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  The Ruts - A Punk Rock History with images and reviews - Part 1
The UK Subs and the second was The Ruts.
The Ruts however were more complex musically and lyrically.
The Ruts like so many were born out of a pub rock band.
www.punk77.co.uk /groups/ruts.htm   (341 words)

  
 Historic Trail Ruts on Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center
Ruts have been preserved here because the ground was never plowed; a fact that also preserved the prairie itself.
The ruts are also significant for being along the oldest (1860-64) of the major alignments of this road.
The ruts in the tallgrass prairie immediately to the west of Spring Creek Prairie run along northern edge of the east half of the section, immediately to the south of the section road (Saltillo).
www.audubon.org /states/ne/ne-springcreektrailruts.htm   (478 words)

  
 Motorcycle Riding Skills: Pavement Problems
Ruts are also unnerving in a car, but easier to control with four wheels and power steering.
It appears that truck ruts are formed by heavy trucks gradually pounding and squeezing asphalt pavement into the rutted shape during the warm summer months, rather than tires wearing away the surface.
Even on a severely rutted road, there are some areas of the lane that are typically smoother, including the center of the lane, and the very edges of the lane.
www.soundrider.com /archive/safety-skills/pavement_problems.htm   (2628 words)

  
 Flying the Santa Fe Trail   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
From the air, ruts often appear as swales with different colors of vegetation, and not as ribbons of bare earth like those of some modern 4-wheel drive tracks.
I have found that early in the season, when the grasses are greenest, the contrast between the ruts and the surrounding surfaces is the greatest.
Ruts leading to the fort from all directions are clearly visible.
www.swaviator.com /html/issueam01/sf.html   (2561 words)

  
 BUILDING VIRTUAL BRIDGES - Malta and Australia
The ruts in Malta and Gozo are unique in scale and nature and are matched nowhere else in the world.
Although some ruts appear near some of the temples (eg: at Hal Far where there are several dolmens and trilithon) but they are absent from others sites where the building task was clearly greater.
We must accept the fact that the cart ruts primitive roads built with the intention of moving loads from one place to another or they were perhaps worn in the stone by sledgecarts.
www.geocities.com /f_scicluna/ruts.html   (808 words)

  
 RACERS UNDER THE SON
RUTS puts on the Meltdown Dual European Scrambles event in late June.
If you live in Northern California, RUTS has a chapter in the Sacramento area also, and we can be found at the District 36 races.
RUTS is by no means a substitute for your local church.
www.ruts.org /begin2.htm   (338 words)

  
 THE RUTS OF TRADITION
As this is passed from generation to generation, These ruts of tradition become a track that is rarely questioned or deviated from.
More often one who is not confined by the ruts of tradition may reach out a have to help his brother climb out and see for himself the direction in which the goal lies.
We moderns are in a deep rut and have only one thying in mind when we see these terms, and it is definitely not the same as the early body of believers.
www.preterism-eschatology.com /The%20Ruts%20Of%20Tradition.htm   (1899 words)

  
 Cartruts
It is thus postulated that these ruts served as trails on which the megalithic blocks were carried to their final destination.
At il-Wardija ta’ San Gorg, the ruts approaching the settlement stop more than a hundred metres away, and are only traced east of the Bronze age settlement at Ta’Zuta going towards a totally different direction.
On other sites the ruts’ profile actually consists of two vehicle trails giving a clear indication that a considerable amount of wear was produced by the vehicle itself, and making it unlikely for the possibility of deliberate formation of the rut.
www.geocities.com /Athens/Agora/5685/two.html   (771 words)

  
 ARS | Publication request: Soil Compaction and over-Winter Changes to Tracked-Vehicle Ruts
Rut edges were zones of erosion and sidewall bases were zones of deposition.
Kfs values were similar in and out of ruts formed on soil with 0-5% water by volume, but were lower in ruts formed on soil with about 15% water.
Mean SPR was similar in and out of ruts from 0-5-cm depth, increased to 2 Mpa outside ruts and 4 Mpa inside ruts at 10-15-cm depth, and decreased by 10-38% outside ruts and by 39-48% inside ruts at the 30-cm depth.
www.ars.usda.gov /research/publications/publications.htm?SEQ_NO_115=113309   (447 words)

  
 Lord Brunton Online: Ruts Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
These ruts are cut into the pavement-like limestone surface of this area and appear very similar to cart ruts that have been found in Roman and Medieval street paving, hence their nickname.
The ruts themselves vary in depth but there are many factors that could contribute to this, such as level of use of each rut and the effects of weathering since their formation.
With some of the rough areas between the ruts sitting quite high (comparatively) it would mean that a wheeled vehicle would require a high mounted axel to clear the rock, this would in turn mean that any wheels would be quite large in diameter.
www.lordbrunton.com /cameron?id=900008&seq=010   (738 words)

  
 Santa Fe Trail Ruts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Ruts are the depressions in the ground left by wagon wheels, and the weight of wagons of wagon trains traveling along the Santa Fe Trail.
It preserves the wagon ruts of the Santa Fe Trail.
The gently rolling terrain is broken by the longitudinal depression of the trail ruts and by the shallow depressions of a few buffalo wallows.
www.nps.gov /fols/Santa_Fe_Trail/Santa_Fe_Trail_Ruts/body_santa_fe_trail_ruts.html   (197 words)

  
 Review - Ruts DC vs Mad Professor vs Zion Train : Rhythm Collision Vol. 1 & Remix Versions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Ruts were one of the most loved bands to emerge from the punk era.
The Ruts who had always a strong relation to Reggae due to their first single release ever for the Misty In Roots label People Unite.
In 1982 the three members of RUTS DC immersed themselves in recording and producing the 'Rhythm Collision' - some of their finest work.
www.reggae-vibes.com /rev_var/rhythmco.htm   (464 words)

  
 Devotionals: Moments Together for August 18 - FamilyLife - Strengthening families, marriages and relationships
It has been said that a rut is nothing more than a grave with both ends knocked out.
Occasionally we wonder about getting out of our ruts, but we usually give in to our insecurities, and decide to stay where we are.
Solomon's sense of futility stemmed from the fact that all his ruts were "under the sun"-devoid of the transcendent presence of God.
www.familylife.com /devotionals?strDate=8/18/04   (392 words)

  
 RUTS
From the beginning THE RUTS had a deep hatred of racism: Malcom being a Southall boy had first hand experience of bogotry.
The result was "In a Rut", a scorcher of a record which went on to become a virtual theme tune for them.
The sucess of the session, coupled with Peel's obvious love for The RUTS, meant that they were invited to record another one a few months leter which was subsequent ly released on Strange Fruit in 1986.
www.taang.com /rutsset.html   (1190 words)

  
 Malta - cart ruts
Parker and Rubinstein stated that the ruts were man made channels for transporting stones and soil to build terraces.
One may argue that the ruts were cut by and are therefore older than the quarry.
On the western side of this parallel network, the ruts are hidden by a stretch of longitudinal fields.
www.angelfire.com /ar/magrosalibarchaeo   (3784 words)

  
 TrouserPress.com :: Ruts
Joy Division and the Ruts were BBC DJ John Peel's two favorite bands, so it's fitting they've both been remembered in the Peel Sessions EP series.
The Ruts' artifact from May 1979 unfortunately doesn't debut any long-lost material, and the versions sound too similar to the tracks on The Crack to get worked up about it, but it nevertheless documents a great band.
Bizarrely, the same label that released the Ruts' albums in the first place is responsible for this inexcusable mess.
www.trouserpress.com /entry.php?a=ruts   (602 words)

  
 Print This | This Old House   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
For shallow ruts no more than a few inches deep, take a spade fork and sink it into the ground alongside the rut at a 45-degree angle.
Ruts more than 4 inches deep have to be treated differently.
Now, loosen the soil in the rut by turning it over with a spade, leaving it an inch or two higher than the undisturbed soil.
www.thisoldhouse.com /toh/print/0,17071,767009,00.html   (378 words)

  
 Expert About ru:Ruts
Cherokee Trail Ruts These marvelous ruts are on the 1849 Evans Cherokee Trail route northwest of Saratoga, Wyoming.
These ruts, cuts into stone by the wheels of the Oregon Trail traveller's wagons, are a testament both the number of people, and the difficulty of their trip.
The Ruts were a British punk outfit that existed for only about five years (1978-83 or so) but were one of the first to successfully mix dub and reggae with the rocking punk sound.
www.expertsite.biz /dir/ru/ruts.htm   (1213 words)

  
 10.3 Cart Ruts and Stone Circles Key Evidence from the Past Is Endangered by Abbas Islamov and Ronnie Gallagher
Even though sites containing cart ruts, stone circles and burial mounds also provide important evidence of ancient civilization, they are seriously being threatened by privatization and the resulting building construction, urban development, quarrying, vandalism and agricultural practices.
The base of the rut may have been lubricated, enabling a sledge to be dragged from a quarry to a building site.
These stone circles and cart ruts suggest that the Absheron Peninsula was once a thriving population center that was connected to a seafaring Neolithic culture that thrived in the Mediterranean.
www.azer.com /aiweb/categories/magazine/ai103_folder/103_articles/103_cart_ruts.html   (2051 words)

  
 CMT.com : Ruts : Biography
The Ruts plunged into the organization very early on in their career, playing benefit shows and festivals, and it was at one such event that the group were introduced to the south London reggae band Misty in Roots.
The single barely hinted at what was to come and when the group performed a radio session for Radio One DJ John Peel a few months later, the song didn't even appear in their set.
A headlining tour was followed by the quartet joining Jamaican ska legend Laurel Aitken for his first new U.K. single in years, "Rudi Got Married." The Ruts themselves re-entered the Top 25 in April 1980 with "Staring at the Rude Boys," their own expedition into Two Tone territory, albeit on a lyrical, not musical, journey.
www.cmt.com /artists/az/ruts/bio.jhtml   (860 words)

  
 MTV.com - Ruts
With their unique blend of raucous punk rock laced with reggae and dub, the Ruts were one of the most exciting bands to emerge from Britain's late-'70s scene.
Their career was cut cruelly short by the death of their singer in 1980, but still the group released six crucial singles and a seminal album in their short lifetime.
The Ruts were forced to cancel a number of U.K. tour dates and in desperation, opted for a tough-love approach.
www.mtv.com /bands/az/ruts/bio.jhtml   (900 words)

  
 Hiljaiset Levyt: PUNKNET 77 - Ruts
The Ruts were one of a second wave of English punk bands which were inspirated by the Sex Pistols, the Clash and the Damned.
Although in the earlier day reggae music was often played in punk club, when there still was only few punk records available, Ruts were the first bands along the Clash to take direct influences from it.
Ruts were also known from straightforward political lyrics.
www.hiljaiset.sci.fi /punknet/ruts_e.htm   (546 words)

  
 National Historic Landmarks Program (NHL)
The trail's first recorded use was in 1812 and it continued in use until completion of the Union Pacific Railroad in 1869 provided a shorter, surer, safer journey.
This historic site (managed by Guernsey State Park) is in good condition, considering that the ruts are in Eolian sandstone and siltstone, which are vulnerable to erosion.
Visitors are curious about the composition of the stone, and so they test the surface with pocket knives, coins, etc. As a result, scratches and grooves are starting to appear on the sides of the ruts.
tps.cr.nps.gov /nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=570&ResourceType=Site   (262 words)

  
 The Straight Dope: Was standard railroad gauge (4'8½") determined by Roman chariot ruts?
Roman war chariots made the initial ruts, which everyone else had to match for fear of destroying their wagons.
I have heard tell of certain wheel ruts having a gauge of you-know-what at the gate to an old Roman fort called Housesteads on Hadrian's Wall in the north of England.
The gauge between the ruts is very similar to that adopted by George Stephenson for the Stockton to Darlington railway in 1837 and a 'Wall myth' developed that he took this gauge from the newly excavated east gate.
www.straightdope.com /columns/000218.html   (1338 words)

  
 "Forced Out of My Rut" : Articles : HEARTLIGHT® Magazine
It's not an accident that the popular definition of a rut is a grave with the ends kicked out of it.
While we may not see something that immediately captures our attention, simply changing our familiar surroundings is often enough for us to see a new direction to pursue that leads us to other areas of service for the King and his Kingdom.
Let's not let our ruts take the adventure out of our discipleship and keep us from people the Lord has waiting for us on unfamiliar paths just nearby.
www.heartlight.org /articles/200401/20040119_myrut.html   (683 words)

  
 WyoNeb Tourism - Trail Ruts
The 5+ foot deep ruts found on this steep hillside are among the best preserved anywhere along the overland trail routes.
A parking area at the base of the hill includes restroom facilities and several signs and markers to help enrich the experience.
Actually standing in the "ruts" that formed this famous overland highway, is an experience not to be missed.
www.wyonebtourism.com /NorthP/TrailRuts   (332 words)

  
 Landscape Maintenance Techniques, ProGardenBiz
After careful study and extensive research, experts have come to the conclusion that "ruts are caused by the wheels of your lawn mower".
If you already have ruts then you may be in for some extra work to eliminate them.
If the lawn is matted with thatch the ruts may simply be in the thatch and not in the soil.
www.progardenbiz.com /currentissue/Dept3.html   (783 words)

  
 The Wet Route Auto Tour   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Multiple ruts run from the northeast in the pasture north of the road at this point and southwest from the marker located on the south side of the road.
Multiple ruts are located just east of the marker in the pasture and run to the southwest.
Multiple ruts are in evidence proceeding down the hillside 1/8 mile northeast of the marker.
www.stjohnks.net /santafetrail/directory/at003thewetroute.html   (1497 words)

  
 A Punk Rock History of The Ruts with images and reviews - Part 2
By no means political or militant, RAR was a means to an end for The Ruts while at the same time showing an alternative to the NF.
Malcolm was a heroin user before The Ruts but turned back to it after his wife left him...
The Ruts live were fast, raw and very sweaty and Malcolm Owen was a livewire on stage.....an excellent frontman with a brilliant voice who channelled the intensity of the music which is why The Ruts DC (the Ruts minus Malcolm) were always doomed to failure.
www.punk77.co.uk /groups/rutspart2.htm   (288 words)

  
 THE RUTS Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The R.A.R. gigs took The RUTS out of London and teamed them up with southfall Reggae band Misty In Roots on a number of occasions.
Enter John PEEL, who on hearing the single played it regulary and found a place in his heart for the band, offering them a session at the beginning of 1979.
The sucess of the session, coupled with Peel's obvious love for The RUTS, meant that they were invited to record another one a few months leter which was subsequently released on Strange Fruit in 1986.
punkandoi.free.fr /ruts_biography.htm   (1156 words)

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