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VATICAN CITY – Tens of thousands of faithful are braving heavy security checks for a place in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican as Pope Francis celebrates Easter Sunday Mass.
Many more tourists, pilgrims and Romans are flocking to the cobblestone square, decorated with colorful spring flowers, to hear Francis deliver the "Urbi et Orbi" — his Easter message "to the city and to the world" — from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica.
Potted hyacinths, tulips and daffodils, as well as bouquets of pink roses, were arranged in neat rows on the steps leading to the imposing church.
Security, already deployed in Holy Week ceremonies, included armed police positioned on rooftops and metal detectors.

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UPDATE: Banks' computer glitch could last until weekend
Around 600,000 bank account payments have gone missing after a technical glitch at NatWest, owner Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).
The group said an issue with its "overnight process" meant some customers of NatWest, RBS, Ulster Bank and private bank Coutts had not seen credits or direct debits applied to their accounts.
An RBS spokesman said the issue had been identified and fixed, but it was still working to retrieve missing payments.
RBS said: "We are working to get this resolved as quickly as possible and apologise to customers for the inconvenience caused.
Delayed payments would be processed "no later than Saturday", RBS added.
"To any customers concerned about the implications of this issue we advise them to get in touch with our call centres or come into a branch where our staff will be ready to help.
"We will ensure no customers are left out of pocket as a result of this issue."
NatWest's Help Twitter account has been bombarded with tweets from worried customers who have woken up this morning to find payments missing from their accounts.
The group was not able to confirm how many customers had been affected, but said it was not all accounts.
NatWest and RBS have been hit by a number of embarrassing IT glitches in recent years.
In 2013, RBS's online service was disrupted by a denial-of-service attack.
In November 2014, the state-backed group was hit with a £56 million fine from the Bank of England and City watchdog Financial Conduct Authority after a computer failure in 2012 saw as many as 6.5 million customers unable to make payments for as long as three weeks.
The outage hit customers at NatWest and Ulster Bank - RBS's Irish business.
Guy Anker, the managing editor of MoneySavingExpert.com, said: "This is a hugely worrying time for those affected. It's vital anyone with an RBS, NatWest, Ulster or Coutts account that was expecting money today or is expecting money to go out, say to pay a bill, checks their account immediately."
He added: "If you were due to make important payments today such as your mortgage, rent or utility bills, then ensure you let the other person or company know as soon as possible."


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Hibiscus syriacus L.Malvaceae
This plant of gorgeous flower is a species of Asian origin for purely ornamental use and of great symbolic value in the East: Hindus offer their deities Kali and Ganesha red hibiscus. It is South Korea's national flower. In America, where it arrived from Europe, this flower is known as hollyhock of Seville. As hibiscus is mentioned by Dioscorides, in his On Medical Matter actually referring to the altea. The treaty of this botanical and Greek physician of the first century arrived to the Muslim world through the Byzantine Empire, with its capital in Constantinople. It was translated into Arabic in Baghdad in the ninth century during the Abbasid caliphate by the Greek Esteban, though not in a very satisfactory way. In 929 Abd al-Rahman III, from the Syrian dynasty of the Umayyad, declared himself caliph, chief of the believers, in Córdoba, which had already become one of the centers of knowledge of the Middle Ages. It is, at that time, when it came to al-Andalus a first treaty of Dioscorides in Greek, a gift from the Emperor of Constantinople to the Caliph of Cordoba in recognition of the importance of his kingdom. Soon a monk named Nicholas arrived to Cordoba, also sent directly from Byzantium by the emperor at the request of Abd al Rahman III, in order to translate On Medical Matter. So a better knowledge of botanical and medicinal properties of plants was obtained and it was confirmed, in turn, the prestige of Córdoba and al-Andalus as places to safeguard classical culture.


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North York Moors National Park, England
Name: North York Moors National Park
Location: England
Date Established: 1952
Size: 554 square miles (1,436 square kilometers)
Did You Know?
• Heather Moorland North York Moors is famed for the heather moorland, which, while rare elsewhere, covers fully one-third of the park—the largest acreage of such habitat in all of England and Wales. Most of the moors are privately owned and managed for grazing sheep or shooting grouse.
• England's Most Wooded National Park Though named and famed for moors, North York is in fact England's most wooded national park. Forests cover 22 percent of its area and native oak, ash, birch, and rowan fill streamsides and valleys to create a canopy for shade-loving plants such as yellow archangel. Most of the park's forests were planted during the 20th century as a timber resource.
• Dino Coast The national park's 26-mile (42-kilometer) coastline abounds with signs of ancient life. Cliffs here on the "dinosaur coast" reveal a layer cake made of rock and time—including a slice from the mud and silt of Jurassic seafloors nearly 200 million years old. Remains of "sea monsters," such as ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs, are preserved here. Higher up on the cliffs are Middle Jurassic sandstone layers. Once part of an ancient river delta, they hold fossilized plants and preserve footprints from the massive dinosaurs that once grazed on them.
• Historic Structures The park's medieval abbeys, now in various states of ruin, include standouts at Rievaulx, Byland, and Mount Grace. Several castles are also found in North York Moors, including Helmsely Castle, which overlooks the market town of the same name and which has served as medieval fortress, Tudor mansion, and strategic Civil War stronghold. The 13th-century Pickering Castle was used by a number of medieval kings as a hunting lodge and sometime residence.
• Exploring Walkers, cyclists, and equestrians enjoy 1,408 miles (2,268 kilometers) of public rights of way in the park. An additional 90 square miles (233 square kilometers) of moors are open for exploration by foot.
How to Get There
Park visitors traveling by train arrive at the Middlesbrough or Whitby stations just outside of North York Moors. The scenic Esk Valley railway runs between these stations and makes numerous stops in the heart of the park. Express and local bus routes also reach the many communities scattered in and around the park. Once in North York Moors, visitors can take advantage of the Moorsbus network, which services an extensive network of visitor-friendly routes throughout the park from April to October.
- Nat Geo Expeditions
When to Visit
There is no bad time to visit, but the park's famed heather moorland is at its most colorful in summer and early autumn. Brightly colored bell heather breaks out in early July. In mid-August common heather blooms and turns wide expanses of moorland that postcard-perfect purple color.
How to Visit
The North Yorkshire Moors Railway offers a trip back in time under steam power with excursions through the park from the market town of Pickering to the seaside enclave of Whitby. The leisurely and scenic journey is an ideal way to visit picturesque villages and see the countryside in style. The adventurous may request a "hiker's stop" at remote Newton Dale Halt to access footpaths through the heart of the park.


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Billionaire Warren Buffett said Monday that stocks remain relatively cheap compared to other investments as the economy continues to improve. He also said that the company he heads is prepared to replace him whenever the need arises.
The chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. addressed a variety of topics during an interview on the cable TV network CNBC, two days after his annual letter to the conglomerate's shareholders was released.
Buffett said even though stocks aren't as cheap as they were during the depths of the recession in 2008, they're still a more attractive long-term option than bonds, gold, cash or anything else.
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"Equities are still cheap relative to any other asset class," Buffett said. In his letter, he devoted two pages to explaining why he prefers owning a piece of a productive business instead of bonds or gold.
Houses are another attractive investment at current prices, Buffett said. He added he might buy a couple hundred thousand homes if only he could figure out a way to manage them effectively. He said he isn't very handy.
"Single-family homes are really cheap now too," Buffett said.
Buffett conceded in his letter released Saturday that he was dead wrong to predict the housing market would recover by now. He said Monday that he believes conditions will improve in 2012.
The reports Buffett gets from Berkshire's roughly 80 subsidiaries, including utility, insurance, retail and railroad firms, show the overall economy has been steadily improving since the summer of 2009 in every area except businesses related to housing construction.
Over the weekend, Buffett created a stir by writing that Berkshire's board had chosen someone to succeed him as CEO someday with two backup candidates. Previously, Buffett had said only that the board had three internal candidates to replace him.
None of the CEO candidates have been identified, and Buffett said Monday that the likely successor doesn't know he would be the board's pick.
Buffett said Monday that the new language he used to describe the succession plan in his annual letter to Berkshire shareholders wasn't a sign of change but was only trying to clarify the plan.
Buffett, who is 81, said he doesn't think investors should worry that much about who will replace him. He pointed out that Berkshire owns sizeable stakes of more than 5 percent of Coca-Cola Co., International Business Machines Corp., American Express Co. and Wells Fargo & Co., yet he has no idea who would replace the CEOs of those companies.
"I know they have wonderful businesses, and they are developing great talent," Buffett said.
He also said last year's departure of a top executive, David Sokol, did not affect the board's choice for successor. Many investors had speculated that Sokol was the likely successor before he resigned amid questions about stock he bought in the Lubrizol chemical company Berkshire later acquired.
Buffett was also asked about the news business because Berkshire just bought a second newspaper last fall to go along with its sizeable stake in the Washington Post Co. Monday's interview was conducted in front of the presses for Berkshire's newest paper, the Omaha World-Herald.
Buffett says newspapers face challenges because of competition from Internet news sources and the rising cost of newsprint, but they will have a decent future if they continue delivering information that can't be found elsewhere. And they need to stop offering news free online.
"You shouldn't be giving away a product you're trying to sell," he said.
Buffett reiterated his call for tax reforms and a higher tax rate for wealthy investors like himself. He has said for years that he believes his tax rate is too low compared with what middle-income wage earners pay.
"The real question is whether this is a tax code that the United States can be proud of," Buffett said. But he says neither Democrats nor Republicans want to talk about reforms now because it is an election year.
Buffett said the nation's $1.2 trillion deficit won't be fixed by contributions from individuals. He said the country is simply spending too much and bringing in too little revenue, like a rich family that has promised too much.
Buffett said Congress should vote on the proposals developed last year by the deficit-reduction commission led by Republican Alan Simpson and Democrat Erskine Bowles. That package included cutting about $4 trillion from budget deficits over a decade, but few of its recommendations have been embraced.


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Wiki contributions
My contributions to this wiki are available under the following licenses:
- CC-BY-SA 4.0 or later
- GFDL 1.3 or later
Code contributions
In the gerrit guidelines there the follwing line: "Don't modify other people's patches without their consent."
I consent to the modification of my patches by anybody. I work on specific things because no one wants to do what I want to do. Else I'd be happy if someone else did the work, so I could pick the next task in my huge TODO list.
- 100% Free computers(Laptops, Desktops, Home Servers, routers).
- Security
- Secure boot trough GRUB with full disk encryption (no /boot in clear)
- Protect against DMA and other attacks that have access to the x86 cpu's RAM.
- Making it possible for end user to be able to use coreboot/libreboot:
- Making it easy or scalable to install coreboot/libreboot.
- Making it usable.
- Making less risky to reflash, permitting users without an external programmer to easily reflash, and developers to develop anywhere without a huge setup consisting of another computer and the coreboot computer beeing worked on. I'm also interested in getting the cbmem logs written to flash to make debugging easier when no other computer is available(for instance while the developer is traveling to a conference).
make recent intel BIOS flash writable and/or extract its pieces
Coreboot has an uttility in util/ifdtool for that.
- power off the laptop totally (remove the power, the battery etc...)
- connect an external programmer to the BIOS flash chip.
- dump the chip content with flashrom and that external programmer.
- run ifdtool on the extracted chip content
- reflash the modified content
AMD/ATI/Nvidia GPU with SeaBIOS without running the option rom
The idea is to keep the option rom in memory while making SeaBIOS not run it. This has the effect of permitting linux(-libre) to initalize the GPU on all AMD/ATI and Nvidia GPU I tried it with. The downside is the lack of graphics before that. That means no graphics in GRUB.
From 73aae33b7e70d15b595b3f127ffe98bd76f9a646 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <firstname.lastname@example.com> Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2015 15:39:52 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Kconfig: Add option not to run option roms Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <firstname.lastname@example.com> --- src/Kconfig | 8 ++++++++ src/optionroms.c | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/Kconfig b/src/Kconfig index 95bf087..1988f56 100644 --- a/src/Kconfig +++ b/src/Kconfig @@ -403,6 +403,14 @@ menu "BIOS interfaces" default y help Support Post Memory Manager (PMM) entry point. + config OPTIONROMS_NORUN + depends on OPTIONROMS + bool "Put the option roms in memory, but don't run them" + default n + help + Some GPU drivers are capable of initializing the display alone, + but they still require some data from the option rom. + config BOOT bool "Boot interface" default y diff --git a/src/optionroms.c b/src/optionroms.c index c81eff2..c7c89da 100644 --- a/src/optionroms.c +++ b/src/optionroms.c @@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ __callrom(struct rom_header *rom, u16 offset, u16 bdf) void callrom(struct rom_header *rom, u16 bdf) { +#if (!CONFIG_OPTIONROMS_NORUN) __callrom(rom, OPTION_ROM_INITVECTOR, bdf); +#endif } // Execute a BCV option rom registered via add_bcv(). -- 2.6.4
X60/I945 native GPU init History
The Lenovo X60 GPU init has been merged a long time ago. Since then it has been rewriten/improved a lot by other people (See git log for more details). Thanks to all that work it's now a proper driver.
So I've moved the X60 GPU init information in a subpage
Personal oppinions
- The CPU microcodes are under a non-free license that is incompatible with coreboot's license.
- They are now moved away in a separate repository.
Some people say that the microcode is the equivalent of having a more recent CPU, as a justification for using it.
However since Intel microcodes are encrypted and signed, so we cannot know what they really do.
- People usually trust what the CPU vendor say about it, such as that it fixes some bugs(erratas for such bugs are published), but we don't know much more.
- Speculating about what they really do or cannot do won't help much since we usually cannot verify that information.
My goal is to have a 100% free computer, and also to spread that code, so that other people can have a 100% free computer too. According to the FSF, and the FSF criteria for differentiating software from hardware, that microcode is software. So since they consider it as non-free, a coreboot image containing that microcode would not be considered free by the FSF.
On my Lenovo x60, the microcode was easy to remove, and it worked fine, beside printing a scary kernel message pointing to an Intel errata.
What the errata says is that, when resuming from suspend to ram, the temperatures reading will not be updated, and the temperature overheat will not be reported. The hardware issues you may encounter will depend on your specific CPU. Not the CPU model, but instead the date at which it was manufactured. (To know if you are affected, under GNU/Linux, you can run the "dmesg" command and look for "coretemp: Errata AE18 not fixed, update BIOS or microcode of the CPU!" in its output. If you found it, you are affected)
Removing the microcode make it possible to have the gluglug (now minifree) Lenovo Thinkpad X60 ceritified "Respects your freedom" By the FSF.
So instead of debating trough huge flames about the fact that we should use, or not use the microcode, it was more effective to remove it and get the laptop certified.
The benefit of that is the publicity around the fact that this laptop can be made to run 100% free software. This makes users aware of it and willing to switch to it.
Yabel can be used for tracing what the GPU does, but it cannot really prevent a proprietary VGA option rom from doing nasty tricks:
The GPUs in the Lenovo x60 and t60 have a bar that gives access to the whole memory:
Region 1: I/O ports at 50a0 [size=8]
I was told that many other GPU also have that issue.
The way to fix that is to get rid of the proprietary VGA option rom. On some boards it's possible and coreboot has a replacement for it. On some other boards, the kernel can initialize the GPU with or without tricks.
For coreboot developers
This section is mainly usefull for finding informations for:
- Asking me to test some code (that's why I listed all my hardware).
- Find my work in progress code.
- Find legacy code.
- Find what I'm interested in working on:
- If you want to work on the same thing than me, you could contact me if you want so:
- I could help if I have time.
- I could test if I have time.
- I may have some pointers.
- If you want to work on the same thing than me, you could contact me if you want so:
- HOWTO that documents how to do a native VGA init for the Lenovo x60:
- It probably applies to the Lenovo t60 that have an Intel GPU, with no or very minor modifications.
My hardware
Mainboard/Devices running coreboot
|flash recovery mecanism
|What I worked on
|Asrock E350M1
|Asus F2A85-M PRO
|Asus M4A785T-M
|Lenovo X60
|Lenovo X60T
|Lenovo T60
|Lenovo X200
Mainboard/Devices not running coreboot (yet?)
If you need to have some tests done on the default boot firwmare, you should ask me as it is fast to do if I've the laptop nearby.
|Lenovo Thinkpad X200T
|I need to find a way to be able to easily, robustly, and safely reflash it:
Debugging tools
- External programmers :
- Arduino duemillanove (serprog based)
- Arduino uno (serprog based)
- openmoko debug board (FTDI based)
- bug20 (linux_spi)
- A pomona clip
- a null-modem serial cable and 2 USB<->Serial adapters
- USB debug compatible devices:
- a bug20 (omap3530)
- a GTA04 A3 (DM370)
My TODO list
See also TODO of the respectives machines on their dedicated wiki page.
- Merge or abandon my old patches.
- I945, GM45, GS45 thinkpads: Have all hardware features working (feature parity with the default boot firmware):
- Testing: write tests for
- suspend/resume
- power consumption
- heat
- GM45: Merge ich9gen functionality in ifdtool or ifdfake
- GM45: Investigate internal flashing (Look if BIOS->Modded BIOS->Coreboot works and understand why)
- I945: SeaBIOS: allow booting on SD cards.
- Port a logging mecanism from chromebooks to all devices in order to be able to retrive the log of the failed boot at the next reboot.
- Document flash protections and vboot.
- Verify if all the microcodes were moved away from coreboot git.
- (Alix 1.C: port the VSA to fasm)
- (GDB improvements: allow gdb earlier than ramstage)
- I945: Write a freedom/privacy/security review
- GM45: Write a freedom/privacy/security review
- More recent Intel with me_cleaner: Write a freedom/privacy/security review


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One of the winners will receive a custom, personalized StickSKINZ with GRIPTechnology. All you have to do to enter is go to EVESPEED SPORTS' Facebook Page and click Like. It's that easy!


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Retention Guidelines for Other Records
This section provides general guidelines for the records of faculty, committees, faculty and student organizations, and all other records.
To practice good record keeping, you are encouraged to use the guidelines reported below for the retention of documents in the various divisions, and the office of the President of Oberlin College. A pattern of consistency in the care of records will assist your office in many ways — especially in preventing the loss of records and in the saving of staff time. Information that is retained in hard copy or electronic files is the property of Oberlin College.
Faculty Papers
All faculty files relating to their teaching, service to the institution and scholarship are received as unofficial papers and thus acquired under a "Deed of Gift."
Records of a permanent (archival) character include papers created or reviewed of individual faculty members:
- Professional files
- Course syllabi
- Publications
- Awards and other forms of recognition
Committee Records
The chairman of any committee appointed by any of the faculties or College Administration is responsible for the records of that committee. Arrangements should be made with the College Archives to transfer non-current committee records to it at regular intervals.
Faculty and Student Organizations
The records of any faculty or student organization which received College monies for its operations are subject to consideration under this schedule.
"Quasi-Official" and "Nonofficial" Facult and Student Organizations
It is the intent of the College Archives to accept and preserve the records of any organization involved with campus activities. The officers of all student and faculty groups are requested to consult the Archivist about the disposition of their records.
Records not on retention and disposal schedules
With the continuing expansion of College Administrative responsibility, and the resultant reshuffling of both office authority and space, the possibility arises that records important to the functions of the College might be misplaced. In the event an office finds in its possession College Records not covered by this General Records Retention and Disposition Schedule or a special schedule prepared for that office, the office should notify the Archivist.


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Today, as we end 2013, we take a look back at the year that was in Washington wine.
2013 was a year of some tectonic changes in Washington. Perhaps the most significant of these was the arrival of two Napa Valley wineries in the state, Duckhorn and Cakebread. Both will be launching Washington-based brands, called Canvasback and Mullan Road respectively. Notably, Duckhorn also recently purchased a 20-acre vineyard on Red Mountain, indicating that they are here to stay. The influx of California wineries – something that had already begun last year with the arrival of Gallo and Trinchero – only looks to continue in the coming years.
The purchase by Canadian-based Aquilini Properties of 670-acres of land on Red Mountain also bears close watching. While not all of this land is arable, if it were, it would amount to more than half of the currently planted acreage on this tiny appellation, Washington's smallest at 4,040 total acres. What the Acquilinis do with this property will have a major impact on Red Mountain's future.
Washington continued to show strong growth in 2013, bonding its 800th winery and harvesting a record grape crop expected to be in excess of 200,000 tons. 2013's harvest was very much a tale of two harvests, with warm weather throughout the growing season followed by a mid-September cool down and below average temperatures (read a full series of harvest reports here). 2013 also saw the Yakima Valley celebrate its 30th anniversary (Note: opens .pdf),with Columbia Valley and Walla Walla Valley poised to do the same in 2014.
Finally, on a more somber note, this year also saw the passing of several Washington wine champions, including Mike Dunham of Dunham Cellars and Ken Lewis of Lewis Vineyard. It also saw several wineries, such as Piety Flats, close their doors.
Read a complete look at 2013's Washington wine trends and what to expect in 2014 in my article in Washington Tasting Room Magazine. You can read this article on-line here.
That's all from me for 2013. As always, I want to thank everyone for reading this year. I am sincerely grateful. I'll be taking a short vacation the first two weeks of 2014. Look for regular postings to resume in mid-January. Happy New Year everyone!


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New Vision and Structure For Great Lakes Sprint Series In 2014
Track owners and operators unite to bring prestige back to Midwest program
With the goal to support the Great Lakes region of karting, track owners and operators have united to bring a revamped series for 2014. Dubbed the Great Lakes Sprint Series (GLSS) presented by Bridgestone, the program will have a new vision and structure in 2014 as they look to restore the prestige of karting in the Midwest from years ago.
The GLSS will remain a full World Karting Association divisional transfer series for several classes in 2014. Sticking with the traditional grassroots of karting that still utilize the Yamaha Engines, the GLSS will focus and support on the always popular IAME Junior and Senior ranks, Yamaha Rookie, Junior and Senior divisions, Cadet Sportsman as well as the ever popular Comer Kid Kart class. Providing the karting community with a series in the Midwest to attain national points, the GLSS is helping to grow the sport from the bottom up. New to the series in 2014 is the addition of the Rotax Max Challenge (RMC) classes.
Running under full RMC rules, all Rotax divisions including Rotax Micro Max, Mini Max, Junior and Senior Max, DD2 and DD2 Masters will be offered. The Great Lakes Sprint Series in conjunction with the MRP Rotax Challenge, will offer punches to qualify for the 2014 United States Rotax Max Challenge Grand Nationals to be held at Miller Motorsports Park.All races from August 2013 to July 1, 2014 will count towards qualification for the 2014 USRMC Grand Nationals while all races after the 2014 Grand Nationals that are held in 2014 will count towards punches for the 2015 USRMC event.
"We are very pleased to have the Great Lakes Sprint Series as a WKA divisional transfer in 2014," expressed World Karting Association's Keith Shampine. "With the renewed focus of the series, the continued support of the traditional Yamaha classes that are the foundation of our sport, the addition of the Rotax classes and the great effort being put into the program by the track owners and operators, the 2014 racing season is looking bright."
The Great Lakes Sprint Series presented by Bridgestone is pleased to announce their 2014 racing schedule. Commencing on the May 2-4 weekend in northern Indiana with a double race weekend for all classes, the Michiana Raceway Park facility in South Bend, Indiana will help kick off the 2014 season. As one of the longtime WKA Master Tracks, MRP of South Bend has been on the rise since hosting the 2011 United States Rotax Grand Nationals. Continuous upgrades to the facility provide for even better racing on the challenging circuit.
Moving forward in the series, Rotax classes will only be offered on Saturday allowing drivers to travel and compete throughout the Midwest at already established local Rotax series, the void will be filled with some local option class or classes chosen by the host track and details will be released on the tracks entry form, also it will give the series a condensed schedule on Sunday to ensure teams and competitors can get on the road early.
Rotax divisions will count the best four out of five events while all other divisions will run double race weekends and count the best six of eight main event finishes towards the end of the year point championship.
Race two in the series will take place June 13-15 and will see teams and competitors travel east to the Pittsburgh International Race Complex (PittRace). Noted by some of the drivers as their favorite venue in the United States, the challenging layout with great elevation changes will be another obstacle in the quest for the GLSS championship.
The Great Lakes Sprint Series presented by Bridgestone will end their season with back-to-back events at the New Castle Motorsports Park (NCMP) facility in New Castle, Indiana. August 29-31 will see series competitors take to the NCMP IronMan configuration where they will be running the full circuit with lap times in excess of one minute thirty seconds. With a difficult oval portion and a tricky re-entry to the national circuit, drivers will be tested to see who can keep the speed and come out on top.
Returning to NCMP less than a month later, the GLSS will close their season on the traditional national circuit September 26-28, a week before the final round of the World Karting Association Manufacturers Cup program. With series points tabulated after the final round, the Great Lakes Sprint Series awards banquet will take place the evening of Saturday, October 4 during the WKA Manufacturers Cup weekend at New Castle Motorsports Park.
The Great Lakes Sprint Series presented by Bridgestone will complete their entire series on WKA Master Tracks showing their dedication to the World Karting Association and the support that they provide to United States karting.
Shampine added, "I would like to thank all the people that have helped restore the Great Lakes Sprint Series. A special thanks to track owners Garry Lobaugh and Mark Dismore as well as track operator Brandon Adkins. With continued support from the karting community our 2014 Class Sponsors, we need to thank MRP, CRP Racing, Grand Products, Margay Products, TS Racing.com, Haddock LTD, Top Kart USA, Comet Kart Sales, Checkered Motorsports, KartWerx/Praga Karts, HDM Trucking, OTK USA and IAME, Rok Cup USA, Max Speed & Bridgestone as well as all the teams and drivers for continuing to develop the grassroots of karting and for working together to help the Great Lakes Sprint Series thrive in 2014 and beyond."
Entry information for the Great Lakes Sprint Series presented by Bridgestone can be found on the following link: http://www.worldkarting.com/index.php/series/great-lakes-series-page
Please like the Facebook fan page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Great-Lakes-Sprint-Series/160581637292875 to receive updates. Contact series officials at email@example.com, Keith Shampine of the World Karting Association or one of the series Master Tracks that are hosting an even on the 2014 schedule.
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We've patiently waited for any news on the rumored Monsters Inc. sequel. Whispers of a "Monsters Inc. University" storyline were circulating, but now the whole plot has been leaked!
According to The Disney Blog the movie does have a University bent to it, but instead of Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal) and James P. Sullivan (John Goodman) going back to school as professors (as some of the past reports speculated) this movie will be an origins tale. Crystal and Goodman are coming back as college years Sully and Mike. "The sequel will tell the story of Mike and Sully's first meeting at school. They couldn't stand each other, but they overcame their differences to become friends."
The release date has been supposedly set for June 21, 2013. While we're super happy we're getting more monsters, we're sad that we'll never know if the little girl in Toy Story 3 was really Boo or not. Ah well, it will just be a Pixar mystery!
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