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In 1992 no known herbicide-resistant weeds existed in Missouri. In 1994 there were more than five sites. Herbicide-resistant weeds are populations that were previously controlled by a particular herbicide but are no longer controlled by a normal rate of application for that herbicide. Much time is spent arguing about terminology: Is johnsongrass resistant to atrazine? Is pigweed resistant to Assure, Bugle, Fusilade, Poast and Select? Johnsongrass always has been resistant to atrazine, and, likewise, pigweed always has been resistant to grass herbicides. Is "tolerant" a better word to describe johnsongrass's response to atrazine? Regardless of the terminology used, the problem this guide addresses is weeds that used to be controlled but are now tolerant to particular herbicides
Herbicide-resistant weeds were first discovered in the United States in the late 1960s in a pine nursery where triazine herbicides had been used repeatedly. There probably have been a few resistant weeds in Missouri over past years, but the first confirmed discovery of a problem did not occur until 1993. By 1994 Missouri had five cases of herbicide-resistant weeds.
Weed resistance is not unique. Insecticide-resistant insects, fungicide-resistant diseases and antibiotic-resistant bacteria were discovered long before herbicide-resistant weeds. These pests have two common traits: They have exceptionally large populations, and they reproduce rapidly. The reason that weeds were the last pest category to show resistance is that they reproduce (set seed) only once a year while insects reproduce several times a year. Some bacteria and fungi reproduce several times in a single hour. Exceptionally large populations also result in a wide variety of types, or genetic diversity, within the population. With most control measures (insecticides, herbicides or antibiotic drugs), small groups in the pest population (one in a million, billion, etc.) are tolerant.
Weeds typically become resistant to herbicides when the same herbicide is used repeatedly for several (4 to 10) years in a row. It often is thought that selection pressure forces the weeds to mutate and become resistant. However, biologists tell us that what most likely happens is:
Resistance makes some weeds less fit than normal weeds. However, other resistant weeds are just as vigorous as normal types. For example, triazine-resistant pigweed has a different photosynthesis metabolism, which is less efficient than that of the normal type. The "mutant" pigweed grows much slower than normal pigweed. But when atrazine is used, the normal pigweed is controlled, and the resistant pigweed thrives because of lessened competition. However, ALS-herbicide-resistant kochia grows just as fast and just as tall as normal kochia.
How to identify herbicide resistance: As farmers learn about herbicide resistance, an unfortunate side effect is that some herbicide failures from bad weather, weeds that are too large or improper applications are considered herbicide-resistance problems. Do not suspect herbicide resistance unless a herbicide failure fits the following traits:
Even if a control failure exhibits these traits, it is not an absolute diagnosis of herbicide resistance.
It often is thought that weeds change or mutate to become resistant. Biologists, however, believe that weeds do not change at all. Instead, populations change. The resistant weeds always have been present in low populations. When a particular herbicide is used, it controls the normal-susceptible types. This makes room for the population of the resistant weeds to increase. Consequently, when growers say that their "weeds have become resistant," they really mean that the population of their resistant weeds has increased greatly and the population of their susceptible weeds has decreased.
ALS-resistant cockleburSeveral newer herbicides target the acetolactate synthase (or ALS) enzyme, which is found only in plants. A Scepter-resistant cocklebur was originally reported in Mississippi in 1993. This cocklebur also showed resistance to herbicides that are chemically related to Scepter (imidazolinone family), such as Arsenal, Cadre and Pursuit. Sulfonylurea (pronounced sulfo-neal- urea) herbicides, which also work by inhibiting ALS, were still effective against this cocklebur. At about the same time, a Missouri farmer also was failing to control cocklebur with Scepter. After the grower contacted MU, research determined that his cocklebur was cross resistant to chemicals from both the imidazolinone and the sul-fonylurea families of chemistry. It is noteworthy that this cocklebur was completely resistant to Classic, even though it had never been sprayed in the field, and was completely resistant to Broadstrike (another ALS inhibitor) before it was registered and sold.
ACCase-resistant Johnsongrass, crabgrassThe post-emergence grass herbicides (Assure, Bugle, Fusilade, Option, Poast and Select) inhibit an enzyme called acetyl coenzyme A carboxylase, or "ACCase." In 1993, Johnsongrass resistant to post-emergence grass herbicides was reported in Mississippi. In subsequent research, the Johnsongrass tolerated normal-use rates of Assure, Fusilade and Poast. Labeled rates of Select were still killing the grass, but detailed studies showed that the grass was more resistant to low Select rates than was normal Johnsongrass. Crabgrass with similar resistance has been found in the northern United States. At the time of this publication, resistant Johnsongrass also has been found in Arkansas, but not in Missouri.
Glean-resistant prickly lettuce/kochiaThe first cases of ALS-resistant weeds involved prickly lettuce, kochia and the wheat herbicide Glean. Glean made headlines as the first of the "ounce-per-acre" herbicides. However, after four to five years of use, growers began to observe prickly lettuce and kochia escaping Glean treatments. After four additional years, Glean-resistant weeds were widespread across the western United States.
Londax-resistant weeds — California rice. The rice herbicide Londax is another sulfonylurea, ALS-inhibiting herbicide. Approximately four years after its labeling, a resistant arrowhead was found. Recent estimates indicate that one in three California rice fields have at least one Londax-resistant weed.
MSMA/DSMA-resistant cockleburDSMA and MSMA are closely-related, arsenical herbicides that are commonly used in cotton and turfgrass. DSMA and MSMA are used primarily for grass control although they also provide a significant amount of broadleaf suppression. Although they often are considered "grass herbicides," they have good activity on cocklebur and are a particularly economical option for its control. Resistant cocklebur is difficult to identify in a field setting because the resistant types are injured by DSMA and MSMA just as the normal types of cocklebur are injured. The resistant types recover, however, and the susceptible types die. Resistant cocklebur has been discovered in cotton fields in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee. At the time this guide was prepared, a preliminary field test indicated that arsenical-resistant cocklebur may exist in Missouri.
Propanil-resistant barnyardgrassIn the mid-South the most common rice weed is barnyardgrass, and the main herbicide for its control is propanil (Stam, others). In the late 1980s, growers in northeast Arkansas began reporting poor barnyardgrass control. In this area some fields had been in rice for upwards of 20 consecutive years. When barnyardgrass from these fields was tested, it tolerated as much as 20 times the normal use rate of propanil. A preliminary survey of farmers determined that a simple crop rotation greatly reduced the probability of resistance.
Dinitroaniline- (or DNA-) resistant goosegrassGoosegrass is a common summer annual grass and is ranked among the 10 worst weeds in the United States. In the early 1980s, resistance was suspected in a South Carolina cotton field that had received Treflan applications for more than 10 consecutive years. Subsequent studies determined that the goosegrass was completely resistant to Balan, Basalin, Prowl, Sonolan, Surflan and Pursuit. These herbicides are all in the Dinitroaniline family of chemistry (or "DNAs"). It is now believed that DNA-resistant goosegrass can be found throughout the mid-South.
Triazine-resistant weedsA number of Triazine-resistant weeds have been found across the United States. The first discovery was reported in early 1970 with groundsel. Within a few years, triazine resistance was reported with pigweed and lambsquarters. Now more than 50 species of triazine-resistant weeds exist. A triazine-resistant waterhemp (a member of the pigweed family) was discovered in Missouri in 1994.
More than 100 different herbicides are on the market today. But many of these work in exactly the same way or, in other words, have the same mode of action. Fewer than 20 plant-growth mechanisms are affected by current herbicides. ALS-herbicide resistance is a good example of the problem of cross resistance. ALS herbicides exist for many crops. The Missouri-ALS-resistant cocklebur came from a field receiving only Scepter, but the cocklebur is cross resistant to Beacon, Broadstrike and Classic. It is even resistant to a number of experimental herbicides that have yet to be labeled.
Management of resistance, once it occurs, is simple: The grower must switch to an alternative method of control (be it an alternative herbicide or a cultural control method, such as cultivation). Some private-industry personnel have recommended that the grower continue to use the same herbicide in combination with another herbicide with a different mode of action (for example, Scepter followed by Basagran where resistant cocklebur exist). Their reasoning is that the Scepter will provide control of many other weeds and that Basagran will control cocklebur. Although little data supports it, weed scientists urge growers with resistance problems to avoid particular herbicides if they have resistant weeds and to switch to herbicides with a different action mechanism. In theory, this allows the weed populations some chance to shift back to predominantly susceptible types.
Although resistance management appears simple, it is better to prevent resistance from becoming a problem. Herbicide cross resistance renders many herbicides useless at once. With the example of the Scepter-resistant Missouri cocklebur, the use of Accent, Beacon, Canopy, Classic, Permit, Pursuit or Staple could be affected. And no one can predict if or when these fields will change back to an ALS-susceptible population.
If a field is infested with herbicide-cross-resistant weeds, the farmer may lose yield because a competitive weed isn't controlled. Growers also may have higher costs if they lose the use of several economical herbicides. The use of future herbicides may even be affected. As an example, the Missouri cocklebur was resistant to Broadstrike before it was available and is already resistant to a useful cotton herbicide that, at the time this guide was written, was still not registered for use.
Table 1 lists factors that promote resistance. Avoiding these factors is a good start to preventing resistance. Although Table 1 lists ALS herbicides as being prone to resistance, farmers still should use them when appropriate. However, they should avoid using ALS herbicides repeatedly without rotation
Table 1When and why is herbicide resistance most likely?
Table 2 can be used to cross-reference herbicides for their mechanism of action. Use this list to determine if you are using a resistance-prone herbicide program; that is, using same mode of action. Remember, this is primarily a problem when the herbicides target the same weed species. It's fine to use an ALS-inhibiting herbicide, such as Scepter, for cocklebur in Treflan-treated soybeans and then use another ALS-inhibiting herbicide, such as Accent, for Johnsongrass and shattercane control in atrazine-treated corn. The cocklebur are controlled by an ALS herbicide (Scepter) one year and by a photosynthetic inhibitor (Atrazine) the next year. Grasses are being controlled by a mitotic inhibitor (Treflan) one year and an ALS-inhibiting herbicide (Accent) the other year.
However, avoid using a program such as Pursuit (an ALS-inhibiting herbicide) for shattercane control in soybeans followed by Accent or Beacon (also ALS-inhibiting herbicides) for shattercane in corn.
Other recommendations for preventing resistance include the following practices:
CultivationThere are no known cases of cultivator-resistant weeds. No-till farmers must exercise extra care in herbicide rotation because they rely more on herbicides and less on cultivation.
Tank mixes, package mixes and sequential applicationsCombinations of herbicides with different mechanisms of action, which control on the same species, also help prevent resistance. However, this strategy may only delay herbicide resistance rather than prevent it. In addition, the selection of the wrong combinations (sequentials or mixtures) of herbicides (where only one of the herbicides works on a particular weed) can cause resistant populations to build up just as rapidly as overusing a single herbicide.
Avoiding repeat or sequential applications of the same herbicide (or active ingredient)For example Squadron followed by Scepter or Canopy followed by Classic results in two applications of the same active ingredient in one year.
More often than not, a lack of crop and herbicide rotation causes the species of weeds to change rather than the build-up of resistant varieties of weeds. For example, if you use nothing but Treflan for several years in a row, cocklebur is more likely to increase than is Treflan-resistant goosegrass. But, if you think about it, it is actually the same mechanism occurring — selection pressure causes susceptible types to decline while resistant types increase. The only difference is that the species of weeds shift in the typical case versus different types of the same weed species shifting in resistance cases.
Table 2Herbicide products, active ingredients, chemical family and mechanism of action
Because of the great variety of trade names and package mixes of herbicides, it is difficult for growers to keep track of which modes of action they use. Some identical active ingredients actually have multiple product names. Some package mixes deter resistance while others do not. Use Table 2 to identify herbicides that have the same mechanism of action. However some traits may be useful for identification of a herbicide's mechanism of action without having to refer to a large table:
ALS-inhibiting herbicides include many of those used at extremely low (ounce per acre) rates. This trait correctly identifies herbicides such as Accent, Beacon, Classic, Pursuit and Scepter. The "ounce per acre" feature is lost with package mixes such as Squadron, TriScept and Broadstrike plus Dual. Another trait of ALS-inhibiting herbicides is that they act relatively slowly, stunting weeds first followed by a gradual death of the weeds.
Post-emergence grass herbicides (Assure, Bugle, Fusilade, Option, Poast, Select and Whip) have the same mechanism of action. They inhibit the ACCase enzyme. At this time, these are the only herbicides that provide post-emergence grass control with no broadleaf activity. Identifying a herbicide from this group is not difficult.
Photosynthetic inhibitors (Atrazine, Bladex, Cotoran, Lexone, Lorox, Sencor and others) include triazine, urea and uracil types of herbicide chemistry as well as some miscellaneous herbicides, such as Basagran and Stam. With some notable exceptions, these tend to be pre-emergence herbicides that control broadleaf weeds. They allow weeds to germinate and emerge, but a fairly rapid burn starts at the edge of the leaves and moves inward. Large-seeded weeds may continue to grow as the "burn" follows the growing point up the plant. All photosynthetic inhibitors do not affect the same site of action in the plant; consequently, complete cross resistance is not likely.
Dinitroanilines (Prowl, Treflan and others) are almost always yellow or orange. They usually are (but not always) pre-plant incorporated herbicides that control annual grasses and small-seeded broadleaves.
Diphenyl ethers (Blazer, Cobra, Goal and Reflex) are almost exclusively post-emergence soybean herbicides. They cause a rapid bronze-colored burn on weeds and soybeans, but soybeans recover.
Why are crops resistant? Why are weeds resistant? Most herbicides are selective. They control weeds but have little effect on the crop. The usual reason that a crop tolerates herbicides is that it "digests" or metabolizes the herbicide into non-poisonous compounds before they can kill the plant. Weeds cannot metabolize the herbicide, so the herbicide remains in its original form and kills the weeds. Although it makes sense that resistant weeds are metabolizing and deactivating the herbicide, what happens in most cases is that the actual site of action within the weed is "immune" to the herbicide. For example, with the ALS-resistant cocklebur in Missouri, it is possible to apply a high-enough rate of Classic to injure soybeans, although it will have no effect on the cocklebur. This is because the high rate overloads the soybeans' ability to metabolize the herbicide, and there is enough unmetabolized herbicide to affect the ALS enzyme. In the cocklebur, none of the Classic is metabolized, but the ALS enzyme is "immune" to the Classic.
Exceptions to this rule exist. Some resistant weeds can metabolize the herbicide to nontoxic chemicals instead of having a modified binding site. Sometimes the crop has a modified, "immune" herbicide binding site. A unique type of cross resistance has been found in Australia, where certain ryegrass types have the ability to metabolize and deactivate a wide variety of herbicides. This is the worst case of cross resistance because rotating to a different mechanism of action may have no effect.
Herbicide resistance is a complicated subject. Many weed scientists warn of hidden dangers in rotating modern herbicides. Because so many modern herbicides have the same mechanism of action, a grower could rotate crops and herbicides but still wind up with a resistance problem. The mode of action may not change even when crops and chemicals are rotated. But so far, the resistance cases in Missouri have come about from the same crop and same herbicide being used year after yearGrowers should keep the hidden danger of modern herbicides in the back of their minds, but the major problem in Missouri has been the violation of one of the simplest rules of good farming — rotation.
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National Champions Crowned At 21st Annual Legends Asphalt Nationals
The 21st Annual Legends Asphalt Nationals main feature races were held on Atlanta Motor Speedway's quarter-mile "Thunder Ring" on Saturday, Oct. 27. The final day of the three-day format showcased Bandolero heat races, B-Main features, Bandolero feature races in two divisions with the grand finale of four 40-lap A-main feature events for the Young Lions, Semi-Pro, Masters and Pro divisions to see who the best of the best is.
The Young Lions B-Main feature got underway with Trevin Aswarnauth in the lead. Coming off the second lap, Will Fagan dove to the inside of Aswarnauth to take over the top spot, but a multi-car accident in turn two brought out the caution and turned the lead back over to Aswarnauth, since he was scored as the leader the previous lap. Fagan repeated the move and was able to make the pass on lap four, but unfortunately, the same thing happened – a caution flag was thrown for two separate spins, giving the lead back to Aswarnauth.
The top four drivers, Aswarnauth, Tye Mihocko, Fagan and Grant Quinlan, ran nose to tail lap after lap. On lap 15, Mihocko made a bold move to the inside of Aswarnauth on the backstretch, but the two ran out of real estate in the middle of turns three and four, causing Aswarnauth to spin and make contact with several other cars. Mihocko led the field to the restart but Fagan fought his way to the front to collect the checkered flag. Transferring to the A-Main feature were 10 cars – the top-four finishers and six provisional starters: Fagan, Grant Quinlan, Madeline Crane, Mihocko, Joshua Jackson, Clayton Green, Brandon Debrakeleer, Brendon Bock, David Schilling and Peyton Saxton.
Gene Traxler paced the field to the start for the Masters B-Main feature. On lap six, Jim Sylvester dove to the inside of Traxler on the backstretch to become the leader. Traxler led the remaining laps to grab the win. The top-10 finishers in the B-Main feature transferred to the A-Main feature.
Chandler Smith was the leader for the start of the Bandolero Bandits feature. Alan Serrato-Edsall and Austin Geer made contact on the first lap, sending Geer off the track with damage. Smith showed his home field dominance by leading every lap to snatch the victory.
The Bandolero Outlaws feature launched with Joshua Hicks on the pole. Jacob Heafner muscled his way to the front on lap two and never looked back. He logged the win after leading the rest of the laps in the race.
The Young Lions A-Main feature began with Carson Ferguson on the pole. On lap nine, Ryan Shattuck made a bid to the inside of Ferguson for the top spot and one circuit later was able to make the completed pass. Andy Hogan made the same move on Shattuck to get to the front. Hogan, Shattuck and Ferguson ran nose to tail for several laps until the halfway point when the leaders came up on the rear of the field. Shattuck stayed glued to Hogan's bumper while Hogan negotiated his way through the slower cars. On lap 32, Hogan and Shattuck made contact passing a lap-down car allowing third-place Evan Bell to shoot his way past the two to assume the lead. Hogan had damage while the caution came out for debris from the incident. On the restart, Bell was the leader with Shattuck in second, while Hogan fell to the rear of the lead lap cars. Ferguson used the choose rule to restart second on the outside of the front row next to Bell. He used that track position to get by Bell on the final lap to seize the win.
David Garbo, Jr. took the green flag to set off the Semi-Pro A-Main feature. The top six cars ran nose to tail for the beginning laps, putting some distance between the second pack on the Thunder Ring. On lap 11, the front pack started putting cars a lap down. One lap later, there was a skirmish between the top two cars, allowing third-place Spencer Boyd to shoot up to the front. While Boyd was pulling away, the next five cars of William Plemons III, Garbo, Luke Behnke, Myatt Snider and Josh Brimecombe were in a heated battle for position.
A wreck on lap 22 involving three cars brought out the caution flag, but when the race got restarted, Snider made the pass by Boyd to become the leader. After the restart, Brimecombe made his bid to get to the front, passing Snider on lap 26. With two to go, Snider dove to the inside of Brimecombe and made the pass stick to capture the checkered flag.
Terry Mathis was the pole sitter for the Masters A-Main feature. Defending Masters Legends Asphalt Nationals champion, Ira Laughy, made his way to the front by lap eight. A wreck in turns three and four turned the lead over to Kevin Foisy for the restart. Foisy got loose on lap 28, allowing Laughy to jump to the front. Laughy held on to post the victory.
The Pro A-Main feature kicked off with Mason Massey out front. Justin Swilling was glued to Massey's bumper lap after lap, but he was never able to attempt a pass for the top spot. Massey led every lap to score the win. Experience on AMS' Thunder Ring seemed to be key, as drivers from Georgia claimed the top four spots.
To test drive your own Legends machine, or for more information about Legends racing, call Legends of Georgia director Dwight Pilgram at (770) 707-2977 or visit www.legendsofga.com.
Young Lions – B-Main feature results:
1. Will Fagan (Cumming, Ga.), 2. Grant Quinlan* (Maidstone, Ontario, Canada), 3. Madeline Crane (Meansville, Ga.), 4. Tye Mihocko (Peoria, Ariz.), 5. Michael Torres (Apopka, Fla.), 6. Daniel Conlin, Jr. (St. Cloud, Fla.), 7. Joshua Jackson* (Albuquerque, N.M.), 8. Clayton Green* (Marble Falls, Texas), 9. Nicola Lascuola (Brockton, Mass.), 10. Brandon Debrakeleer* (Mill Village, Pa.), 11. Christopher Hogan (The Woodlands, Texas), 12. Cody Anderson (Cincinnati, Ohio), 13. Brendon Bock* (Franklin Square, N.Y.), 14. Trevin Aswarnauth (Loganville, Ga.), 15. David Schilling* (East Greenbush, N.Y.), 16. Peyton Saxton* (Las Vegas, Nev.).
*regional provisional qualifiers
Masters – B-Main feature results:
1. Jim Sylvester (Massapequa, N.Y.), 2. Bruce Silver (Davidson, N.C.), 3. Mike Kennedy (Alpharetta, Ga.), 4. Joe Graf* (Mahwah, N.J.), 5. Todd McLemore (Austin, Texas), 6. Chris Bowie (Douglasville, Ga.), 7. Gene Traxler (Lakeville, Minn.), 8. Dave Reed (Coto De Caza, Calif.), 9. Jamie Smith (Mocksville, N.C.), 10. Michael Sauer (Atlanta, Ga.), 11. Mark Swan (Atlanta, Ga.), 12. Dewayne Irwin (Grandview, Texas).
*regional provisional qualifier
Bandolero Bandits results:
1. Chandler Smith (Talking Rock, Ga.), 2. Zachary Dabbs (Mooresville, N.C.), 3. Alan Serrato-Edsall (Indianapolis, Ind.), 4. Abagail Marin (Peachtree City, Ga.), 5. Austin Geer (Johns Creek, Ga.).
Bandolero Outlaw results:
1. Jacob Heafner (Dallas, N.C.), 2. Joshua Hicks (Senoia, Ga.), 3. Dylan Smith (Concord, N.C.), 4. Tyler Mosley (McDonough, Ga.), 5. Eli Bailey (Johns Creek, Ga.), 6. Ryan Pierce (Orlando, Fla.).
Young Lions – A-Main feature results:
1. Carson Ferguson (Charlotte, N.C), 2. Evan Bell (Buford, Ga.), 3. Kaz Grala (Westborough, Mass.), 4. Joey Padgett (Tallahassee, Fla.), 5. Ryan Shattuck (Islamorada, Fla.), 6. Zach King (Southlake, Texas), 7. Jordan Black (Winter Springs, Fla.), 8. Austin Cindric (Mooresville, N.C.), 9. Kason Plott (Marietta, Ga.), 10. Madeline Crane (Meansville, Ga.), 11. Trey Jarrell (Martinsville, Va.), 12. Riley Thornton (Peachtree City, Ga.), 13. Clayton Green (Marble Falls, Texas), 14. Danny Allen (Lincoln, Calif.), 15. David Schilling (East Greenbush, N.Y.), 16. Payton Ryan (Jonesville, La.), 17. Will Fagan (Cumming, Ga.), 18. Tye Mihocko (Peoria, Ariz.), 19. Grant Quinlan (Maidstone, Ontario, Canada), 20. Brendon Bock (Franklin Square, N.Y.), 21. Joshua Jackson (Albuquerque, N.M.), 22. Brandon Debrakeleer (Mill Village, Pa.), 23. Peyton Saxton (Las Vegas, Nev.), 24. Zane Smith (Huntington Beach, Calif.), 25. Reid Wilson (Huntersville, N.C.), 26. Andy Hogan (Decatur, Texas).
Semi-Pro – A-Main feature results:
1. Myatt Snider (Charlotte, N.C.), 2. David Garbo, Jr. (Stonington, Conn.), 3. Josh Brimecombe (Concord, N.C.), 4. Justin Thomas (Woodstock, Ga.), 5. Luke Behnke (Fayetteville, Ga.), 6. William Plemons III (Locust Grove, Ga.), 7. Garrett Smithley (Peachtree City, Ga.), 8. Alex Hickman (Houston, Texas), 9. Bailey Jones (Nashville, Tenn.), 10. Ryan Hammar-Johns (Pembroke, N.H.), 11. Tyler Turner (Roostawn, Ohio), 12. Ryan Mackintosh (Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada), 13. Jay Coen (Dacula, Ga.), 14. Jeffrey Davis (Roanoke, Texas), 15. Joe Osbourne (Holland, Pa.), 16. Spencer Boyd (St. Louis, Mo.), 17. Chad Davis (Bethpage, Tenn.), 18. Austin Langenstein (Scranton, Pa.), 19. Joe Pike (Monroe, La.), 20. Rex Brown (Piedmont, S.C.), 21. Jami Weimer (Cumming, Ga.), 22. Mike Weed (Franklin, Ga.), 23. Luke Hommerding (Alexandria, Minn.), 24. Tyler Goodwin (Kingsport, Tenn.), 25. Randy Beddow (Lake Tapps, Wash.), 26. Justin Bolton (Greensburg, Pa.).
Masters – A-Main feature results:
1. Ira Laughy (Calgary, Alberta, Canada), 2. Kevin Foisy (Clayton, Ontario, Canada), 3. Jack Dossey (Indianapolis, Ind.), 4. Skip Nichols (Albany, Ga.), 5. David Riopelle (Dunrobin, Ontario, Canada), 6. Carl Cormier (Davidson, N.C.), 7. Joe Graf (Mahwah, N.J.), 8. Ed Clark (Peachtree City, Ga.), 9. Brian Weimer (Cumming, Ga.), 10. Tina Johnson (Senoia, Ga.), 11. Todd McLemore (Austin, Texas), 12. Chris Freeland (Bastrop, La.), 13. Chris Bowie (Douglasville, Ga.), 14. Bruce Silver (Davidson, N.C.), 15. Jamie Smith (Mocksville, N.C.), 16. Dave Reed (Coto De Caza, Calif.), 17. Jim Sylvester (Massapequa, N.Y.), 18. Michael Sauer (Atlanta, Ga.), 19. Don Chandler (Macon, Ga.), 20. Mike Kennedy (Alpharetta, Ga.), 21. Jeff Green (Lewisburg, Ky.), 22. Scott Anderson (Austin, Texas), 23. Gene Conley (Highland Village, Texas), 24. Terry Mathis (Cumming, Ga.), 25. Gene Traxler (Lakeville, Minn.), 26. Buddy Goudy (Ft. Worth, Texas).
Pro – A-Main feature results:
1. Mason Massey (Douglasville, Ga.), 2. Justin Swilling (Cohutta, Ga.), 3. Will Prance (Cumming, Ga.), 4. Chris Dilbeck (Hampton, Ga.), 5. Matt Pappa (Nassau, N.Y.), 6. Evan Swilling (Cohutta, Ga.), 7. Jake Cole (Kerney, Mo.), 8. T.J. Michael (Plano, Texas), 9. Dakota Baggette (Lakeland, Fla.), 10. Kyle Beattie (Locust, N.C.), 11. A.J. Carlisi (Dalton, Ga.), 12. Jason Irwin (Albuquerque, (N.M.), 13. Dylan Cappello (Peoria, Ariz.), 14. Austin Reed (Bakersfield, Calif.), 15. Baiden Heskett (Ft. Worth, Texas), 16. Christopher Freeland (Bastrop, La.), 17. Raven Schrantz (Allentown, Pa.), DNS – Brad Queen (Anna, Texas).


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The first stop for the Bisons is in DeLand, Fla., where they will face Stetson Friday night at 6. Sunday afternoon at 1 they will face Florida Gulf Coast in Fort Myers, Fla.
"It's not a negative to be on the road this weekend," said Bisons coach Charles Morrow. "Our guys are looking forward to the trip."
Stetson is coming off a surprise 2-0 loss at North Florida. It was the first loss of the season for Stetson, 7-1-1, 1-1-0 in the A-Sun, and the first win of the season for North Florida.
"There is always parity within the conference," said Morrow. "I think that is true this year more than it has been the last four years. I've talked with coaches who have been in the conference for awhile and they thin k it is going to be a crazy year. It is anybody's game.
"Our guys get a sense of that. They see results around the league. There is pressure because every game is important. There is a sense that every chance counts and could be the difference. I just don't think there is a dominant team out there, at least not right now."
The Bisons are 3-6-2, 0-1-1 in the conference. They are 0-3-0 on the road.
The Bisons lost 1-0 to Mercer Saturday and tied Campbell 2-2 Oct. 1 in home games at the Lipscomb Soccer Complex.
"There are frustrations from last weekend," said Morrow. "The best cure is to just get out there and play again. Hopefully, after this weekend, we will play two good games and be back in the hunt in the conference.
"The tough part is that you feel like you are playing catch up the rest of the time. We are going to take it game by game and hopefully we will be there at the end. "
The Bisons lead the A-Sun in shots with 206, an average of 18.73 per match.
The top three spots in shots for the season overall in the A-Sun are held by Bisons. Garrett McLaughlin leads the way with 36 shots followed by Andrew Chamberlain in second with 35 and Garret Pettis in third with 31.
Pettis leads the conference in shots per game with 3.88. McLaughlin is third with 3.27 and Chamberlain is fourth with 3.18.
Morrow points to a combination of reasons why the team is not converting those shots into more goals.
"The guys are frustrated. But it is not like we are shooting from 40 feet out," said Morrow. "We are producing good opportunities. There have been unlucky bounces. There have been some tremendous defensive players by the other team. There is not one thing you can put your finger on and say this is why it is happening.
"There are times when teams go through periods like this. The best thing to do is to have your players keep their noses to the grindstone and keep working. We just have to keep shooting and eventually they will start falling in."


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Rethink pregnancy cover in private health insurance
One of the many cons to convince young people to take private health insurance is to exploit their natural anxiety around pregnancy and childbirth.
If young people weren't fooled by the ads exhorting them to take out insurance before their 30th birthday, a topic I've written on previously, they'll often decide it's necessary when they're planning to start a family.
I'd like to challenge that. Pregnancy cover adds hugely to the cost of a health insurance policy and leaves people thousands of dollars out of pocket for the delivery - for care that is probably just as good in the public system.
Comparison site Canstar crunched the numbers for me to show how much pregnancy cover adds to cost of the average policy. As the table shows, using NSW figures as a reference, the dominant type of cover is a comprehensive plan that covers cardiac, hip/knee replacement and pregnancy/obstetrics, for an average $157 a month for a single. There are 70 policies like this, but the likelihood of you claiming on all three treatments is remote.
If you drop all three, you can save an whopping $76 a month by buying one of the 37 basic hospital policies. However, basic is the operative word here.
Bear in mind that it's not as simple as dropping particular treatments - you may be dropping other coverage as a result, because of the way the policies are designed with cross-subsidies between treatments. Private health insurance is not a la carte because it wouldn't be profitable if people could choose to insure only what they'll probably claim. It's more like a pay TV package where you might have to pay for movies in order to get sport.
The middle ground for a young person who wants quality cover is to drop pregnancy cover and hip/knee replacements but retain cardio - there are 28 policies like this and it's an average saving of $50 a month compared with full cover. That's $600 a year.
Remember you generally need to have insurance with pregnancy cover for 12 months before you conceive - and that doesn't always happen on cue; you may be paying for it for several years beforehand, as well as the year of the pregnancy itself. You'll also need to budget for the out-of-pocket expenses of your hospital stay.
So what would you forgo by not having pregnancy cover?
Australia is not the United States and private health insurance is not a necessity. Health economists say private health insurance is worthwhile for people over the age of 60, and those who have chronic health problems. It's also worthwhile for high-income earners who would otherwise be paying extra tax in the form of Medicare Levy Surcharge - but you don't need pregnancy cover in your policy to satisfy the Tax Office.
One of the biggest reasons to get private cover is the lower waiting times for elective surgery. That doesn't apply to pregnancy and childbirth - no one is going to tell an expectant mother that they'll deliver her baby in two years' time because of a waiting list.
What private health insurance does offer pregnant mothers is access to the obstetrician of their choice rather than the doctor on duty, greater convenience with appointment times, and a private room.
For some people that's worthwhile. If you want those added extras and can afford it, fine.
Many first-time mothers find it reassuring to have that certainty and continuity of care at what can be a nerve-racking time.
It's a personal decision but it's worth talking to other mothers about their experiences. I had a friend who had her first baby in the private system and realised she'd paid about $5000, on top of her premiums, essentially for a fancier room. She cancelled her insurance and happily gave birth to her second and third babies in the public system.
My own experience is relevant too. I was living in San Francisco when I fell pregnant with twins in 2010. Naturally I had private health insurance because that's what you do in the US, unless you really, really can't.
Then we decided to return to Australia and flew home when I was seven months pregnant. By this stage I didn't have a choice but to use the public health system.
Before the birth, the main difference was that I wasn't seen immediately for my routine scans but had to sit in the waiting room for 45 minutes to an hour waiting for the public clinic. I could have chosen to see an obstetrician for my check-ups instead and Medicare would have subsidised the cost - this is an option whether you're going public or private for the birth itself and private health insurance generally wouldn't cover this cost anyway.
Later things became complicated. At 37 weeks the doctors decided, for a few reasons, they needed to book me in for a c-section. Soon after the birth my baby boy was diagnosed with a diaphragmatic hernia and was transferred to a major children's hospital to await surgery. My newborn daughter and I were transferred the next day to the public hospital adjoining the kids' hospital so we'd be nearby.
It was a traumatic time but the quality of care that my family and I received across all three hospitals was nothing short of excellent. Oh and they gave me a private room.
I didn't know it at the time, but the surgeon and the paediatrician who cared for my son both have great reputations and work in both public and private practice. I saw them privately for check-ups after we were discharged from hospital.
The public health system has many faults but it's good at dealing with issues that require urgent attention. My family is complete but if there were ever a next time, I'd be more than happy to go public again.
That's all well and good but what if you still want pregnancy cover? The table suggests that family starters who want the pregnancy cover can save a modest $14 a month by dropping the hip/knee replacement, but there are only seven policies that offer that.
Probably the biggest savings tip is that couples who want pregnancy cover are likely better off with two single policies - one with pregnancy cover and one without - rather than a couple policy, which is usually double the cost of a single one. Even the most involved father in the world doesn't need to be insured for pregnancy and childbirth.
Caitlin Fitzsimmons is the Money editor. She writes regular columns about money, work and life. You can find her on Facebook or Twitter.
Edited to add information about the ability to see an obstetrician privately before birth.


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Post subject: Re: Direct boot from hard drive?
We have the following with 1 being the most preferred:
1. Modify the boot floppy so that we can boot Puppy 1.0.2 on this older computer. We don't know where to put acpi=off (or ide=nodma apm=off noapic) in the boot floppy. We tried putting acpi=off in autoexec.bat & config.sys but it didn't seem to work How do we do this & exactly where do we put it?
2. Install grubhd.zip on our existing Puppy system where we had to install Puppy 1.0.1 on the partition & then copied image.gz, vmlinuz & usr_cram.fs from the Puppy 1.0.2 CD into the partition. Apparently we should do the install-hdgrub.sh option but despite trying many different commands as root, we haven't found the right one. In this scenario we need to have the grub menu come up when we boot the computer without having to use a boot floppy. What do we enter in the command line?
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Hi Fox7777.
I had the need for the same requirement. If you get 1.0.2 to work.. fine.
If you must stick with 1.0.1.. the grubhd.zip is for you!
Option 1 install was done by me on request be a Puppy user (with grub..).
I personally think, a type 2 install is more towards a real linux installation..
What you need to do first is make a suitable partition on your hdd.
Size min. 200MB (but more doens't harm
) Use cfdisk for that..
Then start the ./install-grubhd.sh.
Here you must enter the above created partition!
The partition must not be already in use by a bootet live Puppy!!!!
If you use the strait 1.0.1 from Barry, Puppy is probably creating a pup001 file
on the first partition it founds. I have used the JohnM 50m Version, because it
has a boot menu option to NOT touch any hdd!
So either make 2 partition in the first run (ex. hda1 and hda2) and let Puppy create
the pup001 file in hda1, so you can install type 2 in hda2...
Or make sure that Puppy is not able to find any partition to use for pup001...
The created boot menu has all possibilities I have build in (hda1-4; hdb1-4).
Just the default entry will be set to the last installation.
That is compatible with type 1 and type 2 install!
So you can have multiple installations of Puppy - even mixed type 1 and/or type 2.
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Dang, we went through the upgrade option on ./install-hdgrub.sh (note that it is not grubhd.sh) & now there is still no grub menu at boot. When we use the usual Puppy HD boot CD, we get a kernel panic message. Not to worry- we can easily reinstall Puppy 1.0.1 but what we really want to do is to be able to boot the Puppy 1.0.2 live CD on this computer & install to the hard drive with that. We tried to boot the suggested Opera Custom CD on this computer but it still stops at the kernel & doesn't give us a chance to select the no acpi option.
What we really need is a modification to the live boot floppy that will boot the live Puppy Linux 1.0.2 CD on these older computers.
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Post subject: Re: Direct boot from hard drive?
We have tried a couple more installs from the live CD using ./install-hdgrub.sh & although it goes through all the motions we don't see the success message at the end. On reboot we get Grub error 17. We really need future Puppy releases adapted for these older computers.
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A grub error 17 usually means that Grub can't ID the partition type. What filesystem type is the partition are you trying to install to or boot to?
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Pup 1.0.3 will have a boot menu also, so you can choose not to use/create a pup001 file on h.d.
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We set up another older computer with Suse 9.0 on one partiition booting with Grub. Then we installed Puppy 1.0.1 on the other partition (Puppy 1.0.2 won't boot on this computer either). To install we had to change hda3 filetype to something weird that Puppy wouldn't recognize using fdisk in Puppy as described in the install to hard drive script. The reason for this is that otherwise the Puppy live CD would use this partition and we couldn't install to it. Then we changed it back to ext2 and installed to it. Then we copied vmlinuz from the CD to / in Puppy & added Puppy to the Suse boot menu booting /vmlinuz on hda3. Now we can boot Puppy without using the floppy.
Regarding the older computers like the 1996 Dell Optiplex GMT 5166, our main concern is that they not get left behind by Puppy Linux. Not only does it keep these well built older computers functional but keeps them from ending up in landfills, etc. Apparently it is fairly easy to do the acpi=off or whatever so that we could install Puppy 1.0.2. We are still looking for a way to perhaps modify the boot floppy so we could install Puppy 1.0.2 now. The latest DSL installs on this computer no problem but we like Puppy better. Hopefully Puppy 1.0.3 will work on this computer.
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Date: February 23, 2012
District: District 6
Contact: Jose Camarena
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FRESNO – The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $253 million in new funding to 30 projects that will improve the state's transportation system and strengthen California's economic recovery.
"From one end of the state to the other, transportation projects are providing good paying jobs while at the same time reducing traffic congestion for people and businesses in California," said Acting Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty.
The allocations include $206 million from Proposition 1B, a transportation bond approved by voters in 2006. In total, nearly $12 billion in Proposition 1B funds have been allocated statewide.
The remaining $47 million in allocations came from assorted transportation accounts funded by state and federal dollars.
Among the projects that received funding allocations today were:
- Allocation of $5.1 Million to the City of Madera for improvements on 4th Street, including widening of the State Route 99 bridge to 6-lanes and widen ramps. 4th Street will be widened to 4-lanes with median, and traffic signals.
- Allocation of $1.6 Million for the installation of two single thrie-beam median barriers along 4.4 centerline miles of State Route 99 near Chowchilla, from Avenue 24 to Le Grand Avenue, to help reduce cross median collisions and improve traffic safety.
- Allocation of $202,000 to the City of Bakersfield to improve the landscaping and sidewalk on the north side of Stockdale Highway from McDonald Way to North Stine Road enhancing the scenery of the parkway area.
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Here's the problem with summer vacation: you're on this mad dash to make all sorts of family memories before school starts. But between all the pool parties and the barbecues and the road trips, what the heck do you DO with the kids during the downtime? How about making family memories ... scrapbook style?
Hold on, hear me out. We always mean to get those pictures filed away, but how often does it really happen? A big ol' family scrapbooking session does double duty: it solves your "I never have time for that problem" and it keeps the kids from that awful "I'm boooooored" whine. Behold!
1. Give them a camera. As a photographer, this is always the number one thing I say to parents. It doesn't have to be expensive; I started with a plastic one when I was about 6. But getting them to capture things from their perspective is a lot easier when you aren't sharing your expensive digital! And it will be fascinating to look back on in the future.
2. Make it a family activity. It's all well and good that this scrapbook will be something full of family memories to look back on. But isn't it a lot cooler if you make ANOTHER family memory by working on it together?
3. Don't correct them. So you like everything neat? That's nice ... for your part. But if you're really trying to get the kids involved, don't you want the scrapbook to reflect what THEY did? Chill out, and it will be a lot more fun to do, and a lot more fun to look at in 10 or 20 years.
4. Let them pick the "themes." If you're a "one page per event" type of scrapbooker, how about mixing it up -- let them choose the "events" that were most important. You learn a lot about your own kids by what they choose ... and it will be there to look back on in the future.
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NotTim wrote:I took a day trip down to flying furniture on Sat to have a test ride on a couple of bents, I found myself rather worried by how much I enjoyed the Giro 26.
The price tag is just a tad more then I'm willing to spend just now, by the time I added some luggage and some uprated wheels I'd be pushing $3000, but I can see the possibility of a bent somewhere in my future. I just need to get out and ride the one I've got now enough to justify another bike to myself, whatever shape it is.
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Roscoe Gordon: No More Doggin' - New Orleans WimmenClassic R&B mover and really rare on original 45rpm!
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Albumtitel: No More Doggin' - New Orleans Wimmen
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Rosco Gordon
Just A Little Bit
Rosco Gordon
Just A Little Bit
Get ready for a story of byzantine complexity. "It was Christmastime 1959," said Jimmy McCracklin, "and I was playing in a Chicago nightclub. I ran into Rosco Gordon, and I taught Rosco one of my new songs, 'Just A Little Bit.'" The two artists practised the song, said McCracklin, and Rosco wanted to record it. "I asked Rosco if I would get writing credit," McCracklin told Howard DeWitt, "and he said, 'Yes, Jimmy, you sure will.' I didn't get a damn thing." Later, Rosco said that he'd developed the song from a one-liner by McCracklin. "That's bullshit," asserted McCracklin. "To this day, Rosco is nervous as hell when he sees me. He knows I wrote the damn thing." In yet another version of events, Rosco told Hank Davis that he wrote Just A Little Bit while on tour with Jimmy McCracklin, and, in an attempt to account for the fact that Ralph Bass and sundry others currently have the composer credit, he said that he recorded a demo which he offered to Ralph Bass at King Records. Bass, said Rosco, insisted that he wasn't interested, but copyrighted the demo in his name. Gordon then recorded the song for Vee-Jay, and it became his biggest pop hit (with a composer credit to his first wife Del Gordon).
So what actually happened? It's likeliest that singer and songwriter Piney Brown (aka Columbus Perry) and two others wrote the song for Bass, who pitched it to Tiny Topsy for a 1959 session that predated Rosco's by several months. What led McCracklin to insinuate himself in the picture? Well, Topsy's record has a geeky Tequila-type rhythm, while the familiar Just A Little Bit riff can be found in embryonic form on an earlier McCracklin record, Country Baby, so it's likely that McCracklin inserted the now familiar riff, rewrote a few words, and came to believe that he'd made a hit (which, in a sense, he had).
What's certain is that this song became a valuable copyright because the Animals, Elvis Presley, Delbert McClinton, and a multitude of others have recorded it. This would be Rosco's last R&B hit...some nine years after the first. Born in Memphis (not in 1934, as he often claimed, but on April 10, 1928), Rosco had already moved to New York, and within ten years he would exit the business until his rediscovery in the early 1980s. His death on July 11, 2002 was preceded by years of steady work and fresh acclaim, and his later records were barely less exuberant than the first.
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Once upon a time I wrote for the (now defunct) Taste Magazine. I was working on an article about celebrity-branded alcohol, although that article got scrapped when I took over the Wine Academy column for the magazine. In the process of researching that article, I somehow managed to get in touch with the publicist for Maynard James Keenan, and eventually, I interviewed him. It's just as well my article got scrapped, because my recording of the interview wasn't very good. It was so bad, I have yet to be able to clean it up and use it. (Since then, I've improved my recording equipment.)
For those unfamiliar, Maynard James Keenan is the front man for rock bands Tool, Puscifer, and A Perfect Circle. Until I met Kevin Keith, I had no idea who he was, so don't feel bad, and I think that Maynard actually preferred my lack of knowledge of his music during the interview. If there is anything I got out of that conversation, it's that he doesn't like being called a "Rock Star." Well, that and Maynard James Keenan is the most intense person to whom I have ever spoken. I believe that he does everything with the same intensity – be it music or wine, which should tell you something about his wine.
When Kevin and I went to Arizona in 2007, we visited Cornville, AZ as we drove south towards Phoenix from the Grand Canyon. It's off the beaten path a bit, but Cornville was an absolute delight for us as wine lovers. We started at Page Springs Cellars, where it just so happens that Maynard had worked with the wine maker to learn everything he could about wine. At the time, Page Springs Cellars was also selling Maynard's labels, Caduceus Cellars and Merkin Vineyards. (Our Photos from Arizona Wineries) We have several Maynard-created wines in our wine fridge.
When I interviewed Maynard, he was working on launching Arizona Stronghold, a winery in the southern Arizona ghost town of Jerome. (A lot of grapes are grown in southern Arizona.) Last summer, an article in Decanter.com alerted me that Maynard and his winemaker Eric Glomski have officially launched the new winery.
Turns out, the process of creating Arizona Stronghold is the basis for a new documentary called Blood Into Wine. It premieres in Arizona (of course) on February 19 (full list of theatres is after the jump – mostly West Coast I'm afraid). But the DVD will be released on May 4 Sept 6. Check out the trailer. Even if you don't like his music, how can you resist a documentary like this? It's got music, wine, and a lot of humor, I think.
Blood Into Wine arrives in select theaters on Feb. 19 with a Phoenix-based premiere at the W Hotel Scottsdale.
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Auto Racing and Driving in New England: Car Clubs, Driving Clubs and Lime Rock Park
With few exceptions, owners of high-performance street cars dream of "seeing what she'll do" on the track. Marque clubs such as the BMW Car Club of America and the Porsche Club of America provide many services for owners of these makes, including technical advice, discounts, insider info, organized road trips and other fun gatherings.
With regard to the actual driving aspect, most of these kinds of car clubs also have protocols and procedures in place for its members to get on track. As you might imagine, Lime Rock is an extremely popular venue with these clubs.
Once you join a marque club that has track days for its members, you'll have plenty of opportunity to sign up for one of its sanctioned club-days at Lime Rock Park. Most clubs charge $150 to $400 for those days.
In addition to the marque clubs, there are a variety of "drivers" organizations such as EMRA and SCDA (info below) whose very raison d'etre is to get its members on track in their street cars. As a member, you'll know which day or days your club has rented Lime Rock, and like a marque club, you will pay something between $150 to $400 for those days.
Among both marque and drivers clubs, many even offer track cars for rental during their events.
In either case – marque or drivers club – first-timers get instruction and "rookie orientation," so you don't have to fear being thrown into the deep end of the pool! You will be taught the rules and learn the fundamental techniques necessary to lap a race track safely.
(Note: If you have a vintage race car and have a desire to get it on the track, the best place to begin is by contacting the VSCCA – Vintage Sports Car Association – web address below.)
One more thing: Track days are not racing, as there are strict rules about where and when you can pass other cars.
The bottom line is this: There are many marque and driving clubs (most have regional chapters) that book track days at Lime Rock Park. If your desire is to drive your own car on the track -- or you just have to get your Scion FR-S up to speed -- then these kinds of clubs are the place to start. Here are a few of the more prominent ones:
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BMW Car Club of America (BMWCCA)
Connecticut Autocross and Rally Team (C.A.R.T.)
Eastern Motor Racing Association (EMRA)
Ferrari Club of America (Empire Region)
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Porsche Club of America (Connecticut Valley Region) (PCA CVR)
Performance Drivers Association (PDA)
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As reported by Ken Rosenthal the Cubs have reached an agreement pitcher Kyuji Fujikawa. The 32- year- old closer has pitched the last six years for the Hanshin Tigers in Japan where he has 202 career saves with a 1.36 ERA. The deal is for two years with a vesting option worth 9.5 million. According to Rosenthal the deal breaks down as follows: $1M signing bonus, $4M for both 2013 and 2014 seasons, plus $5.5M or $6M based on games finished. If the option does not vest their is a $500K buyout.
It was speculated that Fujikawa was going to sign with the Angels, but the Cubs swooped in and grabbed him. The Cubs will now have a decision to make, whether Carlos Marmol or Fujikawa will close. I am sure the Cubs will still actively be trying to move Marmol, so we will just have to wait and see what happens. Even if Marmol does not get moved I would not be surprised to see Fujikawa as the closer.
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Just a few more miles or a few more minutes. That's what scientists and some federal managers think it would take to improve the plight of the highly endangered North Atlantic right whale.
No more than 350 survive, and ship strikes are a leading cause of death for the whales, which live near and migrate through high-traffic coastal waters. Researchers are proposing that the U.S. government adjust shipping lanes around some ports and slow ships in other East Coast waters.
The "ship-strike reduction strategy" would reroute ships away from key breeding and feeding grounds; in other places, it would establish seasonal speed limits within 30 miles of the coast, perhaps slowing ships to 12 knots, about half the normal speed of many container ships and cruise ships.
The U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service announced in June that it intends to prepare an environmental impact statement as part of the process of implementing new shipping regulations. Conservationists and some researchers say the measure is long overdue; some maritime interests say the plan has as many potential negative impacts as positive ones.
For instance, shifting ship traffic closer to the coast could reduce the risk of a ship striking a right whale in Cape Cod Bay by 40 percent, said Hauke Kite-Powell, a research specialist in the WHOI Marine Policy Center (MPC) who recently delivered a research report on the matter to the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies. For nearly five months a year, a significant number of northern right whales congregate in the nutrient-rich waters of Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts Bay, and the Gulf of Maine. Hundreds of vessels pass through the area each year, making it likely that several ship-whale encounters take place annually.
Kite-Powell is now working with Amy Knowlton and Moira Brown of New England Aquarium (NEAq) to study how right whales respond to ships and how changes in ship speed might increase the odds that ships or whales could get out of the way. He also has worked with MPC colleague Porter Hoagland to study the economics of ship-strike management.
"If there is a reasonable place to move the shipping lanes—as Canadian managers recently did in the Bay of Fundy—then it makes sense," said Kite-Powell. "It also could make sense in Cape Cod Bay. But for most of the East Coast, there is no good way to reroute ships. Speed limits might be the only way forward in the near term."
Changing the shipping regulations would likely increase costs by $10 million to $15 million per year for commercial operators. But Kite-Powell points out that the changes could disproportionately affect certain ports, such as Boston, which has right whales crowding its shipping lanes for nearly five months a year.
In related research, WHOI biologists Hal Caswell and Michael Moore, NEAq scientist Scott Kraus, and 11 other researchers reported in the July 22 issue of the journal Science that ship strikes and fishing gear entanglements are killing North Atlantic right whales at a rate exceeding a level that allows the population to grow. In a statistical analysis and call for action, the researchers noted that the situation may be more dire than they can observe directly, with many whales dying out at sea and out of sight.
Ship strikes threaten the survival of the North Atlantic right whale. (Photo by Regina Campbell-Malone, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
Endangered right whales congregate in Cape Cod Bay, particularly from December through May, while an average of seven passenger or cargo vessels pass through the area each day. Using five years of data on right whale sightings (red indicates more frequent sightings), researchers have proposed seasonal changes to shipping lanes to reduce ship-whale collisions. Solid lines indicate current shipping routes; dotted lines represent proposed, whale-friendly routes. (Illustration by Jayne Doucette, WHOI)


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Andrews University is preparing to host its 12th annual Creative Arts Festival, to be held February 21-26, 2005. There are a variety of activities celebrating the arts scheduled for each day. All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.
Tuesday, February 21
noon-1 pm
Brown Bag Concert, James White Library Lobby
Featuring the Andrews University Woodwind Quintet: Katie Lewis, flute; Paul Williams, oboe; Byron Graves, clarinet; Billi Freitel, bassoon; and Gabrielle Smith, horn.
2-4 pm
Art Demonstration, James White Library
Featuring wildlife painting with David Knauft.
7-9 pm
Gallery Crawl
Various Locations
A juried art student exhibition featuring ceramics, design, drawing, painting, photography and printmaking will be held in the Art & Design Gallery in Smith Hall. Refreshments will be served. The Harrigan Hall Gallery will be presenting "The Way I See It," a compilation of personal work from seven photography majors. The Architecture Resource Center will be hosting a pottery exhibit by Minnesota architect Wayne Branum. The James White Library Gallery will be showing "Chairs," a collection of paintings by Douglas Jones, professor of teaching and learning. The Horn Archaeological Museum is featuring a display of original artwork by Nathan Greene that will be up for auction in March. Ancient artifacts excavated this summer from Tall Jalul, Jordan will also be exhibited, along with new three-dimensional architectural models based on finds from the Tall Hesban excavations. Guided tours will be available
Wednesday, February 22
Noon-1 pm
Brown Bag Concert, James White Library Lobby
Featuring Jan Burda, local guitar maker. Burda will demonstrate folk music for guitar, banjo, and fiddle.
2-4 pm
Art Demonstration, James White Library
Herb Helm, professor of behavioral sciences, will hold an art demonstration on watercolor painting in the James White Library.
Bonnie Jean Hannah will also demonstrate china painting
7:30 pm
Andrews University Music Festival Concert
Howard Performing Arts Center
Thursday, February 23
Noon-1 pm
Brown Bag Concert, James White Library Lobby
Featuring music for bagpipe and drum with students Brian Dodge and Bryan Szaflarski.
2-4 pm
Art & Craft Demonstration, James White Library
"Creative Stamping Share & Tell." Bring your favorite stamp and a simple project to share with others.
4 pm
Concert, James White Library
"Aboriginal Culture in Taiwan." The Ong family presents traditional Taiwanese, classical and western music for violin, cello, and keyboard. Traditional Taiwanese costumes and culture will be shared.
7:30-9 pm
Poetry & Jazz, Chan Shun Hall Lobby
An evening of soft jazz, light refreshments and original poetry. This event is sponsored by the Nu Sigma Honor Society and the Office of University Relations.
Friday, February 24
7:30 pm
Vespers, Howard Performing Arts Center
The Andrews University Wind Symphony, under the direction of Alan Mitchell, University Chorale, under the direction of Stephen Zork, and the AU Music Festival Choir and Orchestra will perform at the Howard Performing Arts Center. The program includes: selections from Handel's Messiah, Philip Sparke's Chorale and Variations, Aaron Copland's Variations on a Shaker Melody, Alan Hovhaness' Prayer of St. Gregory, David Gillingham's Heroes, Lost and Fallen: A Vietnam Memorial, and Nick Glennie-Smith's The Mansions of the Lord.
Saturday, February 25
4 pm
Howard Performing Arts Center
AU Music Festival Concert
8 pm
Drama Presentations, University Towers Auditorium
The Andrews English Department in conjunction with the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society presents two student-written plays, "Nurse!" by Daniel Bedell, and "Existentialism for Breakfast" by Elizabeth Lechleitner, with all-student casts. "Nurse!" gives a comical glimpse of Millennials in their golden years. "If we know the end of the play, why should we go" -- "Existentialism for Breakfast" grapples with this question, providing a lighthearted look at the meaning of life. Enjoy refreshments and an open forum with the authors immediately following the performances.
Sunday, February 26
5 pm
Drama Presentation, Earliteen Loft, PMC
A performance of the first act of Edmund Rostand's "The Romancers" will be held in the earliteen loft in Pioneer Memorial Church. A parody of Romeo & Juliet, this play tells the story of two fathers who on the outside appear to be bitter enemies but in reality are good friends plotting to bring together their two overly-romantic children. Performers will include Stephanie Kay, Andrew Rellora, Timothy Brown, Bryce Buckley, and Brian Parris.


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Congressman Buys Recording Industry Argument That Radio Is Piracy
from the and-here-we-go-again dept
Yet, in the last few years, with the recording industry execs desperate for more cash and unwilling to embrace business models that actually take some work, they've been running to Congress demanding that radio stations now pay performance rights to the labels. They even came up with a silly study that attempted to prove that radio play decreases sales. Late last year, it got so silly that one of the recording industry's many lobbying groups, called musicFIRST, claimed that radio is a "form of piracy." musicFIRST has been hiring big name lobbyists, like former House Majority Leader Dick Armey to push this view, and (of course) some politicians have obliged.
Rep. John Conyers has once again introduced a performance rights bill which is mistakenly described as creating "parity." It's only "parity" if you think that doubling the tax on playing music on the radio is "parity."
It's worth noting, of course, that among the top contributors to Rep. Conyers recent re-election was the American Intellectual Property Law Association as well as DLA Piper, the big law firm that (oh look!) Dick Armey has been working for... It's also worth pointing out that Conyers, as head of the House Judiciary Committee, just so happened to have recently abolished the subcommittee on intellectual property -- which (hmm...) would have almost certainly been chaired by Rep. Rick Boucher, one of the few folks in Congress who actually has been known to fight for the rights of consumers, and against the RIAA, when it comes to copyright. This gave Conyers, rather than Boucher, control over new IP related legislation.


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BOSTON, MA - The third-seeded University of Massachusetts Boston women's team will host sixth-seeded University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in the quarterfinals of the Little East Conference Tournament on Tuesday, November 3 at 2:00 p.m. at the Clark Athletic Center on the campus of UMass Boston.
The Beacons' number three seed is their highest position in the LEC tournament ever as they host a conference quarterfinal match for the second straight season. UMass Boston is currently 13-4-1 on the season, including 5-1-1 in LEC play to establish school records for overall victories and league wins. The Corsairs are making their fifth appearance in the LEC tournament and are 6-11-1 and 2-5-0 on the season. The Beacons defeated UMass Dartmouth, 2-1, in the teams' only meeting of the season on September 26 at the Clark Athletic Center. Senior midfielder Kristi Morales (San Francisco, CA) and junior forward Tina Gillen (Carver, MA) each netted goals for UMass Boston, while Jamie Ledin (Bridgewater, MA) prevented the shutout for the Corsairs to make it 2-1. Junior keeper Michelle Cain (Essex, MA) made four saves for the Beacons, while Jen Warren (Somerset, MA) stopped seven shots for UMass Dartmouth.
UMass Boston is making its second tournament appearance and is 1-1 with a 4-0 quarterfinal win over the Corsairs as the number four seed in 2008 and a 4-0 semifinal loss at Western Connecticut State. UMass Dartmouth is 0-4 in tournament play.
The Beacons are enjoying their best season in school history, which included a school-record unbeaten streak of nine straight matches from September 15 to October 10. The team has set school records for goals (55), assists (39), points (149), shutouts (eight) and goals against average (0.93). UMass Boston's defense has been one of the biggest reasons for its success this year. The team ranks third in the Little East Conference in goals against average and owned a streak of 456:18 minutes without a goal allowed from September 26 to October 17, which included four consecutive shutouts. The Beacons have seen a pair of defenders earn LEC Defensive Player of the Week accolades with sophomore Samantha Place (Newton, NJ) earning the honor for October 19-25 and classmate Taylor Massmann (Kingston, MA) garnering the accolade for October 5-11. The LEC Goalkeeper of the Week award has been given to a UMass Boston keeper four times this season with Cain receiving the hardware for September 28 to October 4 and October 4-11, while senior Jessica Penta (Revere, MA) has been bestowed the honor for the weeks of October 19-25 and October 26 to November 1. Three of the Beacons' shutouts have come against LEC foes (0-0 at Eastern Connecticut State University on October 3, 1-0 vs. Western Connecticut State on October 10 and 5-0 vs. Rhode Island College on October 31).
UMass Boston's offensive output has been outstanding as well with an average of 3.06 goals per game to lead the conference and rank 30th in the nation. The Beacons have five players with 10 or more points for the first time in school history, led by sophomore forward Kristin Mulry's (Holbrook, MA) 33 points, including 15 goals to lead the LEC in points and goals per game with 1.83 and 0.83, respectively. The second-year player has been named the LEC Offensive Player of the Week twice this year and already has a pair of hat tricks this season as just the second UMass Boston player to make that claim in program history. She is flanked by Gillen, who was a Northeast-10 All-Conference selection for Assumption College a year ago and is making an All-Conference bid this year as well with 22 points on eight goals and six assists to rank amongst the LEC leaders in points (fifth), goals (seventh) and assists (fourth). She also has three game-winners to tie Mulry and the rest of the league for third. Sophomore forward Julienne McCuish (Mashpee, MA) has had a breakout season with 16 points, including 11 in her last five contests. She ranks third on the team with five markers and has a share of the team assist lead with six. She also cracks the league's top 10 leaderboard in points (ninth) and assists (fourth). Sophomore midfielder Molly Kuchar (Ashville, NC) has been one of the Beacons' top playmakers with a team-leading six assists to build on her career record total of 13. She also has three goals in a season that saw her miss the first three matches with mononucleosis. Place, who is recovering from offseason knee surgery, leads the UMass Boston defenders with six points on two goals and a pair of assists and is joined by sophomore transfer Alex Deware (Needham, MA), who has been a shutdown defender, starting all 16 matches she has appeared in, despite battling injuries. Sophomore Stephanie McGrath (North Attleboro, MA) is also having an All-Conference caliber season in the backfield for the Beacons. Cain owns a 0.92 goals against average to go with a .857 save percentage to lead the conference in both categories, while posting a school-record matching three shutouts and a new program standard for wins with seven. Penta has been fantastic as well with a 0.94 GAA and a .750 save mark, while owning a 6-2-0 record. She has not allowed a goal in her last 410:14 of play, which is just 65 seconds shy of Cain's record, set earlier this season.