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One of the great mysteries of modern exploration and adventure is whether British climbers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine reached Mount Everest's summit on their pioneering 1924 expedition in which both men vanished. Were they the first to scale the world's highest spot, decades before Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay made their successful ascent in 1953? On the 75th anniversary of the ill-fated duo's disappearance, a 1999 Everest expedition with Simonson as team leader, Hemmleb as historical adviser and Johnson as team coordinator attempted to retrace Mallory and Irvine's probable route and solve the mystery. Incredibly, they discovered Mallory's body remarkably intact, badly bruised and with a broken leg frozen in the snow. In a taut narrative that skillfully jump-cuts between the 1924 Mallory/Irvine expedition and their own, the authors make a compelling case that Mallory fell to his death and that he appears to have been roped to Irvine, who also fell and was injured. (Irvine's body was reportedly sighted by a Chinese climber in 1975, but this awaits further proof.) Did Mallory and Irvine make it to Everest's summit? "It is more likely than had previously been thought that they did make it but it is still far from certain," conclude the authors. They base their analysis on their findings atop Everest, including personal letters and an inventory of oxygen tanks they found in Mallory's pockets. Their report, a work of historic importance that reads like a detective thriller, includes a moving foreword by Mallory's daughter, Clare Mallory Millikan, plus 100 photographs (80 in color, 20 sepia) illustrating both the 1999 search expedition and Mallory's 1924 attempt.
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Both the L79 and the larger displacement L46 of '69-70 were factory rated at 350 hp. Remember these were the gross ratings where the L82 (the '73 replacement for the LT-1) was rated at just 250 net hp. For you alpha-numeric freaks, think of the L46 as the 350 ci version of the L79 327 and L82 as a low-compression version of the L46 (and not unlike the '71 version of the LT-1 we tested in part 1). As in part 1, we wanted to see how these hot hydraulic small-blocks compared to each other (given the displacement difference between the 327 and 350) and how the drop in compression hurt the later L82.
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Congratulations, Chris...
And for more information, Chris has created a dedicated site for this project called DIY Drones and can be found here.
My favorite quote of Chris': "If children can make UAVs out of toys, the genie is out of the bottle."
5 comments:
- Joshua Heinzl said...
Aw - I was expecting to see something made from 100% LEGO. Where was lego used? I don't assume to power the propeller :(
- May 28, 2007, 8:41:00 AM
If you click through to the original story, you'll see that Mindstorms NXT controls the rudder using the compass sensor. The rest of the plane is autostabalized using a commercial infrared unit. The next version will use GPS rather than the compass sensor.
- May 28, 2007, 11:10:00 AM
it always pays to read the post before makign comments ;)
- May 28, 2007, 11:21:00 AM
- Joshua Heinzl said...
Can you imagine a lego wing? You should add some pieces to the outside just to say "I use LEGO and I'm proud!" What batteries do you use?
I have heard of a project in Switzerland where they are trying to make a lego airplane or helicopter completely out of lego.
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YIELD: Makes 1 (10-inch) Bundt cake
ACTIVE TIME: 40 min
TOTAL TIME: 4 hr
For cake:
Heat oven to 350°F with rack in middle. Generously spray pan, including center tube, with baking spray.
Whisk together flour, baking powder and soda, salt, and spices in a large bowl.
Whisk eggs well in another large bowl and whisk in sugar, oil, honey, coffee, and zest until well combined.
Make a well in the center of the flour mixture and add the honey mixture, then stir with the whisk until the batter is smooth.
Pour batter into pan (it's liquid enough to level itself in the pan), and bake in oven until springy to the touch and a cake tester comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes.
Let cake cool in the pan on a rack for 20 minutes.
Loosen cake from the pan with a thin rubber spatula, then invert cake onto the rack (see Cooks' Notes) and cool completely.
For glaze:
Bring coconut milk and corn syrup to a simmer in a small heavy pan, stirring until combined.
Remove pan from heat and add chocolate. Let chocolate stand 1 minute, then stir until chocolate is melted and glaze is smooth.
Let glaze stand, stirring occasionally, until thickened slightly, but still pourable.
Transfer cake to a cake plate and slowly pour the chocolate glaze over the top of the cake, letting it drip down the sides. If desired, let the cake stand at room temperature until glaze is set.
Just before serving, sprinkle glaze lightly with flaky sea salt, if using.
Cooks' notes:
Nonstick baking spray: Normally, Im not inclined to use nonstick baking sprays, preferring to line the bottoms of greased cake pans with parchment paper, then greasing the paper and flouring the pans to ensure that the cake releases easily from the pans, but the design of a Bundt pan makes that method impossible. While developing this recipe, I had a disaster when the top half of one cake remained in the Bundt pan when I tried to turn the cake out (and I thought I had really played it safe by using a well-oiled nonstick pan, albeit an old one). On my next attempt, I turned to the nonstick baking spray, and since then, it has worked like a charm.
Measuring oil and honey: Both should be measured in a liquid measuring cup. The oil is listed first, because if you measure the honey in it afterward, without washing the cup, the honey will slide out easily, with barely any help needed from a rubber spatula.
Inverting the cake onto a rack: The best way to do this is to place a rack over the top of the pan, then, holding the rack and pan together, flip the cake pan and rack over so that the cake can slide safely out of the pan onto the rack.
Chopping chocolate: The easiest way to chop chocolate is with a long serrated bread knife. Or you can break the chocolate into squares (if you are using a bar) and pulse it in a food processor.


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This article uses the convention that the natural numbers are the set {1,2,3,4,...}.
In general, a function f is defined by course-of-values recursion if there is a fixed function h such that for all n,
In order to convert a definition by course-of-values recursion into a primitive recursion, an auxiliary (helper) function is used. Suppose that
Given , the original function f can be defined by letting f(n) be the final element of the sequence . Thus f can be defined without a course-of-values recursion in any setting where it is possible to handle sequences of natural numbers. Such settings include LISP and the primitive recursive functions, discussed in the next section.
Using this representation of sequences, it can be seen that if h(m) is primitive recursive then the function
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The highs and lows that accompany building a project car can seem never-ending. It's a virtual roller coaster ride of aggravating let downs and animated high-fives (with anyone within an arms length). But even after a month of molasses-paced progress, once the plugs ignite the stagnant fuel for the first time, all the sleepless nights and bloodied knuckles instantly become a distant memory. As a cylinder-full of spent vapors get released through the open garage door, so do the cynical thoughts of never being able to get this thing off the ground.
During the relatively short time our second-gen project car, a 1971 Camaro known as Project Orange Krate, has been on our possession, we've gone through a few highs and lows ourselves: the first high was loading up our car on the trailer and taking it home. The first low: the long period of time the car sat once we got it home. Next high: firing up the engine on the dyno and squeezing out nearly 500 horsepower. The next low: waiting over two months to get our potent small-block installed in the car.
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Burdened with the speculating mind of a design architect, it's hard for me to travel through the built world without constant distraction. Open lots are blank canvas for imaginary projects. Historic buildings beg to be dissected by period and style. And newly constructed buildings demand some kind of analysis. For this reason, when traveling with friends and family, I'm not allowed to drive.
Recently, a handful of new buildings have sprung up in my urban neighborhood in south Minneapolis that keep me thinking long after I park the car and unload the groceries. A new children's hospital sports shimmering walls of iridescent metal panels in vibrant blues, reds and yellow-greens. A senior housing project down the road is predictably clad in brown brick and beige stucco. In the park, new playground equipment blares out across the verdant green turf in glossy primary colors: red, blue and yellow. And a hip hotel downtown has a lobby lined with inky black walls punctuated by white patent leather furnishings, purple rugs, and crystalline lighting in fuchsia and lavender.
What strikes me is how the chosen color palettes of these diverse building types seem to align so neatly with our preconceptions of the age of the user. Pure, bright colors are for children and adolescents. Gothic black mixed with eye-popping hues for young professionals. Earth tones for the senior set. Compare these architectural colors against the enduring fashion trends for these age groups (or product packaging or website designs), and the correlation builds steam.
Is this color bias mere happenstance? A conspiracy? To put it in philosophical terms: Are we, as design professionals, slavishly adhering to cultural stereotypes of color preference based on age, or is there some biological or psychological bias we intuitively obey?
For me, the mere thought that our aesthetic predilections are predetermined by our demographic profile is disconcerting. Can it really be true, for example, that only young people are drawn to Jackson Pollock paintings, or that only retirees would buy a Norman Rockwell wall calendar? (I get one free each year from my Realtor. Is he trying to tell me something?)
According to a mounting pile of research on color preference since the 1940s, evidence seems to indicate that members of discrete age groups really do exhibit collective preferences. In a recent (2003) online research project conducted by Joe Hallock, color preferences have been shown to change with age in regard to favorite as well as least favorite color. Not surprisingly, the findings across multiple studies corroborate many of the color choices made in my neighborhood examples.
In general, children prefer warm and bright colors – red, orange, yellow and pink – because they associate these colors with positive feelings and high energy. Conversely, children associate dark colors such as brown, purple and blue with sadness and negative emotions.
The most striking difference between children and adults is the shift from a warm to a cool color bias. Psychologists have known for a long time that the majority of adults choose blue as their favorite color, with green and purple also landing in the top favorite list. Meanwhile, red, the hands-down favorite color for 3-year-olds, quickly drops to the middle of the pack by early adulthood.
Adults also bring more baggage with them, rejecting certain colors based on ingrained social conventions and symbolism. Black suggests mourning and grief, but also mystery and strength. Red is both spirited and alarming – a color you'll never see on the inside of a hospital.
Clearly, tracking color favorites represents only a limited perspective on the kind of spaces people will be attracted to. My favorite color, for example, is yellow. Yet in my entire house I have only one yellow object (a sofa) that is not a Post-it® note. And while blue is the favorite color of most Americans, its impact has influenced corporate logos much more than residential interiors – a domain where off-white, beige and sage green hold mass appeal.
While color biases by age groups might be scientifically verifiable, I will continue to argue that the effective use of color in architecture and interior design is driven more by context and cultural conventions than by DNA and the vagaries of aging. And though I have yet to receive an invitation to join AARP, I will continue to hang up my Norman Rockwell calendar – as I always do, proudly – in my basement workroom.


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Scientific name: Euphydryas aurinia
The checked wings of this lovely butterfly are more colourful and brightly patterned than any of our other fritillaries.
The Marsh Fritillary is threatened, not only in the UK but across Europe and is therefore, the object of much conservation effort.
The wings of this beautiful butterfly are more brightly patterned than those of other fritillaries, with more heavily marked races being found in Scotland and Ireland. The larvae spin conspicuous webs that can easily be recorded in late summer.
The Marsh Fritillary was once widespread in Britain and Ireland but has declined severely over the twentieth century, a decline mirrored throughout Europe. Its populations are highly volatile and the species probably requires extensive habitats or habitat networks for its long term survival.
Size and Family
- Family: Fritillaries
- Size: Medium
- Wing Span Range (male to female) - 42-48mm
Conservation status
- Butterfly Conservation priority: High
- Section 41 species of principal importance under the NERC Act in England
- Section 42 species of principal importance under the NERC Act in Wales
- Northern Ireland Priority Species
- Scottish Biodiversity List
- UK BAP: Priority Species
- European status: Vulnerable
- Fully protected under the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act
- Fully protected under then 1985 Northern Ireland Wildlife Order
Caterpillar Foodplants
The main foodplant is Devil's-bit-Scabious (Succisa pratensis). On calcareous grassland, it occasionally uses Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis) and Small Scabious (Scabiosa columbaria).
- Countries: England, Ireland, Wales and Scotland
- Massively declined and now restricted to the west coast of Scotland, western Wales, Northern Ireland and South West and central southern England.
- Distribution Trend Since 1970's = -46%.
There are two main habitat types; damp grasslands dominated by tussock forming grasslands and chalk grasslands (usually on west or south-facing slopes in England). Temporary colonies may also exist in large (>1 ha) woodland clearings and in other grasslands.
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Snowy peaks, rushing creeks, pine-covered
slopes—such imagery conjures up the rugged
beauty of the Rocky Mountain states. But the
region has more to offer than stunning scenery
and world-class festivals, with a burgeoning production
community that's busy year-round on film,
television, and commercial jobs.
Over the years rugged Montana has stood in
for Switzerland, Oklahoma and Afghanistan. The
state is known for its unspoiled, diverse landscapes
of mountains, rivers, lakes, badlands, and
prairies. Movies such as River Runs Through It, The
Horse Whisperer, Northfork and Hidalgo showcased
its scenic beauty. Montana maintains a large
crew base of experienced film professionals, who
work year-round on features and national television
commercials. The crew base increases each
year thanks to an excellent film and media arts
program at Montana State University in Bozeman.
The state's new and improved tax incentives also
give Hollywood a new reason to shoot here.
Governor Brian Schweitzer signed a new Big
Sky on the Big Screen Act into law this past May,
with a 14 percent tax rebate on all Montana
labor hired for film production, and a nine percent
rebate on all production-related state
expenditures including lodging, equipment rental,
fuel, lumber and construction materials. Another
incentive for filmmakers is that Montana has
no sales tax. Since no paperwork or rebate is
needed, this savings is immediate. "The new and
improved Big Sky on the Big Screen Act has made
Montana an even more desirable destination for
filmmakers," says Schweitzer. "Montana is like no
other, she's the epitome of the West. Whether or
not her name is in the credits, Montana is always
the biggest star."
"These new tax incentives are helping a lot
and we're already seeing a lot more production
coming here," says Sten Iversen of the Montana
Film Office. "We're doing scouts right now for
three big feature films that are looking to shoot
here this fall, and we're generally seeing more
activity than in years."
Will Brewster, a top Montana location scout/
art director based in Bozeman, reports that pro-
duction has picked up."It's 50 percent better than
2006.We just had a big hBo Film, Taking Chances
starring Kevin Bacon, shooting here. hBo told
us they'd considered Canada, but it's now too
costly. We've also had a ton of car commercials
– Toyota, Lincoln Mercury, two for Suzuki.We also
did a Conocophillips commercial for Directors
production Company out of Dallas, which shot
here and in paradise Valley. Business has real-
ly improved. We lost a lot of crew base after
9/11 and our production really slowed down but
they're coming back now.We're also busy training
new crew, so the year ahead is looking good."
according to Colorado Film Commissioner
Kevin Shand, feature film production in Colorado
is picking up. The creation of the Colorado Film
Incentive fund in 2006 is encouraging both local
and out-of-state filmmakers to look at Colorado
again. although the film incentive fund is relatively
small, the Colorado legislature recognized the
need to expand it this year and added another
20 percent to the available funds.
"We are seeing a nice increase in the number
of productions, production days and production
revenue in Colorado this year," Shand states."This
should be one of our biggest production years
in recent memory. The biggest feature film to
film in Colorado this year will be the paramount
pictures film NowhereLand starring eddie Murphy
and Thomas haden Church. The film is directed
by Karey Kirkpatrick (Over the Hedge) and will
be filming in Metro Denver the first two weeks
of october. We have been working with the
production company on this project for several
months and are happy that they have been able
to find every location there were looking for
other features shooting in Colorado this year
include The Bucket List, directed by Rob Reiner
staring Jack nicholson, Morgan Freeman, and
Sean hayes; The Return directed by neil Burger
starring Tim Robbins, Rachel Mcadams, Michael
pena; and The Torturer directed by graham green
starring nichelle nichols and andrew Walker.
Several local filmmakers have also been active
this year filming independent films including
Marty Lindsey's Suburban, The Five, directed by
Dave yasuda, and Ink directed by Jamin Winans.
another Colorado project set to begin filming is
Handful of Beans. Says Shand, "We are already in
discussion with several filmmakers about projects
lining up for 2008 schedules and it looks like 2008
could be even better than 2007."
Colorado is always an active location for
commercials and this year is no exception.
Commercials shot in Colorado range from spots
for fast food chains such as Sonic (Daily Planet),
McDonalds (Insight), Good Times (Bohome)
to auto commercials for Jeep, Volvo and SAA B.
Magical Elves Productions as a part of the Bravo
Television show Top Chef chose Aspen as a location.
Giada De Laurentiis's show Giada's Weekend
Get Aways is being produced by Denver based
CPG and Centennial. Colorado-based High Noon
Enter tainment produces shows including: Food
Network Challenge, Unwrapped, Carter Can, and
What You Get for the Money locally.
Echoing Shand's upbeat repor t is Danny
Dodge, owner of Loveland-based Roadrunner
Productions whose clients include Sony
Electronics, BBC America, SWAT, Hunting
University, KIA and Borg-Warner Automotive.
"Business is definitely up, and we're seeing a lot
more jobs coming here from L.A.," he says. "We
do a lot of big national commercials for companies
like CZ-USA, and we're also getting a lot of
calls for TV shows and product marketing pieces."
Dodge has over 21 years of experience shooting
catalogs and magazine covers, along with
producing, directing and handling most production
and post production requirements. "I handle
every aspect of production, from concept to
directing, camera, lighting, sound, animation, editing,
color grading and in some cases even the voicing
of projects," he says. "We recently acquired a Red
Rock Micro 35 mm lens adapter and a Panasonic
HVX200 with which we are able to achieve film
like results in high definition."
Dodge rattles of recent projects including a
VNR (video news release) for Sony Electronics;
production of national HD commercial for CZUSA
from concept to delivery of final master ;
location shoots in Colorado, Alaska and Canada
for Hunting University; post production of a 30 minute hunting show for the Versus network;
a Thunder Custom Cycles' Mountain Custom
Cycle marketing video; shooting and editing an
HD marketing piece for A4S Securities, featuring
a high speed video capture of a bus explosion at
10,000 frames per second at a 15 millionths of a
second shutter speed. That footage was shot just
north of Fort Collins, Colo. Says Dodge, summing
up, "It's a wide variety of work—it seems that the
ad budgets are opening up, and that's good news
for the whole state."
When Clint Eastwood made films like Pale
Rider and Bronco Billy he chose to shoot them
in Idaho. And as Kathleen Haase, Film Industry
Specialist, Depar tment of Commerce in Boise,
points out: "Our landscapes are still as breath-taking,
and our cowboys still as gruff. Only now their
ranches run on GP S technology via Blackberry
and our Indian citizens are millionaires.
"Nonetheless, Idaho is a sweet little place folks
like John McClane and Forrest Gump like to call
home, she says. "It's got something for everyone
and the most diverse topography of all the 50
states. You can cheat it in Idaho. Here at the Film
Office, we'll carry you up hill in snow if it'll make
your production a more pleasant one. And you'll
like our crews, too—they're skilled professionals."
Recent projects include Out of the Blue: A Film
About Life and Football, a documentary about the
famous state football game made by Ironcircle
Films and a recent edition of Extreme Makeover.
Haase says that state residents have evolved into
a sophisticated population of high-tech workers
and world-class artists. "And last year Boise was
listed as one of the "Best Places to Live" in the
country according to Money Magazine and the
"Number One Adventure City" according to
National Geographic."
While at present the state does not offer
any tax breaks, Idaho intends to become more
competitive with its neighbors. There is pending
legislation next year with a variety of proposals,
including a 20 percent cash rebate on state
expenditures if you hire 20 percent of your crew
in Idaho, with a $500,000 cap per picture and a
50 percent wage reimbursement for advancing
Idaho crews. Currently, the state offers some
breaks, such as a sales tax rebate on tangible
goods, a lodging tax waiver for over 30 days,
vendor deals, federal tax incentive (Jobs Creation
Act), and a pro-active Film Office.
The state of Utah has a long film history and
offers a wide spectrum of landscapes ranging
from the Bonneville Salt Flats to the southern red
rocks, to an array of architectural styles. It's only a
90-minute flight from L. A., and has an extensive
production center and experienced crew base.
Since the early 1920s over 800 films and several
television shows have been made in Utah. The
Moab and Monument Valley area was popularized
by the legendary director John Ford and actor
John Wayne, creating the signature backdrop
for their Westerns. Beginning with Stagecoach
(1939), Ford used locations that simply could
not be duplicated in the studio while setting the
standard for an entire genre of films. The John
Ford/John Wayne relationship spanned over 50
years, resulting in nine great classics shot in Utah.
Industry veterans now affectionately refer to the
area as "John Ford Country."
Today, Utah continues to offer great resources
to filmmakers. "In addition to our tax rebate
program, we also have several major talent agencies, office space, studio space and full-service
rental houses," says director of the Utah Film
Commission Marshall Moore.
According to the film commission, Utah now
offers an incentive package with a 15 percent
post-performance rebate for every dollar spent
in the state, a sales and use tax exemption on
equipment for film and television, as well as a
transient room sale tax exemption for productions
staying longer than 30 consecutive days in a
hotel room or similar lodging.
"High School Musical 2 wrapped production
last spring, shooting entirely in Salt Lake City and
St. George, Utah. Other feature films that have
completed production over the past few months
in the state are Animals, White on Rice, Adventures
of Food Boy, The Second Singles Ward, Dragonhunter,
Lifeless, Darkroom Dadnapped, and Minutemen.
The producers of High School Musical will start
production on The American Mall early next year,"
adds Moore.
Owner of the Salt Lake City-based Vineyard
Productions, Jeff T. Miller, says the state is on an
upswing. "While production nationwide may
have slowed, business in the Rockies, and Utah
in par ticular, has been very brisk." Miller was
line producer on two recent big projects: Dark
Matter, starring Meryl Streep and Bonneville, starring
Kathy Bates and Jessica Lange. "Now I'm
starting The Assignment, which I'm producing in
Salt Lake City."
Utah is also home to the well-known Sundance
Film Festival. "The Sundance Film Festival is a
great event for Utah, bringing thousands to our
state, which gives the Utah Film Commission the
opportunity to meet with filmmakers from across
the globe," says Moore. According to the film
commission, Sundance and other in-state festivals
have created an economic impact of 108 million
Utah has maintained its busy production
schedule, shooting over 900 production days in
the past year for 23 feature films, nine parts of TV
series, and hundreds of commercials, documentaries,
and industrials.
The glossy Oceans 11 franchise springs to
mind when you think of Las Vegas, Nevada. But
the state is more than just neon in the deser
t. Nevada offers myriad landscapes—from
Midwestern farmlands to sci-fi planets and moonscapes.
Dry lake beds and sand dunes can double
for a Middle East background. Hoover Dam can't
be duplicated, and has appeared in blockbusters
such as Transformers. Valley of Fire continues to
be popular for music videos, feature films and
commercials that require striking red rocks. Sean
Penn has taken advantage of the region's wilderness
for Into the Wild and The Pledge. Reno, the
"Biggest Little City in the World," was the setting
for the bowling film Kingpin, and more recently
Thunder Over Reno, a feature on the city's Air
Races. And Sin City continues to be a draw: The
Twentieth-Century Fox film What Happens in
Vegas starring Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher
is set to start production this fall in Las Vegas.
While Nevada does not offer tax incentives,
many types of fees and taxes have never existed
in the state. And productions here get their money's
worth. Nevada continues to be ranked one
of the top production states in the country. This is
attributed to diverse locations, free and accessible
permitting and a strong local crew base. "We
have... very little red tape," says Charlie Geocaris,
director of the Nevada Film Office. "Filmmakers
find our state extremely accommodating, from
the crew, to the locations, to the weather. We
are a very film-friendly state, and that brings a lot
people back here each year."
The Nevada Film Office (NFO) is responsible
for production related revenue generated
in the state, which has surpassed over $100 million
seven years in a row. Annually, the NFO
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feature films to television series to music videos,
documentaries and commercials. The NFO staff
promptly delivers key information through its
complimentary services, including script breakdowns
and location scouting. And being a multijurisdictional
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publication of available crew, vendors,
equipment, production and post-production support
services and notable locations throughout
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filming in Nevada. It is available online at nevadafilm.
com and is distributed throughout the world.
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With marriage comes certain responsibilities. When you're a married Bow Tie nut, you get a few extra things tacked on to the normal marital requirements. Now, don't start grumbling, we know you came here to read about the '55 pictured across these pages. But, we've got to set the stage for our story first.
When George Keel married his wife Linda, the vow was "to love, cherish … and build her a '55 Chevy."
After retiring from his job with the federal government in 2007, George was ready to enjoy a peaceful, car-project-free life of leisure and tinkering with his '34 Chevy street rod. Linda had other plans. It was time for George to build her car, a '55 to match the street rod.
For a starting point, a '55 two-door sedan was chosen. After driving several hardtops and sedans over the years, George liked the more solid and rattle-free feel of the post car versus a sport coupe. After hunting around, he found the right candidate--'55 sedan rolling shell squirreled away in an old single-car garage behind an equally old house in one of Washington D.C.'s seedier areas. Even though the car had rust in the quarters, fenders, trunk, and rockers, the floors were fairly solid and there were no previous mods beyond a hole cut in the trans hump for a shifter.
Why not start with a more solid car, even if it had been modified? George didn't want to deal with band-aid fixing someone else's modifications or repairs, he wanted to build a car to his own personal specs. Thinking to the future, he also didn't want someone at an event going, "Hey, that used to be so-and-so's car."
When Linda first saw the car in its dilapidated state, she could see past the rust to what it was going to be. "It didn't look like much, but to me it was a jewel. It had no motor, no transmission, no interior, most of the chrome was missing, no bumpers, and the list goes on. But it was a '55 Chevy, and in the end that was all that mattered to me," she says.
The car was hauled to friend Willie Eustace to get the body straight. With torch and MIG in hand, Willie proceeded to replace the quarters, front floor pans, tailpan area, rockers, clean up the firewall, and hang brand-new front fenders. Two stock hoods were used to build one, with the factory hood bird being sent to roost elsewhere. The front pan was molded into the fenders to further smooth out the body. Once the shell was rust free and straight, it was coated in epoxy primer and sent back to George for dry-building.
While all this was going on, George had been hard at work prepping a '57 one-piece California frame to go underneath the '55. The rear leaf-spring mounts were relocated inside the framerails to make room for wider wheels and tires, and a Moser 9-inch rear with 3.70 gears replaced the old '55 vintage third member. Up front, CPP tubular control arms with Heidts 2-inch drop spindles were bolted on and Edelbrock shocks were employed to soften the ride. Wilwood four-piston calipers clamping down on 12-inch rotors were installed to bring the fun to a halt. Billet Specialties Rail wheels wrapped in Nitto Extreme ZR rubber make up the rolling stock.
The drivetrain for the car starts with a Chevrolet Performance 330hp crate engine as the foundation. On top of this is an Edelbrock Performer intake with matching 600-cfm carb, Billet Specialties Tru Trac serpentine system, and a Johnson Hot Rod Shop air cleaner assembly. Kenneth Keller Performance Automotive built a 200-4R slush box to go behind the mouse, with a B&M 2,800-stall converter, and Jamie's Driveshafts cut a custom-length unit to connect the rear to the trans.


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I am a return customer to purchuse slender pet for my chunky dog. I come to realize after my first run with Slender Pet Gracie lost weight, was more active and very playful. I highly suggest anyone who has a an over weight pet befor you buy costly toxic medications that can quickly destroy your pets liver and heart, please give this all natural product a try.
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A must buy 4 ur over weight 4 leged baby
I have a very over weight 5 year old aussie/spanniel, she was lathargic, hard to move get in and out doors. I tried every thing under the sun to help her. I bought slender pet and her over extended very tight belly is now soft and getting flabby (lol). Her skin in other places actually moves now, and she can get up and go out doors with out too much struggle. I will continue to use slender pet until my Gracie is back to her normal weight. I did not want to over medicate her so I did 1 in the am and 1 in the pm one day, and the next I gave her 1 pill, I alternated days and she is active, losing weight and moving again. Thank you for making such a great all natural supplement.
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The Mississippi Board of Education has voted to ask Gov. Phil Bryant to declare a state of emergency for the Oktibbeha County School District, to abolish the school district's accreditation, to remove the county school board and district superintendent James Covington and to select former Jackson School District Superintendent Jayne Sargent as the district's conservator for a 90-day interim, MDE official confirmed Thursday.
The vote came during a special-called MBE meeting Thursday in Jackson, preceded by a special-called meeting where the Mississippi Commission on School Accreditation determined the district had an emergency situation that jeopardizes its students' safety, security and educational interests. MDE communications director Patrice Guilfoyle said MDE officials will hold a public meeting Monday evening at East Oktibbeha County High School to discuss a plan to help the district meet accreditation requirements, preceded by a meeting with the OCSD's administration, faculty and staff. Guilfoyle said the public meeting's exact time has not yet been determined.
"We're trying to firm that up," Guilfoyle said. "We want to make sure it's at a time when parents and community members who work can get out there."
Guilfoyle said the district is in violation of 29 of the 30 accreditation standards the Mississippi Department of Education reviewed. District students' poor academic performance, particularly in the district's two high schools, was the primary concern, she said, and other concerns included failure to report complete and accurate data on employee contracts, lists of staff, payroll reports and official board minutes.
"The school board was not in compliance with state and federal statutes and rules concerning current school board rules and policies that should be published and available for public review," Guilfoyle said. "Some of our auditors, they were told the information was available on the (district's) website, but they couldn't find it."
While EOCHS's classification as failing for the last three years was one reason for the board's decision, Guilfoyle said, the board's decision to designate EOCHS as a New Start school and its decision to abolish the district's accreditation are two separate matters. She said the MBE made no decisions about the implications of EOCHS's New Start status Thursday, leaving those decisions to the district's conservator.
"New Start applies only for EOCHS, but the board felt there was enough evidence ... to say there was a district problem that needed to be resolved," Guilfoyle said. "(The violation of 29 accreditation standards) was in reference to an audit that was conducted this year. Our Office of School Improvement has been working with the district over the last several years."
Where EOCHS will be the state's first New Start school since the state passed the New Start School Program and Conversion Charter School Act in 2010, Guilfoyle said, the accreditation loss and resulting conservatorship is not without precedent — the state took the same action in the Aberdeen School District in April. Pending Gov. Bryant's approval, she said, the board's decision will amount to a full state takeover of the Oktibbeha County School District. She said a timeline for Bryant's decision has not been determined.
Guilfoyle said this will not be Sargent's first time taking charge of an ailing school district. When the Jackson Public School Board voted not to renew Lonnie Edwards' contract as superintendent in 2011, Sargent served as interim superintendent until the district hired Cedrick Gray the same year. At the time, Sargent was retired after serving as the Jackson school district's superintendent for several years, she said.
"She has years of experience," Sargent said.
Guilfoyle said both Covington and county school board president Curtis Snell were present at the meeting. Calls placed to Covington were not returned by press time. In a previous report a few days after EOCHS was designated as a New Start school, Covington said it was important for MDE to not look at the district's failures exclusively. The district's overall designation has risen from an F to a D, from "low-performing" to "academic watch," he said, and West Oktibbeha County Elementary School received a B and was named a high-performing school for its 176-point Quality of Distribution Indez(QDI), which is used to measure achievement.
"If given the time, we'll make sure (this same) growth happens at East High," Covington said. "It didn't happen last year, but given the time, we'll make it happen. Everything is not doom and gloom. Boys and girls are learning in the OCSD. We have problems at East High — I'll be the first to recognize that — but we're going to fix those problems."
At that time, Covington also said EOCHS ranking as a failing school for the third year in a row, with a QDI of 94, was a surprise. According to the OCSD's internal information, he said, practice tests showed promise of an improved QDI score.
"Each time, we were making gains," Covington said. "The (practice test) scores did indicate we were moving in the right direction. We're not certain what happened on the actual assessment."
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