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RAINBOW Four years ago this weekend, Duke and Jonell Maples had been restaurant owners for less than a month, weathering an onslaught of scrutinizing visits from folks who'd been eating at previous incarnations of Rainbow Oaks for decades.
The diner hadn't been much to look at when they bought it, but as the only restaurant in this small, sprawling community, it was an institution that the locals took seriously.
In 2013, wiser and perhaps a little wearier, the Mapleses were happy to report over eggs and orange juice on a recent morning that business in the shadow of Interstate 15 is thriving.
"It keeps getting better and better," Duke Maples told me as he settled into the corner booth with a view of the dining room.
Their restaurant remains a striking departure from the dim, lived-in Rainbow Oaks of years past.
If you only had one word to describe what they did with the place, it would be "wood." Timber that was hauled away from slopes charred by the Rice and Poomacha fires lines the walls and the windowsills. The bar is a glorious, glossy slab of local cedar.
The fact that the lumber was salvaged from the aftermath of local disaster areas only gives the place more character.
As I sat in the diner where my own grandpa, a longtime Rainbow resident, once swapped gossip and jokes, it made sense to me that even the siding in Rainbow Oaks has a story.
Before taking over here and hammering all of the sugar pine and black oak into place, Duke Maples was the food and beverage director for Marriott in Rancho Bernardo. Before that, he spent six years working as a meat specialist for Sysco, the behemoth restaurant supplier.
"My territory was all the way from San Luis Obispo to Baker to the Mexican border, so I saw a lot of restaurants, and I saw a lot of what worked and didn't work," Maples said. "I sort of collected all that information over the years and put it into one eight-page menu."
Today, they are the same eight pages that the couple produced four years ago, filled with hearty food in generous helpings.
Looking back on his previous career, Maples said: "I think everybody who wants to open a restaurant should go work for Sysco for at least a year, to see how things work. I saw a lot of restaurants that didn't make it — open one day and closed the next."
The Oaks, as it is sometimes called around here, was itself closed for 11 months after the Rice fire in 2007. Reborn in April 2009, it became the place where the Mapleses spent most of their lives.
"I mean, it's got its trials and tribulations," Duke said. "It's hard — we're here 12 or 14 hours a day — but we have fun. We meet a lot of neat people, and probably 90 percent of our staff has been here since we opened, so we have very little turnover."


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It was tempting to subtitle this article "Reaching for 500 hp theold-fashioned way."
After all, messing around with an engine's cylinderheads, cam-shaft, valvetrain, intake, and exhaust is about astraditional a hot-rodding approach as you can get. But other than thefact that they use pushrod technology, is there really anything"old-fashioned" about 21st Century Corvette engines?
No, we thought not. That's why we went for the "natural" term, to setthis quest for power apart from the forced-induction setups you'll readabout elsewhere in this issue.
We teased you with news of this buildup in the July Currents. For thoseof you who missed that tip-off, here's the deal--Al Carreon and the crewat the LA Performance Division (or LAPD, not to be confused with SoCal'smen in blue), had on their hands a like-new '04 Z06 with just 800 mileson the clock. They decided to take apart the minty-fresh LS6 and golooking for 500 naturally aspirated horsepower, within the parameters ofleaving the block and reciprocating assembly alone.
"We're not just looking for peak power, though," Al explained. "We wantdriveability, too. We're exploring what can be done with an LS1-basedengine."
It's not tough to make 500 horses when you're pushing lots of air andfuel via a turbo or supercharger, or if you've poked and stroked theengine to big-block proportions. From 346 cubes, though, and using justatmospheric pressure, it's a challenge. Not an insurmount-able one, buta challenge nonetheless. As we reported in July, the shop had reached483 hp and 430 lb-ft of torque with its first buildup attempt, but thecrew was looking to make more changes to find those additional ponies.
As Al put it, "If you're willing to accept 'just' 430 to 450 hp, wecould knock that out and do it for about half the price. But going fromthere to 500 horses means paying close attention to every little detailand using some exotic parts. When you're getting close to 500 hp, youcan expect to pay about a grand for every 10 hp."
What's the bottom-line cost of the engine profiled here? We'll save thatpiece of good news for later. Now, let's get into making power the LAPDway.
Cylinder Heads
LAPD chose a pair of Air Flow Research's (AFR) 205cc "Mongoose" LS1aluminum cylinder heads to go on the stock block. To get enough air intothe engine to work with the big cam he had in mind, Al sent the heads toTotal Engine Airflow to have the intake runners opened up to about 228cc's. (He admitted he would have started with AFR's 225cc heads had theybeen available when he began the buildup, but the 205s flowed just fineafter the porting job.) Inside the heads are 2.020-inchintake/1.600-inch exhaust valves that are actuated by a set of HarlandSharp 1.7:1-ratio adjustable rocker arms getting the nudge from CompCams 7/100 pushrods.
To clear the taller rocker arms, LAPD swapped the stock valve covers fora set of aluminum Katech covers that the shop had powdercoated red.Katech coil relocation brackets were also installed to give the shopbetter access to the cover bolts.
When Al first began the power search, he left the heads with theiras-delivered 66cc combustion chambers. Combined with the stock pistons,they gave the engine an 11.3:1 compression ratio--a healthy increaseover the stock 10.5:1. Yet, when Al and the guys hit that 483hp plateau,they determined a bump in c.r. would help their case. So, they milledthe heads to shave the combustion chambers down to 59 cc's and then usedthin Cometic 0.035 head gaskets, the combination of which raised thec.r. to 12:1. "We'll just put in some Torco [octane boost] with the91-octane pump gas," Al reasoned.
To hit the LAPD's target number, the engine was going to have to carry abig stick, and at first Al and company thought they had the hot setup--asolid-roller cam with 0.624/ 0.649 inch of gross lift and an advertisedduration of 294/300 degrees. It was with this cam that the crew saw the483 horses. Not good enough.
To Al's reasoning, there was a problem with the cam's lobe profile.Though it was ramping up very quickly, "there wasn't enough advertisedduration," Al figured. "If you have the proper amount of duration, youwon't hurt the engine's driveability, even with a big cam. The durationallows the engine to breathe."
So a change was in order. Out came the solid roller, and in went anUltradyne hydraulic roller. It didn't have as much gross lift--"only"0.612 inch on both sides--and the ramp rate wasn't as radical. But theadvertised duration went up to 299 degrees on the intake side and 307for the exhaust, a happy place, it turns out, for this motor.
There was another advantage to switching cams. Although solid camstypically have a more docile idle, "they're way harder on the springs,"said Al. The hydraulic cam has less seat pressure, "so it doesn't beaton the seats, valves, and stems," he said.

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Growing up in a household where performance-oriented Camaros were a major part of the landscape, Brian Hobaugh's parents performed a tricky balancing act between attending his dad, Steve's, bi-monthly autocross events and keeping a young Brian involved in youth sports programs such as soccer, baseball, and football throughout his formative years. The Hobaugh clan was a busy bunch. Although Brian excelled at ball sports up to his high school days, the overwhelming influence of his dad's racing became more attractive as he got closer to getting his driver's license. There was no doubt that racing was in his blood.
Brian tells it best. "My dad had a '74 Camaro until I was about 9 years old then purchased a '72 Z28, which he raced throughout the rest of my youth. His fellow competitors also had first- and early second-gen Camaros – cars that should today be considered the first Pro Touring cars. They were all street driven, had the largest wheels and tires they could stuff under the fenders, used the best suspension components available at the time, and they raced them hard. I loved every minute of it."
With racing in his lineage, the San Francisco Bay Area youngster was autocrossing his dad's newly acquired '65 Corvette at age 16, a mere four days after getting his driver's license. This activity went on for the next 25 years and netted Brian some serious driving skills.
With the Vette getting a little tired it was time for a new project. So Brian and his dad set their sights on another second-gen – a car they could enjoy building and racing together. But this would be no average run-of-the mill autocross/street car. "If we were going to build a car from scratch," informs Brian, "it needs to be the best handling Camaro that conforms to the SCCA C Prepared class and be street legal. With the time and money spent on this car, it also has to be competitive on a national level, and I want to be able to drive it on the street, too."
Yet to have an actual car in their possession, the father and son duo did have a clear plan for the build. Casual conversation with fellow racer, national autocross champion, and Camaro Performers magazine columnist Mary Pozzi led to some discussion about a '73 she had behind the shop collecting dust and playing home to a number of freeloading wildlife critters. Although she had informal plans of using the not-so-nice, blue-vinyl-topped F-body as a future project, she could tell Brian was hot for it. The fact that he'd be building a full-on performance car sealed the deal as Mary is all about doing her part in keeping the hobby at the forefront - a decision that may have bitten her in the hindquarters, as she just enabled another fierce competitor into the fray.
With most of the parts torn from their newly acquired Camaro hitting the scrap pile, Brian and his dad were on their way. They sent the shell to second-generation racer Mike Maier at Maier Racing in nearby Hayward, California, with specific instructions: To design and build the most kick-ass suspension ever made for a '73 Camaro. Nothing off-the-shelf here. Maier's vast knowledge of suspension runs deep, as he's a long-time autocross champion, and his father, Bill Maier, was a Trans-Am racer from back in the day. These guys know their stuff. The upper and lower control arms, spindles, sway bars, three-link rear suspension are all custom Maier one-offs. Even veteran national autocross champion Frank Stagnaro jumped in on the design and fabrication portion of the build. The team settled the system on Hyperco springs and JRI adjustable ST/08 shocks with remote canisters front and rear for easy accessibility and quick adjustment.
With welder and years of experience in hand, Steve Hobaugh got busy torching in the custom Maier Racing rollcage. Brian made it a point to ensure the car be absolutely safe, as it will see quite a bit of high-speed action during open track days throughout its lifetime.


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Make sure that the software you set your sights on is well-matched with your operating system. This is of paramount importance as the excellence of your work hinges on this compatibility. People in the know opine that Mac books manufactured by Apple Computers, Inc. are the most excellent ones for this end. Professionals with highly developed and sophisticated skills and expertise are better off using a Macintosh. Those who are just venturing out in this field can opt for modeling software for Windows.
Some 3D animation software are available free of charge; you can readily access them on the internet. They offer a variety of tools and techniques, offering free tutorials so you can learn how to use them. Community forums are also available for consultation. There is also a varied line of software which you can purchase. Some can be bought for around fifty dollars; others for the heftier price range of between a thousand to a couple of thousand dollars.
You have to take into consideration important factors before you decide which software to avail of. If your needs are simple, or you are just a novice in the business, your needs would likely be easily addressed by the less costly software, or even by the freebies. If you are a more sophisticated user with a higher degree of expertise, you may want to consider more advanced technology.
Maya 3D animation software is well-known among individuals who are active in the graphic and animation design profession. It enjoys compatibility with the operating systems of Linux, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows. It was first developed by Alias Systems Corporation. Development has since been passed on to Autodesk Inc. It is of interest to animation designers because of certain features. It helps sketch three-dimensional figures. It animates these figures, clothing them with flowing, life-like attires. It provides fluid effects to make clouds, explosions, and other similar events vivid and realistic. There is a trial edition available so you can try out the features and get the real deal later on if it meets your requirements.
Anim8or is available for the asking on the internet. It works well with BMP, GIF and JPG file formats. It offers features similar to those of 3D modeler, True-Type Font Support , Export, Morph Targets, and Anti-Alias Software Renderer. Anti-alias software renderer is able to create imagery of excellent class. Anim8or requires 300 MHz Pentium processor, as well as a 5MB disk space for its installation in your computer.
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NICEVILLE — Cradling heaping plates of food and bags of crafts, visitors whipped their heads around as they tried to take in everything at the Boggy Bayou Mullet Festival on Saturday afternoon.
Food vendors offered them everything from alligator bites to funnel cakes to the festival's namesake.
"Real food for real people," one vendor called to passers-by.
Over the music pumping from the stage, screams could be heard from the more terrifying carnival rides.
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Many festival-goers have grown up with the Mullet Festival and had their to-do list ready.
John Moulton and Shelley McDonald come back for one thing each year: roasted corn.
"It's sweet, almost sugary," McDonald said.
Moulton and McDonald have attended the festival since they were teens.
"Since I used to have a mullet," Moulton joked.
Meanwhile, John Garea pointed out the Musik Express, a ride that whips its passengers around a circular track, to his 8-year-old granddaughter, Shelby.
With wide eyes, Shelby vehemently shook her head no.
Garea said he's been to the festival off and on since its beginning.
"It's just a fun thing to do," Garea said. "And there's plenty to do."
Although they thought the crafts weren't as high quality as previous years, Kay Shipp and Diana Gosselin toted a newly purchased bracelet, food dip and soap.
"And we haven't even made it all the way around yet," Shipp said.
They also were ready to try some new foods. "Bad-for-you food," Shipp described it.
Over at the Army Rangers booth, Carol McKeown draped a yellow boa constrictor over her shoulders to the delight of her family.
She tried to coax her 8-year-old grandson, Lucas, to try it as well.
"He would have no part of it," said McKeown, who likened the sensation of a snake on her shoulders to a massage.
McKeown, who came from Mobile, Ala., to visit her family, was impressed with the festival.
"There're a lot of places you can go with your family," she said.
CHECK IT OUT: The Boggy Bayou Mullet Festival continues today at the intersection of State Road 85 and College Boulevard. Gates open at 10 a.m. Admission is $10. Children ages 11 and under get in free.


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AT last year's SEMA show, we came across an intriguing car, one that paralleled some past musings of GM designers about alternative Corvette designs. In the Meguiars' display, located right next to the GM booth, American Super Car showed off a '63 Sting Ray coupe with a midmounted, 925hp twin-turbo mill, among many other mods. Some might consider this engine relocation to be outright sacrilege, but there have been at least two Chevy-sanctioned one-offs-the XP-882 and CERV-III-that embraced the same logic.
Now add to that short list the GTM from Factory Five Racing. Rather than being constrained by the freight-train inertia of a large corporation, this innovative firm, known as the most successful Cobra replica manufacturer in the United States, is light on its feet. After all, it took some fancy footwork to develop the GTM supercar, which boasts a striking silhouette, a track-tuned suspension, and a midmounted Corvette engine (the GTM initials stand for "Grand Touring Midengine"). In addition to thinking outside the box (in truth, there is no box with Factory Five), the company went to the effort and considerable expense of wind-tunnel-testing the car's unique body design in order to ensure sufficient downforce and safe handling at triple-digit speeds.
Getting back to the engine layout, while it will undoubtedly prove anathema to some Corvette purists, the GTM's midmount configuration actually makes sound engineering sense, creating better balance and handling thanks to an improved "polar moment of inertia." Technical esoterica aside, the bottom line is that a mid-engine car puts the weight right where it should be to optimize performance.
Looking at the GTM from another perspective-that of a potential project car-any Vette fan worth his salt knows the value of C5 components. Even a trashed car is a treasure, a phoenix ready to rise from the ashes. And here's an ideal platform for repurposing those finely tuned components. The only foreign-made piece in the driveline of this home-brewed exotic is a Porsche 911's G50 transaxle (various U.S.-built units are currently under consideration as well).
Giving new life to proven performance parts is a well-worn path for Factory Five. Since the '90s, the company has been known for building affordable replicas of Shelby's enduring Cobra from 5.0 Mustang cast-offs. The company is quick to emphasize, though, that the ladder frame on the Cobra and the GTM's tubular spaceframe are new, custom-designed platforms.
Some might wonder why Factory Five made such a radical change in its choice of engine brands. Of course, Vette owners likely wouldn't question the switch from a Blue Oval to a Bow Tie powerplant, but how about the risky business of creating a completely original vehicle to house it? Factory Five's David Smith sums up this move succinctly: "The number of GM performance enthusiasts is a much larger market," he says, "and I didn't want to make another replica."
Admittedly, gaining acceptance for a custom design is a high-wire act, because there's none of the "borrowed interest" factor inherent in imitating the body lines of, say, a Ford GT40 or a Lamborghini. But Factory Five has one big point in its favor: a loyal and enthusiastic band of repeat customers. Indeed, Smith points out that GTM orders are currently booked ahead for a year-and-a-half, nearly all to owners of Factory Five Cobra replicas who are willing to make the jump to a Corvette-derived supercar.
We visited Factory Five a few years ago when the car was still under development, and Smith allowed us a sneak peek into the company skunkworks. Countless hours of shaping went into the body, and wind-tunnel data verified the functionality of the shape, recording 320 pounds of downforce at 150 mph. (By way of comparison, note that early versions of the GT40 had a disturbing tendency to literally lift the nose off the ground at high speed, so much so that the car would only track in a straight line.)


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Head, Munky, JD, Fieldy, and Ray are not only together again on-stage for shows beginning May 15, but Korn is also in the studio recording a new album!
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The Mississippi State baseball program has quite a streak building against Tennessee.
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Saturday's 14-inning game against Tennessee was the longest for MSU in the coach John Cohen era and the actual game time was 4 hours and 13 minutes. ... The Bulldogs have a ranking of No. 44 in the current RPI listing by Boyd's World. ... C.T. Bradford extended his on-base streak to five games, while Adam Frazier has reach in four-straight games. ... Matthew Britton's game-tying, two-run single in the sixth inning was the first multiple RBI hit of his career. With his 3-for-5 performance at the plate, Britton recorded his first multiple hit game. He also stole two bases during the game and is now 3-for-3 in stolen bases this season. ... Only five leadoff batters rreached base for MSU in the game. The only one that scored was Britton in the 14th inning.
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Mississippi State has won eight out of last nine games, including seven out of last eight Southeastern Conference games. The Bulldogs have now won the last three SEC series (Arkansas, Ole Miss, Kentucky). ... MSU has four softball players batting over .300. including Brittany Bell (.392), Ka'ili Smith (.370), Sam Lenahan (.336) and Jessica Cooley (.331). ... On Alumni Day, Ackerman native Chelsea Raines was recognized in the first inning. Raines was a two-year letterwinner in 2010-11 for the Bulldogs. She had 41 hits and scored 29 runs as a senior. ... MSU is 26-16 against Kentucky in series history including 15-5 in Starkville.
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Fabulous ribbed wool socks with thick cable cuffs that stretch fantastically well! How well? We found they stretch to 23 inches around with the greatest of ease while still hugging smaller thighs just fine. They did not stay up super-well on their own, however... A few things that will improve this are: wearing them over a pair of tights, under tall boots, or using sock garters.
Small: Euro 35-38 = US Women's 5-8ish, approx 28 inches from heel to top unstretched, before cuffing.
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Tops stretch to at least 23 inches - the wider the legs, the lower the reach over the knees.
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The excellent socks are heavy and have a tendency to come down. Perhaps we should have ordered the medium instead... but do you have an elastic band or something that could persuade them to stay up?
I got these socks in blue and green before. Any chance you'll get them back? If not, do you know where I could get them? I REALLY love them.
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Nylon and polyester might work when you're young, but your tastes have evolved over time. For the person who desires the functionality of an over the shoulder bag with the style and sophistication of full grain leather, our Backpack may be exactly what you're looking for.Made from top quality leather, it has 2 large zippered compartments across the top to fit items like books, a laptop or tablet, or a change of clothes, and a front exterior pocket to hold your keys, wallet and other small personal items. The 2 exterior side pockets are perfect for things like a water bottle or snacks and the pockets on the inside can hold other small accessories. A top carry handle and easily adjustable shoulder straps make it easy to bring with you everywhere you go. We also include a small luggage tag your bag is always properly identified. Our leather Backpack has all the features of those backpacks you remember from your past, but the style that only comes with top quality leather - we wouldn't have it any other way.
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What makes The Tire Rack the world's leader in tire and wheel testing, marketing, sales, and support? To find out, we spoke with Tire Rack Vice President Matt Edmonds during a private tour of the company's 42-acre facility in South Bend, Indiana.
"The Tire Rack's mission is a commitment to expertise, quality, and selection for its worldwide customers, installation solutions for product purchasers, and award-winning customer satisfaction and warranty support," Edmonds tells VETTE.
The Tire Rack opened its first retail store in Indianapolis in 1979 and quickly became Indy's performance-tire specialist. In 1982, the company took out a small ad in Autoweek introducing a phone-based mail-order service it described as a "customer-direct showroom." This became the foundation of The Tire Rack's business, and it continues to grow to this day. In 1996, the company introduced the industry's most in-depth, up-to-date Web site, www.tirerack.com. The site contains everything from real-world test results to customer feedback to help prospective buyers make their decisions.
The Tire Rack prides itself on the training it gives its customer-service representatives and the friendly service these reps provide to the public. All of the company's sales associates are genuine auto enthusiasts who go through an extensive training regimen-both in the classroom and behind the wheel-before they're turned loose on the phones. Sales-team members train for eight-and-a-half weeks to get up to speed on the products they sell and The Tire Rack's customer-service-oriented way of doing business. As a result, customers can be assured they'll always receive the same high level of service, whether their sales consultant has been on the phone for 15 minutes or 15 years.
To ensure timely product delivery after the sale, The Tire Rack keeps five distribution centers around the country, each one full and ready to ship within 24 hours. The centers-located in South Bend; Newcastle, Delaware; Shreveport, Louisiana; Midway, Georgia; and McCarran, Nevada-are situated so as to provide ground-shipping service to anyone in the U.S. in a maximum of two days and to more than half of the country in just one day.
It's clear, then, that The Tire Rack owes much of its success to its carefully crafted business model, but there's much more going on behind the scenes to give this mega-retailer its competitive edge. According to Edmonds, "Performance test-track drives are made possible by our purpose-built test track, which is used for testing during the week and scheduled by car clubs for SCCA and other autocross competitions on the weekends. Since it isn't used as a parking lot, we don't have to worry about parked vehicles dripping oil and antifreeze, creating isolated slick spots. Our approximately 1/3-mile test course challenges the tires' steering response, handling, braking, and cornering capabilities and allows us to compare the products at their limit on cars, SUVs, and, of course, Corvettes. Our test track also features a sprinkler system that allows us to evaluate traction and handling under consistent wet-road conditions."
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Britain's oldest brewer urges support for petition to halt excessive beer taxShepherd Neame is urging the people of Kent to get behind a petition to halt huge rises in the tax on beer, which are threating jobs and job creation across the UK.
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It's chocks away for Kent Crisps as they reveal the latest flavour in their award-winning portfolio – Roast Beef and Spitfire Ale.
The premium ale from Shepherd Neame, Britain's oldest brewer, was originally brewed to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. Its characteristically Kentish, hoppy flavour has made it a firm favourite with beer lovers.
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The Joiners Arms, West Malling, has opened four stunning French boutique style bedrooms following a £140,000 refurbishment by Kent brewer Shepherd Neame and licensees Tony and Sharon Stevens.
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Starting a company in a garage has become commonplace, but starting one in the bathroom is something else together! Untraditional in all regards, Biruta Mídias Mirabolantes (Nutty Crackpot Media) provides creative, unconventional, below-the-line marketing solutions (including interactive, promotional, and guerilla marketing) to clients such as Coca-Cola, Nike, and Petrobrás. In a market of rapid changes in technology, communication channels, and consumer demographics, Biruta keeps pace with an industry trend toward more targeted, consumer-centric methods in place of traditional brand-oriented above-the-line marketing. The company's projects range from staging a massive singles parade (for a dating website) to a racecar-inspired "pitstop" (uniforms and all) for regular drivers at busy intersections for a gas company. Biruta has become a symbol of innovation in Rio de Janeiro, and with a solid pipeline and regional expansion plans, it is positioned to become the leader in below-the-line marketing in Brazil.
Biruta was founded in 2003 by partners Alan James, Rafael Liporace, Matheus Meirelles, and Romulo Groisman. The personal story of Alan James is what brought the four partners together. Born into a poor family living in the slums of Rio, Alan dropped out of high school to work, but refused to let his lack of education prohibit him from having a successful career. He struggled to find his passion, and his restlessness led him to a variety of jobs including a lamp salesman, a race mechanic and, finally, an airplane mechanic at an aerial advertising company. Here, Alan was first exposed to the advertising industry and in 1997, he decided to start his own aerial marketing company, Biruta Propaganda Aerea. He became known for his creative banners; for example, he created a blow-up soda can for Coca-Cola. He initially had trouble finding clients during the winter, so he began brainstorming offbeat marketing concepts, like having an event in a cemetery. Alan saw there was demand for these innovative ideas as clients were interested in anything new and different to stand out from competitors, so he decided to expand his business to encompass these below-the-line marketing ideas. Realizing that he needed help developing this new business, he joined a business incubator in Rio in 2002 and set up his "office" in the only available space – the bathroom.
While at the incubator, Alan met his future partners: Rafael, Romulo, and Matheus. With degrees in communication from the university ESPM, Rafael was working at a technology company and teaching at ESPM, while Romulo was working in the promotions department of the Regional Post Office. Matheus, still a college student, was giving financial advice to the young entrepreneurs at the incubator. Once they discovered Alan's project, they all decided to bet on the new venture, and in 2003 they refocused Alan's original company and renamed it "Nutty Crackpot Media." They had a computer, a strong will to succeed, and plenty of crackpot ideas.
Biruta's first big break came in 2004 when they showcased a digital New Year's "countdown" panel, the first in Rio, to two million people. Although the 832m2 panel had 64,456 lights, the entrepreneurs used innovative technology that allowed it to be incredibly energy efficient; in fact, the screen was powered by only 2.3 kilowatts per hour – less electricity than an electric shower! Eletrobras, an energy company, bought this project = to use for 20 days prior to the countdown for its energy efficiency campaign, which also included surrounding tents with promotional materials. Since then, Biruta has created hundreds of products from its three lines: 1) campaigns, interactive, promotional events like the parade; 2) special projects, large scale, highly visible products like the New Year's panel; and 3) shelf media, are easily customized products such as bikedoors.
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major in a liberal arts and sciences content area, the Division of
Education offers courses that will permit prospective students to
complete academic requirements for initial New York State
certification in Adolescence Education and Teaching Students With
This program prepares candidates for initial certification in
Teaching Students With Disabilities. Candidates will learn about
teaching students with a variety of disabilities, including autism,
emotional disturbance, intellectual disability, learning
disability, orthopedic impairment, other health impairment,
traumatic brain injury, or multiple disabilities in inclusive or
special settings.
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peers on what works and what does not work well, and finally to
support and become part of a community of learners who care about
teaching as a profession.
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Adolescence Certification in Teaching Students With Disabilities,
along with adolescence certification in a subject area, to be
certified as Adolescence Generalists for Teaching Students with
Disabilities in grades 7-12.
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completed six hours of study in college level courses in each of
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(including at least 3 credits of lab science), in addition to
completing all required pedagogical courses.
Mount Saint Mary College students will likely complete most of
these distributive requirements as part of the required CORE or
General Education requirements for the bachelor's degree. However,
even if one has met the Mount Saint Mary College General Education
requirements, these required courses must be met to be eligible to
receive New York State certification as an Adolescence Generalist
for Teaching Students with Disabilities in grades 7-12
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College unless otherwise approved by an advisor. Students working
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In October, race impresario Don Panoz and the American Le Mans Series cele-brated their 10th year running the Petit Le Mans enduro. The race is designed to test the strength and speed of Le Mans-spec cars over a 10-hour span or 1,000 miles, whichever comes first. Road Atlanta is the home track for the ALMS, and organization officials are rightfully proud of the way this event has flourished over the last decade. There has been a continued effort to improve the track itself as well as the support facilities for fans and competitors alike. Coupling this with a knockdown, drag-out fight between world-class racing cars brings the fans in droves.
The Corvette C6.Rs had already taken a step toward on-track comfort by attending a tire-testing session held at Road Atlanta two weeks earlier. Not only did that give them a good feeling for the new track surface, it also seasoned the roadway by laying down a significant coat of fresh rubber. Consequently, the Corvettes looked pretty good on the Thursday practice day, which included a two-hour night session.
The rain was hitting off and on all day, and it struck again during the evening practice. The Corvette team elected to dodge most of the wet conditions and call it a day, taking the cars into the garage as soon as each of the drivers ran the three laps required to be certified for driving duties during Saturday's race. The only hiccup experienced was a faulty alternator suffered by the No. 4 car. That situation was quickly remedied, and the car was prepared for qualifying the next day.
Friday's schedule included a morning practice and a qualifying session in the afternoon. Track conditions had changed, as a thorough washing the previous evening had stripped away all the fresh rubber laid down over the last few weeks. The teams had to start from scratch on their racing setups.
Qualifying also proved interesting, as competition in the form of a Maserati MC12 turned up to challenge the Corvettes in GT1. The Doran Racing Maser ran strong from the outset and even bested the Vettes to take pole position for the class. Was it possible the Corvette boys had finally found some legitimate class competition?
Corvette Racing protocol for endurance races (Sebring, Le Mans, and Petit) is to change the engines and gearboxes after qualifying, a process that pretty well occupies the crew until the morning of race day. Morning practice usually involves a 30-minute lapping session to be sure the newly replaced powertrain parts are functioning as expected.
In an uncharacteristic pit-stop miscue, Olivier Beretta put the No. 4 car into Reverse and applied power as the Vette was dropped down off the air jacks. Everything but Beretta's ego seemed to escape undamaged, but the team was forced to pull the newly installed transaxle, disassemble it, and inspect the internals to be certain.
Highlights of the prerace ceremonies included a special performance of the national anthem by C6.R driver Johnny O'Connell's 10-year-old daughter, Kelly. Proving that the ability to perform under pressure is an inherited trait, she reeled off a flawless rendition of the song in front of the more than 100,000 spectators.
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In all TPTs the boot and recovery partition sizes have been changed to 5MB (from 4MB and 6MB respectively). This should fix the errors present in some of the earlier TPTs. The TPTs contain partition.mbn, appsboothd.mbn, appsboot.mbn and partition_zte.mbn as well as Clockwork recovery as boot.img and recovery.img and a blank system.img.
Whenever you flash a TPT, there's also a chance of bricking your phone, make sure you're charged up (remove the charger before you start) and use them at your own risk. Make sure you check the md5sums before you use these. There's one for before and after you unzip it (check the nandroid.md5 file in the zip).
Option 1: 150MB system, 35MB cache, 255MB data mirror
MD5sum: 9ded013763541d3ccacea94d99d6f645
Option 2: 200MB system, 35MB cache, 205MB data mirror
MD5sum: 790f6b04654a2abfde9ed2ae75b91fec
Option 3: 150MB system, 2MB cache, 288MB data mirror
MD5sum: a9a4fe7c802b035b8dd0298ea39fbd5a
Option 4: 200MB system, 2MB cache, 238MB data mirror
MD5sum: 48bd788c6c3753d1f599b71f0560241e
Returning to stock:
You can return to the stock layout by flashing the stock TPT for your country. Here is the Orange UK TPT.
After downloading, check the md5sum.
Unzip the file to the root of your sdcard. You should end up with a folder called "image" on the root of your sdcard with a image.bin file and a nandroid.md5 file inside it.
Check the md5sum of the image.bin file matches the one written in the nandroid.md5 file.
Turn your phone off and take the battery out.
Put the battery back in and power on holding the vol+ and menu buttons.
You should see green text appear on the screen, then once its finished you should boot into Clockwork recovery.
Flash your chosen rom and reboot.
If the TPT won't start, try using a different sdcard. Some just don't like TPTs.
Delete the image folder once you're done to prevent accidental flashing.
Check the md5sums. If they don't match, delete it and try downloading again.
No guarantees. I don't have a Skate to try it on, and even if I did, it might not work on your's.
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FLOS was founded in 1962. The very same year Flos lighting began producing a number of lamps that were to become classics in Italian industrial design. From the very outset, Flos has been distinguished by its high quality approach to lamp design and production. Many of the numerous lamps designed for Flos are undoubtedly some of the best-known and most successful products of industrial design. They have won awards and historical-critical accolades, and are included in all the most important collections and design museums around the world. Some significant product examples over the last forty years are: Parentesi (1970), Brera (1992), Fucsia (1996), Rosy Angelis (1994), the Romeo Moon (1996), Archimoon (1998) series and the recent Diabolo (1998). Throughout the nineties the work of Achille Castiglioni and Philippe Starck has been flanked by a series of products from new and other designers. This reflects a desire to keep the attitude to discover the most talented designers to maintain Flos leadership in innovation.


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