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HAND bound in goatskin, Jonathan Singer's massive "double elephant folio" volume of 250 photographs of exotic flowers and plants sits on the shelves of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC. You'd be lucky to be allowed a glimpse of it, as a similar volume is said to be worth $2.5 million. But now there is a trade edition around one-third the dimensions of the original, but still an impressive enough size and with a price tag to match.
It came about after Marc Hachadourian of the New York Botanical Garden spotted Singer with his camera at an orchid house. Impressed by the shots, he challenged Singer to photograph 10 more flowers in his own greenhouse. Singer is not one to downplay his talents. "Marc told me that normally it takes an experienced photographer 3 hours and 500 shots to ...
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Texas jury acquits nurse who complained of doctor
ANDREWS, Texas A Texas nurse who was brought up on criminal charges for filing an anonymous complaint accusing a doctor of unethical conduct was acquitted by a jury Thursday in a case that watchdog groups warned could have a chilling effect on health care workers and patients.
Prosecutors have said personal - not professional - reasons motivated nurse Anne Mitchell to file the complaint against Dr. Rolando Arafiles with the Texas Medical Board. She was indicted in June on a count of "misuse of official information" after Arafiles filed a harassment complaint with the Winkler County Sheriff's Department.
After the jury returned its verdict, Mitchell said her complaint "had nothing to do with personal feelings," and she would continue to report doctors if she believes they are not giving patients proper care.
"I still have to do those things for patients," said Mitchell, who would have faced up to 10 years in prison if she had been convicted. "My duty's never changed."
Dozens of nurses filled the courtroom throughout this week's trial, and many wept when the verdict was announced. Nursing associations and health care watchdogs across the country rallied around Mitchell, calling the case is a key test of physician accountability. Alex Winslow, executive director of the patient safety advocacy group Texas Watch, said Thursday's acquittal doesn't end the concern.
"Whether Ms. Mitchell was convicted or exonerated, was largely irrelevant to the long-term impact her prosecution will have on Texas patients," he said in a statement. "The very fact that she was prosecuted will make individuals who have information that could save lives will think twice before speaking up, putting Texas patients at risk."
Arafiles was not in court Thursday to hear the verdict, and a telephone message was left at the Winkler County hospital where he works. A message was also left Thursday for the prosecutor, Winkler County Attorney Scott Tidwell.
Mitchell's complaint filed in April accused Arafiles of improperly encouraging patients to buy herbal medicines and wanting to use hospital supplies to perform a procedure at a patient's home.
But prosecutors claimed Mitchell, who had worked with Arafiles at a West Texas hospital, didn't like the doctor and wanted to harm him and that the complaint disclosed patient information for "a nongovernmental purpose."
The jury deliberated for an hour before returning its verdict. Foreman Harley Tyler Sr. said the panel found Mitchell not guilty because the prosecution failed to show beyond a reasonable doubt that the nurse had done anything illegal.
"We don't feel that what she did was wrong because she had concern for the patients," he said. Nurses "are the eyes for the patient."
James Willman, general counsel for the Texas Nurses Association, said the group was "extremely pleased" with the verdict.
"The nurse's duty to their patients has been vindicated, and nurses can get back to doing what they do for patients," he said.
The state medical board's executive director, Mari E. Robinson, also said the board was "very relieved" and she hoped "there will be no negative impact upon people reporting potential violations of the law to the board."


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The Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) in Prague supported Australian businesses, diva and Gloria Jean's coffee shops, at the Franchising Fair in Prague earlier this year.
Igor Bolshakov, Head of Franchise and Concession for diva's operations in Central and Eastern Europe, said Austrade's invitation to participate in the trade fair was timely because it dovetailed with the retailer's European expansion plans.
"The Czech and Slovak markets are very interesting to us from a development perspective," Mr Bolshakov said.
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"Losing feels worse than winning feels good." -Vin Scully
I don't miss Coco pointing to the sky on balls out of play.
Ugh. Cozart chases ball 3 strikes out swinging.
Cozart now 2 for 15 this series.
Stubbs a hero 2 games in a row? I hope so
"Losing feels worse than winning feels good." -Vin Scully
Last two pitches were chased. Bases should be loaded
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2 out of 8 pitches in the strike zone....and he K's. Icky.
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krizhelle.. wat??!!
and by the way.... very good puzzle mmiguel... seemed very simple at first ... but took me half an hour and 2 pages full of writing equations with "x" in it..
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PANAMA CITY — After the death of a 90-year-old Lynn Haven man, one of his assailants doused his body with bleach — also filling his mouth — to conceal evidence of a robbery gone horribly wrong, an accomplice to the crime testified Tuesday.
And while the witness denied that Kevin Jeffries — who is standing trial for first-degree murder — was present at the time the victim was strangled to death, DNA from Jeffries dominated the crime scene, evidence showed.
Witness Ashley Griffin, 29, told jurors the story leading up to the April 2013 death of Wallace Reid Scott in his Lynn Haven home. Griffin is one of three people implicated in Scott's death and has pleaded to second-degree murder in exchange for her cooperation in the case.
Griffin denied Jeffries, her boyfriend, was present at the time Scott was strangled to death. She instead said David Challender, the third suspect in the homicide, was in the room at the time and was bitten by Scott while trying to coerce banking information from him before his death.
"So [Challender] went back in the room and poured bleach all over Mr. Scott," Griffin said. "… He poured bleach in his mouth and all over his body, because he had bit him and he didn't know if he had any DNA on him."
All three suspects knew Scott prior to his death, according to court documents.
Jeffries, 29, and Griffin met eyes occasionally during her account of a methamphetamine-filled drive from Atlanta to Scott's home on April 4. The plan was for Griffin to drop the two men off for a week and return when they secured "the big lick" of Scott's debit card and PIN number, she said.
Challender and Jeffries are first cousins. Griffin said the group had heard of Scott's wealth from Sherri Mercer, Challender's mother, who was employed as caretaker at one point by Scott.
Challender had even stayed at Scott's home and gave Griffin directions on the trip, she said.
"I knew they were going to steal money," Griffin said. "I asked specifically if anybody would get hurt and they said no."
But after about 20 minutes of dropping them off blocks away from Scott's home, she was called back to the house by Challender. Scott was bound and covered by a sheet when she returned, and Griffin said she overheard Challender threatening to cut off Scott's genitalia with a pair of scissors if he refused to cooperate.
Three hours later, Scott was dead.
Defense attorney Robert Thirston did not attempt to deny Jeffries played a role in Scott's slaying. Instead, the defense also angled to shift blame onto Challender.
"This case starts with Jeffries' DNA but ends with Challender," Thirston told jurors. "Jeffries was merely a pawn in this plan."
However, prosecutors highlighted video of Jeffries and Griffin buying blue latex gloves from the Lynn Haven Wal-Mart in anticipation of the crime. Prosecutors used DNA evidence from a torn tip of one of the gloves left at the scene and belts fused with electrical chords, fashioned into ligatures, to show — with certainty of 1-in-140-million — Jeffries alone handled items used to bind Scott before his death.
A pair of Jeffries' blue jeans and a T-shirt, recovered from Griffin's trunk, also had Scott's blood on them, though DNA analysts could not determine how the blood got there.
Challender's DNA was present on items at the scene but in less concentrated amounts.
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Ennahdha is afraid to field a candidate because Ghannouchi and his daughters know exactly what most people think of them and their party.
Leader Says Ennahdha to Steer Clear of Presidential Race
By Robert Joyce | Feb 27 2014Elections ,Ennahdha ,presidential race ,second-natonal-featured
Ennahdha party leader Rached Ghannouchi said that he does not expect his party to field a candidate in the upcoming elections, according to an account of his remarks made Wednesday in the United States.
I do not expect Ennahdha to present a candidate for presidential elections, the Islamist leader said, according to Radio Sawa.
Yusra Ghannouchi, Ennahdha spokesperson and daughter of the party leader said in an email, at the moment such a candidacy is not expected, but the official final decision has not been made.
On its Twitter account, Ennahdha said it is most likely the party will not field a candidate, but added that a definitive call has yet to be made.
Even after upcoming elections, Ghannouchi said, a majority victory will not be enough for any party to govern Tunisia.
During transitional periods, a 51 percent majority is not sufficient to have a stable government and a stable democracy, he said. We believe that the country will need a coalition government that brings together the main parties in the country.
Ghannouchi also seemed to rule out his own candidacy.
I will not add another employee to Tunisia because we have enough [government] employees, he said at a separate Washington event, according to the Al Monitor news website.
Ghannouchi's remarks were made during a trip to the United States in which the Islamist leader visited a number of U.S. think tanks. His speeches focused on Tunisia's constitutional drafting process, completed with a 200-12 vote in late January on the completed charter.
Our constitution represents the dream of the great reformers of the 19th century, who tried to combine the values of Islam and the values of modernity, and who believed that Islam and the universal values and Islam and democracy are compatible, Ghannouchi said at the Washington DC-based Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, according to a transcript on Ennahdha's Facebook page.
Ghannouchi, accompanied by Ennahdha National Constituent Assembly members Amel Azzouz and Zied Laadhari, defended the party's decision to step down from government earlier this month.
We are not angels. We would like to have power, but we believe having a democratic constitution for Tunisians is more important, he said at the U.S. Institute for Peace, a Washington D.C. think tank, according to their website.
Ghannouchi's remarks repeatedly celebrated the Tunisian experience as proving the possibility of coexistence between Islam and democracy. Still, he discussed Tunisia's dragging economy and security challenges. Al Monitor quoted him as saying, one flower does not make a spring.
Actually, I think it is a smart decision for EnNahdha not to field any candidate for the next presidential elections. For one, there are many would-be candidates that are very acceptable and even desirable for the islamist party. Then, it is probably best for EnNahdha to work on winning the local municipal elections, and keeping its majority in the parliament, where it can exercise effective control on the government, and even claim the "opposition" title!!
Reading this makes my deoisicns easier than taking candy from a baby.
The status quo of a president in the new Tunisia is just as meaningless as a smelly duckling's fart for a farmer. Filling the gap somewhere else where governmental power plays an essential role does make more sense.


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TAMPA, Fla. They were still on the tarmac when Buffalo tied Denver, preparing to take off into the unknown.
The Chargers left Florida on Sunday afternoon with both their persons and their playoff prospects up in the air. They had done their bit to sustain the suspense, throttling the Tampa Bay Buccaneers by the gaudy count of 41-24, but their ultimate fate still hinged on the Bills rising up to beat the Broncos on the road without much in the way of tangible motivation.
"I don't know if I can watch," said defensive end Luis Castillo, averting his eyes from the locker room monitors. "It's just unfortunate that we're in a position where our fate is decided by somebody else."
Yet if fate sneered at the Chargers in September, it bared its teeth in pearly beneficence Sunday. Somewhere near New Orleans, the Chargers learned that the Bills had stunned the Broncos, 30-23, lending meaning to a season finale that would otherwise have been moot. The 7-8 Chargers and 8-7 Broncos will meet Sunday at Qualcomm Stadium for title to the AFC West and the chagrined playoff berth that entails.
Henceforth, when San Diegans speak of Buffalo wings, they should specify whether they mean spicy chicken or the adornment of angels.
"We're hoping like (heck) that Buffalo pulls it out," Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson had said before departing Raymond James Stadium.
LT's confidence level, however, was low: "Just cause I've been in this situation, the Buffalo situation, where you don't really have anything to play for," he said. "Hopefully, they keep fighting."
That, demonstrably, they did. Equally noteworthy, the Broncos crumbled in the clutch. And though Denver's Brandon Marshall professed to be, "licking my chops," in anticipation of Sunday's scrum, the Bolts opened as 7½-point favorites and sentiment soon bumped the line up to 8½.
These are not the Chargers we anticipated in August. Their pass rush has atrophied in the absence of Shawne Merriman, exposing huge holes in their secondary. Their run-blocking has deteriorated, exposing Tomlinson as a mere mortal.
Still, reprieved by Denver's repeated inability to close the deal, the Chargers have reached their regular season finale with a three-game winning streak and enough weapons to make anybody anxious. Though they are hardly a great team, it is not clear that any great teams exist in the NFL. Should the Chargers subdue the Broncos on Sunday, they would earn the privilege of opening the playoffs at home.
That it could come to this, just three weeks after the Chargers were left for dead against Atlanta, speaks to the NFL's ability to wring drama out of mediocrity and to the puncher's chance a hot quarterback provides.
That would be Philip Rivers, whose omission from the Pro Bowl roster moved from an oversight to an outrage Sunday. Already the most efficient passer of this NFL season, Rivers riddled the Bucs with four touchdown passes – a career first – and made no mistake more costly than an intentional grounding penalty. He will start Sunday's game with 32 TD passes, one short of Dan Fouts' single-season franchise record.


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Neither the man's identity nor the country for which he was allegedly working were named.
The suspect is accused of "spying for a foreign country in order to damage the political and military status of the United Arab Emirates," WAM quoted Prosecutor General Ahmad al-Danhani as saying.
He had allegedly been "exploiting his job at one of the country's ports and was seeking to illegally obtain military information considered among the national security secrets" of the UAE.
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3. Which of the following leadership actions most clearly supports organizational transformation toward total quality management?
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You've heard about it for the last month in multiple videos featuring LAGalaxy.com digital types, but at long last, the M-Ball is really here.
The LA Galaxy will give away 10,000 M-Ball's (a peanut M&M shaped soccer ball) at the conclusion of Sunday's match against the Philadelphia Union. Fans will be able to put their M-Ball in their cars before returning to watch LA Galaxy II's match against Oklahoma City Energy FC at 8:00 p.m. PT without risk of missing out on the match. If you're unable to come on Sunday and want your own M-Ball, you can enter to win here.
You can still purchase tickets to the Galaxy Family Reunion by clicking here.
CARSON, Calif. -- In the latest edition of "What to Watch For" sponsored by C.J. Wilson Mazda, Cobi Jones and Joe Tutino break down LA's match against the Philadelphia Union
Check it out below.
In the latest edition of LAGalaxy.com's By the Numbers, we look at LA's match against the Philadelphia Union.
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Below is video of Landon Donovan's media availability from Saturday.
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CARSON, Calif. -- Below are a few notable quotes from Landon Donovan's media availbility.
Donovan was told after training on Thursday that he'd be excluded from the U.S. National Team's 23-man squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Check it out below...
(On whether he'd still go sabbatical again back in 2013 in retrospect...)
DONOVAN: Yeah, I would absolutely do the same thing. My performances and my stats and the way I've played since my sabbatical, I think, stand for themselves and speak for themselves, so I actually think I've been a much better player since I've came back.
(On Jonathan Klinsmann's tweet on his exclusion...)
DONOVAN: "To be honest, I don't really know his son well, so I'm not really sure where that came from.
(On whether he was pigeonholed by Klinsmann into being a forward...)
DONOVAN: "I think one of the real good attributes in my entire career has been my ability to play in a lot of different positions, a lot of different roles. Also, although I'm an attacking player, I think I help the team defend in certain ways. I think I help the team get results in certain ways, even when it's not attacking-wise. I think I have a lot of versatility, and I think my experiences over the years have contributed to me being able to do that, so I think I would have been able to help in a lot of ways."
(On if he thought the snub was personal...)
DONOVAN: "I think if I'm being judged solely on what happens in camp, then I absolutely deserved to be going to Brazil."
(On whether he'd retire from international duty...)
DONOVAN: "Honestly, I haven't had much time to think about that. I love this country. I love playing for this country. I've always loved representing this country, so I can't imagine that if I'm given another opportunity that I would say no, but assuming that I'm still capable. But at this point, I'm just trying to deal with the disappointment."
CARSON, Calif. -- Landon Donovan could not hide his disappointment from being excluded by the U.S. National Team for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, but the 32-year-old refused to allow the shock to envelop him.
Donovan spoke to the media for the first time on Saturday ahead of Sunday's match against the Philadelphia Union where LA head coach Bruce Arena has already declared that he'd be available to play. In a nearly 15 minute discussion with members of the local and national media, Donovan said plainly that he did not agree with the U.S. head coach Jurgen Klinsmann's assessment that he was a step below his teammates at training camp, even going as far to say that he "not only thought [he] was part of the 23, but thought that he was in contention to be starting."
Much of the conversation regarding Donovan's exclusion has centered around a potential personal issue between himself and the U.S. boss and on Saturday when asked if there was an issue, Donovan revealed his thoughts.
"I thought that if I was only judged on what happened in camp, I deserved to be in Brazil," said Donovan.
But now that Donovan is back in the white of a Galaxy uniform instead of the red, white and blue, he's only looking at the future.
I think it was very important for me, from both a personal and a professional perspective, to address it and speak about it, but after today I won't be speaking about it anymore," said Donovan. "I want to focus on the Galaxy and doing what I need to do here, and I really urge people to support the team, because going to a World Cup is an unbelievable experience, and there's a lot of guys who are going for the first time, and they need support.
"There's a lot of guys who are going for a second or third time, but it's still such an exciting experience, and I don't want there to be a negative tint to any of this. We're all professionals. We're all men, and we have to handle things like this. I think it's important that we support our team and support our nation. They need us."
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Former U.S. National Team boss Bruce Arena gives coaches' perspective to cutting players ahead of World Cup
CARSON, Calif. – Landon Donovan's omission from the U.S. World Cup roster is still sending shockwaves through the American soccer universe.
In my latest piece for LAGalaxy.com, I get the Galaxy's reaction to Landon Donovan's ouster from the U.S. National Team's World Cup squad.
Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena, who led the U.S. National Team to the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups provided some insight to reporters on Friday about the coaches' perspective when making cuts for a World Cup.
"When coaches make decisions, you've got to support those decisions unless they're proved otherwise. The last thing that I'm going to be is a Monday morning quarterback like everyone else in this world," said Arena. "These are hard decisions, I'm sure that Jurgen has his reasons for it and you've got to respect that. It's never easy. If it was my decision, he'd be on the team, but it's not my decision. I have to leave at that. Only time tells if these things make sense or don't make sense.
"In all fairness, I'm going to tell you from the coaches' perspective, I'm not going to listen to one fan about how the team should play or you people [reporters]. Not to disrespect, but it's our job to make those decisions," he added. "You make those decisions and you live with them. That's the decision that he made. He has his reasons and that's in his realm of responsibility about how he wants to articulate that and move his team forward."
There's no announcer in American soccer quite like Ray Hudson and on Friday, the always vocal Englishman sounded off on Landon Donovan's exclusion from the U.S. National Team at the 2014 FIFA World CUp.
In an interview with Sirus XM FC's "The Football Show" the former Miami Fusion and D.C. United head coach and current beIN Sport announcer stated that Klinsmann had missed the mark by excluding Donovan.
Listen to the interview -- which may be my second favorite Donovan reaction to this site from former MLS Digital member Shawn Francis -- below.
It was no surprise that Landon Donovan's exclusion from the U.S. National Team's 23-man squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup was the hottest topic at Friday's press conference on the campus at Stanford University.
During the nearly 30 minute long press conference, Klinsmann stated that he felt that other players were a "step ahead" of Donovan at the time being but was quick to mention that the Galaxy forward is eligible to come in as an injury replacement by virtue of the stand-by list. Klinsmann also addressed the incendiary tweet by his son Jonathan which directed at the Galaxy forward.
Donovan will be available for Sunday's LA Galaxy match against the Philadelphia Union according to LA head coach Bruce Arena.
Check out Klinsmann's press conference below.
CARSON, Calif. – Landon Donovan will be available for the LA Galaxy for Sunday's match against the Philadelphia Union.
The message was loud and clear from LA head coach Bruce Arena who addressed the media a day after Donovan's shock exclusion from the U.S. World Cup squad. Arena told reporters that he was "disappointed" and "somewhat surprised" by the move to drop Donovan but was quick to declare that he'll be available for the match on Sunday.
"I expect Landon to be available on Sunday," said Arena. "He's doing well given the circumstances. … I would think that he'll be available to play on Sunday for sure."
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Fall is festival season, and Riverfest is the biggest of them all, attracting 250,000 people every October. Check out the Great Waiter Wine Race, where the city's best servers navigate an obstacle course while toting a tray of wine. The Pleasure Island Seafood, Blues, and Jazz Festival, in October, along the Cape Fear River in Kure Beach, is more low-key. Encore Restaurant Week, also in October, gives local chefs a chance to showcase their skills, with special menus at participating restaurants. And the Lighthouse International Beer Festival pulls 90 breweries together for a day of sampling.
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Reading this Politico article this morning has really depressed me: "House GOP thinks unthinkable on defense cuts." It reports: "A new breed of conservatives in the House cares so much about cutting spending they're willing to extend that to the budget for bullets and bombs, too — in this case, by letting $500 billion in across-the-board automatic budget cuts over 10 years take effect, alongside a similar number for domestic agencies."
This is crazy on many levels. Start with the policy implications: The Pentagon can't afford another $500 billion of cuts on top of the $500 billion or so that has already been cut–not at a time when the armed forces must grapple with new missions such as dealing with the spread of al-Qaeda in Africa and an upsurge in cyber attacks.
President Obama's defense secretary, noted budget hawk Leon Panetta, has said that sequestration would be a "disaster" with "a devastating effect on not only national defense but I think on the rest of the country."
This isn't to say that it's impossible to make any cuts in defense. Former Under Secretary of Defense Michele Flournoy has some good suggestions in the Wall Street Journal for cutting bloated headquarters, eliminating unneeded bases, making military medical benefits less generous, and paring back the civilian workforce. But significantly she attaches no price tag to the reductions she seeks. The likelihood is that all of her savings, even if enacted, would not make a significant dent in the defense budget given that our military capabilities must grow to deal with threats from Africa to China. In any case sequestration is a mindless process of across-the-board hacking that will do major damage to vital programs; it is the very antithesis of the kind of rational pruning and rebalancing that Fluornoy suggests.
Now to the politics: In the last election, there was evidence that Republicans had lost their decades-old advantage on foreign policy and national security to a party led by the president who ordered the Osama bin Laden raid. How on earth will Republicans ever regain their advantage on these crucial issues if they come out as more anti-defense than Obama's own defense secretary on the issue of sequestration?
I sympathize with the concerns of House Republicans about runaway spending. The growing public debt is a major concern that if left unaddressed could hamper American productivity and power in the long term. But the way to deal with this issue isn't to whack away at the defense budget, which even if entirely eliminated would still not close our staggering, trillion-dollar-plus budget deficits. Congress needs to tackle entitlement reform, like it or not. President Obama's opposition may make that impossible in the short-term but eviscerating our defense capabilities–and thereby making the world a more dangerous place–isn't a viable alternative.


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African Americans have been part of the story of St. Louis since the city's founding in 1764. Unfortunately, most histories of the city have overlooked or ignored their vital role, allowing their influence and accomplishments to go unrecorded or uncollected; that is, until the publication of Discovering African American St. Louis: A Guide to Historic Sites in 1994.
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2007 Columbus NMRA Race - Fighting for Traction
The Columbus NMRA race left racers scratching and clawing for points
Pure Street - From what we hear (wink, wink), Grandpa Ron Anderson likes to run more gear than the usual pushrod-powered Pure Street racer. Supposedly, he likes to get out and going, and hope his competitor is unable to catch up. At Columbus, that theory worked, even with Ron himself working on the car, tuning the carburetor and changing plugs-stuff like that. Every other Pure Street racer knows when Grandpa's on the property, it's going to be a dogfight-er, shootout-we mean, it's going to be a tough race. However, with Grandpa down in seventh spot after qualifying in a tough Pure Street class at Columbus, it looked as though it was anyone's race. Looking like a baby Hot Street class, Pure Street racers we're separated by thousands of a second on the qualifying ladder. When the clutch smoke cleared, Grandpa's rockin' chair stood at the top with a victory over young whippersnapper Jimmy Wilson in the final.
Pure Street - As usual, Jimmy Wilson spent some quality time under his Pure Street car changing out clutches and transmissions. At Columbus, he swapped in a Hanlon Pro-Shifted T5 because he says it felt better than the one he had in it. With Pure Street points tighter than airport security, Jimmy was throwing everything he had at the car. Aside from the tranny swap, he added new lifters, but he says, "The car just doesn't want to do what it's supposed to." Jimmy planned to freshen the engine before the Bowling Green final because the car ran 10.20s back at the Reynolds race, but it's gotten slower so he thinks it might be getting tired. His '88 LX had enough to make it to the final against Grandpa Ron Anderson, but Pops reached into his bag of tricks for a 0.446 reaction time compared to Jimmy's 0.500 light. Grandpa's reaction time was just enough to keep him out front even though Jimmy ran a hair quicker with a 10.36 with a 6 compared to Grandpa's 10.36 with an 8.
Factory Stock - When Steve "The Farmer" Gifford ran an 11.32 at 118 mph in qualifying, a collective sigh from the rest of the Factory Stock class could be heard. Heads shook, chins hit the ground, and words unable to print were shouted about. Sure, our boy Eric Holliday ran 11.40s at Columbus in 2006, but 11.30s? We didn't think that was possible, but what we do know is that we weren't surprised to hear Steve spent some quality time with NMRA tech officials after that pass. His car was found clean, and he backed up the 11.32 with an 11.39 in eliminations on his way to winning the event over Jeffrey Schmell in the final.
Factory Stock - Jeffrey Schmell was the closest competitor to Steve Gifford at Columbus, but that was minimal consolation for the Mach 1 owner since the quickest he had run was an 11.49 during qualifying. Jeffrey was able to shoot down a couple of his pushrod-powered foes in Factory Stock in Louis Sylvester and John Leslie Jr., but Steve proved too tough in the final, even though he left the door open with a 0.600 reaction time. Jeffrey wasn't able to capitalize this time out.
Modular Muscle - When the Motycka brothers aren't riding around on their Bronco go-cart enjoying an adult beverage, they're racing, and doing it well. At Columbus, Tom Motycka won the Modular Muscle class, while brother Mike took care of the Truck and Lightning class. Both are brutal on the Tree, which helped them go rounds and win their individual classes.
Open Comp - Our boy Redline Randy Conway had an automatic in his '94 Cobra, which has really taken the car's consistency to a whole 'nother level. Randy had his dial-in at an 11.97, and he never wandered far from that number all weekend. Couple that fact with excellent reaction times, and you can call our fellow Cobra owner the winner at Columbus.


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The first Boeing QF-16 has flown at Tyndall without a pilot. Up next, live fire trials at Holloman AFB, New Mexico–where probably some F-22s or possibly even some operational F-16 will have a field day blowing them out of the sky. The format is jacked-up as usual, but still better to have a video than to have no video.
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El Sid 27 September, 2013 at 11:01 am #
QF-4′s are scheduled to be retired next year, they've run out of Phantoms with wing slats and have had to convert some F-4C's as that's all that was left in the desert. The QF-16 has been planned for some time now.
Tritium 1 October, 2013 at 3:13 am #
Hi El Cid. Thanks for the info. I am still a bit confused by the video, however. The video clearly shows (and the narrator identifies) an F-4 being used as one of the chase planes….so I assume it was manned? That was why I was wondering what the deal was.
Or, are you saying the the F-4 was actually a QF-4, that was being piloted and used in the role of a chase plane for this particular test. That would also make sense.
F-4ever 29 September, 2013 at 5:57 am #
Just noticed something peculiar about the vid: at the start, the HUD camera can be seen aft of the combiner glass (F-16A config, which aircraft 83-110 certainly is). But in the cockpit close ups, you can see the camera isn't there, and the HUD appears to be the WAC type used on F-16Cs. Seems like they used 2 different jets in making this vid.
@El Sid – I didn't know about the slatted wing requirement for QFs, learn something new everyday. But the last jets that were droned were RF-4Cs, not F-4Cs.
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