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The Northland Lodge is part rich history, part Minnesota forest beauty and 100 percent family fun. At its heart - in more ways than one - is its landmark log lodge, built in 1919 and exuding every traditional family vacation that it has hosted. Today, the modern updates are obvious: the heated swimming pool with slide, air conditioned cabins, the sundeck - but the Northland Lodge will take you back to a simpler time when the fishing was great and the fun never stopped. The resort hosts summer children's activities, along with rentals for renowned Lake Winnibigoshish fishing. And across the street the Chippewa National Forest stretches for miles, perfect for hiking, hunting & snowmobiling.
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- Pets Allowed
- Property Size 12 units
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- Kids Allowed
- Nearby City Deer River
- Nearby Water Lake Winnibigoshish
- Open Dates All Year
This updated Minnesota family resort represents decades of vacation tradition. The kids will love the heated pool, the full playground and the daily resort-led summer children's activities that celebrate fishing and nature; you'll love your family days on the forest trail or on Lake Winnibigoshish.
With its soft bottom, weeds and rocky underwater structure, Lake Winnibigoshish is one of Minnesota's most renowned fisheries for walleye, record muskie, northern, perch and bass. Let Northland Lodge help you get out there with rental boats, motors, dockage and a full line of live bait onsite!
The pride of the Northland Lodge is its log lodge building, finished in 1919 for the Minneapolis Hunting Club. The craftsmen who cut and assembled the huge Norway pine logs made sure that the lodge would stay standing for generations. Today, it's "activity central" with game room, snack shop & more.
The Northland Lodge rests in an ideal vacation spot on the 57,000-acre Lake Winnibigoshish - or "Lake Winnie," as it's known here. You'll find complete boat rentals, dockage, bait and more, along with the relaxed ambiance of a classic Minnesota lake getaway on Minnesota's fifth-largest lake.
This is an enviable position for any resort - the Northland Lodge occupies federally leased land in the heart of the Chippewa National Forest. That means thousands of acres of year round nature, along with plenty of groomed and ungroomed trails for hiking, snowmobiling and cross country skiing.
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Twelve air-conditioned, one- to four-bedroom housekeeping cabins uphold the long tradition of Northland Lodge while providing plenty of modern comfort. Microwaves, coffee makers & grills combine with warm wood interiors for an atmosphere that instantly puts you in the Minnesota Northland spirit.
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- Freshwater Fishing
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Nearest Airports
- Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport (BRD) / 67.5 miles
- Chisholm Hibbing Airport (HIB) / 60.2 miles
- Falls International Airport (INL) / 88.9 miles
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You know what's missing from today's video game line-up? More games involving a sadistic looking child who moves faster than a hamster on PCP and defeats his enemies by kicking footballs at them. So you can imagine my utter joy then when I discovered that the SNES has a title just like this, dubbed The Adventures of Kid Kleets/Soccer Kid. You can also imagine the sheer hate and vitriol that spewed forth after about 5 minutes of trying to play it.
Playing as a small child who's name I neither know nor give a shit about, you journey across the world to save the world cup from aliens. Probably. Perhaps. I have no real idea. You can kick a football at some random nonsensical bad guys (including an old man on a motorbike and a mechanic who launches wrenches at your face like Patches O'Houlihan) but doing so makes the game incredibly difficult. I found a better method, however, which is to ignore the entire mechanics of the game and just run to end of each level.
Now, I would never call a game broken, but when the very mechanic that the game is built around makes the game stupidly difficult and is totally pointless, you have to question the mentality of the developers.
I have to add that I have not finished this title. I also have to add that I would rather stick my genitals inside a bees nest while dressed like Winnie the Pooh than play through this game in its god-awful entirety.
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Alle-Kiski Valley gambling machines gone
The Brackenridge American Legion, after being hit with three liquor law violations in two years, has dealt itself out of the video gambling business.
R.J. Collins, post commander and president of the Post Home Association, said he had the four video poker and video slot machines removed Feb. 8 from the premises on First Avenue. The next day, Post 226 began serving a five-day suspension of its liquor license for allegedly making payouts on the machines. It was fined $1,000.
Collins said, "This is my concern on whether I put the machines back in: I have weddings coming up, graduation parties coming up. If we get suspended, I can't have them."
He was referring to the kind of events, which usually serve alcoholic beverages, attracted to the Legion's large banquet rooms. The banquet business has been a financial pillar for the post for years.
The bar business and the video gambling machines also are revenue streams that help pay the bills, maintain the facilities and provide money for community outreach such as sponsoring youth sports teams and making charitable contributions.
Frank Svitek, a World War II veteran and the post's financial officer, said it cost $382,000 to operate the post in 2010.
Collins said the video gambling proceeds covered about 25 percent of the organization's annual budget.
"Right now, we're going to have trouble paying the bills," Svitek said. "We can't survive without them. We're right about breaking even with them."
"Those machines really help us," Collins said. "Even though you're busy at the bar, you're not making enough to cover things like utilities."
"They're making things tough on us veterans," he said of liquor control officials.
A troubling trend
Collins is troubled by the attention his post gets from the State Police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement. He said there are plenty of bars and clubs that have video gambling machines and doesn't understand why the association keeps getting singled out.
Most citations result from someone filing a complaint with the state Liquor Control Board.
"When you call to complain to the LCB, that's all anonymous," Collins, a Korean War vet and retired policeman, said. "You should be able to confront your accuser. Even if I appeal this and go before one of their judges, I still don't face my accuser."
"I would just like to know who is turning us in and what their problem is with us," he said.
Collins said nobody has complained to him about the machines.
"I've never had a wife or anybody call up and complain about losing too much money here," he said.
If someone has a grudge against the Legion or himself, Collins said he has no idea who or why.
He produced letters from Brackenridge Police Chief Jamie Bock and Mayor Tom Kish vouching for how the Legion is operates and its significance to the community.
"The department has not had any serious calls to the establishment and the post strictly complies to the LCB rules of closing on time, etc.," Bock said in his letter dated Oct. 31, 2010.
Collins said Legion bartenders shut off any rowdy drunks. The offender's next offense results in a 30-day membership suspension.
"I've already given members 90 days," he said. "I feel that we control what we have here -- every Tom, Dick and Harry just can't walk in."
State hypocrisy
Svitek said it's hypocritical for a state agency to come down on the Legion for gambling.
The state is a gambling sponsor and provider, he said, citing the Pennsylvania Lottery and state-licensed casinos such as The Rivers in Pittsburgh.
"They encourage people to gamble, but then they penalize people for doing it," Svitek said.
He wondered if cracking down on gambling machines at clubs like the Legion is another way of steering people to casinos.
The same week in 2010 when the Brackenridge Legion was cited by the LCE, the 6,328 video slot machines at The Rivers and The Meadows in Washington County, grossed $10.9 million, according to Pennsylvania Gaming Board records
Collins said the state hurts local communities by cracking down on clubs.
"You know The Rivers Casino, they don't send any donations up here to help the local community out like we do," Collins said.
George Matta, public relations director for The Rivers, said the casino does provide $1 million per year for three years each to two Pittsburgh nonprofit economic development groups, the Northside Leadership Conference and the Hill Community Development Corp. That amounts to $6 million over three years. He was uncertain about other contributions.
Collins, however, was quick to point out that his association made about $5,000 in charitable contributions to groups in the Alle-Kiski Valley, including Eureka Fire and Rescue, the Salvation Army, the Marine Corps' Toys for Tots campaign and the Fraternal Order of Police.
Collins said the association has made banquet facilities available for post-funeral meals at no cost to the grieving families and has a standing offer to assist the elderly and disabled residents at the nearby Dalton's Edge housing complex.
"If something goes wrong over there, the residents can come over her and stay," he said.
Based on Collins' estimate of how much of the Legion's 2010 budget for which the machines provide money, the amount would be $95,500. The $5,000 it provides in charitable contributions is about 5.2 percent of that amount.
Who got busted?
The following is a list of Alle-Kiski Valley citations and when they were issued by the Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement for illegal gambling machines in 2009 and 2010. This list only includes citations handled as criminal cases. Not included are citations issued as "administrative" cases, which are not available from LCE.
Alfie McDuff's, Hawthorne Street, Vandergrift, October 2009.
American Legion, First Ave., Brackenridge, February 2009, November 2009 and August 2010.
American Legion, Constitution Blvd., New Kensington, April 2009.
American Legion, Saltsburg Road, Plum, December 2010.
American Legion, Canal St., Sharpsburg, September 2009 and July 2010.
Creighton Hotel, Freeport Road, East Deer, March 2009 and September 2010.
Drop Inn Tavern, Garfield St., Springdale, December 2009.
Fawn Tavern, Bull Creek Road, Fawn, January 2010.
Hancock Avenue Inn, Hancock Ave., Vandergrift, December 2009.
J.D.'s Roadhouse, Shearsburg Road, Allegheny Township, August 2009.
Lithuanian Society, McKinley Ave., Vandergrift, March 2010.
Loyal Order of Moose, Avonmore, March 2009.
Pod's Landing, Tenth St., Sharpsburg, October 2009.
Seventh Street Sportsmen's Club, Linden Ave., New Kensington, March 2009.
Slovenian Assoc., Thomas St., Plum, February 2010.
Sons of Italy, Fifth Ave., New Kensington, March 2009.
Wenzel's Tavern, Pittsburgh St., Springdale, July 2009.
Wicked Witches, Freeport Road, Harmar, August 2009.
Source: Pennsylvania Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement.


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Locking up mentally ill children in police cells was condemned yesterday by the Deputy Prime Minister.
Nick Clegg said confining mentally ill people, including children, to police custody when appropriate services are not available is wrong.
The Police and Crime Commissioners organisation said that 36% of mentally ill people found in public and held by police end up in cells instead of with health professionals.
Mr Clegg said: "It's unacceptable that children can end up in a cell because the right mental health service isn't available to them. We want a fairer society."
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This week, the California Natural Resources Agency started its three staged process for the release of the preliminary draft of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP).
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with Chapters 5-7 scheduled for release on March 27 and Chapters 8-12 being released during the week of April 22. Each release will be followed by a public meeting. As a "preliminary" draft, this version of the BDCP does not take the place of the formal "public review" process which is expected to be announced later this year. Drafts of the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) are expected to be released in late spring.
As implied by its name, the BDCP is a conservation plan for the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. It is intended to help meet California's co-equal goals to restore the Delta ecosystem and provide more reliable water supplies for Delta water users in a manner that protects and enhances the unique values of the Delta as an evolving place.
The BDCP proposes to accomplish these goals by constructing new infrastructure that will substantially change how water is conveyed and managed in the Delta. This infrastructure includes a new diversion facility in the north Delta and two tunnels to carry the water under the Delta, as well as over 100,000 acres of habitat restoration. The BDCP will serve as the regulatory vehicle for project proponents to agree to implement a suite of habitat restoration measures, other stressor reduction activities, and water operations criteria in return for regulatory agency approval of the necessary long-term permits. The plan, once finalized and approved, would be implemented over a 50-year time frame. A fact sheet comparing the above-ground, 43-mile peripheral canal proposed in the early 1980s to the BDCP proposal for 35 miles of underground tunnels is
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A mother of one died a broken woman after enduring six years of cosmetic surgery to correct facial disfigurement she suffered following a savage beating.
Nicola Davenport, 44, had been punched, kicked, battered with metal sticks and had a plate broken over her head after being caught up in a row at a house party in 2007.
Due to her injuries she contracted a flesh-eating bug which destroyed the skin around her scalp and round her eyes. It left her scarred for life.
Over the years Miss Davenport underwent several skin grafts including many to her eyelids but was still having problems with her scalp and she told her family she "did not want to go on."
On New Years Eve last year she was found collapsed at her home in Bolton, Greater Manchester by a friend. She was taken to hospital in a "profoundly comatose state" and died the following day from a huge blood clot to the brain.
Police who investigated the beating discovered Miss Davenport's attackers were friends of convicted terrorist leader Johnny "Mad Dog" Adair, who fled to the British mainland after being expelled by the Ulster Defence Association in his native Belfast.
Miss Davenport subsequently testified in court over the attack and another woman later went to jail for six months after being convicted of assault. Charges were dropped against two other people.
Today following an inquest, the dead woman's family blamed Miss Davenport's death on the savage beating she received at Adair's hideout in Troon, Scotland.
Her sister Jay, 33, said: "She lost her self-confidence because of the attack and never recovered from it. The bug she contracted as a result made it all the much worse.
"She had to have all the skin removed from her face, her nose all the way around to the back of her head and you could nearly see through to the temples. She was always in and out of hospital. She said she had had enough and didn't want to go on. It has been horrendous."
Her father James, 69, said: "What happened to Nicola was sickening and she was always blown away by the fact one of her attackers only got six months. It seems her attackers were drugged up and battered her with a steel bar. They then kept her in a bedroom until she was brought back to England.
"One of these yobs even urinated on her. This attack was so life-changing it must have some connection with her death.
"My daughter was a beautiful, clever girl but her condition stopped her from doing things. The operations got too much for her and, in some ways, it was like she had given up. I don't think she could take it any more, even though she was a really strong girl.
"I couldn't go through what she went through. She was a beautiful girl, she had beautiful hair, she was devastated about her hair. She always had to have her sunglasses on and would wear them all the time to hide her eyes."
The beating occurred after Miss Davenport travelled to Ayrshire to attend a party with one of Adair's closest friends. At the party a bust-up occurred between Miss Davenport and the friend, and later she was set up by another guest, Jacqueline Irvine, then 44.
Miss Davenport tell how she was punched and kicked by three people until she lost consciousness. She was left with a severe gash to her head, a cut above her left eye and a cut mouth.
She was brought back to England but developed an infection of the scalp and after being admitted to Royal Bolton Hospital was diagnosed as having the flesh-eating bug necrotising fascitis.
Her GP Dr Peter Saul told the inquest: "It causes the bacteria to destroy the skin and in her case the whole of her scalp, the skin was destroyed and to some extent the skin on her upper eye lids."
He said Miss Davenport suffered life-changing facial injuries. Over the years she was to undergo a series of operations and had several skin grafts, including many on her eyelids, and was still having problems with her scalp. Dr Saul said that the procedures had been "very painful".
The inquest heard that she was prescribed strong painkillers, anti-depressants and was also prescribed Warfarin after developing deep vein thrombosis, reducing her blood's ability to clot.
Shortly before her death she was said to have complained of headaches, hallucinations and confusion. When Miss Davenport was later found dying at home it was first believed that she had been the victim of a serious assault and an investigation was carried out - but any third party involvement was ruled out.
Pathologist Dr Philip Lumb said that her injuries had "mimicked" a physical trauma but had in fact been as a result of a naturally occurring source like an aneurysm or infection. He said her death was caused by intercranal haemorrhage and Warfarin treatment for deep vein thrombosis.
He said: "Death was caused by bleeding to the brain. I have carefully considered the bleeding to the injuries in 2007 and couldn't find a link between these two events. This is a naturally occurring bleed, although I can't be sure what the original source was. The blood was not clotting as it ought to be."
Recording a verdict of death by natural causes Bolton assistant coroner Simon Jones said: "Her death may have been in some way related to the clearly horrific injuries sustained in 2007 that required her to have very painful operations over many years.
"The conclusion of Dr Lumb is that neither of these are correct although very badly injured in 2007, that incident has not caused her death nor has she been the subject of any trauma or assault. It was a death at a very young age, a bleed on the brain, that has occurred spontaneously."


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The remodel will be spread across approximately 800 locations this year.
TAMPA, Fla. -- McDonald's may be operating under a new motto: out with the old and in with the new. That's because the quick service restaurant is embarking on a massive remodeling effort, one that is estimated at more than $1 billion and will hit the majority of the 14,000 restaurants in the United States by 2015.
The makeover will do away with the fiberglass tables and industrial steel chairs and replace them with wooden tables and comfortable faux-leather chairs. Gone to history, as well, are neon yellow and bright red interiors, replaced with muted oranges, yellows and subtle greens. The company is also taking away the McDonald's signage, front counter areas and well-known red roofs. And the white exterior will be changed to earth tones and glass, according to the USA Today, which got a sneak peak at the remodel at a location in Tampa.
McDonald's executives are giving an approving nod to the Tampa redo and implementing the changes to approximately 800 locations this year. "McDonald's has to change with the times," Jim Carras, senior vice president of domestic restaurant development for the company told the news outlet. "And we have to do it faster than we ever have before."
Aside from making customers more comfortable, the move is aimed at outpacing its immediate competitors like Burger King and Wendy's, which may not have the money to follow suit. In addition, the company hopes the changes will draw customers away from slightly pricier quick service restaurants like Panera Bread and Chipotle, USA Today reported.
However there is one major risk involved: McDonald's could change so much it becomes unrecognizable to loyal customers. "Flashy décor may not sit well with Middle America," explained Scott Hume, editor of restaurant industry blog BurgerBusiness. "The trick is to go techno without going Jetsons."
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Another package that I cannot live without is VMware Player for Linux.
To my surprise, as part of my reinstallation of CrunchBang, I ran into some difficulty when installing VMware Player.
I first downloaded the latest version of VMware Player (4.0.4) and attempted to install it by following the steps found here to no avail. I received an error message that I needed to update Linux headers, etc. and installation failed on multiple attempts even after upgrading my kernel to the latest one available in the backports.
I came across a thread which mentioned a patch that was required for the installation of VMware player. I downloaded the patch and tried it with no luck. The error message said, "Sorry, this script is only for VMWare WorkStation 8.0.2 or VMWare Player 4.0.2."
When I downloaded version 4.0.4 of VMware Player, I noticed that older versions were also available for download. So I went back to the download page, and got myself version 4.0.2.
I proceeded with the following steps (thanks to this post).
To install the required packages:
~$ sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`
Next, I went to the directory where the downloaded VMware Player file was located:
~$ cd /home/andy/downloads
For a list of the contents of the directory:
~$ ls -l
To install VMware Player 4.0.2:
sudo bash ./VMware-Player-4.0.2-591240.i386
I then applied the patch, which was located in the same directory as the VMware Player installation file:
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They seem to be forgetting that it'll be Obama sitting at the desk doing the signing.
Congress could try to block the second increase, but Obama could veto a "resolution of disapproval" that crosses his desk.
President Obama has signaled that he would not be opposed to vetoing CISPA, should it come to his desk.
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He kept a Bible on his desk in the city room of The New York Times, and wrote like an angel.
He lifted the flap of his desk and kept it up with his head while he surveyed the interior.
He spoke slowly and emphatically and the colonel did not raise his eyes from the desk.
"That's business," said Mr Parmenter, getting up and going to Lennard's desk.
He drew up a chair to the desk and flung his hat on a near-by couch.
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Even though you can't make your home into a carnival or big-top circus every day, it's totally acceptable to transform your kitchen once in a while. The easiest way to do that is by deep-frying anything and everything, whether it's traditional funnel cakes, other homemade versions of carnival food or delicious fried chicken.
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**I had a reader email me to see if I could change the wording on the coloring page for her class. Isn't this a darling idea?!
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What a cute idea!! I am going to print a bunch of these out for the kid's at my Thanksgiving dinner this year! Thank you!
This is great! I bookmarked it for future use. We're definitely having a kids table in our home :).
I love this & I know some mama's that will also. I will share to my fb wall.
So cute! What a great way to keep the littles busy while they wait for dinner!
I love your cute coloring printable! Thank you for sharing. I will print out a few of these to use for my son at Thanksgiving! Pinned! Kim @ This Ole Mom
This is so cute and smart. This is so adorable.. and it keeps your kid busy too
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2013 CRC Speedshow
John & Anna Scarlett Ford Mercury coupe 1LR by Craig Counsell
Re: Castrol EDGE / Teng Tools Custom & Classic Show
Media statement
10 April 2013
Studebaker, Mercury and hand-built bike
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custom show
A rebuilt, customised 1953 Studebaker Starlite Coupe, a radically-customised 1940 Ford Mercury custom convertible and a hand-built, copper-coloured, Harley-powered chopper called Metallic-Ah are the first vehicles to be confirmed for Castrol EDGE / Teng Tools Custom & Classic Show, the new show-within-a-show at July's CRC Speedshow.
CRC Speedshow and director Ross Prevette is delighted with the range and calibre of custom vehicles being submitted as possible entries.
"We're looking for New Zealand's best customised muscle cars, imports, hot rods, pickups, bikes and street machines," says Prevette who used to build custom motorcycles in his previous business before buying CRC Speedshow in 2012.
"Currently we're calling for expressions of interest from owners keen to see their vehicle on display at the Castrol and Teng Tools-backed event. A handful of really top calibre vehicles were quickly accepted by our organising committee and we're all really looking forward to seeing the Studbaker, Mercury and New Zealand-build custom chopper featured at the Castrol EDGE / Teng Tools Custom & Classic Show during the 20 and 21 July running of CRC Speedshow."
Amercian street machine modified 1953 STUDEBAKER STARLITE COUPEs - Trev Halstead
The only vehicle of its kind in New Zealand, the distinctive orange 1953 Studebaker Starlite Coupe was rebuilt from virtually a wreak by Trev Halstead at his Hamilton business Custom and Classic Restorations. The Studebaker was imported from the US in the early 1960s and according to Halstead, spent a lot of time backing a boat into the sea in Dunedin until the mid '80s.
Prevette says: "Now sporting a distinctive custom-blended orange finish, the two-door Studebaker is powered by a big block V8 Chevrolet motor with considerable enhancements to create the sort of unique vehicle which embodies the true spirit of custom vehicle shows."
Having been named the coolest custom at the USA Grand National Roadster Show and voted car of the year at the Goodguys Heartland Nationals, the 1940 Ford Mercury convertible is an outstanding example of the craftsmanship of world-class custom vehicle builders, says Prevette.
"Created by legendary Californian operation Frank DeRosa Customs, the Mercury convertible called Brandy Wine by its New Zealand owners John and Anna Scarlett from Levin has an extensive list of modifications on top of Frank DeRosa's radical design. It's a genuine show-stopper."
Dave Makita - 'Metallic-ah'
The custom chopper called Metallic-Ah is the personal bike of highly-talented panel beater Dave Matika from ABFX in Dunedin. A five year-long project, Matika's low-riding, sexily-curved motorcycle was designed to be as sleek and clean as possible. Its sleek lines received copper-coloured special effect paint and airbrushing while it's powered by a stock Harley 1340cc Evo motor.
"Dave and Metallic-Ah may well have the greatest distance to travel to star at the 2013 Castrol EDGE / Teng Tools Custom & Classic Show," says Prevette. "But their efforts will be worthwhile because it's brilliant to be able to see New Zealand custom vehicle design and workmanship of this calibre."
Prevette says he's still keen to see plenty more vehicles in all categories being submitted.
"The Castrol EDGE / Teng Tools Custom & Classic Show features the best 50 custom cars, pickups and bikes in New Zealand, so if you have a show-ready vehicle in any of the categories, we'd love to hear from you."
Categories are:
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Click on the Castrol EDGE / Teng Tools Custom & Classic Show icon on the CRC Speedshow website, www.speedshow.co.nz for more details and the expression of interest form.


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Wired networking (meetinghouse)
All content on this page is moving to LDS Help Center under the Meetinghouse Technology topic. This page was supposed to be deleted at the end of October 2012.
You may choose to install wired networking connections in a handful of key areas in the meetinghouse. Oftentimes these locations will include places where computers are permanently located, as well as places where you will be viewing or uploading multimedia content. These key areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Clerks' offices
- High Council room
- Chapel Pulpit
- Back side wall of the chapel
- Cultural Hall
- Relief Society room
- Library
- Convenient to satellite and audio cabinets
- Family history center, employment center, or other such collocated office
In a wired network, you run an Ethernet cable from a port in the firewall to each of the computers that need Internet access. Depending on the number of wired connections you have, you may need to go through a switch. Cabling should be installed from a patch panel in a network equipment room to each location. You may wish to consider disconnecting some or all of the connections when not in use. In some cases it may not be feasible or necessary to run wired connection to each of these locations. For example, if it would be especially difficult and costly to run a wired connection to a clerk's office, you may opt to use a wireless or powerline solution instead.
Note: It's important to note that all computers connect to the firewall, not to the ISP modem. Only the firewall connects to the ISP modem. Do not bypass the firewall and connect computers directly to the modem.
Best Practices for Installing Network Cables
Meetinghouses vary in construction and layout. Because of this variety, we provide best practices and guidelines and allow you to implement the network in a way that makes sense in your meetinghouse. Set up a time to review the various access areas in your meetinghouse with your facility manager. You may need to walk through the entire building, opening up each door to find these access points. Look for the following:
Attic access. Many meetinghouses have access to a second floor (especially newer meetinghouses). The attic access may be through a trap door in the ceiling in one of the mechanical closets. It might be a regular, unmarked door in one of the smaller meetinghouse rooms. It might be an elevated door in the cultural hall's stage. Look for this access door. If you can access the second floor, you can run cables much more easily, as you won't need to hide the cables behind walls. As you're exploring the attic, be careful. Don't step in areas of the ceiling that you could fall through. Again, only a qualified engineer or network technician should install the network. Don't send a youth into a tiny crawl space in the attic, where he or she could easily step through the ceiling and fall to the floor.
Drop ceilings. Drop ceilings are paneled ceilings that you can lift up. By lifting up the individual panels, you can easily hide cables above it. Some ceilings may have hollow space above them without panels you can easily lift up.
Crawl spaces. If your meetinghouse doesn't have a full attic space, you may still have crawl spaces available. The crawl spaces often provide access to get to the lighting, sound system, and duct work. The crawl spaces may have less developed floors and paths, and may be surrounded by insulation on the sides. Still, if you have a crawl space, you can lay cable easily here. As you maneuver through a crawl space, be careful. Only step on structures that offer strong support, such as 2 X 4's or plywood draped across walkways that were obviously placed there for the purpose of walking. You don't want to fall through the ceiling!
Existing conduit. If you have existing conduit, you can use that conduit to run cable. A conduit is a tube holding other cables. Using fish tape, you can push or pull your new Ethernet cable through the conduit. At times the conduits may be exposed on the outsides of walls. Increased visibility of cables is always less ideal, but it can provide an established path to run cable. If you group Ethernet cables with other cables, be aware of electromagnetic interference. Although following an electric cable through a point in the ceiling may seem like a good plan, electromagnetic interface from the other cables can cause the data traveling through the Ethernet cable to fluctuate.
Cinderblock walls. Wireless signals will have a hard time passing through cinderblock or brick walls. If your meetinghouse's walls are primarily cinderblock or brick, you may need to run more wired connections than you think. Don't expect a wireless access point to cover as much ground as they do in meetinghouses that have plaster walls.
Existing jacks. Look for jacks in the wall that have phone lines leading through wall conduits. If phone cables already have a path through the walls, you can piggyback on those paths to add Ethernet cables. As you're handling electrical wires, be careful. If you don't know what a particular wire is or what purpose it serves, avoid handling it or detaching it from other cables. With electricity, you run the risk of electrocution. Again, this is why it's important to strategize your network setup with your facility manager, who knows the building well.
Wired networking pros and cons
- Faster, more consistent network speeds. Data consistently travels faster over wire than it does by air.
- Less susceptible to interference.
- Tighter control and security. Wired networking allows you to control more tightly which computers can access the Internet and reduces the risk that someone will be using the Internet without permission.
- Limited by reach of wires. You can only place computers as far away as you can wire them. If all of your computers are in a centralized location in your meetinghouse, this won't pose a problem, but if you plan on having computers in many locations, you will need a way to reach them with an Ethernet cable.
- Limited number of ports. The meetinghouse firewall comes with a limited number of built in Ethernet ports: (1) the Cisco 881W has 4 ports; (2) the Cisco PIX has 4 ports; and (3) the Cisco ASA has 7 ports. You will be limited to that number of computers unless you invest in other networking devices (such as a switch) to expand your number of ports. While this can be done without too much trouble, it does add a layer of complexity to your network in regard to future changes and troubleshooting.


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GONCALO M is actuality one of the best Techno djs from Portugal. He was born on March 25th of 1978, in Portugal. He started his DJ career in 1997, strongly influenced by the electronic music and the djs of that time.
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He started his producer career in 2002, he has 4 tracks on cd released in "Dance Club" (Portuguese Dance Magazine). Goncalo M founded his own label with Mario Henriques (Huma-noyd) in 2004, we're speaking of Intuition Recordings Portugal in which you can find the first release "Techno Intuition".
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Monday, 28 May, 2001, 22:57 GMT 23:57 UK
Violent parents in 'school rage'
By BBC News Online's Katherine Sellgren at the NAHT conference in Harrogate
Head teachers are protesting against what they claim is a significant increase in assaults on school staff by parents.
And they want the right to exclude the children of parents who have behaved aggressively while on school premises.
These violent incidents have been likened to road rage and dubbed "school rage" by head teachers attending the National Association of Head Teachers' conference in Harrogate.
Among the factors fuelling this increase in aggression, say head teachers, is a cycle of poor parenting, which means that neither parents or children know how to behave.
"It's evidence of poor parenting - and a long-term social problem in which parents don't know how to behave properly and don't know how to bring up their youngsters," said Chris Thatcher, a primary head teacher in Coventry.
And he rejected claims that it would be unfair to expel pupils because of the misbehaviour of their parents.
'Zero tolerance'
Mr Thatcher said when parents were threatening the safety staff it was no longer possible to work with the family and that a "fresh start" in another school would help the pupil.
The NAHT says last year there were 140 cases in which parents were banned from school premises after violent incidents.
The head teachers' union says this is the "tip of the iceberg" and that there has been a "significant deterioration" in the behaviour of parents collecting pupils from school or attending parents' evenings.
And in response the union says it wants a "zero tolerance" policy towards unruly parents, including the right to exclude the children of disruptive parents.
"If the relationship between the parents and the school has irretrievably broken down because of ... violence or threatened violence, there is absolutely no reason why the school should be expected to educate their child," says the union.
The union is also calling for a change to the law on parenting orders, so that parents convicted of offences against school staff could be banned from school premises.
And the union urges local education authorities to take a tougher line to protect teachers from aggressive parents - and for the courts to pursue incidents in which school staff are threatened.
The union's general secretary, David Hart, said the "rising tide" of assaults and threats of violence against his members must be reversed as soon as possible.
"It is absolutely intolerable that public servants should be subjected to increasing risk of injury and abuse," Mr Hart said.
"Of course we will continue to recover substantial compensation on behalf of our members.
"But it would be infinitely preferable if firm and decisive action were taken by government, local education authorities and law enforcement agencies to protect those responsible for running vital public services," he said.
A head's story
Head teacher Roger Brind, who has been physically assaulted twice and verbally abused on a number of occasions, said violence towards staff was 10 times more prevalent now than when he became a head in 1980.
While almost all the parents at his school - Trelai Primary in Cardiff - were very supportive a small minority caused problems, he said.
The increased risk of violence was having an effect on recruiting staff to senior posts, he said.
"I've had fewer and fewer people applying for senior positions," he said.
Commenting on the two occasions when he was assaulted - one time a parent spat in his face, another a parent held a knife to his face - Mr Brind said: "It's like being put through a mangle and wrung out".
"It is stressful - I've had time off work through stress after these incidents, and I'm a strong character, not the type of person to be pushed over easily," he added.
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Secret Machines has respectably graduated with honors from the school of Spacemen 3 and Spiritualized. The promise of the band's 2004 debut LP Now Here is Nowhere hinted at this, and since the band has successfully synthesized the toughness of their "New York Sound" with the spaced-out energy of their past accomplishments and influences. Ten Silver Drops is the band's logical next step toward the beginning-to-end killer record that is the Secret Machines' destiny.
It's no secret that this band takes influence from Krautrock faves Neu! as well as stadium-fillers such as Pink Floyd, but this product is one that couldn't possibly have come to fruition without the existence of bands like Luna and the aforementioned Spacemen 3/Spiritualized to cushion these influences. On Ten Silver Drops, relished forms such as psychedelic drone and dreamy shoegaze intermingle in an accessible form with New Wave sensibility and poignant, simple lyrics. It's the technical performance that's stunning, though: "Alone, Jealous and Stoned" bleeds into a lackadaisical instrumental overture around the four-minute mark; the eight-minute "Daddy's in the Doldrums" bass and drums battery power is simply throttling every time.
Secret Machines
Ten Silver Drops
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Those who love the queasy electronics of the Flaming Lips circa The Soft Bulletin and Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots will appreciate the flares Secret Machines launches. The back-to-back "Daddy's in the Doldrums" and "I Hate Pretending" are particularly stomping exercises in modern psychedelica, though Secret Machines leaves behind all of the cartoonish filler in lieu of an intensity comparable to Bowie's industrial-age (think Outside) outbursts.
Secret Machines predictably bleed from arrangement to chaos in many of their songs, which begs the question of why they choose to feign structure when their strength is clearly corralling spaced-out instrumentals. Nearly every song receives the complete meltdown treatment, which is not to discount their structured arrangement, but something profound lies in the madness, something simple and true and innate; something that no amount of practice could provide without a certain kind of free-willed brainpower behind its creation.
Still, simple truths aside, Secret Machines' songs wouldn't be nearly as anthemic without their shoutable lyrics that beg for apathetic sing-along. There are small profundities that ring true out of these proclamations, lines such as, "It's only love / That's all / Just faded lines" ("Faded Lines") and "If I were forced to choose / What I have, I have to lose / I need love / That don't mean I need you" ("1,000 Seconds"). It's not that the lyrics are bad by any means; rather, that their simplicity is overshadowed by the ever-present monolithic sonics of the album.
Ten Silver Drops is a record made for being played at extreme volumes. It gains a strange and soothing poignance coming too-loud from speakers threatening to blow. For all the appreciable chaos, by the time "1,000 Seconds" comes—the album's peaceful closing track—Secret Machines is a band that deserves the tags it's been given, specifically the ones that claim this is where Pink Floyd has led us, and perhaps that they are the future of accessible space-rock, especially considering the Flaming Lips' poor performance on their most recent effort. Still, Ten Silver Drops stands on its own, feeding our fancies until Secret Machines kicks out that classic album we're still waiting on.
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The United Nations refugee agency, the UNHCR, is trying to draw attention to the challenges it faces in trying to help refugees and displaced people.
Last year saw a reduction in refugees, but 17 million people still fled their homes because of war or persecution.
The current crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan is latest to face the UNHCR.
World Refugee Day is an attempt to get the international community to remember the refugees' plight and do more to help them.
High Commissioner Ruud Lubbers and Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie are in Barcelona for events including a dialogue on conflict resolution and reconciliation and an annual awards ceremony.
Other scheduled events include an Ecuadorian festival of films directed by refugees and a march by refugee students in Sierra Leone.
Pope John Paul II used his weekly address in Saint Peter's square to urge the
international community to do more to help refugees.
"Every person needs a safe environment to live in," he said.
'Logistical nightmare'
One area where help is urgently needed is in Darfur in western Sudan, where hundreds of thousands of civilians caught up in fighting are facing starvation.
More than a million people have fled their homes. Some have managed to escape to neighbouring Chad, where they are getting aid from the UNHCR.
Ms Jolie visited the refugees in Chad earlier this month.
The camps are under-funded and the situation is a "logistical nightmare," she told BBC News Online's Talking Point programme.
"There is panic on the ground to get people to safety.
"We need funding - but we just have to get in there," she added.
More than three million Afghans have returned there since the overthrow of the Taleban two-and-a-half years ago.
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WHILE Worcestershire continues to battle the wind and rain, an intrepid adventurer from Upton-upon-Severn is preparing to tackle some extreme weather of another sort.
Rob Cooke, a former Upton Primary and Hanley Castle High School student who now lives in Canada, will be braving freezing temperatures as he takes on the 1,000- mile Yukon Quest in Canada – widely billed as the toughest dog sled race in the world.
Mr Cooke, age 46, and his kennel of 45 Siberian huskies have spent the winter training for the two-week event, which will see him battling temperatures of minus 60C and going up to two days at a time without seeing anyone as he mushes his way across the wilderness. Mr Cooke and his wife Louise first kept huskies when they still lived in the UK, entering them in races and even winning the best Siberian rosette at Crufts back in 2003.
Mr Cooke first went to Canada in 2005 when he sent by the Royal Navy on an exchange posting with the Canadian Airforce.
After Mr Cooke left the navy in 2008, the couple started to think about training up their own dogs to run the Yukon Quest.
They took the first steps towards making that dream a reality last winter, when Mr Cooke completed challenging 200 and 300-mile qualification races to earn the right to compete in the prestigious event.
After spending the last few months training in Whitehorse, Mr Cooke is now eagerly awaiting the extreme challenge in store when the race gets under way at the start of February.
He said: "The Yukon Quest is billed as the toughest sled dog race on earth. It takes in four major summits, including the notorious Eagle Summit that has claimed the lives of dogs in the past and almost done for a few mushers.
"Normally about 20 to 30 competitors sign up each year and only about half finish each year.
Fewer people have finished the quest than have climbed Mount Everest."
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Milwaukee's Albatross banks on "Greatest Hits" album
When it came time for Milwaukee band Albatross -- a foursome composed of Nicole Szydlowski on vocals and guitar, Dale Tuchalski on bass, Bob Lukomski on guitar and Andy Crownover on drums -- to release its debut album, band members decided to call it "Greatest Hits."
"We wanted to start off strong," says Lukomski.
Powered by female vocals, Albatross is making a name for itself. Since forming a little over two years ago and experiencing musical chairs with bandmates the group has now found its groove.
"We play originals as well as cover songs," Lukomski adds. "It's good old-fashioned, down-and-dirty rock 'n' roll."
The benefit of playing both originals and covers, according to Lukomski, is that the Milwaukee market is geared towards cover bands, so why not give the people what they want while adding in original songs, too?
Covers on the band's set list include Grand Funk Railroad's "We're An American Band," The Cars' "You're All I've Got Tonight," Collective Soul's "Shine" and "You Oughta Know" by Alanis Morisette.
And they love live performances.
"I love the energy and adrenaline," says Lukomski. "You can't beat it."
"Greatest Hits" contains five songs, each offering a bounty of instrumental talent, from the guitar solos in opening track "Every Day" to the slide guitar on "(I Can't) Breathe." The third track, "Gimme A Sign," has a great opening hook reminiscent of the Black Crowes with a hint of Heart.
Where the musical strength of the album grows, the vocals seem to sink. Szydlowski, although giving it her best, often doesn't make the grade. Albatross' potential is there, but overnight success isn't in the cards.
Albatross will play Calhoun Station, 1849 S. Calhoun Rd., in New Berlin on Saturday, Oct. 15.
The band's Web site is my.execpc.com/~agc/.
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JJM said: Nicole is a terrible singer. Reccomend the band to find a new one.
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chris robinson said: can i get nicole's autograph? i love when she does "weave". jenn has got nothing on her.... nicole you're the greatest.
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Guitar Bob said: Albatross thanks you for your very supportive comments! Herein is another fine example of why we love our fans so much! Constructive criticism is a great thing. Some is useful; some isn't. But all of it is appreciated. We always want to hear what you think of the band, whether bad or good (preferably good). And by the way, speaking of hot bandmembers...why hasn't anyone mentioned the guitar player with the sexiest legs in all of rock & roll?
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Spanish women in the Rías Baixas region are making a name for themselves producing the area's speciality wine, Albariño. Albariño is a white wine with heavily fruited undertones, and some in the wine industry insult the female winemakers, saying Albariño is a women's wine. But winemaker Luisa Freire Plana thinks "it's a wine too complex for men." The area is the only in Spain that produces solely white wine, and women run more than half of the region's wineries. (Women have been becoming a force in other winemaking regions, such as the hamlet of Barolo, as well, so their dominance in the Rías Baixas region has nothing to do with the fact that the area specialized in white wine.) Albariño is actually made from the same grapes as simple table wines, so might assume that women winemakers are doing so well in this particular region because the wine they create is basic; however, the women use special techniques to create more complex wines from them. They're taking something simple and making it more complicated, which men often say we do about everything, but in the case of Albariño, that's not a bad thing. [WSJ]


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New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady addressed the media as the team opened training camp on Thursday. Brady was asked if he had been contacted by former tight end Aaron Hernandez, who was charged with first-degree murder in the killing of Odin Lloyd, but was told by Patriots vice president of media relations Stacey James to not comment on that situation as the legal process is ongoing.
"Stacey told me I can't comment on any of that," Brady said. "Stacey told me — it's a good question, but I'm not supposed to comment on any of those things.
"I'm really not supposed to comment on Aaron."
While Brady could not delve into specifics on Hernandez, he did discuss his own emotions upon hearing the news that a teammate was charged with murder.
"How long ago was that? About six weeks ago," Brady said. "I think everyone had a certain range of emotions, whatever they might have been but those were really personal and I dealt with them. At some point you have to move forward and I think we as a team are doing that. the best part is really coming out to start the football season and talk about what the challenges we have ahead of us and certainly it's been a challenging offseason but we're going to try to move forward as best we know how.
"There's a very human, compassionate element that we all have and when it's someone you know has been on our team, it's a very sad thing," Brady added. "I think that we as a team have tried to move forward with better awareness and understanding of these types of things. Hopefully nothing like this ever happens again."
Brady said that the Patriots need to "re-establish what we're all about", which was "to win games" and represent the community.
"We're here to try to win football games and try to represent all of New England," said Brady. "I think that we try to do that the best way we know how. There's a very high standard that so many guys have really set forth before I got here, when I got here. I learned from Drew Bledsoe and he was such a great example of what a person, how they should act on the field and off the field. Hopefully some of the younger players can look at some of these captains out here today as role models. That's usually a good example to lead by."
Winning games will be difficult without Hernandez and perhaps Rob Gronkowski, who is on the "physically unable to perform" list after undergoing forearm and back surgeries this offseason. With Wes Welker, Brandon Lloyd, Deion Branch and Danny Woodhead off the roster, Brady was asked about adjusting to new targets in the passing game.
"There's quite a bit of turnover, like we all know and we've seen. I'm used to that," Brady said. "There's not many things that I haven't had to deal with over the course of my time – at tight end or running back or receiver or offensive line. We'll try to find a way to make it work. We have five or six weeks until our first game. We have nine practices until we go practice against Philly. I'm excited. We put a lot of work in this spring to see where we're at now. Hopefully we can start building on where we left off six weeks ago."
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Congress "reforms" healthcare with a bill so large that our national leaders haven't read it. These days, the laws are complex and not written in plain English. This means that most people cannot engage them. Alan Siegel wants to change that.
This week's TED talk is very short. However, it couldn't be more timely.
The recent healthcare bill and the now overturned is an excellent example of a law whose complicated language has confused people. In a rather infamous remark, Nancy Pelosi declared that the Congress needed to pass the bill in order to see what was in it. Why? Because it was a huge bill full of references to pre-existing laws that made no sense to anyone who tried to make their way through it. There would literally be a discovery process for people on the receiving end of the new law (and it's corresponding taxes)! If the bill was shorter and written in plain English, people might be surprised to find out that taxation begins immediately but most benefits do not kick in until 2014 – for example.
I believe that Siegel is on to something. If laws were more accessible – if people knew what they were getting themselves into – then political activism would be on the rise. As it stands, most people are content with vague notions of "common good" and "equal opportunities" and allow themselves to be won over by the side that can appeal to this sentimentality the best. However, sentimentality cannot hold a candle to one's pocket book. If costs, mandates, and opportunity losses were made clear, people would likely be less inclined to vote for the healthcare bill.
What do you think? If the laws were written in plain English, would you read them?
I'm open to being wrong on this one. After all, the 17 page Arizona law was written in plain English and the President's top advisers didn't even read the thing before slandering it. Perhaps simplicity will not overcome our bigger problem: apathy.'


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Ed Carpenter, driver and owner for Ed Carpenter Racing, bounced back from a disappointing finish at the Indianapolis 500 to win Saturday evening's nationally televised Verizon IndyCar Series Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway.
Carpenter has made just two starts this season as he is splitting driving duties with Mike Conway, but he has extremely impressive in both. After being in strong contention for the win at Indianapolis only to be knocked out of the race with 25 laps remaining after being caught up in an accident, Carpenter made sure he ran up front throughout the late stages of the Firestone 600, leading 66 of the final 67 laps of the 248-lap event.
"It's just good to bounce back," Carpenter said. "Nothing really totally makes up for a missed opportunity, but at the same time, it always feels good to win, especially at a place like this."
Heading into this Verizon IndyCar Series season, Carpenter decided to split his team's driving duties. He would be an oval-only competitor and English driver Mike Conway was brought on board to compete on road and street courses for the Chevrolet-powered No. 20 Fuzzy's Vodka/Ed Carpenter Racing team. Just eight races into the season, the move has paid off handsomely thus far with the team notching marquee wins with Conway in Long Beach and Carpenter's win in the Firestone 600.
"(The team) has been giving us great cars all year for myself and Mike (Conway), so it's nice to be able to deliver," Carpenter said." I'm just really proud of the whole team and the effort and proud to be able to represent Fuzzy's and do a good job for them with how much they've supported us the past two-and-a-half years. It's good for everyone involved."
Carpenter dominated late in the Firestone 600 and appeared to be coasting to victory with an 18-second lead before Takuma Sato's No. 14 ABC Supply/A.J. Foyt Racing Honda engine blew with seven laps remaining. The caution brought the cars together again for a two-lap shootout to the checkered flag.
While most drivers pitted under caution, including points leader Will Power who was running sixth at the time, the top three - Carpenter, Juan Pablo Montoya and Tony Kanaan - all stayed out.
"On one hand, I was nervous because I wasn't sure what the right decision was for us to make," said Carpenter on the decision to not pit. "It's hard to pit, but we were pretty far into our tires and you know new tires are going to be strong.
"I figured we'd stay out with that few of laps left. I wasn't sure how many guys would pit. I knew some would, but just fortunate there were three laps left and we were able to get a good enough restart. I'm guessing probably many more laps left than what we were going to have, we probably would have had to pit. It was a handful the last couple laps, but you get in that position and I've got to make sure I bring it home for the guys. I felt like it was our race to win."
A great restart gave Carpenter the space he needed to cruise to the win, but Power's four new tires on the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet propelled him from sixth to second. Had there been many more laps remaining, it looked as if Power would catch the leader.
"Certainly new tires are a pretty big advantage when we were about 30 some laps into mine," Carpenter said. "Certainly wouldn't have been able to hold him off much longer, but there were only four laps to go, three to go when we took the start, so the guys made the right call."
The victory was the third of Carpenter's career and his first since winning the 2012 season finale at Fontana. In his previous 12 starts at Texas Motor Speedway, he had just one top-five finish - fourth last year - and led one lap (2009) before breaking through Saturday night to become the first American to win at Texas since Sam Hornish Jr. in 2007.
Power, with his runner-up finish, extended his Verizon IndyCar Series championship lead from 19 to 39 points over Team Penske teammate Helio Castroneves (No. 3 AAA Insurance Team Penske Chevrolet), who finished 10th.
Good To The Last Drop
It was only appropriate that a gamble led to victory in Friday evening's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series WinStar World Casino & Resort 400 at Texas Motor Speedway.
Matt Crafton (No. 88 Slim Jim/Menards Toyota), the defending Camping World Truck Series champion, snapped a 26-race winless streak at Texas Motor Speedway by going the final 61 laps (91.5 miles) without pitting for fuel. Crafton, who had finished runner-up three times during the winless streak, captured the elusive victory by setting a record for largest margin of victory at Texas Motor Speedway - 13.302 seconds over second-place Justin Lofton (No. 20 NTS Motorsports Chevrolet).
"We wanted to do it in this fashion,'' Crafton said. "We wanted to lead the majority of laps and whup 'em, and we finally did. This truck was flawless. It could go anywhere we wanted.
"It's awesome to be able to do it in this fashion. We marched through them. We had a brand-new motor package from Triad and they stepped up as well. I'm just lucky enough to drive it. We have an awesome organization (ThorSport Racing). We have every tool to work with and it's so cool to be in Victory Lane in Texas."
Crafton's dominance was on full display as he led a race-high 141 laps, easily surpassing his previous 42 laps led during his previous 26 races at Texas Motor Speedway. Crafton, who earned a victory earlier in the season at Martinsville, now has multiple wins in a season for the first time in his 14 seasons competing in the Camping World Truck Series. The laps led also established a personal best for him as it was the most he had ever led in a single race in his career.
Pomp & Circumstance
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 18-year-old rookie Erik Jones walked across the stage on Texas Motor Speedway's frontstretch to receive his high school diploma prior to Friday night's WinStar World Casino & Resort 400.
Jones, a native of Byron, Mich., opted to forego his graduation ceremony back home so that he could compete on his first 1.5-mile track on the NASCAR circuit having become eligible when he just turned 18 the week prior. Donned in his Swartz Creek Community Schools cap and gown, Jones was greeted on stage by Texas Motor Speedway President Eddie Gossage.
Gossage, or the "Dean of Racing," also was sporting traditional faculty graduation attire to represent his degree from Middle Tennessee State University. To the tune of "Pomp & Circumstance," Gossage presented Jones with his Swartz Creek Community Schools diploma as well as a special Texas Motor Speedway "racing diploma" for graduating to 1.5-mile ovals.
"Ever since about first grade, all he has ever wanted to do is race," said Dave Jones, Erik's father who was on hand with other family members for the event. "Everything in school, whatever the assignment was, writing a story, it was about racing. Drawing a picture, it would be a race car. So to get to this point and have the two, having graduated and getting his diploma at a race track is beyond wildest dreams."
Jones, who became the youngest winner in Camping World Truck Series history when he won at Phoenix last year at 17, then buckled into the No. 51 Hiring Our Heroes/ToyotaCare Toyota for Kyle Busch Motorsports. Starting fifth, Jones raced among the top five for a good majority of the WinStar World Casino 400 before fading late and finishing 11th. It was just his second start of the season, the other coming at Martinsville. He is scheduled to compete in 10 for NCWTS races for Kyle Busch Motorsports this season.
Juan And Only
A return to Texas Motor Speedway helped Verizon IndyCar Series driver Juan Pablo Montoya (No. 2 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet) turn his season around during Saturday night's Firestone 600. Montoya, who had previously appeared in 14 career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races on the 1.5-mile track, turned in a career-best performance at Texas Motor Speedway with a season-best third-place effort.
Montoya, whose previous best INDYCAR finish this season was fourth at Long Beach, remained seventh in the Verizon IndyCar Series championship standings, but closed the gap on the two directly in front of him. He is just four points behind rookie Carlos Munoz, who finished 13th in the Firestone 600, and 12 back of Marco Andretti, who finished 22nd.
"It was good. I was recovering from a flat tire at the beginning of the race," Montoya said of his performance. "We recovered and we did a good job there and just a little mad at the end. But overall for the Verizon team it was really good. It was fun. What a handful. Oh, my God. To be good here it's got to be a handful. We crank wing and crank wing and the more we cranked the better we got. It was fun."
Montoya was one of three drivers to lead during the Firestone 600 - joining Firestone 600 winner Ed Carpenter (90 laps) and Will Power (145). The 13 laps led nearly matched his season total of 16 through the first seven races, all of which came in the Indy 500.
UFC Champ Feels The Pressure
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight champion Johny "Bigg Rigg" Hendricks wasn't putting up a fight this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway.
Hendricks, the Honorary Starter of Saturday evening's Verizon IndyCar Series Firestone 600, learned instead to relax as he enjoyed the thrill of reaching high speeds in the open cockpit INDYCAR two-seater with the legendary Mario Andretti behind the wheel.
"It was a blast," Hendricks said of the experience. "A little bit different than NASCAR. The airflow, the way that you have to maneuver your head, the way you have to fight the wind in the curves and the straightaways is a huge experience. Been in NASCAR a couple of times, first time in an Indy car and loved it.
"He (Andretti) was an amazing driver. Hitting those corners that fast is always a thrill. The first one I knew I had to relax to let my body to feel the Gs (gravitational forces). I couldn't fight it. He has always been a stud in the driver's seat. I felt very comfortable in great hands."
Hendricks, who had previously appeared at Texas Motor Speedway for NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races as a guest of Stewart-Haas Racing driver Kevin Harvick, kicked off the Firestone 600 by waving the green flag.
"The feel of the cars is the thrill that I get," Hendricks said of waving the flag. "To be out there, to feel the pressure, to hear the engines roar. It's a dream come true to do this. I've been a NASCAR fan since I was a freshman in high school so to be able to wave the green flag here today is awesome."
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