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We Visit Two Southwest Asphalt Tracks And Traverse The Colorado Rockies
"Rocky Mountain high, in Colorado…" sings John Denver. We definitely got our taste of what he was talking about. We stayed in Fort Collins for almost three weeks traveling north into Wyoming for a few dirt races and to the two tracks, one spoken of in last month's story and one featured in this issue. In between those weekends, we were able to explore.
I tell most people who ask, "How does it feel being gone from home for four months like we were this year and will be next year?" I say it feels like we're always on vacation and always working. The responsibility and the detachment from everything that is familiar, is always there.
Nonetheless, we do get out on our mid-week days off, having worked the entire weekend most weeks, and hit the back roads. I have a Jeep Wrangler we tow behind the motorhome and it comes in handy for back road, mountain trail driving. When we visited the Vail area, we found a third unpaved pass, across the great divide, that runs from the small town of Red Cliff over to I-70.
We ran the loop past Vail and Beaver Creek through the Glenwood Canyon on I-70, then down Route 82 past Aspen and through 12,000-foot Independence Pass. Then on to Leadville, the highest town in the U.S. and back to our stopping point in Frisco where we took a few days off while the bus was being serviced.
I can see why many people desire to move out here. The summers are very mild and the winters are very white. But we have work to do, so let's get going to the races. Just down interstate 25 about 120 miles lies I-25 Speedway, aptly named. Beyond that we travel farther down I-25 to Albuquerque and the NAPA Speedway, at what was previously known locally as Sandia Motorsports Park.
I-25 Speedway
I-25 is located just north of Pueblo, Colorado, and is fairly remote. In fact, if you look around, you don't see much of any civilization. Nonetheless, racers do come here and love the place.
On exiting the interstate, we turned left and carefully drove through a short, tunnel pass under the highway. The only way I knew the rig would fit was to watch big rig race trailers go through. Just on the other side was the speedway.
Perry White is the promoter here and is helped by his brother, Randall. They purchased the track 11 years ago as a project and have been putting their sweat equity into it ever since. It was extremely clean and the concession areas were all paved and had everything the fans would need.
It's a track that is slightly larger than a quarter-mile with high banks. There was a good car count on this September Saturday night and I had quite a few talks with the racers. Our motorhome was allowed to park in one of the racers spots, so we were right there among our readers.
I saw wide use of head-and-neck restraints here. I was showing off a new version of the NecksGen device to a few of the drivers. One girl who was driving in a four-cylinder class really liked it. It seemed to fit very well for her and she showed it to her crew chief/father.
I had offered to loan it to them to use that night, but he deemed it too time consuming to fit to her helmet. I was disappointed. Heck, it takes maybe 10 or 20 minutes to fit one of these, but a lifetime to get over losing a child. Let's see, what choice should I make? Fortunately, she did not crash and therefore did not need protection, but the point is, it could have happened.
A few racers were well prepared for our visit having read all about our Tour and seeing that I-25 was on the schedule. So, Mike Bible scanned our CT logo and put in on one of the Sportsman cars.
The classes that run here during the season are the Super Late Models, Grand American Modifieds, Sportsman, Street Stocks, Mini Stocks, Hornets, Charger Figure 8s, Legends, and CARC Vintage Modifieds. There were 79 entries on this night and a surprisingly large number of spectators.
The racers who frequent I-25 are really attached to the place. Not that that is a rarity, but some places seem to feel more like that than others. Maybe it is the small community attitude or the remoteness of the track, but something good was going on here and I could feel it in the air.
We really felt welcomed here and enjoyed all of the racing. The next morning we awoke ready to make the long awaited trip down to New Mexico and NAPA Speedway.
NAPA Speedway
Although we came to see the stock cars run at NAPA Speedway, located just west of downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico, there was so much more. Part of our effort and the goals of this tour involve studying racetrack promotion and management. We like to observe how tracks are run, if they are successful or not and why, and what that has to say to other tracks for educational purposes.
NAPA has a lot to say. Actually, this is a motorsports park and the NAPA paved oval is just one part of that. On this day, no less than four motorsports events were taking place. Overall, there are 10 different motorsports events possible at the Motorsports Park. Let's count them. They have stock car racing, with separate dirt and asphalt tracks, drifting on the asphalt track, motocross racing, road racing for vintage cars, motorcycles and karts, sand drags, a flat track, a quarter-midget asphalt track, a mud boggin' course, and an RC track all in one facility.
Jim Guthrie is the promoter and general manager here for our visit and he took an active role in all of what went on. In order for a large place like this to earn its keep, you have to be active, and we saw lots of activity.
When we arrived, the drifters were out on the NAPA track and had their way until around 3 in the afternoon. Then they had to vacate the pits and the stock car teams came rolling in. From there on it was a typical race night if you forget that the road course and moto-X were still operating.
The numbers were not huge for the stock car classes, but the modifieds did put on a great show. In the street stock class, there was a provision to add a passenger seat and a fake steering wheel to the cars. We saw a couple of cars fitted that way. If your friends ever wondered what it was like out there, now they can go along and see first hand.
One Modified driver/owner also had his wife and son racing together in the Bandoleros class. Charley Wilson, the dad, owns Circle Burner race cars and demonstrated why his cars were setup right by winning his race. Mom beat out CJ, her and Charley's son for that class win.
Earlier, CJ had come over to our bus that was parked inside the grandstand area and right next to the track and wanted to discuss sponsorship opportunities. I told him that we didn't really sponsor race cars as such. He came back several times until I caved and offered a $50, year long, sponsorship deal through a company I know of if he would run stickers on his and his mom's cars.
He went around the pits and showed the check and bragged to everyone and anyone who would listen. That kid's going far in racing. Getting sponsorship money is the hardest thing you'll do in racing.
The crowd was decent for the races and Albuquerque is a large city and should supply plenty of opportunity for drawing race fans. There were a lot of families in attendance both inside and outside the pits.
Maybe it is the small community attitude or the remoteness of the track, but something good was going on here and I could feel it in the air
The track is under new management for 2013 and the whole facility is owned and overseen by a board. It used to be run by the board until it was decided that was a bad idea since everyone had a different idea of how to run the place. So, it was decided that one person would be designated to be manager and make the decisions. This year that peson is Charlie Fegan.
New Mexico was much more than we had expected. Since this is a Tour and encompasses more than just going to the races, I'll tell you a little about what we experienced. We initially stayed in Raton, New Mexico, just across the border from Colorado for a week or so.
From there we only had to travel a short distance east to view ancient volcanoes, one of which, the Capulin Volcano, you could drive around and up to, the crater. These things stick up across the vast flat territory of northeast New Mexico. The Folsom man was discovered nearby and he was then thought to be the oldest recorded human ever to live in North America, having lived from somewhere around 9,000 to 8,000 B.C.
To the west is the southern end of the Rocky Mountains. We traveled through Cimmaron and the canyon that is named for that town to a rocky four-wheel-only road leading up to the peak of Mount Wheeler, some 13,000 feet above sea level. There was a lot more to see including the wild life.
Out in the vast pastures you can easily see groups of pronghorn "antelope", although they are not really of that species. There are also prairie dog colonies scattered around Colorado and New Mexico. When passing through Cimmaron, we drove through "town," really just a few houses and a dirt street.
We rounded a corner and in front of a house inside a fenced yard that couldn't have been 20 feet deep was a full grown, antlered elk. It couldn't have been a pet, but there it was eating the grass and looking like it belonged there.
Right before the race date at NAPA, we camped at an RV park in Bernalillo, New Mexico, about 10 miles north of Albuquerque. Just north of us and within easy viewing were the Sandia Mountains and Sandia Peak that rises to 10,678 feet and has a ranger station and viewing area on top. It is very prominent and can be seen for many miles. Everything around this area is named Sandia something.
Having completed our most westerly event of our 2012 Tour, we now head northeast up through Kansas to a few dirt tracks before heading home. It's been a long trip and has provided a lot of information and experiences. But in just a few weeks we'll be back home in Florida sleeping in our own bed for a change.


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Those shoes are amazing! The Elvis reference is one you should embrace not avoid. Would be for me anyway. Absolutely not a "what was I thinking" I think!
The look you've got going is similar to my first thoughts - top it off with a nice navy blazer is what I'd do. Push up the sleeves perhaps. I'd prefer to use really dark blue jeans, but if you do that the navy blazer would probably be blue overkill.
Some things I'd suggest would be white jeans or chinos, but you won't get much use out of them as winter approaches. For a smarter look grey tailored trousers would be a safe choice. They're colourful, and they're suede... so they're absolutely perfect for a preppy look.
Personally these were my last mistake:
Now those, those are much much much much much greener in person. I wouldn't be surprised if that image turned out to be doctored! Point is they're impossible to pair with things. I usually go completely monochrome, with the odd flash of emerald green and mostly using black and white, when I wear them. Doesn't help that they're a wider leg than I expected!


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Last month, we reported how a conference call, between the FBI and Scotland Yard, discussing their investigation into Anonymous hackers had been secretly recorded by the hacking collective and published on the net.
We surmised at the time that the unknown hackers might have secretly accessed the call by compromising a police investigator's email account, as the call-in details and passcode were posted by Anonymous on their usual dumping ground – the PasteBin website.
Yesterday's announcement by the FBI about the prominent LulzSec hacker Sabu, and other alleged hacktivists, has revealed more details about what actually happened.
According to an FBI press release, a Garda (Irish police) officer who was invited to attend the conference call about ongoing hacking investigations forwarded the message to a personal email account.
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In 1918, a pitifully frightened and mentally challenged Irish immigrant named Mary McLoughlin died at age 68, in the Little Sisters of the Poor Home For The Aged in Brooklyn. Mary came to America with her family in 1870, but had to live with them all her life because she needed almost constant attention.
She never married and was always just a sweet loving aunt who spoke English heavily laced with a County Mayo accent. In 1918, during the height of the Great Flu Epidemic, the family she lived with had to make a painful decision. Since the breadwinner, who was my grandfather, was a stevedore who had thus far escaped becoming sick (by living in a warehouse with other dockworkers doing the same thing), my pregnant grandmother was unable to care for her three children and her Aunt Mary by herself. With nowhere else to turn, the family brought Mary to the Little Sisters Of The Poor and asked them to care for her. These selfless Catholic Nuns took Mary in as if she were their own aunt. No one who has had any contact with these wonderful women of God would be surprised to hear of this.
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The Little Sister's focus is on the value and dignity of each person's life. Yet the American government, under the guise of a law that we had to "pass to find out what was in it," seeks to compel the Sisters to provide contraception and abortion services in their employee health insurance plans. More than this, despicable creatures of the Left have started referring to the Sisters as "weasels." They cavalierly dismiss their defense against having to violate Catholic doctrine to satisfy a secular government as "absurd." These creatures hate the Sisters for having the courage to fight back where so many others have just smiled and given in to the threats. The Department of Justice is claiming that the Little Sisters of The Poor are not entitled to an exemption because they are not religious enough.
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Just to add more info - the setting is found by clicking on the tiny "Settings" up near the top of some pages, and then going into the "Account" tab.
LinkedIn has become the latest social networking site to decide that new features can be added and switched on by default, and users don't have to be notified. The feature allows LinkedIn to use profile information like names and photos in third-party advertising, and seems to have been first noticed by blogger Steve Woodruff …
Just to add more info - the setting is found by clicking on the tiny "Settings" up near the top of some pages, and then going into the "Account" tab.
ere is the direct link to the page where you can turn off this preference
I found settings as a dropdown under my name at the top right.. I hadn't uploaded a profile photo and wuldn't have done so in any case.
I think these should all work:
Manage social advertising: https://www.linkedin.com/settings/?modal=nsettings-social-advertising&tab=account
Manage enhanced advertising: https://www.linkedin.com/settings/?modal=nsettings-enhanced-advertising&tab=account
Data sharing with third party applications: https://www.linkedin.com/settings/?modal=nsettings-data-sharing&tab=groups
Any other "hidden" settings we should know about?
Ooh, another one...
Patner InMail:
Any more?
It's just like the old Facebook "find the privacy settings" game.
Thanks for those mate, worked perfectly first time.
I first learned of this last month from Greg Ferro... http://gregferro.com/linked-abusing-privacy-endorsing-ads-foul/
My only wish is that Linkedin will STOP SPAMMING me with invitations supposedly from 'my colleagues.' I get dozens of them every few days... Looking as though they came from 'the colleague.' Sigh...
Well thats great that you learnt about it from Greg Ferro, but that doesnt necessarily mean everyone knows it.
It's entirely *your* fault that El Reg is publishing "old news" - you could have emailed the Social Networking Privacy Violation Desk the link when Greg published it, and then it would have been reported at the time, and those of us who don't subscribe to Greg's blog would have known about it in July.
Less than impressed, but somehow not surprised any more. One of the many reasons much of my information is vague and i have no profile pictures for them to bandy about willy-nilly.
I have to admit I bumped into the new settings a few days ago. I didn't think much about it at the time, apart from automatically unticking all the permission boxes. I didn't think to check back through the stuff they send occasionally to see if it was actually announced, but I guess I wouldn't have found anything if I had.
There's a send feedback link in the footer - I'd imagine that if everyone sent a quick message along the lines of "stop it you bastards" and they were flooded, they might be persuaded to change their ways, else perhaps go the way of MySpace.
I wonder how many people (apart from spammy recruitment agents) actually find LinkedIn useful. Until today I hadn't logged in for ages.
I just sent them 6-7 of these and strongly encourage everyone else to do so as well.
I am also spending the next day or two and cutting and pasting ALL of my contacts data (photo, email, past work, recommendations etc) so that if they do keep this shit up I actually CAN follow through on threat to delete all data and never come back. LinkedIn is ONLY site like this I use because it was free, provided some material benefit (ease of use) and most importantly THEY DIDN'T DO THIS FACEBOOK SHIT.
Copy your contacts out (good idea to have backup of these anyways in case they go evil or bust someday) and send them a nastygram and maybe it wont happen again. Make sure you express that a SINGLE repeat of this kind of action will result in your total ban of their service
"Manage Social Advertising" and "Enhanced advertising" on the Account tab. Then I discovered "Turn on/off data sharing with 3rd party applications" on the Groups, Companies & Applications tab - turned that off too.
When will they learn...
(and when will we learn to take more notice of changing T's & C's on these sites?)
Problem is, they have learned. That's exactly what they've done. This stuff doesn't happen by accident, you see.
Very glad you posted the extra sections to check.
Be careful with 3rd party apps though... if your smartphone or other accounts use/share this data this may be something you actually want on.
I would advise turning it off, and something you like/need stops working turn it back on.
3rd party app is different that 3rd party advertiser/company
At least on linked in there's little chance of your "mates" tagging you in a drunken photo from a holiday you had 10 years ago!
At least google plus lets you put work colleagues in a different vlan.
Neither of these default on settings existed originally:
* Manage Social Advertising
* Turn on/off enhanced advertising
Just turned it off, along with "Enhanced Advertising".
Took me a while to find the settings button though, in the end I just clicked the edit button on managed connections and dug down to the Privacy Settings from there.
Thanks for the tip- have just changed my setting accordingly. While doing it I received the somewhat ironic info that IE "blocked this website from displaying content with security certificate errors" ... linkedin should get their own house in order.
Thanks for the tip off.
I have no time for crap like this... Account deleted.
If it had been opt-in, I would not have had a problem with it.
Linkedin to tbe the first victim of Plus...I've never got round to updating my profile, so Ill not miss it..
Upload some goat porn as your profile pic.
like the BBC Olympics one.
Gone in to my account now, had a THOROUGH trawl through all the settings, and turned OFF all the spammy/advertising/sharing data guff :-o
If LinkedIn want to go all Facebook on us with respect to privacy, they could do well to remember that the average LinkedIn user is a great deal more likely to pay attention to and care about this sort of thing.
It's not a population of bored teens who are perfectly OK with posting every intimate detail of what they do and where they go.
For some unfathomable reason LinkedIn have made it possible for the originator of a discussion or a moderator to not only delete individual posts and entire discussions, but to do so without any trace - no date-stamp, no imprint of who deleted it, or why.
This breeds a toxic culture of censorship that if left in place will eventually kill the beast.
Maybe it's because they are such young'uns and never saw the grand flamewars of Undernet and Efnet
I just logged in to check my settings and got a iframe (almost as annoying as popups) asking if i wanted to allow my profile picture to be used in advertising.. Uncheck, save, exit,
Amusingly, the Yahoo! version of this article is in the Top Headlines section on LinkedIn.
Thanks Mate. I never would've known if you hadn't pointed this out to all of us. I've since disabled that feature and will be watching LinkedIN as much as I do Facebook for any silent bait and switch tricks.
For the purposes of experimentation I set up a fake linkedin account with some obvious dubious details and fictional companies. Since then I've had several people, previously unkown to me, requesting I add them as contact. I've obliged them and added them in, though I'm still puzzled why they'd want to be connected to a "Rent Boy". Perhaps their friends will understand.
My solution was to simply dump the account., because of the way it seemed to be "jerking me around", without knowing about all the things reported here. It wasn't an easy thing to do, because so many people I actually respected were 'linked-in', but when others began showing up that I hadn't consented to or actually didn't like, it was easy to get rid of and be glad of having done it. This is not an advocacy of boycotting, but rather an expression of preference for many other pathways such as Google+ that seem to make Linked-In look like a pathetic dead-end.


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If there was anybody who played the game the way it was supposed to be played it was Kurt Fillmore. Over a prolific four-year career at The Master's College, the sparkplug ignited the offense from the top of the order, ran the bases with abandon, and played all-out in center field.
But just as important as his on-field exploits was his leadership role in a program that experienced a meteoric rise from laughingstock to national title contender during his time in the blue and gold. In reality, he developed into what a TMC student-athlete should be and one against whom all others will be measured for years to come.
Along with 20 teammates in the spring of 1997, it didn't take long for him to make an impact and lead the Mustangs out of the ashes to unprecedented heights and national recognition. Although he struggled at the plate during that initial season, he showed glimpses of a bright future with a high on-base percentage and a team-high 24 stolen bases as the Mustangs put the disarray of the previous year behind them with 22 wins.
A year later, the program took a quantum leap and Fillmore was at the apex of it, hitting at a .326 clip, drawing a school-record 47 walks, and pilfering another 33 bases. More importantly, he triggered a potent offense that produced a then school-record 34 wins and a venture into the NAIA Region II Playoffs for the first time in five years.
The Mustangs' climb to national prominence was just beginning and in 1999 the squad racked up a school-record 37 wins, finished in the Top 25 for the first time in the sport's history, qualified for the regional playoffs for the second year in a row, set or tied 31 team or individual marks, and produced a trio of All-Americans. Fillmore fueled this potent offense on the way to becoming the first Mustang in program history to be named an NAIA First-Team All-American after hitting .399 and setting single-season standards for runs scored, walks, stolen bases, and on-base percentage.
But that was all just grand preparation for what happened in the first season of the new millennium. With Fillmore leading the way again, the Mustangs equaled their one-year old record for wins, captured the NAIA Region II championship for the first time and earned a third-place finish in their first-ever trip to the NAIA World Series.
After his final at-bat in the blue and gold, Fillmore left his playing days behind with 12 school records, including career marks for runs scored (204) and stolen bases (139). Even more remarkable may have been his play in center field where he committed only three errors in four years, including none in his final two seasons.
Fillmore performed in the classroom, too, earning a bachelor's degree in Physical Education. Following graduation in May of 2000, he stayed on with the baseball program, becoming Monte Brooks' right hand man and a valuable teacher of the game for the next three years.
In June of 2002, Kurt married Becky McGuire and a year later he joined the Los Angeles Police Department. The couple reside in Santa Clarita and attend Grace Community Church.
Kim Gibson bridged the gap of two very different eras of women's volleyball at The Master's College. She played for the winningest coach in the history of the program and was part of three squads that struggled under a new mentor who was trying to extend the success of a revived sport.
Through it all, though, Gibson not only thrived but rose to prominence as one of the premier players in program annals. Utilizing her angular six-foot frame, she developed into a formidable force at the net, smothering opponent kill attempts and spiking with authority. Her on-court performance spoke for itself but her maturation into a leader was even more valuable.
Gibson' arrival as a highly-touted freshman in 1996 corresponded with the final year of the Dean Conk era and the most successful run in school history. Teaming with future Hall of Famer Wendy Penberthy (Jones), Gibson made an immediate impact, leading the squad in total attack percentage and block assists as the Mustangs went 31-11 and advanced to the NAIA Far West Region Playoffs.
A year later, Gibson and the Mustangs welcomed a new coach, Karen Peterson, and struggled through a 15-18 campaign. However, Gibson continued to excel as one of the top middle blockers in the Far West Region, improving in virtually every statistical category and leading the squad in games played, total attack percentage, and blocks. Her selection to the NAIA's All-Far West Region Independents First Team capped an outstanding season.
In 1998, Gibson paced a resurgence as the Mustangs made an appearance in the NAIA Top 25 for the first time in school history, returned to the program's winning ways with a 17-14 record, and realized their goal of qualifying for the Far West Region Playoffs. The junior middle blocker was right in the middle of all it, too, earning all-region, first-team honors for the second consecutive season after posting team-highs in games played, total attack percentage, and blocks.
The conclusion to Gibson's brilliant career in 1999 was bittersweet. The club's lone senior was vitally instrumental in a 20-13 season, the first 20-win season in three years. But, a loss on the regular season's final day kept the Mustangs out of the playoffs and Gibson from a coveted postseason run. Still, she was absolutely brilliant, leading the squad in multiple categories and becoming the first three-time, All-Far West Region choice in school history.
In a tribute to her enduring legacy, Gibson's name can still be found on nearly all of the sport's career lists, including at the top of total blocks (628) and No. 2 in total kills (1,144).
Following graduation in May of 2000, Gibson started to put her degree in liberal studies (teacher education) to good use, going to Legacy Private Academy where she began as an assistant teacher and worked for six years. In July of 2001, Kim married another outstanding Mustang athlete, Chris Kollmann (baseball), and they had their first child, Kinsley Ann, in June of 2006. Kim, who is pregnant with a boy, due to be born in May, says, "I am now a stay-at-home mom and love every minute of it."
The Kollmanns live in Santa Clarita and attend Grace Community Church.


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Topic: John Digweed - Kiss 100 Classics : Show 004
John Digweed Kiss100 : Show 004
01. Kevin Aviance - Alive (John Creamer & Stephane K Mix) [Wave Music | Promo]
02. Siren Ciry - Miles Ahead (The Phat Lip E.P.) [Weekend World | Week 008]
03. Echomen - Orient [End Recordings | END 031]
04. Heller & Farley - Deep Sensation (Peace Division Mix) [Junior London | BRG011]
05. Second-Hand Satellites - Orbit 1.1 [Hallucination | HAL 013]
06. Samneric - Crazed Cello [Silver Pearl Records | SP06]
07. Teimoso feat. Shelly Preston - Riding [Hooj Choons | HOOJ114]*
08. Magic Alec - Beautiful Thing [Zone Recordings | ZONE012]
09. Jürgen Driessen - Tenshi [Maelstrom Records | MAELT006]
* announced under its working title 'Red Pussy'
Show 004 : Timeline
This one was aired on 22 September 2000 : that night Diggers was in Tokyo at the Code Club Complex, two hours of which gets aired the following week for 005. The show has a real Twilo feel to it, with the NYC influence being apparent right from the off.
"We've going to keep it nice and dark and tribally tonight" [John Digweed]
Show 004 : The producers, labels and the music
01. Kevin Aviance - Alive (John Creamer & Stephane K Mix) [Wave Music | unreleased acetate]
Limited info on the banging tribal number, which harks back to those heady days of Twilo with NYC exerting an influence on John's record box contents.
Towering, black, and bald, freakish drag icon Kevin Aviance had become an underground sensation in the late-'90s and had a string of releases for Wave. Alive eventually came out on Emerge Records in 2002, however the Creamer & K dub doesn't appear on the double vinyl package or further digital releases.
Wave Music was started in 1995 by its owner François Kevorkian as a means to release cutting-edge but timeless music that doesn't necessarily fit the norm of what most people come to expect of a New York 'dance' indie label. Rather than concentrating on a specific style, the label's mission has been to bring out an eclectic and musically varied selection of music. Through its association with some of dance music's finest artists, producers and DJ's, Wave has in the span of a short few years achieved a reputation for excellence and innovation in this crowded field.
At the time Wave Music put out several percussive stormers like Afro-Swyped (Romatt Afro-Drumz Mix) [WM50051-1] appeared on Danny Howells' Nocturnal Frequencies 2.
02. Siren Ciry - Miles Ahead (The Phat Lip E.P.) [Weekend World Recordings | Week 008]
Released: 2000 (exact date unknown) Written By: Martin Cartledge
Weekend World is the solo project of Producer Martin Cartledge. Martin hails from deepest, darkest West Yorkshire...Bradford to be precise. When not bothering sheep on the moors, Martin started developing a love of dance music from going to clubs like Back to Basics, Up yer Ronson & The Orbit. As luck would have it Martin found himself to be a bit useful in the recording studio, and hence in order to getting a proper job (although his Mum does say he had a paper round once, but was sacked for laziness) He decided to become a record producer.
Weekend World's 'The Word' opened up Global Underground 018: Nick Warren - Amsterdam, while 'Twister' appeared on Hernán Cattáneo's - South America [Perfecto | PERFALB11CD].
03. Echomen - Orient [End Recordings | END 031]
Released: 2000 (exact date unknown) Written By: Chris Scott, Anton Fielding and Graeme "Cheb" Stewart
From December 1995 The End flew the flag for underground dance music in London. It has had unparalleled growth over three years with residencies from the worlds finest DJ's in all musical genres. Founded by Mr C and Layo Paskin, The End was also the birthplace of End Recordings. The labels' output can be broadly defined as representing the new hybrid sounds, which mould together techno, house and breakbeat. The End closed the doors for one last time on 24th January 2009.
The Echomen are Chris Scott and Anton Fielding who are one of the North of England's finest House exports. Chris has recorded classic deep house as New Phunk Theory and Lexicon Avenue for labels such as Paper, Forensic, Airtight and Guidance. Anton is one half of Solaris Heights who have recorded for Paper and Guidance and been responsible for some of the UK's finest House, which is always deep, musical and brimming with funk, as well as DJing at the infamous Shindig and guest spots around the country. With support from all the major US DJ's for their past work, we are sure that this new project with it's more electronic and twisted feel will hit the spot both here and across the Atlantic.
'Orient' appears on Danny Howells Global Underground: Nubreed 002 and Echomen's 2002 'Substance' makes Satoshi Tomiie – Global Underground: Nubreed 006.
04. Heller & Farley - Deep Sensation (Peace Division Mix) [Junior London | BRG011]
Released:18 Sep 2000 Written By Pete Heller & Terry Farley
British house label Junior London was operational 1999 - 2004 with the original of Deep Sensation appearing that first year [BRG003] with three versions (Saturday Night Jam Down Session, Friday Night Special, Deep Beats) plus two initail remixes. Heller & Farley's previous release 'The Rising Sun' had great remixes by Bedrock & Tenaglia, with the former closing Diggers 'Twilo' Essential Mix and featuring on the subsequent CD release.
Peace Division is the production name for the tribal house duo Clive Henry and Justin Drake. Together, they have proven to be one of the most prolific UK tribal house producers starting with their first record in 1994. Peace Division got its name from a UN peace keeping force.
Justin Drake is the engineer of the duo and Clive Henry gained experience as a member of the Flying Records crew DJing at the Gosh and The Bone parties in London. Clive Henry started the Low Pressings label with Xpress 2 member/collaborator and friend Rocky.
The duo have releases on Kickin Records, Eukahouse, Hooj Choons, Prolekult, Low Pressings, Junior London, Crosstown Rebels and NRK Sound Division among others. Peace Division have also produced remixes for a wide variety of music artists from Moby to Trancesetters, with their remix of 'Roaches' appearin on Communicate. Having had their music appear on GU 017 (London) and 018 (Amsterdam) NuBreed 001 (Pappa) 003 (Lawler) they still get plays today the the likes Steve Bug, Loco Dice & Chris Liebing.
05. Second-Hand Satellites - Orbit 1.1 (Multiple Mirrors EP) [Hallucination | HAL 013]
Released: 2000 (exact date unknown) Written By: Christopher Milo, Sean Cusick
Hallucination (Est. 1992) was originally co-founded by Monk and David Christophere as a platform to release their music as Rabbit In The Moon, Hallucination Recordings has since forged its place as a well respected underground label by releasing exceptional electronic music. Sub label Hallucination Limited is a limited press offshoot of seminal Florida label Hallucination Recordings, started in 2003 by Christoper Milo aka Three
Second-Hand Satellites are better known as globally recognised DJ | Producers Three and Sean Q6. Their pairing resulted in their first single 'Multiple Mirrors e.p.', which has received critical acclaim. Orbit 1.2 has just featured on Cassy's DC10 Mixmag CD along with Q6's 2003 production Out In The Shed [Hallucination Limited | HLT-005].
Sean 'Q6' Cusic became famous for his regularly monthly residencies in the illustrious Twilo. Performing each month with Sasha and John Digweed as well as his bi-monthly residency there with Anthony Pappa., but his career as a dj has spanned a decade. 1997 saw him securing a residency at Firestone in Orlando, Florida. Since then he has broadened his itinerary to include gigs across America and beyond, encompassing such places as Greece, Prague, and South America.
His production work has been just as prolific. Along with Jimmy Van M, he formed 'Freelance Icebreakers', whose remixes can be found on Flying Rhino and Bedrock. their remix of Bedrock's 'Voices' was featured on Sasha and Digweed's massive selling mix compilation, 'Communicate' - he was also part of ECVM who released the classic 'Circuit Breaker'. He has also produced tracks with house veterans Sam Mollison ('Dreams'), Mick Parks ('Eight Mile Sound'), and Gaetan Schurer ('Unbound').
Currently residing in New York City, DJ Three has been tirelessly holding the flag for underground electronic music in the US since his rise out of the sunny state of Florida in the early 90's. In that time, he's emerged as one of the brightest DJ talents in the US and continues to be a true inspiration for many of us. Three's tour dates show both diversity in audience and a genre-bending passion for good music; he's held residencies at NYC's Twilo, Cielo (Robots) and Love, as well as Florida's legendary Simon's while playing lauded guest spots at San Francisco's Wicked party, Fabric (UK), Panorama Bar (Berlin) and forward thinking events like Japan's Labyrinth Festival and Australia's Rainbow Serpent.
Armed with a sound that borrows equally from vintage acid-house, techno and underground electronica, his Hallucination Limited imprint is held in the highest regard.
06. Samneric - Crazed Cello [Silver Pearl Records | SP06]
Released: 2000 (exact date unknown) Written By: Sam Bass & Eric Spire
Samneric are Sam Bass & Eric Spire, the latter is the Santa Cruz, CA based DJ and producer and owner of Silver Pearl Records whose 'Next Time' appeared on Lee Burridge's Nubreed 005. Samneric had just two releases, with Crazed Cello also opening Tyrants 2002 'No Shoes, No Cakes' release [Fabric (London) | TYRANT 2].
07. Teimoso feat. Shelly Preston - Riding [Hooj Choons | HOOJ114]
Released: 29 Oct 2001 Written By: Rui Da Silva Vocals: Shelly Preston
Teimoso is an alias for Rui Da Silva, who traded Lisbon for London in 1999, setting up Kismet Records, where he began producing a more progressive sound. He has released a number of tracks under his own name, as well as collaborative efforts with Chris Coco and Moshic.
Rui Da Silva who was is massive form during this period, with classics like 'Touch Me' and remixes like Brothers Love Dubs '1-800 Ming' and Bedrock's 'Beautiful Strange', plus The Ananda Project 'Cascades Of Colour' which Danny Tenaglia also used for an 'Edit Of The Saffron Mix'.
When 'Riding' was aired it went under the working title 'Red Pussy' - the track later was on CD1 of Digweed's Global Underground 019: Los Angeles. A huge track live, Riding also features on the classic Code Club Complex (Tokyo) set, the first recorded club set John aired on Kiss.
08. Magic Alec - Beautiful Thing [Zone Recordings | ZONE 012]
Released: 2000 (exact date unknown) Written By: Alec Milliner
Magic Alec released tracks between 1996 and 2003 with a range of collaborations at the trancier end of the spectrum.
09. Jürgen Driessen - Tenshi [Maelstrom Records | MAELT006]
Released: 2000 (exact date unknown) Written By: Jürgen Driessen
Born in the Düsseldorf (Germany) Jürgen has 200+ releases under his belt to date, including remixes for Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Armand Van Helden or Green Velvet. In 2000 he teamed up with Oliver Klein and added his spice to worldwide respected productions such as 'Rheinkraft' and 'Timeloop'. To date he has released six records under his own name, signed by internationally respected labels such as Mutekki, Hook Recordings, Maelstrom Records, N.E.W.S. and Stik Records, as well as various remixes for highly acclaimed labels such as Hooj Choons, Alphabet City. The story still continues as Jürgen owns Mutekki Records alongside Oliver Klein.
London based Maelstrom Records has been putting out quality trance records since 2001 with releases and remixes from artists such as Tiësto, Blank & Jones, Bobina, Sia, Sander Van Doorn, Oliver Klein, Marco V, Mr Sam, Parker & Hansen, Cosmic Gate and many many more.
Show 004 : Guest Mix from Steve Lawler
01. Lexicon Avenue - Midnight On West 27th Street (Vocal Mix) [Forensic Records | for-011]
02. The Path Ft. Marcel - Praying (Tom Middleton's Cosmos Vocal) [Junior London | BRG013RX]
03. Datar - B (Tarrentella & Redankas' NYSC Mix) [Hooj Choons | HOOJ100]
04. Cevin Fisher - The Way We Used To [Subversive | SUB53T]
05. Futureshock - The Question (Why Why Why) [Fuju | Fuju 003]
06. Madonna - Music (Deep Dish Dot Com Remix) [Maverick | W537TX1 9362 44923-5]
07. Friskoboy - Starbuster [Zazoo Recordings | ZAZ 010]
08. Praha - Mojito (Part I) [Player One Records | PLA04]
09. Cevin Fisher - Love You Some More (Steve Lawler's Flight To Atlanta Mix) [Subversive | SUB68T]
Steve Lawler [Lunar Magazine Interview]
I felt very privileged to have the opportunity to sit down and talk to one of the most innovative and adaptive DJ's of the world, Steve Lawler, on my birthday. With his new CD release Dark Drums 2 and the creation of his record label Harlem Records — not to mention about 4 weekly events around the world — Steve is a busy man. In spite of his hectic schedule and world renowned status, Steve was extremely down-to-earth and easy to talk with. It felt at times like speaking to an old friend, however this old friend is a genius of sorts when it comes to the electronic music that he loves. He shared the knowledge and experiences on his journey that has brought him to his current position — smack dab in the center spotlight of the EDM community. Steve's journey has been an amazing one that always remained tied to his love for the "Bump bump bump" of the drums and basslines in his music.
Lunar: Tell me the history of how you got started.
Steve Lawler: I will be brief, but it will be very hard because I have done a hell of a lot in the last ten years. In 1989 I started playing illegal parties, and that is how I really got started playing in front of people. Then I moved on to play at local clubs around Birmingham [England] — where I am from. I worked at a record shop for a little while. Then I went on tour with a local club, Club Night, which was a national tour. I then went to Ibiza with a residency at Café Mambo and played at all the clubs on the island as a guest. The next year I came back and maintained my residency at Mambo and also gained a residency at Pacha on the roof terrace. From there I got signed on with Cream with the agency and as a resident at the club in Liverpool for a year and a half. And between all of this I played gigs all over place — all over the world.
Lunar: What projects are you working on now?
Steve Lawler: I just finished a remix for Silicon Soul for a track called "Right On." Right on. That is coming out on Virgin with a dub and a vocal remix. Also at the moment, I am trying to just settle myself down to get through the summer because I have four or five gigs a week. The summer is just a busy time with festivals with God knows who here, there and everywhere. It is a great time to enjoy being a DJ with so many people out there at clubs in Ibiza, New York, Israel and Barcelona. I need to sit down at some point and concentrate on releasing my second single.
Lunar: Tell me about your record label Harlem Records.
Steve Lawler: I have been thinking about it for the past year or so. It all came to focus at the start of this year. The last three months I have been signing tracks left, right and center. Three of them are from America. Three from Italy. Peter Bailey is from New York, and Bruno Masciano and Peter tha Zouk are from Italy. Currently they are all unknown, but in the next year or so, I see them really making an entrance on the scene. Then I also have one from England in the works.
For now, I have had people I know from England doing the remixes. I want the label to reflect what I do musically for myself, the kind of housey-tribal-progressive-type of sound. We will have a Web site up, but it is still in the works — "www.harlemrecords.uk.co" — so make sure you check up with it soon.
Lunar: I notice that your musical style has been very adaptive throughout the years. Your music has progressed as the entire Electronic Music Sound has over time, but you have always maintained your unique style. Has this been a conscious effort, or has it just turned out that way with you following along with the trend?
Steve Lawler: No, never. I never followed the trend. Music constantly changes and evolves, and I am all for that. Music has to change and move forward. The elements in the tracks that I like have always stayed the same for the last ten years, dating right back to when I would buy strictly Rhythm Records and stuff on R&S from Germany. I am really into big basslines and very much into drums. I only play records that I like, and I think that this is obvious to anyone who listens to my music now.
The Dark Drums 1 album that came out last year used a couple of tracks from Halo Varga and Hipp-e and that was the first thing they ever did. When no one else was doing it, I was using that drummy, dark, rumbling bassline. My music changes like all the rest of the DJ's in the world — it moves forward — but the elements have always stayed the same. I can't change what I like. I like it to be at House Tempo with a bit of Funk and big basslines and drums with vocals here and there. I like it to be a bit druggy and twisted. All of that has stayed the same, whether it is a bit more on the Housey, Tribal, or Prog-y. I guess the categorizing is down to the magazines.
Lunar: So do you feel like all this categorization and subgenres has been the creation of the media?
Steve Lawler: The magazines are the ones that make categories and genres, not me. They are the ones that make categories, not DJ's. In fact, they build categories around DJ's and around records. They create a style, like progressive, when really progressive is more of an attitude than a style of music. I mean a progressive DJ like Danny Howells may start off housey, then move into more techy music and end it with a more trancy sound. There are a whole lot of sounds of genres that the magazines like to use, but to Danny it is all music that he likes, and nothing more.
It is an interesting situation with so many sounds and styles with so many great choices. And I think I can speak for a few DJ's in saying that you just have to just go with what you love. I mean, when you hear Danny Howells — he is such a great DJ and person — he always plays funky...even when he is playing hard, there is always funk. And with me, there is always the drums. I love the drums. I just cannot get away from the drums! I love rhythm, and the best way to create rhythm is with drums and basslines. So you know, you just go with what you like.
Lunar: Your new CD, Dark Drums 2, did not seem as, well...dark as the first one. Is it all the time you have been spending in Ibiza that has lightened your mood?
Steve Lawler: The thing was, without even realizing it myself, the summer was near and I have a summer residency on the Space terrace. And you know, if I am playing in a dark room the music will be a lot more dark and twisted, and I will take myself a lot more serious. But when I am playing on the terrace with everyone half-naked with big sunglasses and big smiles, it would just not be right to play the same mood. It is not about being intelligent or getting into someone's head. It is about having a party and having fun! And that is the music that I was gearing up for because of the summer time residency.
The elements are the same, but more of an "up" vibe with a funky mood. The great thing about Ibiza is that all music sounds good there. [laughing] If I was to go out on the terrace and start playing all dark and deep, people would be like, "What are you doing?!" People pay good money, and I would not do that to them, because that is not what they are coming for. They are coming for some light, funky tunes...and that is what I give them on the terrace. When I play inside I do the darker, druggy set.
Lunar: Do you prefer smaller clubs or big festivals?
Steve Lawler: It is a difficult question because I prefer both. I guess I am greedy. Like the Space in Ibiza, the promoter asked if I wanted to play on the terrace or inside. And to be honest I love both, and so I just told the promoter I wanted to play both. Festivals and smaller clubs are the same. They both offer me something different. The festivals are very driving short sets that get right to the point. A smaller club warrants a long set; a long set warrants a journey and getting into it. I even like to attend both.
Lunar: Have you seen that you get a different fan reaction in the States versus in Europe? Do you play differently?
Steve Lawler: No, not at all. I guess sometimes at Twilo I would play a bit more progressive than in Europe, but that is generally because I have been going to America for years, and I know that a lot of the house and tribal stuff that I play in the U.K. would not go down in the States. The States are really big in the progressive bit. I love progressive house stuff. I love that tougher side, and Twilo was about that. I mean, you would have Carl Cox one week and Paul Van Dyk the next. I used to go in there for four hours and start out with some house...and then build...and then end with something more tough. But sometimes in England I would play the entire set of deep tribal house. In the States they need that progression.
Lunar: What records never leave your bag?
Steve Lawler: As sad as it sounds, there is one record that has not left my box for about 5 years. It is "Reach" by Lil Mo Ying Yang, by Erick Morillo and Lil Louie.
Lunar: What is it about that track?
Steve Lawler: It is tribal house. It sounds like a new record. It has always been my favorite club record. It has always been a big record, not like everyone knows it, but like it always makes people go off. It is perfect. There is a siren in the middle that sends the crowd into a frenzy. It has always done the trick, so I have always kept it in my box. It is a great way to play a big record without playing an obvious record.
Lunar: Any other favorites?
Steve Lawler: Well, none that haven't left my box, but there is one that comes into my box every summer for the last two years. It is DJ Sandy vs. Housetrap, "Overdrive." It is a record that came out on a German label called Cosmos, and then Positive signed it up. It is a really choppy record, again it is said but I would play it at minus six to get it to be a nice funky house record. This is perfect for the terrace.
Lunar: What tapes or CDs do you listen to in your car?
Steve Lawler: Mainly I listen to really chilled out stuff. I spend everyday in the studio, and then on the weekends I am out at the clubs. It is everyday of my life listening to house music — BUMP BUMP BUMP — constantly. So when I am in the car on the way home or when I actually get to put my feet up and get a glass of wine, I try to listen to chill music. I am really into a band called The Verve. Also Macy Gray.
Lunar: What are some people that have inspired you along your career?
Steve Lawler: Well, actually I was inspired last weekend by a guy called James Zabiela. He was a Muzic [Magazine] Bedroom Bedlam winner and he was just signed to the agency I am on. I had heard lots of hype and praise about him, but was finally able to hear him last weekend. He was wonderful and inspiring.
Lunar: What about producers?
Steve Lawler: There really isn't one single producer that is easy to name out. But there is one great label, Junior, that has been coming out with some really good stuff. Producer-wise, there are so many different people that are doing great material. Robbie Rivera from America. King Unique...everything they touch turns to gold.
Lunar: What are some of your favorite DJ's to play with? Are there certain people that you are associated with and do tours with, or are you more solo?
Steve Lawler: I am more solo. I don't tour with anyone in particular. But there is the usual bunch that I like playing with — Tenaglia, Pappa, Sasha, Digweed, and Howells. They are all my friends and all are people that I think are wonderful DJ's and I love to play with.
[This interview was conducted August 22, 2001]


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UMass' latest MAC challenge: Ohio
AMHERST -- Four games into the University of Massachusetts' inaugural season in Division I-FBS, the script changed a bit for the Minutemen.
After three lopsided losses, the Minutemen fell to 0-4, but battled Miami (Ohio) to the final moments in a 27-16 loss last week.
Things don't get much easier this week back at home. The Minutemen will be at Gillette Stadium for a game against Mid-American Conference power Ohio.
The Bobcats come in for the 3:30 p.m. game with a perfect 4-0 record. It's a record that includes a 24-14 upset win over Penn State at State College, Pa., on Sept. 1.
It's a team that UMass coach Charley Molnar said he knows will be a challenge for the Minutemen.
"They know how good Ohio is. I think the Penn State game really was an eye opener for players that don't quite know the Mid-American Conference," Molnar said during this week's MAC coaches' conference call. "I think that was a great wake-up call to our football team that once we get through the preseason part of our schedule, when we get into the MAC schedule, we've got our work cut out for us."
Coach Frank Solich's Bobcats are 4-0 for the first time since 1976, and got there without All-MAC quarterback Tyler Tettleton. Tettleton, the son of former Major League catcher Mickey Tettleton, did not play last week against Norfolk State. Redshirt freshman Derrius Vick made his first start and threw for 199 yards and four touchdowns.
And no, this Vick is not related to Eagles quarterback Michael Vick. Derrius Vick is a Lincoln, Neb., native. Lincoln is where Solich coached for years as an assistant and the head coach at Nebraska.
"That's a good question," Solich said, when asked during a mid-week news conference if Vick might start. "There is a possibility of that, but Tyler has won so consistently for us and is really experienced and such a good quarterback for us, that when he's operating at a high level, it's hard to say 'Go sit on the bench for a couple of series.' "
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A great loss: Veterinarian, banker, friend of the community
March 15, 2012 at 10:01 p.m.
Updated March 14, 2012 at 10:15 p.m.
Monday's death of Dr. Louis Boening has left a huge vacuum in the Yoakum community.
The residents and staff at Yoakum Nursing and Rehabilitation Center know this as well as anyone.
"As long as we can remember, he always looked after our animals," said assessment nurse Jenny Kremling.
Whether it was the occasional stray cat, Lucky the dog hit by a car outside the nursing home, or Rehab the nursing home's official canine mascot, Boening took care of them all, Kremling said.
"He would check them out. Vaccinate them. Neuter them. Whatever they needed he donated and never batted an eye," Kremling said. "And those animals make such a huge difference to our residents."
Kremling said the doctor's wife, Aileen Boening, was almost always at his side during their visits to the nursing home.
Boening, 78, also made a difference elsewhere in the Yoakum community, not only as a veterinarian for more than 50 years, but also in numerous other areas.
During his tenure at Yoakum National Bank, he served as a director, president, chief executive office and chairman of the board. At the time of his death, Boening was chairman emeritus of the bank's board of directors.
He began his career at the bank in 1969.
"The banking industry was vastly different from today's highly regulated and technology driven environment," said Dave Marlow, chairman of the board. "He learned from a core of longtime community bankers that a community bank must know its customers, their businesses and make sound and conservative financial decisions."
"These are the values that he led the bank by and passed on to the next generation of directors and employees," Marlow said. "Dr. Boening believed in service to the customers and community and value to the shareholders."
Darlene Renken, the bank's president and CEO, feels a personal loss with Boening's death.
"He was a mentor to me at the bank almost 39 years. He died suddenly but doing what he loved - at the pasture, checking his cattle," Renken said. "He was a very positive influence for the community and banking."
His service to the community included membership in the Yoakum Area Chamber of Commerce, the Yoakum Rotary Club, the Yoakum Economic Development Corporation and the Industrial Foundation. He was also elected to the Yoakum school board.
In 1994, Boening received the Paul F. Gustwick Community Service Award from the chamber.
In September, Boening was honored for his 10 years of service on the economic development corporation board of directors.
Patrick Kennedy, economic and community development coordinator, struggled with his composure as he remembered Boening's contributions to the Yoakum community.
"I'm still in a state of shock. I consider him one of my mentors," Kennedy said. "He had a deep concern for this community. His leadership will be greatly missed around here. It's a great loss for the community."
Bill Lopez, chamber of commerce president and fellow Rotarian, recalls Boening fondly.
"I only knew Doc about 15 years, but I found him to be very professional with high ethical standards," Lopez said. "He was soft-spoken, but direct.
"He was well respected. He has done a lot for this community and will be deeply missed."


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Spokesman Randy Ort made the comments a day after the bridge that connects the cities of Little Rock and North Little Rock was briefly closed following a towboat operator's report of scraping a protective pier.
Ort said the towboat was traveling upstream when the operator reported that strong winds in the area had pushed the tow of empty barges against the pier. The bridge was reopened after inspectors determined there was no damage to the bridge's supports.
"That was not an extremely large tow," Ort said. "He said the wind just pushed him over."
There's 175 feet of clearance between piers in the channel at that point, Ort said.
He said the transportation agency plans to widen the I-30 bridge in the next few years to increase its capacity. About 130,000 vehicles cross the span each day, he said.
"Our original plans were not to do anything with the navigational span," Ort said. "Don't know if that's going to change or not."
He said lining up to clear the bridge's piers is made more difficult because it is one of six bridges that cross the Arkansas River in close proximity to each other.
Thursday's incident comes after two runaway barges struck the I-30 bridge's protective piers in August. State police closed the bridge, along with four other spans across the Arkansas River, on Aug. 23 after a towboat operator said he feared his runaway barges may have struck piers. The spans reopened after a state inspector said the bridges themselves were not hit.


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Just would like have the general idea how you guys cope w/ your learning all those languages.
I'm thinking of starting learning Java and I'm currently on C++, but not quite sure if I shouldn't begin until I'm halfway thru or something. I'm also trying to understand a bit of PHP.
BTW, what do I need to learn Java? Will I have to d/load a compiler for Java? For C++ I'm using Dev C++ 4 and it's great IMO.


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Silver Eagle Manufacturing Introduces Larger RapidWALL Mobile Barrier
The RapidWALL is an effective crowd control barrier that deploys directly from its own SUV-transportable trailer for crime scene management, critical infrastructure, tactical situations, emergency management and traffic control. Its new, larger size allows it to block an entire city street, creating a screen for decontamination efforts and victim privacy.
"Because the RapidWALL requires limited monitoring, it frees up department resources by minimizing the number of personnel and vehicles needed to respond to crowd control," said Matt Goldfain, director of Marketing for Silver Eagle Manufacturing Co., which produces the trailers in Portland, Oregon. "The RapidWALL can be configured in many different ways to serve as a barrier in tactical situations, move crowds around crime and emergency scenes or screen a traffic accident from view."
Constructed from a series of pivoting, steel walls, the barrier can benefit tactical teams, police agencies, riot control, event promoters and crime scene managers who can upgrade the RapidWALL for their needs. Standard features include viewing windows for crowd surveillance, while options include anti-scaling panels and lighting packages.
"Scene management is easier and safer for police officers with the RapidWALL," Goldfain adds, It deploys faster than standard fencing or other makeshift barriers and protects infinitely more than regular police tape,"
Standard police SUVs or pick-ups can transport the 5,370 lb. RapidWALL, which deploys and stores from its own trailer. An 800 pound payload allows for small traffic motorcycles or pylons to be transported within.
For more information or to view a video, go to www.TheRapidWall.com.
About Silver Eagle Manufacturing
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This course is a continuation of 86-33– emphasizing doctrinal leadership and tactical operations at the small unit level. It includes opportunities to plan and conduct individual and collective skill training for offensive operations to gain leadership and tactical experience. This critical semester synthesizes the various components of training, leadership and team building taught over the last three years, and prepares cadets for their summer experience at NALC. The course includes weekly leadership laboratories, one weekend field trip, and physical training. Prerequisite: 86-331;


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2012 Toyota Corolla LE daytime running lights
Toyota is right, dealership is wrong! Perhaps the intensity switch (brightness) is turned all the way down. Look in your manual to find where this switch is, and make sure the brightness is all the way up.
I checked the intensity switch and it's adjusted to the full brightness. What about the rear lights? Should that come on automatically as well?
What do you mean by the rear lights? If you mean the rear seat lights, that's switched by the light itself by the slide switch on the light.
I mean the tail lights. I can't believe the dealer told me that it's working the way it should when it's not. Don't they check the car first before selling it to people? It was obviously not working before they sold the 2012 corolla le to me.
If it's dark outside and your taillights and dash lights did not come on automatically then I would say there is either a problem somewhere or they might have done away with that feature for 2012 to make them manually switched on. I highly doubt they would have taken away the auto feature though. If you can't find any info. in the cars manual then I guess you have no choice but to drive back to the dealer and ask them how they go on.
Since you seem to be familiar with the 2012 Corolla, my wife purchased a 2012 S model. I would like to add Mud Guards, Toyota provides NO instructions with their add-ons. The parts department sent me the instructions for the door edge guards at 8 pages long, when all I wanted to know was the correct height since they are NOT full door length.
My question to you & all, do I have to remove the plastic fascia on the rocker panels to add the Mud Guards, I'd like to know BEFORE I start.
mcdawgg Posts: 1,680Nope, I did not remove anything except a few of the push-in fasteners that the instructions tell you to remove. The instructions are included with the mudguards I bought. They are Toyota OEM parts. You can find the instructions on the net if you want. I am not sure why you did not recieve instructions. ALL the Toyota parts, including 3 sets of mud flaps for 3 different Toyotas, have come with instructions, so it is not Toyota, it is your dealer or whoever sold them to you.
I will say you must remove the rear tires, unless you use a right-angle screw driver and drill.
I'm also experiencing the same problem with the dashboard lights. I used to own a 2009 LE Corolla where the dashboard and the headlights would automatically turn on or off with the outside light intensity.
I now have the 2012 LE. I noticed the daytime running headlights would be on but the dash lights are not coming on automatically. If I want them on, I'm forced to manually turn the lights on.
Anyone know if this is a factory set default now or is mine also screwed up?
Just called Toyota. For FYI, I was told that it's a feature that's available for the LE model WITH the upgrade package which I have. Apparently, it's not available for every model/package
Going to go into the dealership to see why that wasn't set automatically when I got the vehicle.
This seems so odd.. We are on our third Corolla, always have had daytime running lights. We bought a 2012 S model and no daytime running lights. There is no "sensor" on dash .. Went to dealership and he seemed surprised but said that I guess they dont have them any longer. I cannot believe a safety feature like that would be removed from a new vehicle. When we turn on the car, no lights at all. We are in Canada if it makes a difference..
DRL's are standard on all 2012 Corolla models according to Toyota's brocure, listed under safety & convenience. They come on when one starts the car, if yours do not, you have a problem & a complaint to Toyota. I am amazed how ignorant these dealerships are. I wanted to order a Corolla with all the accessories BUT was told I had to purchase or the 0% financing would be over, either a lie to move their inbound vehicle or total ignorance....either way they tick me off. In the end Toyota lost money BUT the dealership sold their inbound car.
I totally agree about the dealer comment! It is on the American Toyota site but I dont see it on the Canadian site..
I called Toyota also and went to my dealership. By the way, my dealership(expressway toyota) is very rude. They said only the daytime runnings will be on. Dashboard lights won't be on. My 2009 corolla has both on automatically. Toyota said dashboard lights and daytime running lights should come on at night automatically. Toyota and the dealership are saying different things. My 2012 corolla has only the daytime running lights automatically on.
Yes, I'm also on my 3rd corolla and did have this feature available on the previous two models (2005/2009). I'm annoyed both at this change and at the attitude of the dealership. When I got the car in, the agent explained that the sensor was working properly and the dashlights would only come on when it's night outside.
It appears that a lower intensity daytime running light comes on automatically. But if you want a brighter one AND the dash lights on, you either have to turn it on manually OR it has to be street lamps on/pitch dark outside. This is backwards. Instead of having auto dash lights during the day, it's now manual. See the wiki entry for daytime running lights in Canada for some interesting info related to increased warranty costs on bulbs.
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When I said it was a safety feature and asked if I can enter in a suggestion/complaint, I was dismissed and the rep claimed he had no avenue to lodge that information in their department.
I ended up calling Toyota Canada to lodge my suggestion/complaint. The rep there did appear to take my issue seriously and apologized for the dealership's behaviour. I'm not 100% certain if that went anywhere tho.
I'm basically done with this issue. There's nothing further I can do about it. Guess I'll blame my poor eyesight and lift my lazy hand to turn the darn lights on manually. At least the vehicle has a warning beep when I forget to turn them off before I leave.
mercurybc Posts: 1i think both are right, i have a 2001 corolla, exactly like your situation, i am 100% sure there is a light sensor on these corollas..the car knows when it gets dark or is night !!...daytime headlights are always on when car is running, but dash lights and tail lights are off daytime and they come on exactly when it gets dark...i am sure it is not a problem or factory mistake , but planned on purpose...i am trying to find where that light sensor is !!
Just curious, would it not seem logical to have ALL Toyota models perform identically ? I have an 06 Avalon Limited with a mileage guage in it, whenever I fill up the MPG goes down to 0 & then increases to an average. My wife's Corolla started at 29 MPG on a trip to Florida, never went over 30 MPG & never decreases with a fillup. When I asked service why, I was told they were 2 different cars, excuse me, SO WHAT, should the guage not work the same way. I was told I had a MORE expensive vehicle, so mine gave a more accurate reading. " Stupid Is As Stupid Does".
You are exactly correct about running lights. The sensor is located on the dashboard near the windshield of the driver's side.
thesloth Posts: 1
If this is still an issue for you econfused and anyone else on this forum or viewers, I recently bought a 2012 Corolla LE about two weeks ago and my night lights wouldn't turn on either, but my day lights were always on. So I played with it the other night. I'm not good with car terminology so bear with me.
The stick to the left of the steering wheel that drivers use to turn on their blinking signals and normal light. You have to PULL it forward and set the light arrow to the middle setting. If you notice, when you try to switch your bright lights on it won't turn on, it will give you that steady light, however, if you pull the lever in more, and even brighter light will be visible. I took that as my normal and bright lights. I assumed I wouldn't get a clearly distinctive brighter and separate set of lights if my bright lights were originally on.
That stream of light is WAAY brighter than the day lights, but not as bright as my bright lights. So now I can see and not guess at night (my neighborhood has no streetlamps whatsoever, I usually drive painfully slow) or risk getting a ticket.
This car was a gift for me from my wonderful mother (she helped me pay half the balance) to send me off to college.


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Winter Commencement 2011
December 16, 2011
Winter commencement ceremonies for the Monterey Insitute were held on Saturday, December 10th.
As is tradition, bagpipes and flags of the countries represented in the graduating class led a procession of faculty and students from the Monterey Institute to the Monterey Conference Center for the graduation ceremony.
After opening remarks from President Ramaswamy, California Assemblyman and former Monterey Institute professor Bill Monning gave the commencement address. Monning encouraged graduates to use the opportunities that come with their diploma to make a difference in a world facing many challenges.
Rawan Bannoura, from Bethlehem, Palestine, was the student speaker. She talked about leaving a comfortable job as an accountant to pursue a Public Adminstration degree so that she can have an impact on people's lives in her country.
In all, 88 students from 16 countries received their diplomas.


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Berkman likely to bat righty in Derby
Astros switch-hitter doesn't want to tinker with lefty swing
By Alyson Footer / MLB.com
That means the switch-hitting Berkman is probably going to hit right-handed so that he does not mess with the swing that provides the bulk of his home runs during regular-season games.
"I work the entire year on not pulling the ball in batting practice, left-handed," Berkman said. "So my swing is just more up the middle, up the middle, up the middle. Now, to have to all of a sudden have to pull the ball, I don't want to do that. Whereas right-handed, I naturally pull the ball anyway, so it's much easier for me to just turn it loose right-handed than it is left-handed during batting practice."
This year's Home Run Derby will take place at Yankee Stadium in New York on Monday at 7 p.m. CT. It can be seen live on MLB.com by MLB.TV and All-Star package subscribers, and on ESPN.
It will be Berkman's fourth Derby. His results have run the gamut from uneventful (2002) to spectacular ('04) to, as he puts it, "a complete non-factor," as he was in '06, when he hit three and was out after the first round.
Berkman admits now that he really had no clue what he was doing during his first Derby in Milwaukee in '02. Before he left Houston, Jeff Bagwell -- something of a Derby veteran himself -- told his young slugging teammate not to swing at every pitch.
"Which I promptly did," Berkman said.
The results weren't pretty. One home run -- as in, one and done.
Two years later, an older and much wiser Berkman was a bit more selective, using his past experiences to help him through the '04 Derby. Of course, it helped that nearly 42,000 fans packed Minute Maid Park to cheer for their hometown hero. The night, Berkman says now, is on his top 10 list of the best moments of his big league career.
Berkman launched seven home runs in the first round and 10 in the second phase. One of the home runs hit the All-Star Game sign that sat high atop the railroad tracks in left-center field, which netted an estimated distance of 459 feet. His eighth and ninth bounced off the tracks and then left the building.
Berkman came in second place, behind only current teammate Miguel Tejada, who broke the Home Run Derby record with 27 home runs. Berkman placed second with 21.
This year, the Puma will be well-armed with the standard maple bats he uses for batting practice, but he'll be without his regular Derby pitcher, Astros bullpen coach Mark "Beetle" Bailey. Berkman invited Bailey to accompany him to New York, but Bailey opted to take the three days off to be with his family in Houston.
Berkman was fine with Bailey's decision and surmised he would have one of the Rockies' coaches pitch to him instead.
"I'd much rather him have an All-Star break than have to come up there and fool with me," Berkman said. "I said, 'Look, Beetle, I want you to take a break with your family, but if you want to go to the game, I want to have you throw to me.'"
Bailey was tempted, especially since his wife, Mary Pat, is from the New York area.
"That's why I thought so strongly about it -- we have a lot of family and a lot of friends up there, but I decided to go ahead and take the break," Bailey said. "It was a tough decision. I wanted to be there for him and go there for the last [All-Star] Game [at Yankee Stadium]. But talking to my family, I decided to go ahead and take the break."
Berkman joins a pool of contestants that includes Chase Utley, Dan Uggla and Ryan Braun of the National League, and Grady Sizemore, Josh Hamilton, Evan Longoria and Justin Morneau of the American League.
Berkman jokingly said that he expects every one of his fly balls "to go out of the ballpark," but in truth, the Astros' first baseman is picking the Rangers' Hamilton, baseball's feel-good story of the summer, to win it all.
"If I were to have to pick somebody right now, I'd have to pick Josh Hamilton," Berkman said. "He would be my favorite to win it."
Alyson Footer is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Knight of the road: Wadena trucker saves fellow driver in Tennessee
Chad Dickey is no ordinary trucker. Before he was part of Tony's Transfer in Wadena, he was a defense contractor in Afghanistan and Iraq. Before that, he was a Green Beret, with over 20 years' worth of military experience. His career highlights include working as an analyst to help take down Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in the 1980s.
He said it was his military training that helped him save a man from bleeding out – not in the jungles of South America or the Middle Eastern desert, but near a lonely stretch of freeway late one night last May in Tennessee.
Dickey was traveling south of Nashville on I-24 when he ran over what he recognized was the fuel tank of a semi-truck. After he pulled over to check his tires, a couple who had also pulled over alerted him to an accident involving a semi that had taken place previously. Dickey was confused at first because he hadn't seen the rest of the aforementioned semi that supposedly had been part of the accident. After finding a destroyed guard rail near a small river running close to the road, however, he discovered the awful truth.
"I followed the guard rail, and I looked down to where the river was," Dickey remembered. "The truck had literally flew over the river and impacted on the far bank."
After crossing the bridge to the other side of the river to investigate, Dickey found the wreckage of the semi with its cargo, cases of laundry detergent, scattered around everywhere. The driver, Lewis Boyd, had lost control of his rig after it blew a tire. Now, he was struggling to get free from what was left of the truck's cab.
"When I first saw him, I couldn't believe there was somebody living because it was so bad," Dickey said.
Dickey immediately began performing first aid on Boyd. The trapped driver's seatbelt was so tight against his chest that when Dickey cut it loose later it cracked like a whip on the recoil.
Boyd didn't look good. He had suffered serious fractures in his facial bones, broken ribs and lacerations all over his body. It wasn't until Dickey cleared away more boxes of laundry detergent that he discovered the most dangerous injury, however. Boyd's femoral artery had been cut open. He had to act fast.
By that point, police and state troopers had shown up. Desperate for something to use as a tourniquet, one of the state troopers took off the shirt he was wearing, which Dickey then tied around Boyd's thigh to slow the bleeding. Boyd remembers Dickey physically holding the tourniquet in place and comforting him until EMTs took over and he was airlifted out.
"Every time he'd lose his grip, he'd say 'Oh Lord, I'm losing grip, I'm getting weak' and he would twist it, tighten it up more," Boyd recalled. "The whole time I was about to drift in and out, he was just talking to me, keeping me awake, asking me about my kids, my wife, what happened, where I was coming from, where I was going, what's my name, the company, everything. He was on point with everything."
Dickey then helped the EMTs safely remove Boyd from the cab and onto a backboard. Only by forming a human chain up the hill and handing Boyd off from person to person were they able to get him from the wrecked semi into the helicopter.
After he reached the hospital, Boyd underwent emergency surgery on his severed artery. He had lost eight units of blood, and had to be resuscitated. It took a day to stabilize him.
After about a month, he left the hospital, but has battled to recover ever since. A minor brain injury forced Boyd to go to speech therapy for some time, and it was only recently that he began walking without the need for a cane. However, he's alive, and Boyd credits God with sending him someone in the moment of the accident who not only found him in time, but had medical training as well.
"He's an angel," Boyd said of Dickey. "He saved my life. There's no way around it. If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't be here today."
In recognition of his actions last May, Dickey has been selected as a finalist for the Goodyear Highway Hero Award. He will find out March 21 if he has been chosen from other finalist truckers around the nation who have displayed extraordinary heroism on the road.
Dickey shrugged off the idea that he was a hero, however.
"I think most anybody would have done the same thing I did," he said.
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During the past year, AmEx executives presented case studies and led discussions in the spring-semester Strategic Marketing and Managerial Finance immersions. They also shared their expertise as participants on several panels and conducted workshops on interviewing skills. Many coached students individually.
AmEx has a consistently active recruiting relationship with the Johnson School. "Because there's a talented group of students across a variety of disciplines, we can recruit for several functions within a single school," says Bonnie Leff, vice president of the project resource team for American Express Consumer Card Services Group. The company has hired Johnson School MBAs for positions in marketing, risk management, finance, consulting, and other areas.
"We find that Johnson School graduates have both solid foundational skills and strengths in leadership and teamwork," adds Poritzky. In her ten years as a leader of people and a marketing executive at AmEx, she has drawn on the knowledge she gained at the Johnson School, particularly from the leadership curriculum and opportunities to apply its concepts as a Park Fellow.
Within American Express, Cornell alumni have an active network. The group provides a vehicle for networking and career enhancement. This year, members are expanding their mentoring activities with individual students.
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Love In The Fascist Brothel
The Plot to blow up the Eiffel Tower from San Diego California formed in 2001 with the distinct intention of branding their name on every kid's lips. Their beginning stage as an inventive jazz-punk hybrid as heard on 2003's "Dissertation, Honey" was strong and ever so cacophonous but was quickly abandoned by the time of their second official release; a three song Ep title "If You Cut Us, We Bleed." This Ep earned them a taste of success, danger and an opportunity to spend nearly six months of 2004 on the road with the likes of Q and not U, The Locust, and The Ex. Upon hearing the strangled, honking, and all too damaged "Love In The Fascist Brothel" one will quickly realize that the Plot is not a one trick pony and has now abandoned both genres to become something all its own. Like THE CONTORTIONS and SEX PISTOLS before them, The Plot throws together an all-smart version of punk; spit, attitude, and sexuality.
Their reputation for leaving people cheated or impregnated with obsession has now turned the world on it's ears. For the Plot the payoff is big; "Love In The Fascist Brothel" has that magical quality that drives people on to the stage and into the sweaty dance pit every night. That coupled with critical attention over seas and around the globe has international bands and journalists eagerly interested in all of their 2005 excursions to the UK, Europe, Asia, and Australia, as well as an extensive tour of the states and Canada.
Charles Rowell - Guitar
Brandon Welchez - Vocals, Saxophone
B.H. Peligra - Drums
Willy Graves - Bass
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The Plot To Blow Up The Eiffel Tower are around for a few years now. They used to be known as a mediocre jazz-punk hybrid. Their latest album however, "Love In The Fascist Brothel", seemingly breaks with the band's past. They're reborn, more frantic than ever, as a band with its own gestures, characteristics and attitude but with a heap of audible idolatry as well. And, honestly, sometimes too obvious to not be ashamed of.
"Love In The Fascist Brothel" is one of the better things recently released by Revelation. The vinyl version of this album was done by Three One G and The Plot kind of fits the typical art punk of that record label's roster. They're playing a very electrifying mix of the spastic Blood Brothers, The Red Light Sting and arty Liars - but with an own twist - and have fantastic drum-bass lines in their songs. The combination of screaming vocals, guitar thrash, rumbling drums and the catchy 4/4 rhythm really gets on the hips. This is awesome stuff to listen to and probably even more energetic stuff to experience in a live environment. Just by the time you're fed up with a song it either ends surprisingly or they're throwing in this freaky rhythm, a crazy sax player going wild, a thick melody or just plain stupid chearleader's 'Le Tigre'-styled singing (or what the hell it is I'm hearing in "SLC Hunks"). It makes me smile and puts my faith back in hardcore crazyness.
Not everything on this album is stunning though. Above all, the hipster factor is really high and there's songs on here that audibly only fill up some empty gaps on this cd. To deface this band even more; The Plot is actually picking up this genre and image that already reached the chapter's end in my holy Book Of Trendy Things. The good thing however, is that the average length of a track is just above two minutes, so there's not much time to be bored. And there's really a quantity of tracks that play on the cliches so well that they truly make me believe this is awesome. And it really is by times.
On a sidenote, o holy irony, the album art fools around with tasteless things as Nazi symbols and wannabe-shocking third Reich scenery. Although the drawings itself look ok, I think the idea behind it is cheap and outdated. Oh well...
SEMTEXINC.com, March 29, 2005