Kruse
Courage, long since overtaken, was back up to
pace and only a few laps adrift.
it must always be throughout the story of this
race, all credit to the RML mechanics and engineers,
who completed the repair in record time. Weary
to the bone they may have been, but they never
wavered, and their efforts had Mike back out onto
the circuit and racing again by quarter past ten.
It was a close call. Tim Mullen in the Kruse entry
had moved ahead of the MG on the previous lap,
but had just arrived in the pitlane himself for
a lengthy, if scheduled, stop. It was a matter
if just a single lap of the track before Mike
had restored RML to that bottom step once more
and the road to recovery could be resumed.
achieved so much, it really was starting to feel
like one step forward and two back. From the class
lead, Mike now faced a six-lap deficit on just
the first of the two Belmondos, yet he couldn't
begin the task of reducing that margin just yet.
He was passing through the pitlane again after
a couple of laps for fuel, a full set of tyres
and, more importantly, a quick check-up of the
repair to make sure that everything was as it
should be. Passed fit for duty, the MG was soon
on its way.
next half hour or so proved routinely uneventful
– something of a relief perhaps. Mike notched
into a rhythm of four-minute laps and that consolidated
the car's position, and meant that Warren
was perfectly placed to take the fight back to
Team Belmondo when he clambered aboard for his
next double-stint at 11:12. The #36 had lost twenty
minutes in the pits just before the hour, so the
gap was down to spitting distance. Indeed, when
Mullen pitted at quarter past, it meant that all
three – the #36, the RML #25, and the Kruse
#30, were all on the same lap. The difference
was the relative speeds, and that suggested an
advantage in Hughes' favour of fifteen to
twenty seconds with every lap completed.
enough, by half past eleven the gap between the
tail of the #36 Belmondo and the MG's nose
had been cut to less than a minute. By quarter-to
it was thirty seconds and every lap was bringing
them closer together. The retirement of the #17
Pescarolo, for so long a serious challenge and
French hope for the outright lead, went almost
un-noticed in the RML garage, because Hughes was
about to weave through the Ford chicane with that
red, white and blue nose tucked tight under the
rear wing of Adam Sharpe's Courage. As they
crossed the line the gap was clocked at a mere
0.774 seconds, and as the noise from their engines
echoed between the grandstands, Hughes notched
the MG to the side and eased by. The second step
was RML's once more.
a lap Hughes had established a lead of fifteen
seconds. His times were all neatly bracketed around
the three-fifty-two mark, with a 3:51.930 following
a 3:52.937 following a 3:53.891. My midday, and
inside three laps, he'd moved clear of Sharpe
to the tune of 45 seconds.
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Twenty-One and Twenty-Two
just under four hours to go – just?
That's longer than most regular endurance
events! – Warren came in for a regular pitstop.
Five minutes later, so did Sharpe. They were shadowing
one another, but Warren's shadow was lengthening
the quicker. He had continued to impose his dominance
over the young Briton in the French car, and the
gap had grown to more than a lap. In doing so,
Warren had also drawn closer to the #37, but the
margin was larger than he could hope to close
by raw speed and talent alone. By half past twelve
the MG Lola had covered 260 laps in total and
was lying 23rd overall, second in LMP2, but still
six laps adrift.
last hours before the chequered flag have a strange
detachment. There are crowds milling around the
stands and through the Village, but many are totally
oblivious of the action on the track. While the
cars continue to fly by just as fast as they ever
have, their drivers deep in concentration; hot
and tired, their arms and necks aching from the
constant strain and g-forces, it's all too
easy to take them for granted. The bellow of a
passing car earns a casual glance, the pre-race
purity of its paintwork long since blemished by
an acne of dead flies, spent rubber and tank-tape,
but never underestimate the bravery of these guys.
Fuelled by adrenalin and determination, encouraged
by the support of seemingly tireless mechanics,
they push on regardless. It's a humbling
Erdos was about to become one such driver. At
five-to-one Warren Hughes' final stint came
to an end as the soft-spoken Geordie handed over
responsibility for the last three hours to Tommy.
The first of those sixty minute batches was to
be pretty uneventful, with the RML MG moving smoothly
through to 22nd overall after passing the #89
Sebah Automotive Porsche – again
– and pulling three laps clear of the #36
Belmondo Courage. As the official electronic clock
on the Rolex gantry fluttered its digits over
to two-o'clock, the #37 Courage began its
289th lap, still with five laps in hand over the
chasing Erdos. I have a entry in my notebook that
simply states: 'Only a miracle or a mistake
by the #37 can change the result'. Little
did I know what lay around the corner.
Hour Twenty-Three
corner in question turned out to be the Ford Chicane,
and the time was 2:07. As Tommy came onto the
brakes after negotiating the Porsche Curves, slowing
the car's momentum into the first element,
misfortune cast her cards in equal measure. One
of the right rear suspension arms sheared from
its mounting, tipping the car into a series of
wild gyrations across kerb and gravel and coming
to rest just yards from the entrance to the pitlane.
"It snapped as soon as I went on the brakes,"
explained Erdos afterwards. "We were very
lucky that I didn't hit anything, since
there was nothing I could do about it at all."
Like a cruel test from the Gods, being so close
to the pits was a lifeline, but with less than
two hours remaining and with the #37 Belmondo
Courage already five laps clear and the #36 closing
fast, the result RML had started to dream of was
suddenly looking unlikely.
in the garage there was a moment's hesitation
as those watching the TV monitors gaped in disbelief
before instinct and training took over. Like ants
disturbed in their nest, red-suited RML personnel
were suddenly busying themselves for action. Tiredness
was wiped from their faces along with the sweat
as they hurried to take up the tasks they knew
were theirs. Phil Barker lived up to his name,
issuing commands with the minimum of words. While
others marvelled at the fact that the incident
had taken place at the very entrance to the pitlane,
four mechanics were already running towards the
car, Barker's strict instructions not to
"cross the line" ringing in their
the end they weren't needed. The marshals
had moved swiftly into action, and using one of
the Manitou recovery hoists, had pulled the MG
clear of the gravel and, as luck would have it,
hauled it towards the pit entry. Once on terra
firma Tommy was able to coax the car gently
back to the garage, crabbing slightly sideways
and with the right rear sunk low to the ground.
It was a desperately sorry sight, with the once
resplendent bodywork scarred not only by twenty-two
hours of hard racing, but now covered in the dust
and debris of a trip through the gravel. Every
available hand was on call to haul the car backwards
into the garage and then begin not only the repair
of the damaged suspension, but also the painstaking
removal of every last trace of the harsh sharp-edged
stone chippings used at Le Mans. It was a strangely
silent operation, the thunderous noise from the
racetrack as cars accelerated up the pit straight
drowning out and rendering useless any form of
speech inside the garage. It was superfluous anyway.
Save for a few shouted instructions from Barker,
his brigade knew the drill. It was impressive
to watch, and inspiring. There wasn't a
single man amongst them that seemed to consider
for a moment that the race was over. After what
they'd already been through, their determination
was at once both staggering and admirable.
the next half-hour Erdos sat impassively. A fan
had been set on the sidepod of the car to blow
air into his visor, his movements deliberate and
his thoughts unreadable. "I was thinking,
what else can possible go wrong?" he admitted
afterwards. "I was tired. I'd done
two triple-stints, and then doubles, and at the
end was in the car for three hours. I felt emotionally
drained. I was also a little concerned, because
it was a very unusual failure. I was worried that
the other side might go the same way."
him the action continued unabated. While the left
side of the car was being rebuilt, the right hand
side was being painstakingly inspected. What had
happened once could happen again, and even at
this late stage in the race, nobody was prepared
to take chances with the car or, more important,
the man inside it. Amazingly, despite what looked
to be a violently physical accident, the rest
of the car had survived almost unscathed, confirming
the resilience of carbon-fibre construction. Nobody
was taking any chances though, and every nut,
bolt and accessible component that could be examined
was checked for tightness or damage.
within twenty minutes of arriving in the garage,
wheels were already going back on the EX264. They
glistened wetly as the bright lights reflected
off the smooth surface of the fresh rubber. Two
minutes later, the rear panel was being secured
in place over the engine and the car trolleyed
unceremoniously out of the garage, dumped on the
ground, and then raised on its jacks. Only then
were the race tyres fitted – pre-scrubbed
and ready for the track ahead. The team was taking
no chances, and had used the new tyres to wheel
the car across any remaining chippings on the
garage floor, saving the best for the track.
two thirty-five, almost exactly thirty minutes
since he'd been lost to sight within a cloud
of dust at the Ford Chicane, Thomas Erdos barked
the MG Judd V8 into life and roared off up the
pitlane, leaving only the smallest trail of gravel.
It was a remarkable demonstration of determination,
bravery and skill, and only now did anyone turn
to the timing screens to see what the last hour
and a quarter offered. They were greeted by another
amazing twist in this already unbelievable tale:
not one, but both Belmondo Courages were also
in their garages. The leader, it was suggested,
had holed a piston, while the #36 was suffering
from an overheated starternator. "Those
are the very problems we always used to catch,"
said Mike Newton, referring to RML's period
with the AER-engined EX257. Suddenly everyone
recognised that, despite the events of the previous
half-hour, and the considerable deficit the team
now faced, there was still a chance.
amongst all this had been a cruel coincidence.
The Aston Martin pitlane crew had occasionally
spilled over onto the RML box during the race,
when both their cars in the adjacent garage had
been expected close together. As the MG emerged
into the daylight after what must have looked
to many like a potential retirement, the refuelling
crew for the #58 had to step aside, but their
gaze didn't waver. Peering over the MG and
her attendant personnel, they were scanning the
distant track for any sign of their car. Only
after the begrimed MG had hurtled away and the
noise of its departure faded into the distance
did they accept the stark reality that the DBR9
they were waiting for wouldn't be coming
back. It had run out of fuel after more than twenty-two
hours. One can only begin to imagine their thoughts.
Back to
back in the RML garage, the team had one eye on
the screens, and another along the pitlane towards
the Belmondo garage. There was an air of high
tension, but Phil Barker suddenly had a skip in
his step as he ran across to the pitwall to consult
with Alastair Mcqueen. He, for one, knew the race
wasn't over. Tommy had also discovered that
the car had survived this latest ordeal reasonably
well, and even if he couldn't possibly match
the kind of pace he and Warren had demonstrated
earlier in the race, there was a good chance he
could overhaul the two Courages. Both had pulled
ahead in the class during the MG's enforced
stop and were now several laps clear, albeit stationery.
strict instructions over the radio that there
were to be "no heroics" Erdos eased
back and started lapping in the mid four-tens.
So long as the two Belmondo cars remained in their
garage he had no need to push, and the strategy
worked. At 2:42 he came through to begin his next
lap, and overtook the #36 for second in LMP2.
That left the #37 still several laps in front,
but with a damaged engine did it pose a threat?
Incredibly, it did! Having had it confirmed that
the mechanics were not doing any work on the car,
it was with some incredulity that those watching
the monitors suddenly caught sight of the #37
leaving the pitlane. There was a collective sigh
of relief, however, when the car's pace,
and the accompanying pall of smoke, confirmed
that it was going nowhere fast, even if it did
have five laps in hand. Trailing smoke and travelling
at pitlane speed, or slower, the car was being
accompanied around the circuit by a Mexican wave
of white flags.
later the #36 also rejoined the race. Adam Sharpe
was back in the cockpit, but with a three-lap
arrears he had a lot of ground to make up. He
set about the task with some zeal, and was actually
matching Tommy's pace at this stage. The
Brazilian was intent on making sure that, having
recovered so much, RML's position wasn't
about to be endangered by overstressing the MG.
"The engine was fantastic throughout,"
enthused the Brazilian some while later. "It
never missed a beat, and it was strong from start
to finish, but I wasn't about to make it
do any more than we truly needed." There
had been times when the team had pushed very hard
to make up lost ground, but this was an occasion
where discretion was needed.
the Belmondo car finally stuttered to a halt near
Maison Blanche at just after three, hoping to
wait there until the final lap and then crawl
across the line almost an hour later, the seal
had been set. At three-fifteen Tommy swept passed
the stationary car, and began his next lap as
class leader. There was hardly anyone in the RML
pit who could quite believe what they had just
gone through, but it wasn't over yet. The
final hour of the Le Mans marathon may seem like
the end of the race to the spectators, but it
is nonetheless another sixty-minutes of sprint
racing, and some races don't even last as
long. A final scheduled pitstop saw the MG refuelled,
re-tyred and smoothly back into action again with
barely a minute's pause. If only all the
car's pitstops could have gone so well.
the challenge from the #37 had gone, the #36 Courage
was still in the chase. Tommy couldn't afford
to ease back too much, and the 73rd running of
the Le Mans 24 Hours offered similar tension throughout.
In every class, there was a battle in progress
for the podium, with leaders and chasers each
within sight of the other. Not until the final
ten minutes did it appear that the protagonists
had accepted their fate, and while the overall
winners, two Audi R8s and the sole surviving Pescarolo
formed up to stage the perfect photo-finish, realisation
dawned upon the hot and weary faces around the
RML garage that the could actually win.
luck would have it – and didn't it
always throughout this race? – Tommy was
ahead of the race leaders on the track, so the
finish had been staged for several minutes before
the glare of the MG's headlights could be
seen glittering through the haze. It couldn't
have worked better. With a flourish, the commentator
announced the arrival of the LMP2 winner. In solitary
splendour, and accompanied by an enormous cheer
from the crowd, the diminutive MG Lola EX264 wailed
its Judd-inspired battle-cry across the finish
line, Tommy pedalling the throttle into a crescendo
of defiance. Not only was he celebrating the finish
the team so much deserved; not just a podium,
but also that rare distinction, victory at Le
Mans. Mike Newton and Warren Hughes both climbed
high atop the pitwall to welcome home their car,
their feet swathed in the waving arms of a mass
of cheering and ecstatic team members, better
halves and sponsor's guests. It was an enormously
emotional moment, and the relief that comes after
so many hours of strain and pressure was clear
for anyone to see.
final two hours of the race had produced some
of the most extraordinary motorsport likely to
be witnessed for some time. While motor racing
in America was making headlines for all the wrong
reasons, the greatest race of them all was demonstrating
just why Le Mans and legends go hand-in-hand.
Throughout the field, in every class and category,
there had been genuine competition and nail-biting
excitement. Nowhere was this more tangible than
in the RML garage, where triumph really had been
dragged kicking and screaming from the jaws of
apparent disaster.
One of the drivers suggested that the car itself
simply didn't want to finish the race. At
every turn, no matter what hurdle the hard-working
team had ovecome, another obstacle would be thrown
in their faces. From the very first hour this
had been a rollercoaster race of despair and delight
– on the one hand, the frantic struggle
in the garage each time something went wrong,
and on the other, the sight of the MG EX264 and
one of its drivers blasting away up the pitlane
to begin another fight-back from ten laps down.
the end the RML MG Lola EX264 covered a total
of 305 laps on its way to winning LMP2, taking
24:05.45.284 hours to do so – the greatest
total time of any car in the race. The #36 Courage
C65 of Paul Belmondo Racing finished second on
300 laps, with the #37 sister car fourth on 294
laps. Fourth place fell to the #30 Kruse Courage
on 268 laps.
Back to
managed to get words out of the drivers after
the race, finding Warren sitting on the floor
in the driver's rest room, elbows on knees
and hands clasped around his neck.
"I have never seen a team of people work
so hard before, never," he insisted, shaking
his head in disbelief. "Those boys just
wouldn't give in. They're the ones
who won this race, not us." His voice, hoarse
from a flu-like bug, cannot hide his pride. "It's
hard to live through that kind of experience,"
he continued. "It was just one thing after
another. It's almost surreal. None of the
problems were related to the speed we were doing.
Even when we were forced into pushing, the things
that went wrong were nothing to do with that.
I was lucky though. My two triple stints, and
then that last double, were all relatively trouble-free.
Even during the night, the only glitch I had was
with the gearshift, and I had to switch to the
manual system." This was actually quite
a frightening situation to be in. "The team
radioed a solution, and told me I had to switch
everything off going down the Mulsanne. All the
lights went out, everything!" He freewheeled
in the dark (at no mean speed!) before toggling
the appropriate controls and initiating the change
to manual. Thankfully, it worked.
amazing to think that we didn't touch one
car, didn't have any unforced spins, and
we were quick all the way," added Warren.
"The car was also the fastest [LMP2] in
the race. It wasn't in qualifying, because
the others could turn up the boost on the turbo,
but they couldn't do that in the race. Even
though we had the extra pace, after our initial
delays, overheating, and the gearbox, we needed
other people to have problems, which they did.
We were also very fortunate with Tommy that the
suspension failure didn't happen anywhere
else, like Indianapolis or the Mulsanne, where
the speeds are so much quicker. When I saw that
on the screen I thought, well, that's game
over. It was just one thing after another, but
credit again to the boys; they wouldn't
accept that the car wasn't going to finish."
shared the same gratitude for all the hard work
put in by the RML mechanics.
"It's all thanks to those guys. We'd
never have got there without them," he said.
"They had a remarkable ability to deal with
everything that came along, and to do it quickly.
I admit, there were times in the middle when I
never thought we'd make it, but towards
the end I started thinking that perhaps there
was a chance. Even so, I was looking on P2 as
being the best we could probably hope for, and
I was more than prepared to be satisfied with
that. At least that would have secured us an entry
for next year."
for the car's third driver, well, the grin
never left Mike Newton's face for what must
have been the best part of an hour. It was a pleasure
to see him so delighted, and to know that he had
played a significant role in his team's
success. There have been certain people, those
who don't look too closely at the figures,
perhaps, who have dismissed Mike as a driver,
but they'd be wrong to do so. Put anyone
alongside a pairing like Tommy and Warren, and
unless they were diehard professionals, they'd
all run the risk of looking slow. Mike never pretends
to be more than he is; an enthusiastic gentleman
driver, but perhaps that alone is where he falls
short. Weighed against those of others on the
track at the same time, professionals included,
his times compare very well indeed. If his best
race laps only occasionally dipped below four
minutes, they were consistent, and typically came
through several seconds quicker than those of
his immediate rivals in LMP2. He didn't
shirk his duties either, and completed over five
and a half hours at the wheel; only two stints
less than Warren. He had every reason to look
every respect, this was a fantastic team effort
by everyone at RML, amply supported by Lola, Judd
and Michelin. It just seems such huge injustice
that the name of MG will appear in the annals
of Le Mans history two months too late, for here
is a story that deserves a bigger audience and
far greater recognition.
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SOUTH BEND — From time to time, theaters re-stage plays.
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But Matthew Lombardo's "Tea at Five" makes that easy for South Bend Civic Theatre's upcoming production: Mary Ann Moran stars as the play's only character, Katharine Hepburn, just as she did in January 2013.
Back then, Civic staged the play in its black box theater. This time, it premieres Friday in an online-only production that Moran filmed over the course of two Wednesdays this month — Act I, followed a week later by Act II.
For someone who has predominately acted on stage, she says, playing for the cameras rather than to an audience and its reactions has been an adjustment.
"The cameras don't make any noise," she says. "It would be nice if they had laugh tracks."
Kevin Dreyer directed the 2013 production; this time, Moran's daughter, Laura Moran Walton, serves as director, in part so as to minimize Moran's interaction with non-family members during rehearsals but also because she was Dreyer's assistant director.
Where the 2013 production was in the round, Moran filmed this on Civic's proscenium main stage, so she and Moran Walton have had to rework the blocking for the benefit of the cameras.
"She was able to come up with some blocking that allows me to do some movement," Moran says, "but I have to be careful not to turn my back for too long of a time."
Also, the set's smaller this time, and "there were times (now) when I felt almost penned in," she says. "There were times when I wanted to go further, but I was at the edge of the set."
But some things remain the same.
As in 2013, Moran says, she doesn't want to imitate Hepburn or make her a caricature, although she remains cognizant of such physical characteristics as the actress' tendency to stride rather than simply walk across a room or to perch on the edge of furniture, as if ready to move suddenly.
"I don't want to speak exactly as she does or move as she does," she says, "but I do want to do enough honor to her to get to the spirit behind that so that people realize these are the words and feelings of a real person."
Born May 12, 1907, in Hartford Conn., Hepburn grew up in a wealthy, progressive household — her mother was a leader in the suffrage movement — and started her career as a stage actress after graduating from Bryn Mawr College in 1928.
She made her film debut in 1932's "A Bill of Divorcement," opposite John Barrymore, and made a total of 44 theatrical films through 1994's "Love Affair."
Hepburn still holds the record for most Oscars won by an actor: four, all for best actress, for 1933's "Morning Glory," 1967's "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," 1968's "The Lion in Winter" and 1981's "On Golden Pond." She was nominated eight other times for best actress.
Some of her other notable films include 1938's "Bringing Up Baby," 1951's "The African Queen" and the nine films she made with her longtime lover, Spencer Tracy, including 1942's "Woman of the Year," 1949's "Adam's Rib," 1957's "Desk Set" and their last together, "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner."
Hepburn died June 29, 2003, at age 96.
Based on her autobiography, "Me: Stories of My Life," the 2002 play presents the actress in monologue at two vulnerable moments in her life and career.
The first act takes place in September 1938, soon after she's been labeled "box office poison" following a string of flops and has declined Howard Hughes' marriage proposal, while the second act takes place in February 1983 while she recuperates from injuries, including a broken ankle, suffered in a car accident.
Throughout her career, Hepburn specialized in playing intelligent, strong-willed and independent women much like herself.
"She had a faith in herself," Moran says. "If she had faith in herself, if she thought she was right and what she was doing was right, then it didn't matter what other people thought."
Aside from the 2013 production of "Tea at Five," Moran has some history with Hepburn and her roles.
She played Mary Tyrone in Civic's October 2001 production of "Long Day's Journey Into Night" and Eleanor of Aquitaine in Civic's December 2005 production of "The Lion in Winter," both roles Hepburn played in the film versions of those plays.
Moran's now closer in age to that of Hepburn in Act II and jokes that "the older movements are coming more easily this time around." But since 2013, she's recovered from a broken clavicle, so she relates to the injured Hepburn on that level, too.
"She still wants to stride," she says, "but realizes that maybe because of the cast, she's held back a little from what her intention would be."
When Hepburn shrugs, "That's life," at one of the setbacks she faces in the play, Moran says, the line encapsulates much of the actress's philosophy and independent spirit.
"I think a lot of times she had to pull herself up," she says. "She says, 'I never thought about having it all.' She realizes you make decisions in your life. You do this, but you can't do that."
Hepburn's determined approach to life's challenges, Moran says, resonates with pandemic life today.
"This year, we had a pandemic along with the associated economic downturn and social unrest," she says. "If you give into that, that's the end."
Hepburn confronted her career's sudden reversal of fortune in the late 1930s and created her own comeback by buying the rights to 1940's "The Philadelphia Story," a box office hit that also starred Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart.
Similarly, as she contemplated retirement following her car accident in 1983, Moran says, she instead found "the determination or courage to give it another try" and made two more feature films and five more television movies over the next 11 years.
"She pushed through that, and I think Aaron's trying to do that with the theater now," she says about executive director Aaron Nichols' intention to stage five more online-only productions through April, four of which feature two or more actors.
"We accept that this is something we have to work with," Moran says. "You don't want to close down the theater, so you do what you can to keep life in the theater, to keep the theater alive."
As it happens, Civic's production of "Tea at Five" coincides with Moran's 50th anniversary as an actor. It's one of the reasons Nichols asked her to reprise the role, to showcase and celebrate someone who has performed all over the area but predominately at Civic.
The theater, she says, has been "a place that's been an escape at times, a way to test myself and prove myself as I gained experience. It's been a place to make friends, definitely. It's been a place to hone a craft I've been interested in since first grade and did my first play. … I'm not a person who ordinarily likes to showcase myself, but in theater, I'm able to do it because it's not really me out there, it's the character I'm playing."
Near the end of "Tea at Five," Hepburn asks what her career had been for, what her motivation had been to be an actress.
"She says, 'I don't know,'" Moran says and empathizes. "You don't know what's driving you to do it. You just know you want to keep doing it."
More information
• What: South Bend Civic Theatre presents Matthew Lombardo's "Tea at Five"
• Where: Vimeo on Demand
• When: 7 p.m. Friday through 11:59 p.m. Feb. 7
• Cost: $20
• For more information: Call 574-234-1112 or visit the website sbct.org
• What: South Bend Civic Theatre presents Matthew Lombardo's "Tea at Five"
• Where: Vimeo on Demand
• When: 7 p.m. Friday through 11:59 p.m. Feb. 7
• Cost: $20
• For more information: Call 574-234-1112 or visit the website sbct.org


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How do I remove pagefile in Windows 10?
Remove pagefile. sys in Windows 10
- Step 2: Switch to the Advanced tab by clicking on the same. In the Performance section, click the Settings button. …
- Step 3: Here, switch to the Advanced tab. …
- Step 4: To disable and delete the pagefile, uncheck the Automatically manage paging file size for all drives option.
Is it safe to delete pagefile sys Windows 10?
sys is the Windows paging (or swap) file used to manage virtual memory. It's used when a system is low on physical memory (RAM). Pagefile. sys can be removed, but it's best to let Windows manage it for you.
How do I delete pagefile?
Right click on pagefile. sys and choose 'Delete'. If your pagefile is particularly large, the system may have to delete it immediately without sending it to the Recycle Bin. Once the file has been removed, restart your PC.
How do I free up pagefile sys?
Locate the "Shutdown: Clear virtual memory pagefile" option in the right pane and double-click it. Click the "Enabled" option in the properties window that appears and click "OK". Windows will now clear the page file each time you shut down. You can now close the group policy editor window.
Why is pagefile so big Windows 10?
Click on the "Advanced" tab. In the Performance Settings window, click on the Advanced tab. In the "Virtual Memory" field, click on "Change…" Next, uncheck the "Automatically manage Page file size for all drives", then click on the "Custom Size" button.
What will happen if I delete pagefile sys?
And if you didn't skip straight to this section you'll know already you can't and shouldn't delete pagefile. sys. Doing so will mean Windows has nowhere to put data when physical RAM is full and will likely crash (or the app you're using will crash).
Do you need pagefile with 16GB RAM?
1) You don't "need" it. By default Windows will allocate virtual memory (pagefile) the same size as your RAM. It will "reserve" this disk space to ensure it's there if required. That's why you see a 16GB page file.
Is it safe to delete Hiberfil sys Windows 10?
Although hiberfil. sys is a hidden and protected system file, you can safely delete it if you don't want to use the power-saving options in Windows. That's because the hibernation file has no effect on the general functions of the operating system.
Why is pagefile so big?
sys files can take up a serious amount of space. This file is where your virtual memory resides. … This is disk space that subs in for main system RAM when you run out of that: real memory is temporarily backed up to your hard disk.
Is Hiberfil sys safe to delete?
So, is it safe to delete hiberfil. sys? If you don't use the Hibernate feature, then it's perfectly safe to remove, although it's not quite as straightforward as dragging it to the Recycle bin. Those who do use Hibernate mode will need to leave it in place, as the feature requires the file to store information.
Is it safe to move pagefile sys?
sys. However, that's not advisable. The paging file is intended to manage storage resources in Windows and its absence could reduce system performance or even cause Windows to crash.
How do I clear pagefile sys without rebooting?
Delete Pagefile using Registry Editor
- Open the Windows 10 registry editor by pressing Win + R , then entering regedit in the box.
- In the registry editor, go to: …
- Click "Memory Management," and then double-click on "ClearPageFileAtShutDown" in the panel on the right.
- Set its value to "1" and restart the PC.
How do I reset the pagefile in Windows 10?
Clear the pagefile at shutdown in Windows 10 using Local Security Policy
- Press Win + R keys together on your keyboard and type: secpol.msc. Press Enter.
- Local Security Policy will open. …
- On the right, enable the policy option Shutdown: Clear virtual memory pagefile as shown below.
Does changing pagefile size require reboot?
Increases in size usually don't require a restart for the changes to take effect, but if you decrease the size, you'll need to restart your PC.
Do I need a pagefile?
You need to have a page file if you want to get the most out of your RAM, even if it is never used. … Having a page file gives the operating system more choices, and it will not make bad ones. There is no point in trying to put a page file in RAM.


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Saw these poppies at Alameda Point and thought how lucky we are to live in California. Yeah, I know, lots of things about it stink, but in terms of gratitude for what we have, right here in our midst, I'm grateful to have decent weather most of the year, open space, a lively arts community, schools close enough to walk or ride bikes to, access to good food and clean water, and as much chocolate as one person can eat, pretty much whenever.
Ditto that, fair trade coffee. Ditto that, decent vino.
When we were little kids we believed that you couldn't pick a California poppy — that it was against the law. That you would get arrested and go to prison where they only served bread and water. And sometimes spaghetti, according to our savvy neighbor, Jill Thompson.
So I looked it up just now. And here's the deal:
"The California poppy is the state flower to California. It is not a threatened or endangered plant but it is illegal to pick California poppies from the wild; however you can buy the seeds and plant them. (Read more at http://bss.sfsu.edu/holzman/courses/Fall02%20projects/calpoppy.html)
That explains why the gardeners at Alameda Point don't mow them down.
It's supposed to rain tomorrow. Bring the washing off the line.


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On Saturday, the Premier League returns following the final international break before the World Cup and the day is headlined by the lunchtime North London derby as Arsenal play host to Tottenham at the Emirates.
The Gunners will look to cement top spot for yet another week with a win though Tottenham could leapfrog them temporarily if they can come away with all three points.
Elsewhere, Graham Potter will be taking charge of his first Premier League game as Chelsea manager following his move from Brighton as they travel to Crystal Palace.
Meanwhile, Brighton's replacement Roberto De Zerbi will also be in the dugout for the first time as the Seagulls head to Anfield to face Liverpool.
In recent seasons, both Arsenal and Tottenham have drawn widespread criticism for not having the mental strength or consistency to challenge for trophies.
However, judging by how this season has started, both teams might be on their way to ending that particular hoodoo.
Arsenal currently top the table after seven games, winning six, with their only blemish coming away at Manchester United - a game they arguably should have taken something from.
Mikel Arteta's summer recruitment has proven to be very effective so far with Gabriel Jesus and Oleksandr Zinchenko giving valuable Premier League title winning experience to his side while William Salbia has been a revelation upon returning to the club from loan spells.
The Gunners no longer look like a team that can be bullied and it represents their best chance of getting, at least, back into the top four for some time.
Spurs will provide a challenge though - Antonio Conte's side are unbeaten in seven and they are beginning to motor, as evidenced by their 6-2 thumping of Leicester two weeks ago.
Harry Kane has traditionally never been the quickest out of the blocks at the start of the season but he has scored six in seven while Son Heung-min's hat trick against the Foxes will have given him a new lease of life following a sluggish start to the campaign.
Conte is regarded as a pragmatist, certainly more so than Arteta, so he might take a point away at Arsenal and seek to prolong his side's unbeaten record, given that they have a dreadful record at the Emirates.
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Spurs haven't won in the league at Arsenal since November 2010 but they can be backed to end that run at 23/10 with Arsenal 21/20 and a draw 11/4.
Potter was named Chelsea manager on a five-year contract three weeks ago but has had to wait patiently to head up his first top-flight match.
He'll do so on Saturday away at Crystal Palace with Patrick Vieira's men sat 16th in the table following just one win from six so far.
Potter's first game in charge was a 1-1 draw at home to RB Salzburg in the Champions League - not exactly a rip-roaring opening result for the former Brighton man, but there were signs of progress.
With so many options at his disposal, it will be interesting to see how he utilises his talent and what formations he will play.
Palace haven't played since 3rd September so they may be slightly undercooked coming into this one - already they've made a shaky start to the season and Vieira will be keen to get a result.
The Eagles are 10/3 to win with a draw 13/5, while Potter can be backed to get his first three-point haul at 5/6.
Potter's replacement at Brighton is the Italian De Zerbi who comes in with a good reputation behind him.
The 43-year-old has spent most of his career in his homeland and managed Benevento in Serie A, earning praise for the team's playing style despite relegation.
He then moved onto Sassuolo and achieved back-to-back eighth-place finishes for the Emilia club despite operating on smaller budgets than his rivals.
After a short stint with Shakhtar Donetsk in Ukraine, he now makes the move to England for the first time and has been handed a tough assignment in the form of Liverpool.
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Potter was widely regarded to have done a magnificent job at Brighton so it will be a big test of De Zerbi's managerial acumen to follow that on.
Liverpool have not started the season in the fashion they would have expected, winning only two of their six matches so far.
Injuries have beset Jurgen Klopp's side and key players such as Darwin Nunez, Mo Salah and Luis Diaz have not started the season as electrically as maybe onlookers were expecting.
They can be backed to get another win at 4/11 with a draw 17/4 while a dream winning start for De Zerbi is priced at 15/2.
West Ham face Wolves at home in a match between the two sides that have scored the fewest goals so far this season with just three apiece.
It has been a struggle for the Hammers so far with David Moyes' new acquisitions not yet lighting up the Premier League.
They can take comfort from their Europa Conference League exploits as they have beaten FCSB and Silkeborg in their opening two contests of the season but the Premier League is their bread and butter and West Ham need to start picking points up.
Wolves may offer a good chance for them to win - Bruno Lage is beginning to feel under pressure after a run of just one win in seven to start the season.
A lack of adventure in playing style - despite a switch to a back four - means fans are getting slightly more restless.
The winner of this will breathe a sigh of relief while there will be serious questions asked of the loser so expect this one to be fairly cagey.
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At BayTech Charter School, middle and high school students get a personalized education enhanced through technology. The school implemented IXL Math, IXL English language arts, IXL Social Studies, and IXL Spanish to provide high school students and above-level middle school students with opportunities to "advance from where they are" and accelerate mastery of the skills they will need for higher education.
The Challenge: Meeting Needs Across the Academic Spectrum
BayTech is among Oakland's oldest and most established independent charter schools, serving 350 students in grades 6-12. Their population is largely minority and low-income, with five languages spoken on campus and 20% of students qualifying for special education (SPED) services. Their mission is to provide a high-quality education utilizing adaptive technologies to prepare students for college and career.
Dr. Seth Feldman, the superintendent, explains, "We use assistive technology to make learning personalized for every student. When you have a classroom where some students are working four grade levels below, and others are working four grade levels ahead, you need adaptive tools that will meet the needs of students across both ends of the spectrum, as well as in the middle." They use a library of digital resources to meet individual needs.
Dr. Feldman says, "We don't like to say that any of our students are behind. What's important is that each student is advancing from where they are. We look for technology tools that allow them to do that."
The school already had a program in place for math and English language arts at the middle school, but it aged out at the 8th-grade level. That meant that advanced middle school students had no place left to go once they demonstrated mastery of the 8th-grade standards.
The school also needed something for the high school that would meet the needs of all students and present material in an age-appropriate manner. IXL gave their students the individualized skill instruction and practice they needed to accelerate learning, prepare for the ACT or SAT, and get ready for higher education.
Empowering Students—On Campus and At Home
The school now uses IXL Math and English language arts for all high school students and for middle school students who have completed all of the available coursework in their middle school program. They also use IXL Social Studies and Spanish at the high school level at the request of teachers.
Ryan Hughes, the principal for the high school, especially appreciates the higher level of IXL Math. "IXL provides appropriate instruction for every single student at their instructional level. It was the only program we found that allowed them to go all the way up to higher-level calculus in math," he says.
Parents have embraced IXL as a core part of the technology-enhanced learning experience at BayTech. Ryan says, "Parents know what their kids are learning. They are very happy with the individualized learning their kids receive here."
Parent satisfaction with their technology-enabled approach to learning has led to an 85% student retention rate (enviable in their highly mobile community) and a waiting list at every grade. But their most important metric is this: a 100% graduation rate!
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I have been asked many times how I got started with photography. I'm very hesitant to discuss this subject with my readers, so I felt it would be a good idea to write about it here first.
I'm a photographer first and foremost. I have been since I was a kid. My family moved to a small town in Wisconsin when I was in grade school. I took a lot of pictures of my family on holidays and vacations. I was also a good student so I had a natural inclination to learn about the world through photography. A lot of my photography is street and city street photography.
I started taking pictures when I was twelve because I was always behind the camera when I took pictures. It's basically what I've always done. I started with my high school graduation pictures, which I took in 1986. It was a big deal for me then, and it still is. The following year I took the first picture in my photographic portfolio, and I've had quite a few since then. I've taken almost every photo I've ever taken in my life in one form or another.
The thing to do is to get the whole story behind it that the movie is about. The movie is about a group of teenagers who are taking a few pictures of a school in a little town called Vauxhall. They're all wearing glasses, and it's very clear that the school is about to be closed for the second day of school. The school is in the middle of the town, and the girls are wearing sunglasses and make-up.
The problem is I dont know who the people in the photos are. Maybe its the girls who are in glasses. Or maybe it s the kids, in a way. If I was a movie maker, I would make a film about the girls in glasses. But I have no idea who they are. And I cant remember a movie about a city in the middle of a town.
The problem is that we don't know which of the girls in the photos are actually the girls in glasses. The girls in glasses are in the middle of the town in the school in the middle of the town in the school, and the girls in glasses are the kids in the middle of the town in the town in the town. It's hard to tell. And if you look closely, you can see that several of the glasses are covered with lipstick.
The problem is that we don't know which of the girls are actually the girls in glasses.
So the best way to make a video game is to make it look like a video game. With pixeldrain, the team at pixeldrain have taken all the elements of their previous games for pixeldrain and put them into a video game. It's basically a game that's been made to look like a video game.
The difference between pixeldrain and the other video-game inspired games is that instead of a game that you start by sliding down a track, you start by sliding down a track while watching a video of a game that you already have a copy of. And as you slide down the track, you can see every single part of the game. You can zoom in on the character, cut away to the cut scenes, and see the entire game from the perspective of the game itself.
And as you slide down the track, you can see every single part of the game. You can zoom in on the character, cut away to the cut scenes, and see the entire game from the perspective of the game itself.


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Arguably one of the best things to come out of Stranger Things 2 was Steve Harrington. His character development was off the charts. My boy Steve went from high school jock douchebag, to nice and loving boyfriend, to broken-hearted teenager, to the premiere babysitter of Hawkins, Indiana.
And his friendship with Dustin? Be still my beating ovaries.
Actor Joe Keery was famously so damn likeable that when the Duffer brothers cast him, they adapted the character of Steve to give him a redemptive arch. In fact, this season's human villain (newcomer Billy, played by Aussie actor Dacre Montgomery), is partially filling the void left by what Steve was originally written as, before Keery came along and charmed the pants off everyone.
For everyone who spent the weekend binging Stranger Things and found themselves undeniably attracted to Steve… well, you're not alone. He's pretty much the internet's new boyfriend.
season 1: i can't stand steve harrington— ¡ reyna ¡ (@its_reyna) October 29, 2017
season 2: i am literally in love with steve harrington and would die for him #StrangerThings2
Last season my favorite secondary character was Dustin, this season surprisingly was Steve Harrington #StrangerThings pic.twitter.com/4uHI3fUwst— It's Edna (@edna_gm17) October 29, 2017
sexual orientation: Steve Harrington holding a baseball bat covered in nails pic.twitter.com/RoaNz9ugL0— Alex Hutson (@alexandrahutson) October 27, 2017
steve harrington went from popular teenage boy to stressed out single soccer mum with five kids in the span of six days #StrangerThings pic.twitter.com/2ajaWjOYpH— spooky nat???? (@nathaliemasonn) October 29, 2017
this is why steve harrington is the best #StrangerThings pic.twitter.com/scV0hOk5Ll— Matt /ST spoilers (@adoringajlee) October 29, 2017
steve harrington's character development was increEeeeEeEdible pic.twitter.com/uhWvBdhJDV— ً (@DAREDEVllLS) October 28, 2017
get you a boyfriend like steve harrington ???? pic.twitter.com/CYEQ5fTxVm— elizabeth (@lolkeerys) October 28, 2017
When all the original Steve Harrington haters are pretending they loved him from s1 pic.twitter.com/FygBZrz4NK— izzy (@st3veharrington) October 27, 2017
monster hunter steve harrington with his monster huntlings pic.twitter.com/hUJ2G4CmZB— byler warrior (@REDDlESUS) October 29, 2017
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I just want a whole season of Steve Harrington attempting to keep the kids out of trouble and failing miserably. #StrangerThings— Scarlett ???????? (@cptnswnprrlla) October 29, 2017
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This boy better find happiness next season, is all we're saying.
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As school starts up across the country, I've been following news from rural districts, and some of the issues they are facing. Here's a snapshot of what's happening:
1. 20 Districts Receive Grants for Rural STEM programs
According to Farmers' Advance, 20 districts in Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio will receive funding to grow science, technology, engineering and math programs over the next few years.
2. Kansas School Aid Awarded Mostly to Rural Schools
Lawmakers in Kansas spoke out against the State Finance Council's decision to award aid mostly to rural districts due to declining property values. Representatives for growing urban districts said politics were "injected" into the decision.
3. Arizona Expands Native American Scholarship Program
Gov. Doug Ducey signed legislation this year to expand a scholarship program that gives Native American families up to $5,000 to pay for private schools, online curriculum, or home school expenses. Gov. Ducey recently touted this bill on a visit the Navajo Nation.
4. North Dakota's Small Districts Lack Teachers as School Begins
Small schools in western North Dakota are experiencing shortages of teachers and substitute teachers as the school year begins. To mitigate the shortages, the state's Education Standards and Practices Board voted to allow "community experts" to teach non-core subject areas in middle and high schools.
5. North Dakota Governor Challenges New Teacher Policy
Directly related to the previous story, Gov. Jack Dalrymple is seeking changes to the new policy that allows "community experts" to fill open teaching positions. The governor's proposal would ensure that the experts do not receive a teaching license, have work experience relevant to the teaching assignment, and are not eligible for the state's teacher pension plan. Many small, rural districts are especially struggling to find teachers.
A version of this news article first appeared in the Rural Education blog.


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New Business: Gayborhood – Midtown Village – Is the Facade Falling at Bru?
I took one of my fun walks around Center City last week.
I remember chatting with the owner of no longer but used to be OK Pizza last fall and he told me he was going to open a cigar shop at the former location of his former fun gift shop XIII on 13 at 211 S 13th St.
I forgot about it for a bit and walked by the other day and lo and behold it's been built out and opened. I don't smoke cigars, but it looked really impressive, seems like they have all the creature comforts of a full service cigar shop.
and downstairs there's a cigar lounge, a BYOB cigar lounge with a TV, couches, magazines and privacy. Open till 11p.m. on weekdays 2 a.m. on weekends. BrYnell W. on Yelp says Village Tabako "Wonderfully staff and services Prices are among the Lowest in the CITY"
3 doors down another sushi place is going in; these days sushi places seem to be popping up everywhere like cupcake places. Across the street from the Criminal Justice Hall behind Applebee's I noticed there's another sushi place going in, at 19th and Chestnut, Crazy Sushi opened last year.
And around the corner from Village Tabako, in the old Mid-City Camera store, 1316 Walnut St, (where I spent a lot of time in the 90s), Sumo Sushi is moving to this long vacant spot. Currently it's located behind the Starbucks at 337 S. Broad St. and it's delicious.
Danger Will Robinson: Bru: The indoor beer garden in Center City at 1318 Chestnut St. has taken over the sidewalk on Chestnut Street and forced folks into the street. This is insane. Do they really need the whole sidewalk? Is the facade falling? I noticed the Scientologist have moved out next door. For the longest time they were planning a hotel in the building next door, but every time they made a move the protestors were out in force. They still maintain their location on Arch St where they seem to live in peace.


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Country singer Jeff Carson dies in Tennessee
Country singer-songwriter Jeff Carson, who scored hits with Not On Your Love and The Car before becoming a police officer, has died in Tennessee at the age of 58, his publicist said.
Arson died of a heart attack at a Franklin hospital, said Jeremy Westby of 2911 Media.
Carson was born Jeffrey Lee Herndon in 1963 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Mr. Westby said in a press release.
It's so sad to hear about my boyfriend's death #JeffCarson. He was a great singer and one of the friendliest people I've ever met. He was also a law enforcement officer who valiantly served his community. He will be greatly missed. See you on the good side, mate pic.twitter.com/ktm1LsB4I0
— bryan_white (@bryan_white) March 27, 2022
Carson sang in church and formed a band in Rogers, Arkansas before moving to Branson, Missouri, where he wrote songs and performed locally, the press release said.
Carson moved to Nashville and recorded demos for Tracy Lawrence, Reba McEntire, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill and other country stars.
In 1995 he got a record deal with Curb Records and released a single "Yeah Buddy". He then recorded the singles Not On Your Love and The Car, which earned Carson his first Academy of Country Music Award for Video of the Year.
Carson's career has had 14 career singles on the Billboard charts, Mr. Westby said.
He retired from music to become a police officer in Franklin, where he remained with the police force.
It's hard to believe he's gone. One thing is certain – Franklin Police Officer #JeffCarson changed everyone he met, all of us, for the better! Thank you Jeff for your life of ministry and song. May his message live on: God Save The World.https://t.co/MU3937POBy
— Franklin Police Dept (@FranklinTNPD) March 27, 2022
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Carson returned to music in 2019, releasing a previously recorded song God Save The World.
He has been in the studio with Buddy Hyatt to record an album to be released later this year featuring duets with Michael Ray, Darryl Worley and others, Mr Westby said.
Singer Bryan White said on Twitter that he was sad to hear of his friend's death.
"He was a great singer and one of the nicest people I've ever met … See you on the good side, mate," White said.
On Twitter, the Franklin Police Department thanked Carson for his "life of service and singing," saying Carson "changed everyone he met for the better."
"It's hard to believe he's gone," the department said on Twitter.
https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/country-music-singer-jeff-carson-dies-in-tennessee-41492627.html Country singer Jeff Carson dies in Tennessee


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What Did Those Opinion Makers Think Of The Peace Corps?
I have had a few emails asking about my comment yesterday when I wrote, "By hiring these journalists and novelists, for short term assignments, they then became advocates, fans, constituents, and supporters of the Peace Corps as Shriver told Charlie, "Get the opinion makers on your side!" What did those 'opinion makers' think and say about the Peace Corps? Here a few comments about the beginnings of the agency that I pulled from old files I have on the first year of the Peace Corps. "As a contribution to the solution of the world's problems, it is still a tiny effort, but to dismiss it as just another form of public relations would be wide of the mark." —London Times "Here is a movement whose express purpose is to overcome the disastrous barriers that have hitherto segregated the affluent Western minority of the human race from the majority of their fellow men and . . .Read More