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Nurofen tampering man Christopher McGuire jailed
16:21 28 May 2012
A codeine addict who contaminated packets of Nurofen Plus in London, in a ruse to fund his habit was jailed today for 18 months.
Christopher McGuire cost the manufacturer Reckitt Benckiser £2.4 million and saved himself just £7 by placing strips of an anti-psychotic drug in empty packets of the painkiller and swapping them for new packets at pharmacies.
He was today imprisoned by a judge at Southwark Crown Court for the "carefully thought out and skilfully executed" scheme, which created a "good deal of public fear and anxiety".
Passing sentence, judge Alistair McCreath told McGuire: "The costs included recalling the product, destroying suspect stock, investigating the problem which you caused, returning new products to the market and handling the reputational damage caused by you.
"In short, the harm you actually caused or might have caused by your acts was very high."
The court has heard how McGuire's scheme involved asking for Nurofen Plus at a pharmacy counter and then attempting to pay for it with a card he knew would be declined. In doing this, he created sufficient distraction to discreetly swap the contaminated packet for the fresh one and walk away.
McGuire, who went to university at the age of 16, took 32 tablets of the drug each day to feed his secret addiction. But after losing his job he struggled to pay for it.
Instead, the 31-year-old replaced empty packets with the Seroquel he was being prescribed for schizophrenia, and the contaminated packs ended up in the hands of unsuspecting members of the public.
Two men, Peter Letham and Paul Connor, took the anti-psychotic drugs in error, believing them to be Nurofen Plus, and were left feeling unwell.
Mr Letham's wife Jacqueline bought what she thought was a 32-pack of Nurofen Plus from a branch of Boots pharmacy in The Glades Shopping Centre in Bromley.
The next day Mr Letham, who was employed on a building site, took the packet to work. There he took three tablets and gave two to his colleague Mr Connor, who was suffering neck pain.
Both men soon began to feel unwell, experiencing tiredness and dizziness. They later discovered the drug inside the packet was in fact Seroquel instead of Nurofen Plus.
Two other consumers realised the Nurofen Plus they had bought also contained Seroquel instead, but did not swallow any.
The first incident occurred when a woman bought a pack from a Boots pharmacy in London's Victoria station and the second when a man bought a pack in a branch of Boots in Beckenham High Street in south-east London.
In a fourth incident, an assistant at a Beckenham pharmacy found Seroquel tablets inside a Nurofen Plus packet in the store.
McGuire, of Edzell Drive in Glasgow, was tracked down to his landlady's home in Swanley, Kent, after the origins of the Seroquel were traced. He admitted his actions and was later charged with causing a public nuisance.
Lawyer James Hasslacher, defending, said the figure of £2.4 million was an "eye-popping" one for an offence that centred on McGuire saving himself £7.
An extensive investigation was launched when the health scare broke out as "it could not have been perceived that what was occurring was a young man in a very pathetic state of health trying to save himself £7", Mr Hasslacher said.
"He's the most remorseful that one could be, to know the effect of his crime."


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Officials say students were "being kept warm on buses" but were then moved into warm areas of the building.
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text: 1972: Olga Korbut of the Soviet Union in action during the gymnastics competition at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany. The pretty gymnast won gold on the balance beam, the floor exercises and was also a member of the winning all-round team aswell as a silver medalist on the uneven parallel bars. She captured the hearts of the world with her impish style and brilliant smile. Mandatory Credit: Allsport UK/Allsport


text: Bikini clad Joanna Krupa reads '50 Shades of Grey' to fiance Romain Zago after frolicking in the ocean in Miami Beach. The newest 'Real Housewives of Miami' star, who appeared to have some bruises on her leg, played around in the water with her man before they lounged around reading the erotic novel together, laughing and kissing between chapters! August 16, 2012.


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Hi everyone, I'm trying to make multi server setup of ZCA 7.1.1 on vSphere 4.1.
I deployed a VM from OVA template, then cloned it to template. Ran deployed VM, it starts fine, I can log in to setup console and even performed single server installation without any issue. But I'm interested in multi server setup as my company has about 3000+ mailboxes and growing.
So when I'm choosing, multi server setup I pass all the steps in setup console, choose 4 servers and stuff, and run the process of installation. Progress starts, I can see in vCenter that vSphere creates first VM ldapmaster from template. After it finishes progress goes for some time notifying 'Configuring nodes' and stops with message Deployment: ERROR. I end up with ldapmaster VM in vCenter inventory and with message in /tmp/logproccess.out:
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Could someone please point me where else I can check logs for more information? Also, message in ovftool.log makes me think that it can be wrong version of python or of one of it's plugins. Any thoughts on that?Quote:
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Manning threw his 420th touchdown pass to move into a tie for second place on the NFL's all-time list with Dan Marino. He trails only Brett Favre (508).
Manning had plenty of help from his teammates.
Von Miller harassed Cam Newton all day and Trindon Holliday returned a punt 76 yards for a touchdown as the Broncos (6-3) won for the fifth time in six weeks. The Broncos sacked Newton seven times, including once for a safety, and Miller pressured him into an interception Tony Carter returned 40 yards for a score.
Fox, who coached the Panthers for nine seasons, downplayed his return all week, but celebrated with a few fist pumps Sunday.
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A Pilot's Journey
Book Signing
Author: George Norfleet
Friday, September 26, 2014
12:00 pm to 5:00 pm
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George Norfleet will be at the Museum in Washington, D.C. signing copies of his book A Pilot's Journey: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman, Curtis Christopher Robinson. The book is available to purchase at the Museum Store.
Several times a month, authors of aviation- and space-related books are at the National Air and Space Museum's two locations to sign books and meet the public. Autographed books make great mementos of your visit and terrific gifts for friends.
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text: Hey all, just got my hunting retreat finished in southeastern Montana. One of the selling points I had to sell my wife on before undertaking this project was that I could possibaly rent it out a few weeks during hunting season. It would be available starting in antalope season and all the way until the week of Thanksgiving. Its right around Plevna Montana. If you have ever tried to stay in the area you know that finding lodging can be tuff which is way I ended up building my own. Its right in the middle of tens of thousands of acres of block management land as well as BLM. The house sleeps 5, has a full kitchen, Washer and dryer, As well as a game cleaning area with chest freezer. So you can clean, wrap, and freeze your game for the trip home. The house was just constructed so everything is very clean and well maintained. If you put in for your Montana tags this year and would like to hunt the area let me know and I can send pictures as well as give any info. Looking to get $70.00 @ night.


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I can't seem to find where the smtp service logs incoming requests. I am running the vmware image upgraded to version 4 and configured for my domain.
I have looked in /opt/zimbra/log and /var/log
Any help. Does it log even failed connections? Do I need to enable logging? Can't seem to find the config.


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Last Saturday was our day in Dallas and it was a hot one! Lucky for those Texans, the triple digit heat and scorching sun didn't stop the etnies team from heating things up even more at the Journeys Backyard BBQ.
Lauren, Eric and Kyle all love media interviews at 7am... especially when the interview is with this guy.
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On Moral Victories
Rumblings that the Wolves loss was a 'good loss', a high-character loss, or what have you, started appearing on Twitter. See, the Clippers won but they didn't deserve it. As all things Internet go, an ensuing counter-argument developed: In essence, the team that outscores the other team is the winner. No exceptions. Continue Reading


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Cardinal & Gold Gymnastics Scrimmage Announced
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AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State gymnastics team will be holding an intrasquad scrimmage on Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 6:30 p.m. The event will be held in Hilton Coliseum and attendance will be free for spectators.
The team will split into two groups, Cardinal and Gold, and face off against each other. This competitive format makes for a great opportunity for fans, as it is the first chance to watch the team prior to the 2014 season.
The 2014 squad will feature a number of key returnees, including All-American Michelle Shealy, who finished fifth in the beam at the 2013 NCAA Championships in April.


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With festive German markets popping up all over the uk, this has been getting us well and truly in the mood for the holiday season! So we thought this was the perfect time to announce our latest news for Superdry Germany – our sixth, and latest store has opened right in the heart of Europe's biggest shopping and holiday center – CentrO Oberhausen.
But it's not just any Superdry store, this is the largest in the whole of Germany!
Showcasing all the Superdry items that you already know and love, as well as all the new-in men's and womenswear from our AW12 collection, our 18 style advisors are on hand to welcome everyone into the 600 square metre store.
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I like to start my old topic again:
I've been upgrading my iPhone to 3.1 and Zimbra to 6.0 (Release 6.0.0_GA_1802.RHEL5_20090830140212 CentOS5 FOSS edition.)
This is getting from bad to worse. With the WUI and iCal on my desktop there are no problems. However, on the iPhone, my own calendar and those shared by others are empty. Before, only the shared ones by others where empty. As work around I can create a new calendar and move all items to it, but this is far from what it should be. Another work around is to use the WUI on my iPhone.
Logfiles from my iPhone are showing the same errors as before, but now for both the shared ones and my own calendar.


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Sunday lineup; Gobble signs with Rangers
Kansas City pounded out 22 hits on Saturday in a 13-6 win over Arizona. Eight players had multiple hits. The Royals have now scored 56 runs in their last six contests.
ATH would like to send out best wishes to Jimmy Gobble. The long-time Royal was waived by the club on Wednesday. Jimmy quickly landed with the Texas Rangers and will try to earn a bullpen spot on the other side of the Surprise Stadium complex.
Here's your Sunday lineup:
Coco Crisp – CF
Alberto Callaspo – 3B
Mike Aviles – SS
Jose Guillen – RF
Mike Jacobs – 1B
Ryan Shealy – DH
Miguel Olivo – C
Ross Gload – LF
Willie Bloomquist – 2B
Horacio Ramirez – LHP
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Donors in mayor's race cover bases
Unlikely combinations include Faulconer donors giving to Alvarez
Scores of contributors to mayoral campaigns in San Diego do not have exclusive loyalties.
A U-T Watchdog review has found more than 50 instances of contributors giving money in support of two of the major candidates in the Nov. 19 election.
The most common pairing was the 25 donors who gave to both the Nathan Fletcher and Kevin Faulconer campaigns, for a total of $32,500.
Next were the 17 donors in support of Faulconer who also gave money to the David Alvarez camp, totaling $29,500.
Finally, 15 donors gave both to the Alvarez and Fletcher campaigns, totaling $14,450.
Five donors have given to all three candidates, totaling $9,000.
"When you've got a horse race where anyone can win, place or show, you throw some money on all of them," Mesa College political-science professor Carl Luna said. "You're hedging your bets."
The candidates are competing to replace Bob Filner, who resigned as San Diego mayor in August amid allegations that he sexually harassed 20 women. If no one wins a majority in the Nov. 19 election, the top two contenders advance to a runoff, which will likely be in February or March.
Perhaps the most jarring combination of double donors was those who gave to support Republican Faulconer and Democrat Alvarez, who are the farthest apart on the political spectrum. Fletcher is a Democrat, but was an independent until recently and a Republican before that.
More than a dozen prominent pro-business Republicans have given thousands of dollars to committees in support of Alvarez, as have several other donors to the conservative Lincoln Club, campaign records show.
Such donations for Alvarez might seem counterintuitive, but political consultant Chris Crotty, who is not affiliated with any of the mayoral campaigns, said he sees a likely reason.
The city's pro-business establishment, which backs Republican Councilman Kevin Faulconer, may want Democrat Alvarez to make it through the November election to a runoff against Faulconer, Crotty said. That "pick your opponent" approach would keep Faulconer from having to compete head-to-head against former Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher.
"Under these circumstances, I don't see any other reason why these types of Republicans are giving this type of money to David Alvarez, given his position on issues and given his endorsement from the Labor Council," Crotty said.
Why do you think GOP and business leaders are giving to Alvarez?
Sincere support for the best candidate 3% (6)
Effort to pick run-off election opponent for Faulconer 82% (167)
A combination of these 7% (15)
Other 7% (15)
203 total votes.
A recent U-T San Diego/10News poll shows Faulconer besting Alvarez 44 percent to 35 percent in a runoff election. The same poll shows Faulconer losing to Fletcher by a similar margin in a straight-up matchup.
Some of the biggest establishment donors to the Lincoln Club who have given to Faulconer — and Alvarez — include Thomas Sudberry Jr. with Sudberry Properties and Kaitlin and R. Michael Murphy of Murphy Development.
Sudberry provided $35,000 to the Lincoln Club, campaign records show. He also gave $1,000 to Faulconer's campaign and $999 to Alvarez's campaign — $1 under the campaign rules requiring disclosure within 24 hours.
Kaitlin and R. Michael Murphy gave $5,000 to the Lincoln Club, records show. They also gave $1,150 to Faulconer's campaign and $1,000 each to Alvarez's campaign.
The Lincoln Club has been mailing out ads critical of Fletcher, saying he's a flip-flopper and doesn't show up for work.
A Lincoln Club spokeswoman said the group has no knowledge why at least four prominent members gave to Alvarez.
"The Lincoln Club does not have direct knowledge as to why contributors support any of the candidates," spokeswoman Erica Holloway said in a statement. "Contributions to our organization's general fund supports all our varied efforts."
Lincoln Club donor David Malcolm said he gave to Faulconer because he agrees with him on more issues. But he said he has a soft spot for Alvarez and so gave to him, too.


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Hi, yes I said it. I'm a noobie and barely know how to navigate in Linux. My previous administrator left and I have to update out mail server with 104 updates and I have no idea how to do it. I was told "it's something like this":
You log in as root, and do something like this:
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service zimbra stop
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yum -y update
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shutdown -r now
It will re-start Zimbra when it boots
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WASHINGTON (WUSA) -- A judge ruled on Wednesday that a man accused of killing his 91-year-old wife in their Georgetown home in 2011 incompetent to represent himself at trial, and appointed attorneys to take over the case in a pre-trial hearing.
D.C. Superior Court Judge Russell F. Canan, had accepted Albrecht Muth's request to represent himself at trial in 2012, but due to a recent hunger strike Muth is being hospitalized at United Medical Center, and as a result, Judge Canan deemed Muth physically incapable to represent himself.
Muth wasn't in court due to his condition, but was listening to the court proceedings via telephone from his hospital bed.
Judge Canan appointed attorneys Dana Page and Craig Hickein to pick up Muth's case until he is physically capable to represent himself.
"It's my intent to alow you (Muth) to represent yourself if you choose to do so," explained Judge Canan to Muth through speakerphone on Wednesday.
Canan went on to say, "I encourage you (Muth) to cease your fast and become physically capable to represent yourself in trial."
A status hearing is scheduled for Feb. 21, and a trial date is set for March 25 unless complications in Muth's health transpire.


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WCPA has 13 terrestrial regions.
These correspond to the IUCN Regions
Each is encouraged to develop its own regional programme and a number have developed Regional Action Plans for Protected Areas.
However, the possibility of direct Secretariat support to the WCPA regions is limited. In order to increase this support it is proposed to strengthen partnerships between WCPA regions and IUCN Regional and Country Offices.
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ATLANTA -- A body was located behind a church on the 1700 block of Piedmont Avenue on Tuesday evening.
Shortly before 6:00 p.m., the body was discovered between Morningside Baptist Church and a residential area.
According to Officer John Chafee, spokesperson for the Atlanta Police Department, an off-duty Atlanta Police officer saw the body while he was walking his dog.
The officer called the Homicide Unit and early investigations show the body was in a state of advanced decomposition. There are no signs of foul play, at this time.
Chafee said the cause of death was not determined pending an autopsy that will be performed by the Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office.


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Ecosystem Management Series
The well-being of people all over the world depends on the various goods and services provided by ecosystems, including food, fuel, construction materials, clean water and air, and protection from natural hazards. Ecosystems, however, are under increasing pressure from unsustainable use and other threats including outright conversion. To address this concern, CEM promotes the sound management of ecosystems through the wider application of the Ecosystem Approach — a strategy for the integrated management of land, water and living resources that places human needs at its centre. The aim of the IUCN CEM Ecosystem Management Series is to support best practice ecosystem management, both at field and policy levels, to help realise IUCN's vision of a just world that values and conserves nature.
Building resilience to climate change : ecosystem-based adaptation and lessons from the field
Andrade Pérez, Angela; Herrera Fernández, Bernal; Cazzolla Gatti, Roberto
With climate change now a certainty, the question is now how much change there will be and what can be done about it. One of the answers is through adapatation. Many of the lessons that are being learned in adaptation are from success stories from the field. This publication contains eleven case studies covering different ecosytems and regions around the world. Its aim is to summarize some current applications of the Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) concept and its tools used around the world, and also draw lessons from experiences in conservation adaptation.
Environmental guidance note for disaster risk reduction : healthy ecosystems for human security and climate change adaptation
Ash, Neville; Murti, Radhika; Sudmeier-Rieux, Karen
Ecosystem Management Series 7: Applying the Ecosystem Approach in Latin America
Andrade Pérez, Angela, ed. ; Medina, Maria Eugenia, 2008
This publication is a collation of selected case studies which are representative of the application of the Ecosystem Approach under different ecological, social, economic and cultural contexts in Latin America.
Ecosystem Management Series 6: The Ecosystem Approach: Learning from Experience
Shepherd, Gill, ed., 2008
This publication follows applications of the Ecosystem Approach over a 5-10 year period in five locations. Key findings include the vital importance of a full stakeholder analysis, of market analysis and of the promotion of institutional evolution.
Ecosystem Management Series 5: Island Voices Island Choices
Simon Rietbergen, Tom Hammond, Chucri Sayegh, Frits Hesselink and Kieran Mooney 2008
In a rapidly changing world islands are both unique and highly vulnerable places. This report provides an overview of the results of a background research conducted to establish the current status of conservation and sustainable development on islands, globally. It then goes on to review and analyze the data arising from the global questionnaire, and concludes with observations and implications for an IUCN programme on small island developing states.
Ecosystem Management Series 4: Ecosystem, Livelihoods and Disasters
Karen Sudmeier-Rieux, ed., Hillary Masundire, ed., Ali Rizvi, ed., Simon Rietbergen, ed., 2006
Vulnerability to natural disasters continues to increase, severely compromising the achievement of poverty alleviation goals in many developing countries. A more effective approach is needed to reduce the impacts of these disasters. This publication proposes an approach that integrates ecosystem management, development planning and risk reduction strategies to reduce disaster impacts and improve both livelihoods and biodiversity outcomes.
Ecosystem Management Series 3: The Ecosystem Approach: Five Steps to Implementation
Gill Shepherd, 2004
CEM has clustered subsets of Ecosystem Approach Principles into a logical sequence which encourages discussion, planning and step-by-step action. Of course, no one aspect of an ecosystem can be dealt with alone for long, and those aspects tackled early in the sequence described below will have to be revisited regularly. Nevertheless, the approach is empowering because it enables both researchers and field workers to concentrate on one set of problems at a time. In this way, the ecosystem, its inhabitants, and the challenges and the opportunities they present can be brought slowly and manageably into focus.
Ecosystem Management Series 2: Using the Ecosystem Approach to Implement the Convention on Biological Diversity: key issues and case studies
Richard Smith and Edward Maltby 2003
The Ecosystem Approach, defined as a strategy for the management of land, water and living resources that promotes conservation and sustainable use in an equitable way, was adopted at the Second Conference of the Parties of the CBD as the primary framework for action under the Convention. It puts people and their nature resource use practices squarely at the centre of the decision-making framework. The case studies presented here were discussed at three workshops held in Southern Africa, South America and Southeast Asia. They provide practical examples of the Ecosystem Approach as well as a number of recommendations for action that are widely relevant to Parties and other bodies.
Ecosystem Management Series 1: Extractive Industries in Arid and Semi-Arid Zones
Joachim Gratzfeld, ed., 2003
This publication aims to contribute to planning and management approaches that minimize land degradation and desertification in arid and semi-arid zones as a result of extractive industries operations. Both operational and policy guidance are included to help those government departments responsible for the licensing, planning and monitoring of extractive industries activities to take account of environment and development issues in their decision-making.


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Saturday, June 11, 2016
Newmanstown, Pa. - The event was a year in the making, and it did not disappoint.
The highly anticipated Wingless 600cc Sprint race at Lanco's Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway, part of the club's annual Labor Day Shootout event, actually began in September of 2011, when all of the qualifying races were completed but the A-Main was washed out. The fantastic action during those qualifying events had everyone salivating over the prospects for a tremendous A-Main, but Mother Nature had other ideas. But that was last year...
It finally happened on Sunday, September 2, 2012. With the racing surface in mint condition, 51 of the wingless warriors gathered to try again. When the checkered flag waved after 30 laps of fast and furious competition, Tim Buckwalter was standing in victory lane, surviving after a terrific battle with Mike Rutherford.
Richie Hartman authored a big night for himself on Sunday as well, as the Reading, Pa. wheel-twister scored a pair of wins during the final night of Lanco's Labor Day Shootout presented by Hyper Racing. Hartman captured one race that has narrowly eluded him for several years, the 270cc headliner, after he started the evening with a triumph in the A-Main for the 125cc Class.
Dual heat races, utilizing a passing points system to determine who transferred directly to the A-Mains, and last-chance qualifying events were used for all of the divisions competing in this year's Shootout.
When the qualifying points were tallied for the Wingless 600's, Rutherford was at the top of the chart, thereby earning the pole position for the 30-lap A-Main. Mike Dicely, Travis Esh, and Buckwalter were second through fourth in qualifying points and joined Rutherford in the first two rows as the big race went green.
Buckwalter zipped past Esh and Dicely to grab the runner-up spot on the opening lap and begin his pursuit of race leader Rutherford. In between the ten caution flags that would interrupt their classic clash for the victory, Rutherford and Buckwalter put on a show that even had the third place Dicely watching in amazement. "That was a lot of fun, watching those two guys race hard and trade slide jobs on each other," admitted Dicely afterward.
Douglassville, Pa. resident Buckwalter tried repeatedly to dive under Rutherford, then slide up in front of the No. 7H and get back in the gas before Rutherford could turn back under him. That's the definition of a slide job or "slider", and, while Buckwalter certainly knows how to pull it off, he just couldn't run into the corners hard enough to clear Rutherford's mount. Then came a restart with ten circuits complete...
Charging into turn one, Buckwalter finally executed the slider he'd been attempting to manufacture. He floored Mike Pjatikin's Sawyer Chassied No. 29 to the bottom of the corner, then let it glide up the banking in front of Rutherford, who immediately turned left to shoot down the track at the exit of turn two. Buckwalter was able to pick up the throttle before Rutherford got back around him, and the race had a new leader.
After a restart with four to go, Rutherford attempted to turn the tables on Buckwalter, diving under the No. 29 and then sliding up the banking in three and four, but Buckwalter was ready for it. Tim crossed over to the inside at the exit of turn four and simply drove back under Rutherford to reclaim the top spot.
Buckwalter went on to register the $1,000 win, beating Rutherford to the stripe by 0.13-seconds.
"I was getting loose; we were too good in the beginning," stated Buckwalter in the winner's circle. "I tried running a little lower, and that let Mike get a run on me. He's fast and he's so good here, so we're happy to hold on and beat him for the win. Sawyer has a hell of a car here, and we're learning how to adjust it."
Rutherford and Dicely finished second and third, respectively. A late charge by Jeff Hartman, who started twelfth, netted him the fourth position, while Tony DiMattia earned fifth-place cash.
Heat race winners included Buckwalter, Greg Stevens, Andy Martin, Rutherford, David Beiler, DiMattia, Travis Esh, Dicely, Sammy LaMothe, and Luke Thomas. The B-Main went to Shane Lewis.
After a few near-misses, Richie Hartman desperately wanted a win in the 270cc Shootout, one of the biggest races of the season at Lanco's Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway. It was one of the events on his race-driving "bucket list", and he can now cross it off because, after Sunday, that goal has been attained.
Picking up more qualifying points than anyone else in the 42-car field of 270cc pilots, Hartman led the pack to the green flag in the A-Main. He went on to set the pace for all 30 laps, but it wasn't exactly a walk in the park for the three-time point champion of Lanco's 270cc division.
Ryan Morris darted past Rutherford to snare the runner-up slot on lap one. Hartman opened up a comfortable advantage over Morris, but the driver from Honeybrook closed the gap significantly when the leader caught the back of the field and began to try and lap those cars. A timely caution period, with twelve laps scored, created clear race track in front of Hartman.
With ten to go, fifteenth-starting Jesse Maurer entered the picture, slipping into the fourth position and closing on third-place Rutherford. As Hartman was forced to deal with lapped traffic once again, Morris and Rutherford caught up to the leader and began to apply pressure to Hartman's Brick House Pub/ Jared Davis Motorsports/ RTS Chassis No. 39.
Morris stumbled a bit behind a slower car with four laps remaining, allowing Rutherford to dash past him and into second. One last yellow flag with three to go set up a classic Hartman/Rutherford duel to the finish, but Richie motored away from Rutherford on the restart. The $1,000 payday went to Hartman, as he flashed across the finish line with a quarter-second margin of victory over Rutherford.
Morris, Maurer, and thirteenth-starting Dave Grube completed the top five when the race ended.
270cc heats were won by Tyler Reinhardt, Morris, Shaun Brandel, Randy Oswald, Rutherford, Brian Marriott, Lee Reinhardt, and Hartman. Marty Gorr was victorious in the B-Main.
Hartman rolled off the starting grid in third position in the 125cc main event, but he blasted to the front on the first trip around the banked oval, passing Dave Grube and polesitter P.J. Williams by the time they rumbled into the third corner.
"He (Williams) just made a mistake on the start," noted Hartman afterward. "He left the bottom open, and I took advantage of it."
Bradley Brown passed Williams for second, only to have the Airport Speedway hotshoe return the favor in lapped traffic as the 30-lapper was slowed by just two yellow flag periods.
Williams and Brown closed on Hartman as the leader struggled with lapped cars late in the race. Before Williams could sneak by him, though, Hartman caught a break when the second (and final) yellow flew with one lap left to run.
Hartman rocketed away on the restart, beating Williams to the stripe by slightly more than half-a-second. The triumph was Hartman's sixth of the year in 125cc competition at the Clyde.
Williams finished an impressive second, with Brown, Grube, and Jesse Maurer making up the top five.
Kenny Murray, Grube, Barry Pollard, Darren Miller, Williams, and Brown won heat races as 25 of the 125cc racers entered the Shootout.
This Saturday, September 8, is the first Mark Geib Memorial at Lanco's Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway.
Geib, the long time driver, crew chief, and car owner, tragically lost his life during Tropical Storm Lee last September. His wife Donna, a competitor in the club's 270cc Four-Stroke Class, has organized the tribute to her late husband with the assistance of many in the Lanco family who considered Mark a friend.
The five weekly classes will be in action on Saturday, and it's been announced that money raised for the Mark Geib Memorial will be used to off-set the car entry fee for all competitors. The car entry will be reduced by $10 for everyone - club members and non-members alike - at this Saturday's event.
Lap money has been and continues to be collected for drivers leading the 600cc, 270cc, 125cc, Sportsman, and 270cc Four-Stroke features this week.
It will be emotional, but it will be a fitting and well-deserved tribute to a man who meant so much to so many at the Mecca of Micro-Sprint racing, Lanco's Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway. It's the Mark Geib Memorial, and it starts with warm-ups at 5 p.m. this Saturday. The first heat race goes green at 6:00.
Be there to salute our fallen friend and to LIVE the excitement that is Lanco!
Lanco's Labor Day Shootout...Night Two Results:
Wingless 600cc Sprint Feature, 30 laps: 1.Tim Buckwalter, 2.Mike Rutherford, 3.Mike Dicely, 4.Jeff Hartman, 5.Tony DiMattia, 6.Tyler Esh, 7.Shaun Brandel, 8.Phil Durham, 9.Danny Wykes, 10.Shane Lewis, 11.James Morris, 12.Chris Panczner, 13.Travis Esh, 14.Louis Horvath, 15.Rick Perone, 16.Shane Braxton, 17.Luke Thomas, 18.Andy Martin, 19.Brian Carber, 20.Bobby Butler, 21.Jeff Stelter, 22.Tyler DeVault, 23.Dave Beiler, 24.Tyler Tank, 25.Sam LaMothe, 26.Brent Ely.
270cc Sprint Feature, 30 laps: 1.Richie Hartman, 2.Mike Rutherford, 3.Ryan Morris, 4.Jesse Maurer, 5.Dave Grube, 6.Kyle Spence, 7.Lee Reinhardt, 8.Jason Swavely, 9.Marty Gorr, 10.Brad Kemp, 11.Tyler Reinhardt, 12.Randy Oswald, 13.Chip Geib, 14.Christi Sweigart, 15.Brian Sholley, 16.Ernie Miles, 17.Sheena Logeman, 18.Ronald Helmick, 19.Rebecca LaMothe, 20.Keith Holiday, 21.Shaun Brandel, 22.Heath Hehnly, 23.Brian Marriott, 24.Sammy LaMothe, 25.Nick Walton, 26.Billy Logeman.
125cc Sprint Feature, 30 laps: 1.Richie Hartman, 2.P.J. Williams, 3.Bradley Brown, 4.Dave Grube, 5.Jesse Maurer, 6.Jason Hehnly, 7.Darren Miller, 8.Barry Pollard, 9.Shane Braxton, 10.Brittany Whitesall, 11.Felisha Kirlin, 12.Ryan Shupp, 13.Danny Braun Jr., 14.Dylan Adams, 15.Derek Ecenrode, 16.Kenny Miller III, 17.Donna Geib, 18.Kenny Murray, 19.Lew Schwander, 20.Corey Schmuck, 21.Walt Wampole, 22.Brianna Gerhart, 23.Phil Durham, 24.James Wampole. DNS: Nick Sweigart.
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I shoot F-Class competition at 1000-1400 yards every weekend. I know how to read the wind, and shoot more a month than most people who shoot a lot do all year.
Usually I go through a barrel or 2 a year on the F-Class rifle.
I am also a military firearms instructor, and while I feel that everyone can always learn a lot more about shooting, I am pretty confident because of the distances I shoot every week out well past 1000 on big game and varmints. And I have taken quite a few animals at long distance.
Long range shooting shooting with a rifle is rocket science literally. That being said it's not something that only a select few can learn to do. All it takes is the right equipment and a lot of ammunition to get figured out.
Shawn Carlock of Defensive Edge Gunsmithing in Idaho is kind a fairly famous long range shooter, he's also a several time state champion sniper competition guy and shoots F-Class. Has killed some animals with a 17 pound 338 Edge at distances to include 2000 yards. He does it the right way, he uses a ballistic solver and weather machine to get his shooting solution using a mil-dot type reticle.
Todd Hodnett of Accuracy 1st also uses a ballistic solver (that he invented). Todd is the several time National Champion Sniper Competition winner and a defense contractor (because the military likes his sniper math so well). Shoots 338 Lapuas and even AR-308 type rifles in excess of 1000 yards at game, successfully.
A 70 (or realistically 60) yard bow shot is a completely different animal than shooting at 1000 yards. As the bullet is going faster at 3000 yards than the arrow is at 5.
The biggest difference between Hodnett and Carlock when compared to the Best of the West, Long Range Precision and any other of these similar "dial and kill" idiots is that humidity, barometric pressure, tempature, altitude and more than anything wind play a huge issue with every shot. The concept of using dials or reticles in relation to a distance is absurd. As the consistancy over several hours of 1000 feet of altitude can change a shot at 1000 yards enough to miss by 30 inches.
Hodnett and Carlock calculate each shot sequence before they take it. They build a new algorithm every time.
Turrets and Balistic reticles only get you close. While Mil type reticles are harder for most to get the hang of, they are of a consistant value. Horus reticles are even better, as a you can adjust your reticle hold based on reading bullet strike and trace.
Something else that isn't really talked about much on those shows is the need to reload. A 30 FPS difference in speed at 1000 yards is enough for a 30 inch deviation in flight path and bullet strike. I personally think if you have a MIL reticle you should have a mil turret. Why confuse things?
Yes 1000 yards is a long ways, if you shoot it a lot it's a lot closer than you think and if you have the right equipment and knowledge it's not that far at all.
The biggest thing is you have to question everything. Consistency is everything.
1. Eye relief perfect/ perfect paralax!
2. Rifle is held/supported the same way every time.
3. The ammunition must be perfect, bullet concentric to bore, powder charge perfect, neck tension perfect, BC computed to be perfect at your velocity.
4. Scope must do exactly the same thing every time, 1 click moves it exactly the same as the next. Most often this is not the case.
5. Rifle needs to be of sufficient weight for you to be able to read your shots, or you need a spotter with good optics. The preferred system would be for the rifle and spotters spotting scope to have the same reticle so they can make accurate calls. Ideally a Horus so they can tell you where on the grid the bullet hit.
At best, on a good day and with the right conditions, I have shooting skills for a 500 yard shot. My weapons may be better than that but I would rather trust the other 500 yards to my hunting skills. It has worked for me so far!
I'd rather get close, and hold dead on. Works everytime.
Holding dead on from far away works pretty good too.
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Hardly the same thing. I can do it with open sights.
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama | Run Time: 118 min | Rated: PG-13
Director: George Clooney | Starring: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Hugh Bonneville, Bob Balaban
By: George Wolf
There are many stories in war, some better known than others. With The Monuments Men, George Clooney shines a bright Hollywood spotlight on one of the lesser known aspects of World War II, and manages to make it an informative and entertaining affair.
True, the story of how the Nazis stole countless art treasures in Europe was outlined by the excellent 2006 documentary The Rape of Europa, and 42 years before that, Burt Lancaster tried to keep precious artifacts from reaching Germany in The Train. But the tale of this heroic group is fresh territory, and in adapting the source book, director Clooney and his usual co-writer Grant Heslov again show fine instincts for making a historical drama resonate.
Clooney also stars as the leader of the titular platoon, an older group of art experts called into military service and tasked with rescuing the stolen works and when possible, returning them to the rightful owners. He's surrounded by a winning cast with plenty of star power, including Matt Damon, John Goodman, Bill Murray, and Cate Blanchett as a suspicious Frenchwoman who becomes very helpful to the cause.
Factual liberties are taken, of course, but give Clooney and Heslov credit for keeping a good heart beating beneath the big-scale production. The heavy toll of war, the enduring power of art, and the souls at the center of each are given due respect, even as the film becomes a nail-biting chase to rescue a priceless Michelangelo before it falls into wrong hands.
As a director, Clooney is a bit more obvious this time out, and there are segments when things becomes a tad too lighthearted, such as reminders of some of the cast's previous films which may or may not have been intentional. In fact, the struggle to find a suitable tone is the film's main weakness, as the cinematic heights Clooney reached in Good Night and Good Luck or The Ides of March are sacrificed to give the film more mass appeal.
But ultimately, The Monuments Men is a tale that deserves a wide audience, and Clooney may prove just the right artist to get that job done.
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As to process in assigning dates, assumes that as information becomes available, date types that are more preferred will replace less preferred date information.
As to process in assigning dates, assumes that as information becomes available, date types that are more preferred will replace less preferred date information.
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6JSC/EURIG/2 Date of expression - Revision of RDA 188.8.131.52 and 188.8.131.52
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In the two examples in EURIG-2, one of the phrases in parentheses is capitalized and the other isn't. Should be the same.
There are also errors in the ISBD of the second example. We have not generally used ... in examples to omit information that would be recorded in the statement of responsibility. The dash before the place of publication is a hyphen in this example and the date of publication is not valid RDA since a phonogram copyright date cannot substitute for a date of publication (and besides the phonogram symbol is used in RDA, not "P").
The proposal also raises the question of how this will be recorded in MARC in field 046. Currently the date alone would be coded in subfield $k. I think a new subfield will be needed to record the additional qualifier of the date. Subfields $x, $y, or $z could be defined for this in both the bib. and authority formats.
-- Glennan (PCC) for Adam Schiff, University of Washington (8/3/12)
NLM hopes that if this is approved, there will be explicit PCC guidance not to apply the option.
-- Glennan (PCC) for NLM, 8/31/12
It is desirable to be able to identify dates more specifically and a generic "date of expression" is not useful for many purposes. OLAC's Moving Image Work-Level Records Task Force investigated ways to operationalize the date of a moving image work. We identified a number of types of dates associated with moving image works that we thought important to record. The developers of the new FIAF rules are considering an event-based model where dates can be associated with a number of particular events in the lifecycle of a moving image.
However, while I understand and appreciate the impulse behind this proposal, I believe that the proposed direction is misguided for the following reasons.
1. At a general, philosophical level, it is unclear to me whether this level of format-specific detail is appropriate for RDA and whether it is practical to maintain this type of a system at the level of RDA. If the goal of RDA is to be a general cataloging manual, it might be more practical to maintain this sort of information in supporting, specialized manuals. There are many more types of expressions than what are listed here.
I am also unsure that such a strict hierarchy is helpful. Both OLAC and FIAF prefer the approach of recording as many types of dates as are known. The selection of a date to associate with the expression could be independent of a hierarchy and left to cataloger's judgment or the preferences of cataloging agencies. It seems likely that different communities will have a different order of preference for types of dates.
2. If this level of detail is appropriate for RDA, there needs to be more consultation with the relevant communities. In particular, OLAC finds the list and ranking of types of dates for moving image expressions unsatisfactory. Date of post-production is rarely known and even if it is known is usually an inappropriate choice for the date of expression. Moving image works and expressions are generally identified (both by the public and by scholars) by their year of release, often defined as the year of the first public screening. It is also bizarre to us that phonogram date is the second choice. Although moving images may have related phonogram dates, these would only be for the musical content and not for the expression as a whole, which by definition includes visual content. On the other hand, copyright date is missing despite that fact that many moving images bear copyright dates that would be appropriate to use as the basis of a date of expression in certain contexts.
3. It appears that the underlying motivation is to associate the date needed to assess the current status of copyright or IP protection with the expression. It might be better to propose a new element specifically for this purpose. Additional events, such as copyright renewal, may affect the status of intellectual property rights for an expression. The copyright status of expressions included in an aggregate work may be complicated to track.
-- McGrath (OLAC) 9/7/12
MLA would like to point out that the assertion in the fourth paragraph of the background ("… the date of expression is rarely known as such…") does not represent music well. It is very common for scores to indicate the date of completion and for sound recordings to indicate recording dates.
We felt unsure of the larger goal of including these fine distinctions in the date of expression element and uneasy about the display implications. We had a few specific comments about wording, but I won't list them here because I'm seeing that there is already a lack of support for the proposal, so the comments on wording might not even be relevant or necessary.
Personally, I find both LC's official response and Kelley McGrath's comments to be cogent, having read them after the conclusion of the MLA comment period. In particular, LC correctly points out that the parenthetical additions are a mix of expression and manifestation information, and that they may present challenges in the linked data environment. I like LC's approach of zeroing in on the useful stuff in the proposal and finding a way to put it to good use by adding it to the description of "date of expression." Kelley makes good points about different cataloging communities having different needs for date of expression information, and about the unwieldy nature of such a list of date types, which may be better maintained in specialized manuals.
Tracey Snyder, MusLA 9/18/12
Constituency Responses
LC: Text of response
Do not agree with technique proposed, since it mixes expression and manifestation attributes. May also present challenges in linked data environment by adding text terms instead of discrete element sub-types or sub-elements. Instead, suggest additions to 184.108.40.206 Scope. (See response for details.)
Some of this information might be better suited for the end user rather than other catalogers, but there is no obvious element in RDA for recording the 'details on' the Date of expression element. JSC should consider this issue.
ACOC: Text of response
Generally supports additional guidance on how to choose a date of expression. Unable to comment on suitability of types of dates and order of preference in proposed optional addition to 184.108.40.206.
Supports recording type of date along with date, but prefers not adding type of date as qualifier to Date of expression. (Use some other method, such as sub-element.)
As to process in assigning dates, assumes that as information becomes available, date types that are more preferred will replace less preferred date information.
CCC: Text of response
Agrees with intent of proposal; believes "type" is an attribute of date and thus is "data about data". Would support examining the best treatment for attributes of elements established in RDA.
Supports wording proposed by LC for 220.127.116.11.
DNB: Text of response
Agrees but notes potential of major labor input, especially in the case of music compilations. Supports the textual revision suggested by LC in their response.
Suggests rewording: "A type of date that is not listed first should not be used unless all the preceding ones are not known with certainty" (page 3 of 5) into: "A type of date that is not listed first should only be used in case all the preceding ones are not known with certainty."
CILIP Text of response
Does not agree with the proposal because of the proposed methodology. Believes this could be a useful augmentation of RDA if the proposal was redrafted to take into account RDA principles.
BL: Text of response
Agrees with the intent of the proposal. Believes that Type of Date of Expression, could be incorporated into the RDA Element Set as element sub-types rather than as either a new element or a qualifier. Work will have to be done with specialist communities to determine the appropriate list of types and to develop definitions for each type.


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September 21, 2013
Americans Against The Tea Party
It was supposed to be a discussion about the latest, irresponsible, pointless threat from the Republican Party to bring the US economy crashing down unless the Democrats voted to defund the Affordable Healthcare Act (known as Obamacare). However, Chris Matthews interview with Tea Party Congressman Blake Farenthold (Rep., TX, 27th.) turned to the question of the eligibility of Senator Ted Cruz to run for president in 2016.
Cruz, who was born in Canada to an American mother and a Cuban father, is widely considered to meet the requirements of US citizenship as laid down by the Nationality Act of 1940, and Matthews himself was quick to say that as far as he is concerned Cruz is perfectly entitled to carry the Republican flag in 2016. When he asked Congressman Farenthold if he concurred, Farenthold replied that Cruz is as eligible as Obama is. . . If he can be president, Ted Cruz can be president.
Anyone watching or listening could of course see that the veil had been lifted. There was no way Matthews was going to let this one go. What followed was an almost farcical exchange as Congressman Farenthold refused point-blank, again and again, to not only confirm that he believed that President Obama was the legitimately elected president of the United States, but that he was a legitimate US citizen. While not directly or openly calling either of these issues into question, he dodged the matter again and again by claiming that since he was not a member of Congress at the time of the presidents election, he was not able to say whether he was a citizen, or whether his election to the White House was legitimate:
Matthews, clearly as frustrated as the rest of us by the obfuscation that has come to characterize so many in the Tea Party, eventually grew weary and told Farenthold everybody watching knows what youre doing.
Barack Obama has had to put up with an extraordinary campaign of slander and innuendo since he was sworn in as president. Whether its accusations that he is a crypto-socialist, a secret Muslim, or not even an American, the sad reality seems to be that as long as the Tea Party and their like-minded friends are around, he will have to put up with it. However, Matthews was exactly right. Everybody knows what these guys are doing.


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Amsoil Tour - The AMSOIL Great American CT TourWritten by on March 28, 2012 The 2011 Amsoil great American CT Tour comes to an end
Our much anticipated and extensive trip through the Northeast mecca of short track racing is coming to an end, sadly. Just two more stops to go and we'll be heading home. Nonetheless, I was very excited to be visiting Waterford Speedbowl again and seeing Seekonk for the very first time. Both tracks were in the process of wrapping up their 2011 seasons with Waterford running a regular show that was somewhat competing with Stafford Springs' Carquest Fall Final race.
On the other hand, Seekonk was hosting its huge DAV Fall Classic races and the stands and pits were filled to capacity. From our base near Mystic, Connecticut, we traveled up I-95 to Seekonk, just east of Province and arrived early in the day on Friday. This provided an opportunity to take a side trip to Cape Cod.
We made the trip all of the way to the very northerly tip of the Cape to Provincetown, a very unique village where dogs are revered so much they have their own drinking fountains downtown. This is the place where author, TV personality, and world traveling chef, Anthony Bourdain, got his start working in seafood restaurant kitchens.
But first things first, Waterford offered a surprise when we arrived on October 1. A group of racers who were sponsored by a local AMSOIL distributor was waiting for us to show off their cars and trophies that had been earned during the season. Terry Eames who runs the track, met us and was very gracious in letting up display our bus up front and next to the main grandstands and also let the AMSOIL race team display its cars inside the fence near the fans.
Waterford Speedbowl
I first came to this track back on August 29, 2005, to visit several of the NASCAR Modified Tour teams. I liked it then and I really like it now. This is a large facility that not only provides well for the fans but is very accommodating to the racers.
Waterford started out as New London Speedway and opened on April 15, 1951. It was somewhat a dirt composition at first and after three races the dust was deemed a problem. It was then paved and a short time later named New London—Waterford Speedbowl. There was a lot of competition from numerous tracks in this region at that time, but Waterford outlasted most of them.
This medium banked track hosts the SK Modifieds, SK Light Mods, Late Models, Street Stocks, Mini Stocks, Legends, Bandoleros, and Super X Cars on a weekly basis on Saturday nights. This is an area where the Modifieds rule and the closest track that "competes" with Waterford is Stafford, but it runs its programs on Friday nights.
So, many teams opt to run both tracks and in 2011 Keith Rocco won the track SK Mod championship at Waterford and came in Second in points in the same class at Stafford. This is something we heard for years about racing in the Northeast. A team could conceivably run three or four races a week in and around New York, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. From our base in Mystic, we could reach any of those states in three hours or less.
In 2001, the track began running the Wild 'n' Wacky Wednesday series designed for more inexpensive racing, both for the teams and the spectators. It's a family night where Mom and Dad can take the kids on an outing and enjoy the racing programs at a discount over the weekend shows.
There was a threat of rain on this Saturday night, but it never really materialized. So, the racing action proceeded. I was impressed with how many teams were on hand. There were a large number of Legends and Bandoleros cars. It's always good to see younger drivers building their experience and confidence in these types of cars. And head-and-neck restraints were being used throughout the classes
At a medium-banked track like the 3/8-mile Waterford, these newbies can hone their racing skills that don't just involve learning how to go fast, but how to pass and work traffic and how to concentrate long enough to take the checkered flag.
As far as the action goes, there was plenty of side-by-side racing in all divisions, especially with the SK modifieds. The sign out front touts that, but in my notes I took, I called out the great door to door racing long before I took the photo at the top of this article.
Waterford is one of those tracks where we get a comfortable feeling that the community supports the racing. And that is crucial to the very existence of racetracks. Here, on this night, as soon as the fans realized that the rain was not coming, they arrived in good numbers and the event went off very well.
I really believe that the length of the track, the medium banking and the class structure and number of classes will all add up to success for this track for many years to come. With continued community support and a program that encourages youth participation and providing the entry-level classes to enable that, Waterford is a model track.
Seekonk Speedway
This was our first and only venture into the state of Massachusetts and we couldn't have picked a better weekend for racing. This was the DAV Fall Classic race that featured the Bob Valenti Modified Racing Series as well as the NEMA, Northeastern Midget Association cars along with the SYRA, Seekonk Youth Racing Association, and other classes for a total of 12 divisions.
Other classes present were the Pro 4 racers, Late Models, Super Trucks, Pro Stocks, Pure Stocks, Sport Fours, Sport Trucks, and Street Stocks. This made for a very busy schedule, but the track ran everything right on schedule.
Seekonk had an early start compared to other New England tracks. It first opened on May 30, 1946. Remember that WWII ended just months earlier in the later part of 1945. D. Anthony Venditti began construction of the track immediately after the war was over and must have been quite a visionary. He knew that the returning soldiers and the families they would spawn would need both an outlet for their youthful energy and a place for the family to go for entertainment. Racetracks, at that time, fulfilled both needs.
Francis Venditti, Anthony's son, hosted our visit and along with his mother has operated the track since his father died in 1991. From 1946 till now with one family in ownership is a long time for uninterrupted management of a racetrack. It's a monument to the vision of this family that it could remain successful year after year.
Before going to Seekonk, I had visited Spafco Race Chassis and car builder Ken Barry and his dad, Art, at their shop in Preston, Connecticut. There we talked about setups, his cars and his upcoming SK race that weekend at Seekonk. We compared notes, discussed all of the various things that go into the setup of the SK Modifieds and came to some conclusions for a package we both thought would do well.
Previously, Ken had said that Seekonk had not been that good of a track for him and I think it may have been because some of the other tracks he runs are special, in that they are very hard on tires and the setups need to be different to compensate. We could go more conventional here.
We basically put the car into a normal and balanced setup without any rear steer or Ackermann. Once he tried the car out, everything felt good. In the heats, he gained five positions from the draw placement farther back and this helped him get a good starting spot in the feature.
Starting third in the 100-lapper, within less than 30 laps he had taken the lead and held it for another 60 or so laps. The car was set up a bit tight the whole way and one driver caught and got around Ken, but he and this other car cruised away from the field and he finished Second. For me, it was fun to again be involved in working with a car after being on the road for so long and being relegated to only watching racers race.
The Midget races were very interesting too. It was evident that the cars that took care of the tires moved to the front and dominated. Interestingly, the car that ultimately won and was considerably faster than the field was sponsored by Hoosier as evidenced by the huge Hoosier painted on the side of the car.
We came away from Seekonk feeling like short track racing was indeed alive and well, at least in this part of the country. There were a lot of teams who participated, many, many fans who came out for three days of racing and none were disappointed.
These last two weekends concluded our 2011 AMSOIL Great American CT Tour of the Northeastern portion of the country. I basically saw what I expected having heard all of the tales of the huge following that comes with racing in this region. And at the same time I was energized by all of that because until you are there and living it, you just don't get the feel of it.
The country was beautiful, the people were the best we've met so far on our U.S. Tour, both locally and at the tracks, and the history moved us. We took time to visit the countryside including great parts of every state we moved through and lived in.
From the cornfields of Ohio through the coal fields of Pennsylvania, into the Adirondack Mountains and up along the Saint Lawrence Seaway we traveled. Across the northern boundary of New York next to Canada to Vermont and into northern New Hampshire and atop Mount Washington we continued to explore.
We based our camp at several spots in Maine and took in the Acadia National Park choosing to camp on the "quiet side" of Mount Desert Island, on the opposite side of Bar Harbor and away from all of the tourists.
We put down our bus levelers at a great KOA campground just outside Mystic, Connecticut, as a base of operations when we visited in and around that area and up to Cape Cod. And through all of that, we still were not tired of this trip. That says volumes about where we had been and who we had met.
And so, now that we've had a chance to rest up through the winter, we're looking forward to our third phase of the U.S. Tour. We will be traveling to the upper Midwest, leaving in the third week of June this year. We start our journey in Michigan and move across the northern states through Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North and South Dakota, and into Montana.
We'll then move south into Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, and across the wheat belt through Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa completing what I kiddingly and unofficially call the 2012 End of the World Tour. If all that has been speculated about the world coming to an end this year comes to fruition (which I seriously doubt), we hope to be at Yellowstone National Park when that caldera blows. I for one don't wish to be among the survivors in that scenario.
Anyway, we've had a blast so far and met lots of great racers, learned volumes about short track racing in America. Hopefully, we have contributed to your knowledge of the sport to the end that our reports have provided some valuable information that can be used to promote our sport and make it better. I think we have met those obligations and will continue this journey to the final chapter along the West Coast next year.
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The pits at Waterford sport an official's tower where they keep close track of all of the classes. Information is openly displayed where drivers can view the lineup on the way out to the track.Waterford had a nice, level concrete pad where teams could check their ride height, and so on. These setup pads are welcomed by the crews when changes need to be made to spring rates or other parameters and the car then needs to be re-weighed or re-aligned.The beginner classes are always a welcome sight. Here, Jr is prepped by Dad prior to a practice session. The HANS device isn't required, but I see more and more responsible parents purchasing these for their young racers.I have complained about the lack of right upper control arm angles in the Northeast Modifieds, but this team has it all figured out, in my humble opinion. This angle must be matched by a sufficient angle in the left upper control arm to position the moment center far enough left in the car.It was hotter in Waterford and Seekonk than it was in Daytona Beach, Florida, the two weekends we visited and this Legends team has the solution. Double fans attempt to cool the engine.The old race cars create a lot of interest as history plays a big part in the popularity of NE racing. This car represents S.T.A.R., or Senior Tour Auto Racers organization and was on display in the grandstand area at Seekonk.I honestly can't think of a better way for Dad and Son (or Daughter for that matter) to spend their time together than to be working on a race car and going to the races. You just gotta know this youngster is going to grow up with better values because of it.
Ken Barry's SK Modified is the platform for give-away candy for this pit party where the fans can come in and mingle with the crews and drivers. Ken and I had fun working out a setup for Seekonk and after leading the most laps finished Second.This Mini-car lines up for the feature. Note the GoPro camera mounted on the roof. It's probably for show and tell at school on Monday.I just love these retro haulers. This one, used by the Ryan Preece Modified team, is in mint condition and still provides all that is needed to transport car and tools to the track each week. Bob Garbarino, another Northeast Modified team owner and multi-time champion in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour has an antique hauler that is still in use.


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