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Summary and Analysis
Romania is currently actively attempting to implement a child protection system similar to the one in the United States and the European Union. Prior to the fall of the totalitarian communist regime in 1989, child protective measures were very limited and mostly defined in the Code of Civil Procedure and Code of the Family. Relevantly, Article 109 of the Code of the Family declared: If the health or physical development of the child is endangered by the manner in which parental rights are exercised, by abusive behavior or grave negligence in the fulfillment of parental duties, or if the education or professional instruction of the child is not done in the spirit of devotion toward Romania, the court, when requested to do so by the guardian party, will declare the loss of parental rights.
After the Revolution, Romania ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child on 28 September 1990 by passing Law No. 18/1990. The country enacted a series of emergency laws to improve its child protection system and created the Departamentul pentru Protectia Copilului (Department of Child Protection) in 1997. The goal of the 1997 measures was to focus the system on the child's best interest, enact the principle of non-discrimination, de-centralize decision-making power and delegate responsibilities to local public administration, as well as favor family-type alternatives to residential care. The government created several new bodies to further these goals including the Commissions for Child Protection, specialized bodies of the county councils, and specialized public services for the protection of the rights of the child. Further, an Ombudsman was charged with intervening in the case of children's rights' violations, both if notified thereof by children and parents or ex officio. As part of the promotion of the protection of the rights of children the Department of Child Protection has worked to offer counseling for children, including through the establishment of a free Child Hotline that children and teenagers could use to report rights violations in the family, at school or in society.[2]
In 2004, Romania passed a major piece of legislation that sought to revamp its child protection system in the spirit of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and using as models the systems that European Union countries have in place. While the new law expanded the rights and liberties of children, it only entered into full force on January 1, 2005, and it is therefore difficult to predict at this early stage whether it will have all the desired consequences. There is agreement, however, that the current system is vastly superior in protecting the rights of children and providing access to the courts than the one that existed before the Revolution in 1989.
The 2004 law specifies that children over 10 years must be heard in all judicial and administrative proceedings that concern them and that children under 10 years may be heard if the court deems it useful.[3] The law does not provide details as to the exact conditions in which children will be heard. Other important provisions include the explicit definition of the respective role of parents, the local government, and the state in the education and development of children as well as the creation of new entities such as an agency whose goal is the coordination of activities that serve to protect the rights of children (the Autoritatea Nationala pentru Protectia Drepturilor Copilului, i.e. the National Authority for the Protection of the Rights of the Child).[4] The country is planning to establish specialized juvenile courts, but as of now there is only one experimental juvenile court in function, namely in the city of Brasov.[5]
Sources of Law (in Order of Authority)[1]
Original Text
International Law
Conventie cu privire la drepturile copilului[6]
Articolul 12
1) Statele parti vor garanta copilului capabil de discernamant dreptul de a-si exprima liber opinia asupra oricarei probleme care il priveste, opiniile copilului urmand sa fie luate in considerare tinandu-se seama de varsta sa si de gradul sau de maturitate.
2) In acest scop copilului i se va da, in special, posibilitatea de a fi ascultat in orice procedura judiciara sau administrative care il priveste, fie direct, fie printr-un reprezentant sau un organism competent, in conformitate cu regulile de procedura din legislatia nationala.
Cod de procedura civila art. 44.[7]
Daca incapabilul nu are reprezentant legal si exista urgenta, la cererea partii interesate, instanta va putea numi un curator special, care sa-l reprezinte pana la numirea reprezentantului legal; ea va putea numi, de asemenea, un curator special in caz de conflict de interese intre reprezentant si reprezentat sau cand o persoana juridica, chemata sa stea in judecata, nu are reprezentant.
Codul familiei art. 109[8]
Dacã sãnãtatea sau dezvoltarea fizicã a copilului este primejduitã prin felul de exercitare a drepturilor pãrintesti, prin purtarea abuzivã sau prin neglijenta gravã în îndeplinirea îndatoririlor pãrintesti, ori dacã educarea, învãtãtura sau pregãtirea profesionalã a copilului nu se face în spirit de devotament fatã de România, instanta judecãtoreascã, la cererea autoritãtii tutelare, va pronunta decãderea pãrintelui din drepturile pãrintesti.
Lege nr. 272/2004
Art. 6. Respectarea si garantarea drepturilor copilului se realizeaza conform urmatoarelor principii . . . h) ascultarea opiniei copilului si luarea in considerare a acesteia, tinand cond the varsta si de gradul sau de maturitate . . . .
Art. 24 (1) Copilul capabil de discernamant are dreptul de a-si exprima liber opinia asupra oricarei probleme care il priveste.
(2) In orice procedura judiciara sau administrative care il priveste copilul are dreptul de a fi ascultat. Este obligatory ascultarea copilului care a implinit varsta de 10 ani. Cu toate acestea, poate fi ascultat si copilul care nu a implinit varsta de 10 ani, daca autoritatea competenta apreciaza ca audierea lui este necesara pentru solutionarea cauzei.
(3) Dreptul de a fi ascultat confera copilului posibilitatea de a cere si de a primi orice informatie pertinenta, de a fi consultat, de a-si exprima opinia si de a fi informat asupra consecintelor pe care le poate avea opinia sa, daca este respectata, precum si asupra consecintelor oricarei decizii care il priveste.
(4) In toate cazurile prevazute la alin. (2), opiniile copilului ascultat vor fi luate in considerare si li se va acorda importanta cuvenita, in raport cu varsta si cu gradul de maturitate a copilului.
(5) Orice copil cere sa fie ascultat conform dispozitiilor alin. (2) si (3). In caz de refuz, autoritatea competenta se va pronunta printr-o decizie motivate.
(6) Dispozitiile legale speciale privind consimtamantil sau prezenta copilului in procedurile care il privesc, precum si prevederile referitoare la desemnarea unui curator, in caz de conflict de interese, sunt si raman aplicabile.
Art. 91 (2) Pentru semnalarea cazurilor de abuz sau de neglijare a copilului, la nivelul fiecarei directii generale de asistenta sociala si protectia copilului sa infiinteaza obligatoriu telefonul copilului, la carui numar va fi adus la cunostinta publicului.
Art. 95 (1) In cadrul procesului prevazut la art. 94 alin. (3) si (4), se poate administra, din oficiu, ca proba, declaratia scrisa a copilului referitoare la abuzul sau neglijarea la care a fost supus. Declaratia copilului poate fi inregistrata, potrivit legii, prin mijloace tehnice audio-video. Inregistrarile se realizeaza in mod obligatoriu cu asistenta unui psiholog.
(2) Acordul copilului este obligatoriu pentru realizarea inregistrarii declaratiei sale.
(3) Daca instanta judecatoreasca apreciaza necesar, aceasta il poate chema pe copil in fata ei, pentru a-l audia. Audierea are loc numai in camera de consiliu, in prezenta unui psiholog si numai dupa o prealabila pregatire a copilului in acest sens.
Art. 125 (2) Audierea copilului care a implinit varsta de 10 ani este obligatorie si se face cu respectarea prevederilor art. 24, cu exceptia cauzelor care privesc stabilirea unei masuri de protectie speciala pentru copilul abuzat sau neglijat; in acest caz, audierea copilului se face cu respectarea prevederilor art. 95 alin. (3).
International Law
Convention on the Rights of the Child
Article 12
1. States Parties shall assure to the child who is capable of forming his or her own views the right to express those views freely in all matters affecting the child, the views of the child being given due weight in accordance with the age and maturity of the child.
2. For this purpose, the child shall in particular be provided the opportunity to be heard in any judicial and administrative proceedings affecting the child, either directly, or through a representative or an appropriate body, in a manner consistent with the procedural rules of national law.
Code of Civil Procedure art. 44
If the individual without full capacities does not have a legal representative and there is an emergency, at the request of the interested party, the court will be able to name a special guardian who will represent the individual until the naming of a legal representative; it will also be able to name a special guardian in the case of conflict of interest between the representative and the represented or when a person in a judicial setting does not have a representative.
Code of the Family art. 109
If the health or physical development of the child is endangered by the manner in which parental rights are exercised, by abusive behavior or grave negligence in the fulfillment of parental duties, or if the education or professional instruction of the child is not done in the spirit of devotion toward Romania, the court, when requested to do so by the Tutorial Authority, will declare the loss of parental rights.
Hearing the parents and the Tutorial Authority is mandatory.
Law no. 272/2004
Art. 6 Observing and guaranteeing the rights of the child should be conducted in accordance with the following principles . . . h) hearing the opinion of the child and giving it due weight, in accordance with the age and maturity of the child . . . .
Art. 24 (1) The child who has the capacity to discern has the right to freely express his or her opinion regarding any matter which involves him or her.
(2) The child has the right to be heard in any judicial or administrative procedure which involves him or her. The hearing of the child who has reached the age of 10 years old is mandatory. Nevertheless, the child who has not reached the age of 10 years old may also be heard, if the competent authority deems it necessary, in order to solve the case.
(3) The right to be heard grants to the child the possibility to request and receive any pertinent information, to be consulted, to express his or her opinion, and to be informed about the consequences which his or her opinion may generate, if observed, as well as about the consequences of any decision involving him or her.
(4) In all cases stipulated under paragraph (2), the child's opinions will be taken into consideration, according to the age and degree of maturity of the child.
(5) Any child can request to be heard according to the provisions of paragraphs (2) and (3). If his or her request is denied, the competent authority will issue a motivated decision in this regard.
(6) The special legal provisions regarding the consent or the presence of the child in the procedures which involve him or her, as well as the provisions regarding the appointment of a curator, in case of conflict of interests, are and remain applicable.
Art. 91(2) For the notification of the cases of child abuse or neglect, at the level of each general department for social security and child protection, a child telephone line will be established, and the number should be widely publicized.
Art. 95 (1) During the process mentioned under art. 94, paragraphs (3) and (4), the written statement of the child concerning the abuse or neglect situation to which he or she was subjected, may be administered ex-officio as evidence. The child's statement may be recorded, according to the law, through technical audio-visual methods. The recordings are made obligatorily with the assistance of a psychologist.
(2) The child's consent is mandatory for the recording of his or her statement.
(3) If the court of law deems necessary, it may subpoena the child in order to conduct a hearing. The hearing only takes place in the council chamber, in the presence of a psychologist and only subsequent to an initial preparation of the child in this regard.
Art. 125 (2) The hearing of the child who has reached the age of 10 years old is mandatory and it is conducted in accordance with the provisions stipulated under art. 24, with the exception of the cases which concern the establishment of special child protection measures for the abused or neglected child; in such a case, the hearing of the child is conducted in accordance with the provisions stipulated under art. 95, paragraph (3).
Additional Resources and Links
Departamentul pentru Protectia Copilului Department for Child Protection
Romanian: http://domino.kappa.ro/guvern/dpc.nsf
English: http://domino.kappa.ro/guvern/edpc.nsf
Autoritatea Nationala Pentru Protectia Drepturilor Copilului National Authority for the Protection of the Rights of the Child
Romanian: http://www.copii.ro/
Salvati Copii Romania Save the Children
Romanian: http://www.salvaticopiii.ro/
English: http://www.salvaticopiii.ro/romania_en/index.html
Drepturile Copiilor Sunt Lege Child Rights Are Law
Romanian: http://www.drepturilecopiilor.ro/
English: http://www.childrights.ro/
[1] This page is also available as a .pdf Document, and Word Document.
[2] See Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties Under Article 44 of the Convention: Romania, Committee on the Rights of the Child, at 5, CRC/C/65/Add.19 (July 5, 2002).
[3] Law no. 272/2004, Art. 24, available at http://www.salvaticopiii.ro/romania/copiii_romania/legislatie/Legeacopilului_272.pdf (Romanian), and also here, and also as .pdf Document, and also as Word Document; http://www.copii.ro/Law272-2004.PDF (English), and also here, and also as .pdf Document, and also as Word Document.
[4] For a more extensive discussion of the changes effected by Law no. 272/2004, see Elemente de Noutate in Legea Privind Protectia si Promovarea Drepturilor Copilului [New Elements in the Law Concerning the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of the Child], available at http://www.copii.ro/Legea_drepturilor_copilului.PDF, and also as .pdf Document.
[5] This information was provided to us by a local attorney in Bucharest, Romania.
[6] G.A. Res. 44/125, U.N. GAOR, 44th Session, Supp. No. 49, U.N. Doc. A/44/736 (1989).
[7] Codul de Procedura Civila [Code of Civil Procedure], available at http://www.dsclex.ro/coduri/cprciv1.htm. All translations to this code are unofficial.
[8] Codul Familiei [Code of the Family], available at http://www.dsclex.ro/coduri/c_fam.htm, and also here, and also as .pdf Document, and also as Word Document.
[9] The translations to the CRC and to Law no. 272/2004 are official. All other translations were provided by a translator of the Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization.
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In the early 1990s Moore became a target of the ACLU and other atheist groups when, as a county judge, he took to displaying a homemade Ten Commandments plaque in his courtroom, and insisted upon opening court with prayer. In 2000, after being elected Alabama Chief Justice, he had a 5,280-pound granite monument of the Ten Commandments placed in the lobby of the state judicial building in Montgomery, "to invoke the favor and guidance of Almighty God in establishing justice as provided in the Constitution of the State of Alabama," noted Moore's campaign bio.
The ACLU promptly sued to have the monument removed, citing the First Amendment's supposed separation of church and state. In 2003, after he refused a federal judge's order to dismantle the display, arguing that the order itself was unlawful, Moore was removed from office.
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Bill "Maverick" Golden, 1933-2015
Bill "Maverick" Golden. Photos courtesy of the NHRA Museum.
We recently learned that Bill "Maverick" Golden has passed away. Golden was well known to drag racing fans for his Dodge A100 exhibition wheelstander, which was immortalized in plastic by IMC Models shortly after it began appearing on dragstrips.
Before he drove the Little Red Wagon, as the A100 was known, Golden was a conventional drag racer. A Midwesterner by birth, he settled in California following his 1956 discharge from the United States Marine Corps. He acquired his "Maverick" nickname from drag-race pioneer C.J. "Pappy" Hart due to his then-unusual preference for racing a Dodge—initially a 1958 Dodge Custom Royal powered by a four-barrel 361-cu.in. V-8.
Golden is credited with helping to change focus at Chrysler Corporation from drag racing its cars with three-speed manual transmissions to developing factory support for the Torqueflite automatic. Golden and a racing friend named Marvin Ford experimented with Golden's Cross-Ram '60 Dodge Dart until they were able to modify the Torqueflite's 2-3 shift point from its factory 3,200 RPM setting to 5,000 RPM.
Golden's next ride was a 1962 Dodge Dart 330 with a 413 Max Wedge, sponsored by his employer Bob Smith Dodge of Glendale, California. He famously drove the '62 Dart to defeat "Dyno Don" Nicholson at the 1962 AHRA Winternationals. That victory was due both in part to Golden's driving ability and his skill as a mechanic, which allowed him to modify camshaft, valve spring pressures, distributor advance, exhaust headers and intake manifold to maximize the performance potential of his engine.
Impressed with the performance of Golden's '62, Dodge asked the racer to make over a new, 426 Max Wedge-powered 1963 330. After repeating his modifications from the '62, and performing some groundbreaking (though ultimately outlawed) work with traction devices, Golden went on to create one of the best-known Super Stock entries of the era—jocularly known as the "Yellow Cab" due to its taxi-yellow hue.
The pinnacle of Golden's NHRA career was driving the 1963 330, upgraded with aluminum body parts and a "Stage II" factory engine package, to victory at the 1963 Midwest Super Stock Championships in Martin, Michigan, with a best time of 11.55 at 125 MPH. Following that, Golden began refining a 1964 Dodge 330 Max Wedge for AHRA Ultra Stock competition the next year. He was also involved with preparing the two-car "Dodge Chargers" match race team fielded by Dodge public relations. That involvement with Dodge PR would lead to Golden landing behind the wheel of the Little Red Wagon.
Bill "Maverick" Golden with the Little Red Wagon Dodge A100 wheelstander.
The Little Red Wagon was constructed as an outgrowth of Dodge's experiments in fitting hot big-block V-8s to its D-series trucks. The A100 compact pickup was new for 1964, and the company decided to build one with the equally new 426-cu.in. Hemi V-8s.
The drag-strip manners of the mid-engine, short-wheelbase, cab-forward pickup were far from optimal and Dodge's original driver quickly bowed out. But while the vehicle proved poorly suited for its intended A/FX competition, the A100's tendency to pull the front wheels for long periods of time was recognized as ideal for exhibition racing. Golden, due to his previous relationship with Dodge PR, was tapped to fill the driver's spot for a commercial shoot. After driving the truck enough to decide he could tame it, and recovering from injuries due to said antics, Golden purchased the truck from Dodge and took it on the road.
From January 1965 to 1969, Golden toured the country with the original Little Red Wagon, drawing packed houses to the delight of strip owners. They in turn made sure Golden was compensated appropriately for his appearances with the wheel stander. In 1967, Golden turned a 1965 A100 into a second truck for non-racing show appearances. The original exhibition racer was destroyed in a crash in 1969, as was a replacement in 1975. Eventually, Golden converted the 1965 show truck into his exhibition racer and drove it until retirement in 2003.
During his exhibition career, Bill Golden applied all the same ingenuity to his craft as he had when racing in competition—making wheel standers simultaneously more exciting to watch and safer to drive. He also branched out into other motorized showmanship, with endeavors into tractor pulling and constructing a display version of the 1960s-era truck for the Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing. Quarter-mile fans of all stripes will miss "Maverick."
SIA Flashback – Savoir Faire: Plymouth's '63 Super Stock Savoy really knew how to do it!
It appears James Dietzler enjoyed tearing around New Jersey in the 426 Max Wedge-equipped 1963 Plymouth Savoy Super Stock that he photographed and wrote about for SIA #182, March 2001 – mashing the pedal on abandoned roads, surprising unsuspecting fellow motorists, and generally enjoying the horsepower on tap from a car that to the untrained eye seemed more like grandma's Sunday special. We don't get much history on the particular car that Dietzler drove, but we do get plenty of context about what exactly made these cars so special.
Racing Heroes – Ronnie Sox
Ronnie Sox. Photo courtesy NHRA Motorsports Museum.
Like many who eventually gravitate towards a career in motorsports, Ronnie Sox grew up around cars, raised in the shadow of the family's Sox Sinclair service station. As soon as he was old enough to drive, Sox began competing in drag races sponsored by the Police Club of Burlington, North Carolina, and run at a nearby air park. In the early days, Sox didn't even have a car of his own, instead running his father's 1949 Oldsmobile, likely without prior parental approval. From these humble beginnings, Sox would go on to become what many describe as the greatest four-speed driver that ever lived, and from the mid-1960s though the mid-1970s, the team of Sox and Martin were usually the ones to beat in Super Stock or Pro Stock competition.
Buddy Martin first ran against Sox in the early 1960s, and was frustrated by his inability to beat him in a comparable 409-cu.in. powered Chevrolet. No matter what Martin did, Sox always seemed to have a better reaction time and a faster trip through the quarter mile, and it didn't take long before Martin made Sox an offer he couldn't refuse: With a 1963 Chevrolet Impala Sport Coupe on order, equipped with the 427-cu.in. Z-11 V-8, Martin asked Sox to step in as his full-time driver.
Sox and Martin Hemi 'Cuda. Photo courtesy NHRA Motorsport Museum.
On the pair's very first outing, Sox took home the win in Martin's car. As Martin explains in Sox's NHRA Hall of Fame biography, "Ronnie's skills as a driver were a gift. He was very coordinated with the hand and foot. In addition to his shifting, his reaction times were outstanding. Everybody drove four-speed cars at that time, and other drivers would miss gears left and right. That never happened with Ronnie. Everybody had an excuse, but Ronnie could get into anyone else's car and have no problems whatsoever."
Just as Sox and Martin began building their reputation for dominance, in February of 1963 sponsor Chevrolet announced its withdrawal from all motorsport activities. Despite the absence of factory support, the team soldiered on through the 1963 season campaigning Martin's Chevrolet. For 1964, the duo negotiated a deal with Mercury to run a Comet fitted with the then-new A/FX 427-cu.in. V-8, and season highlights included a victory at the NHRA Winternationals and selection to a U.S. Racing Team, organized by the NHRA, that barnstormed drag strips in England.
Sox and Martin Plymouth Belvedere, circa 1965. Image courtesy of RonnieSox.org.
The relationship with Mercury would last just a single year, and for 1965 the team switched to an altered-wheelbase Plymouth Belvedere with backing from Chrysler. With the front and rear axles moved forward and the wheelbase shortened, the car certainly didn't look like an ordinary Belvedere, and altered racers soon gave rise to the term "funny car," a name that would later go on to be associated with tube frame, fiberglass-bodied cars. The modified Plymouth didn't perform like a production Belvedere, either, and with the help of a new fuel-injection system (developed for Chrysler by Hilborn), Sox recorded the first nine-second pass in a normally aspirated, production-bodied car.
Sox and Martin switched to a Barracuda for the 1966 season, but the production-based car proved less than competitive against a new series of tube-framed, fiberglass-bodied cars. Tired of losing to rival Don Nicholson (driving a Mercury Comet), Sox tried a switch to an automatic transmission, which temporarily leveled the playing field. By season's end, Nicholson was again consistently faster, forcing a change in strategy from Chrysler; instead of focusing on "funny cars," the automaker would concentrate its drag racing efforts on the Super Stock class.
The news was a mixed bag for Sox: On the one hand, Super Stock cars were considerably slower than funny cars, but on the other hand, Super Stock cars (at the time) generally ran a four-speed transmission. With the decision ultimately made for the team by Chrysler, Sox returned to his winning ways in 1967, capturing the Super Stock Eliminator class win at the 1967 NHRA Springnationals and at the 1967 U.S. Nationals.
From 1968 through 1971, the Sox and Martin team utterly dominated the sport of Super Stock (and, from 1970 onwards, Pro Stock) drag racing, taking the NHRA World Championship in 1968, 1969, 1970 and 1971, and capturing the AHRA World Championship in 1969. By the 1972 season, Chrysler had become too dominant in Pro Stock competition, so the NHRA revised the rules to allow a lighter weight for Fords and Chevrolets run in the series. That left the Sox and Martin team struggling for victories, and Sox's sole win for the season came at the IHRA U.S. Open in Rockingham, North Carolina.
In 1973, the Lenco planetary transmission leveled the playing field for other teams by allowing clutchless, full-throttle shifting. No longer able to benefit from his superior ability to work the gears on a conventional four-speed transmission, Sox found himself without any major wins in the 1973 and 1974 seasons, and even a move from Pro Stock to Factory Experimental couldn't right the ship. In 1975, Sox and Martin shuttered their racing operations, but Sox's career was still a long way from over.
Sox and Martin Plymouth Duster. Image courtesy of RonnieSox.org.
Now on his own, Sox took the runner-up spot in Pro Stock at the 1979 NHRA Gatornationals. In 1981, Sox took IHRA wins at the Winston World Nationals, the Northern Nationals, the Summer Nationals and the U.S. Open Nationals, giving him the IHRA World Championship in the Pro Stock class. He'd capture victories (but not championships) in 1982, 1985 and 1990 as well, and in 1995, Ronnie Sox once again partnered with Buddy Martin to run a Ford Probe in IHRA competition. A crash destroyed the car and nearly ended Sox's driving career, but once recovered, Sox climbed right back in the cockpit, content to row the gears in vintage drag racing events.
When the NHRA debuted the Pro Stock Truck class in 1998, Sox and Martin partnered once again to campaign a Dodge Dakota pickup, but the team was never competitive in the short-lived series. As late as 2005, Sox made appearances at key vintage drag racing events, but by that time the driver ranked number 15 on the NHRA's all-time list of greats was battling prostate cancer, a fight he'd ultimately lose in 2006.
Mr. Norm's-delivered Super Stock Hemi Dart sells for $125,000
1968 Dodge Hemi Dart Lighweight. Photos by Justin Shaffer, courtesy Mecum Auctions.
In the closing years of the 1960s, the Chrysler corporation offered a limited number of Hurst-built Plymouth Barracudas and Dodge Darts equipped with the 426-cu.in. Hemi V-8 engine, officially "for use in supervised acceleration trials," an officious way of saying that the cars were built to run in Super Stock drag racing. Of the 80 built, Mr. Norm's Grand Spaulding Dodge in Chicago reportedly sold 13, one of which changed hands this past weekend for $125,000.
Dodge's lightweight Super Stock Darts, known colloquially as LO23 Darts and modified in much the same way as the BO29 Plymouth Barracudas, came sans sound deadening, heaters, rear seats, radios, window cranks, or paint. In their stead, Hurst added fiberglass front fenders and hoods (the latter with a special wide-mouth scoop), acid-dipped body panels, and lightweight front bucket seats from the Dodge A-100 van.
Under that hood sits a 426-cu.in. Hemi V-8, equipped with dual Holley four-barrel carburetors perched atop a Cross Ram intake manifold and exhaling through a pair of Hooker headers. Period estimates put output in the 600-horsepower range, more than enough to move the 3,150 pound car. A Hurst shifter works the gears in this example's
three four-speed manual transmission, and the Cragar SS wheels shod with rear slicks leave no doubt as to the car's mission.
Other tricks for the strip included a battery repositioned to the trunk (atop a heavy steel plate), as well as the use of a standard rear window to add weight in the right place. Inside, the bucket seats used aluminum mounts and the roll cage was constructed to be as light as possible. As if any buyers needed a reminder, a glove box sticker advised that the car was not intended for street use.
According to the bill of sale for the Dart (chassis number LO23M8B391719), Grand Spaulding originally sold it in July 1968 to drag racer Eddie Smith of Sandyville, West Virginia. Max Hurley of West Jefferson, North Carolina, then bought it in May 1969 and competed with it in SS/B; period photographs show that the Dodge-sponsored racer wore the same Metallic Orange hue it sports today.
1963 Corvette, originally given to Harley Earl. Photo by Sam Murtaugh, courtesy Mecum Auctions.
Other top 10 cars at Mecum's Chicago sale included a custom 1963 Chevrolet Corvette, built for Harley J. Earl, which sold for $1.5 million; a 1969 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, one of 69 examples built, which sold for $500,000; a one-owner 2005 Ford GT, which sold for $240,000; a 1965 Shelby Cobra, which sold for $140,000; a 1967 Chevrolet Corvette convertible, equipped with the 427-cu.in., 435-hp V-8, which sold for $135,000; a 1969 Pontiac Trans Am, with the 400-cu.in. Ram Air III engine, which sold for $118,000; a 1962 Chevrolet Corvette convertible, which sold for $110,000; a 2013 Chevrolet COPO Camaro, one of 69 built, which sold for $105,000; and a 1951 Willy Overland pickup street rod, which sold for $100,000.
1952 Chevrolet Deluxe.
Those with more modest budgets could have taken home a 1952 Chevrolet Deluxe, which sold for $5,000; a 1970 Chrysler
Newport 300, reportedly displayed in a dealer's showroom for two decades, which sold for $4,750; a 1972 Cadillac Sedan Deville, which sold for $2,500; a 1973 Triumph GT6 Mk. III, which sold for $2,500; or a 1982 Cadillac Coupe Deville, which sold for $2,000.
For complete results from Mecum's Chicago sale, visit Mecum.com.
Butch Leal's Hemi lightweight Coronet to cross the block
Photos by John Hollansworth Jr., courtesy Mecum Auctions.
When Chrysler built 55 each of its RO23 and WO23 lightweight Hemi-powered Plymouth Belvederes and Dodge Coronets in 1967, it gave plenty of amateur and semi-pro hotshoes across the country the opportunity to compete in Super Stock. Of course, plenty of the cars went to nationally known drag racers as well, and one of them, the WO23 Coronet R/T that Butch Leal drove, will head to auction this weekend.
Leal, of Tulare, California, is one of the few professional drag racers who can lay claim to driving factory lightweights from all of the Big Three. He began drag racing with the 348-powered 1960 Chevrolet El Camino that he bought new when he turned 16, moved up to a dual-quad 409-powered 1962 Chevrolet Impala, and a year later found himself driving a Chevrolet Impala Z-11 powered by a Bill Thomas-built 427. Following GM's corporate ban on racing, Leal switched camps and collaborated with Mickey Thompson on a lightweight Ford Galaxie in 1963 and then a 1964 Ford Thunderbolt with which he won the Super Stock title at that year's NHRA Nationals. That latter accomplishment caught the attention of Bob Cahill, Chrysler's director of racing, who convinced Leal to drive a lightweight altered-wheelbase Plymouth in 1965, in addition to a 1965 Dodge A990 lightweight.
Following the introduction of the street Hemi in 1966, Chrysler returned to building lightweight cars in 1967, offering the Super Stock-intended WO23 Dodge Coronets and RO23 Plymouth Belvederes, all powered by the street Hemi but with the battery moved to the trunk and lacking a front anti-roll bar, sound deadener and carpet, radio and heater. According to Charles R. Morris's Factory Lightweights: Detroit's Drag Racing Specials of the '60s, even though the cars went to a number of famous drag racers – including Jack Werst, Shirley Shahan, Jere Stahl, the Bounty Hunters, and Sox & Martin – they couldn't hold their own against Ford's 427-powered Fairlanes that year.
That lack of success in Super Stock likely accounts for Leal skipping over this particular car in his auto-biography on ButchLeal.com as well as the lack of any competition history in Mecum's description of the Coronet for its upcoming Dallas auction. Nevertheless, it's reportedly been authenticated by Leal and Cahill and restored to the exact condition in which Leal raced it in 1967. The car has previously been offered for sale with an asking price of $395,000, but another WO23 Coronet with established racing provenance sold earlier this year at Auctions America's Fort Lauderdale sale for $104,500.
Mecum's Dallas auction will take place today, September 4, through Saturday, September 7. For more information, visit Mecum.com.
UPDATE (10.September 2013): Mecum is reporting a top bid for the Coronet of $125,000.
UPDATE (23.September 2013): The Coronet is now for sale on Hemmings.com with an asking price of $174,995.
Hemmings Find of the Day – 1968 Plymouth Barracuda
Plenty of Super Stock Barracuda clones inhabit the dragways of America, so how does a Mopar man pursue his jones to campaign a Hemi-engined A-body and stand out from the crowd at the same time? For starters, he could get a real BO29 Super Stock car. It'd help if it had a Ray Barton-built Hemi under its scooped hood. And plenty of drag provenance, such as that boasted by this 1968 Plymouth Barracuda for sale on Hemmings.com, would be the icing on the cake. From the seller's description:
True 1968 Plymouth Barracuda Super Stock B029 car. Was born with the Hemi Engine from the factory and now it's the SS/AA spec Hemi built by legendary Ray Barton. Ray Barton was known for extracting over 900 horses out of his engines. This particular 'Cuda has been a popular West Coast competitor and made its way up to North BC and over to us in the Northeast. And over the years, it's been upgraded and updated with the latest racing technology.
Here are some of the upgrades that are presently in the car:
· Ray Barton Super Stock engine (just freshened up)
· Hogan intake
· Strange axles
· Mark Williams 5.14 gear w/spool
· Koni coilover shocks
· LAMB 4 -heel disc brakes
· MSD Trigger ignition
· NHRA certified just a few weeks ago
· Full Autometer gauge set-up w/tach
· Barry Grant fuel system
· Rear fuel cell and batteries
· Mickey Thompson Tires
· Weld wheels
· Was previous hooked up with a data recorded but has been removed
· Full tubed chassis w/4-link suspension
· Trans brake
· Line locks
Those who know this car know that it's one of the rarest Hemi cars out there. If the original Hemi was still in this car, it would be priceless. This car was and is a part of NHRA Super Stock History. It has been raced up to 2005 at the Super Stock Hemi Shoot Out at Mission Race Park, BC.
See more Plymouths and high-performance vehicles for sale on Hemmings.com.
Former Super Stock Hemi 'Cuda Convertible offered by Worldwide
Among the consignments at Worldwide's Houston Classic Auction Weekend is this 1970 Hemi 'Cuda Convertible with buttoned-down looks that conceal a wild drag-racing past.
The car is a stunning triple-black automatic and has spent the last few years preening for visitors at Phil Silva's Muscle Car Legends Museum in Idabel, Oklahoma.
But back in the day, this 'Cuda sported a full-on Super Stock paint job (along with 1971 sheetmetal) and scored some impressive wins to back it all up.
In 1973, that paint job set owner Steve Bagwell back a whopping $5,000. But it was apparently a worthwhile investment as Terry Earwood drove the Hemi 'Cuda to an NHRA Super Stock title that included a win at the prestigious Indy meet. Earwood also set a Super Stock/E Automatic record at 11.09 @ 125.17 MPH.
In addition to the 'Cuda, Worldwide will offer some of Silva's other museum-quality muscle cars at Houston, including a a factory-documented four-speed 1969 Chevrolet Camaro L78 Convertible, a fully documented 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle LS6 convertible and a rare 1970 Oldsmobile 442 W-30 convertible, four-speed.
The Houston Classic Auction Weekend takes place on Saturday, April 30, at The Lakewood Yacht Club in Seabrook, Texas, and will run in conjunction with the Keels & Wheels Concours d'Elegance.
In addition to the usual festivities, the concours is celebrating 100 years of Indianapolis Racing, and will run from April 30 through May 1.
Worldwide is still inviting significant individual entries and collections to the Houston Classic Auction. For more information, call 260-925-6789.
Up-to-the-minute information on consignment and event updates is available at www.wwgauctions.com, on Facebook or by calling 800-990-6789.
AMC racing legend Herman Lewis dies
Word came to us last week that Herman Lewis, by some accounts the godfather of AMC racing, died February 13 after a bout with pancreatic cancer. He was 73.
Lewis, who told the Register-Herald of Beckley, West Virginia, that he cut his teeth as a racer hauling illegal moonshine in Tennessee, drag raced in Chevrolets until 1968, when he spied the then-brand-new AMC AMX and decided that the two-seat sports car would make an excellent drag race machine. Since then, according to Drag Illustrated, he's won more than 200 events and set 19 national records in NHRA and IHRA Super Stock and Modified classes, all with the same AMX.
Perhaps more importantly, in 1972 Lewis began developing performance parts for AMC engines based on his racing experience. He's best known today for his aluminum intake manifolds and aluminum cylinder heads for the AMC Gen II and Gen III V-8. He had also developed an aluminum engine block, though according to his son Bill, he sold those patterns to another company before he died.
Lewis was inducted into the East Coast Drag Racing Hall of Fame in 2008.
According to Bill Lewis, the family plans to place Herman's famed AMX in Floyd Garrett's Muscle Car Museum in Sevierville, Tennessee. Herman's equipment and remaining inventory will likely be auctioned off, though Herman's shop manager, Red Brock, has expressed an interest in keeping the business going.


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Danny Boyle: Well, obviously in one sense. Although realistically, you're never going to be able to, because it isn't a fiction. You're never going to be able to prevent spoilers on this one. Nor can you in any circumstance these days. There're too many avenues in which material leaks out. I think people worry too much about spoilers. I think when you go in a cinema, if the acting's good, I think you anesthetize memory of the real circumstances. So we do it deliberately. They call it suspending disbelief, isn't it? Clearly, the experience of the film is so intense for people that it doesn't matter what you know going in. You're going to go through the journey with James Franco. You're going to feel it like he feels it and he does feel like he's going to die and you kind of sympathize with him and emote with him and have empathy with him.
SJ: Are you always looking for ways to push and experiment with the medium of film?
DB: Yeah, I think so. I like to be faithful to a story and organic to it but I also want to try and tell it in a way that's different, that's surprising and fresh for people because I think people can both keep a handle on the story and also see it celebrated in the way it's expressed, that you make the screen dance a bit. So I like to experiment, yeah. I think we go to the cinema and we expect the people who work in the cinema for us to take risks, because we have another medium through which we can see things, the television, that can be a bit safer because it's so constant, it's such a part of everyday life. Where cinema is a special trip. I think within that people expect if they made an effort, they expect you to have made an effort for them to go there. So if people ask advice about it, I always say, "Be bold. If you're going to make a film, if you get a chance to make a film, be bold. It's better to apologize afterwards than to have had to ask permission beforehand." I always feel that.
SJ: A lot of your films are very intense, whether it's 127 Hours or Trainspotting. Do you care if people can't take it?
DB: I'm not reckless about people. I do care about people in the sense that I don't want to [hurt people] but I do want to push it. I do think we go to the cinema to see an extreme experience. I want to give James the tools in the way that we made the film that he can really express himself because he has enormous power as an actor and great grace as well. So I don't want to gross people out. I kind of want to gross people in. I want them to join in. It'll be a safe place we'll bring them to in the end but it'll be an amazing journey on the way there with this actor so that's what I try and do.
SJ: How did you get the camera to follow James through the canyons so smoothly?
DB: We used a camera called the Silicon Imaging 2K which is a very small flexible camera which is not in a housing. i.e. it's not in a container which gives it size. All its component parts are separate. So it has a head, which is about the size of my fist, and you can put anything on it you want lens-wise. You can put these huge lenses on it like that which make it that big or you can put small ones on it that makes it double its size. We then had a gyro underneath which smooths out the human movement. So it makes it a mixture of handheld and steadicam, somewhere between the two. The key thing it's got that's way better than handheld or steadicam is it's no bulkier than a human.
SJ: For shots inside the video camera or the water bottle, did you use a computer?
DB: No, no, no, absolutely not. I'm shocked to hear you suggest that. The head of the camera, the lens would be there like that. It's old fashioned skills. The prop guys build a water bottle, cut the bottom off the real bottle, seal on a glass lens or a plastic lens which is perfectly see through and then you can just look. So when he tips it up towards his head, he's actually tipping the whole camera towards his head for a drink. Because it's so light, he can do that. He can just sip it. You can see the water slip into him and it's really important because the water is a god of course. It becomes God basically because it's life. It's all life. Once it runs out, he knows he's about to die more than anything else really in a way.
SJ: I'm glad there are old school techniques to do it for real. What about the camera servos inside the video camera?
DB: [Laughs] I'll give you away a secret here. What we did is we filmed inside an old VHS machine which of course is basically the same technology but it's on a bigger scale. So we'd film inside that because you have no reference point. You have no idea what the scale is. We opened up the Canon Elura but it's so miniscule inside. We looked at then the old VHS machines. We bought some old ones on eBay and of course they're exactly the same technology except they're much, much bigger. So we filmed inside those.
SJ: Was boredom something Aron faced in five days? But you can't let a film be boring.
DB: We tried to deal with it in the tempo of the video messages because the tempo drops in those messages. They're very slow, quite still and we thought we'll cover it in them because the opportunity was that James is such a charismatic actor that even when he slows it right down in there, because he's speaking to you directly, you'll never get discouraged as an audience but you'll sense the endless time he had as well.
SJ: Are The Olympics another way you can push and experiment with your craft?
DB: I don't know. I'll tell you when I've done it. I was very proud to be asked and said yes immediately, didn't think about it which is always the best way. Because it's happening about a mile from my own home and I'm a sports fanatic as well, and I like the idea of the Olympics connecting the whole world together. It's one of those rare things that the whole world can celebrate and get together and celebrate as one. That's a wonderful thing I think because the might of the Chinese authorities and the resources they were able to use for that were way beyond really any western economy at the moment, certainly Britain's economy. But notwithstanding that, we'll try as we did with this film to embrace the limitations and actually make something of them hopefully. So it will be slightly different, yeah.
SJ: Would it push you to find a way to present a live event?
DB: Yes, that's interesting. I've done theater before. I grew up doing theater so I have done but yeah, it's obviously tremendously scary in one sense because it is live and it's a one off event. That's something I've never done because usually theater has a run for a month, two months, three months or whatever. This is a one off performance and it happens to be seen by an awful lot of people one off but that's cool. That's the same pressure that the athletes are under. They get one chance to run. They can't ask for a rerun. It happens once for them. They train for it for years and it happens in 10 seconds or whatever it is. So I'm scared and delighted at the same time.
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This project will cultivate a forest of 1 million trees that has been destroyed in some areas in Indonesia to lessen the impact generated by global warming.
What is the issue, problem, or challenge?
Climate change that have swept our planet has an impact on many natural disasters that happened on our earth. And one way to tackle climate change it is with a lot of planting trees to maintain the balance of nature. The project will require mango tree seeds, nephelium tree (lychee) seeds, teak tree seeds, maintenance costs, and manure. This project will also aim to save the earth from erosion and excessive sun damage.
How will this project solve this problem?
And one way to tackle climate change it is with a lot of planting trees to maintain the balance of nature.
Potential Long Term Impact
About 1 million trees will be planted and 50 volunteers will get new jobs to care for the forest.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $11,400
Funding Information
This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Project Report" tab as they become available.
Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $11,400 . The original project funding goal was $25,306.
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).


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Finally ready to replace my oil cooler and install a EGR Delete kit. I changed my coolant on 1/1/2012 to ELC and have around 2500 miles on my coolant filter. Over the last few months I have been collecting all the needed parts and whatever new tools I might have an excuse to buy (digital torque wrench, set of GearWrench wrenches). Last piece of the puzzle came today, an SCT X3 loaded with some Quick Tricks Tunes!
So Monday or Tuesday next week is the day I tear into her...which works out perfectly as I am due for a oil change in 100 miles. I have made myself kinda a check list or outline from start to finish from all the great info I have gotten here and around the web. I do have a couple of questions that need some clarification.
1. When I install the new up-pipe should I use some type of sealer on that joint to the exhaust manifold? If so which product?
2. I think I have read it is a good idea to replace the bolts from the exhaust manifolds to the up-pipes. True? If so what is the hardware size and do any of you have the Ford P/N's or can I just use some hardware from Lowes/Home Depot?
3. FICM. I have seen where some remove this and some don't during this whole process. What is the advantage of removing it?
4. Start up!! I am sure this is the part that will pucker me the most. Here is what I have for a outline.
*Recheck everything and my notes
*Fluid fill of oil and coolant
*Pull FICM Relay/Fuse and crank until you see pressure on dash gauge, replace. (Where is this relay/fuse located???)
*Cycle Fuel Pump
*Say a quick prayer and crank her up.
As I am mechanical but not a mechanic I am pretty nervous but excited at the same time with this undertaking. There was no way I could have attempted this without this forum so thanks to all and wish me luck!!
The up pipe to exhaust manifold bolts I could not find at any hardware store. They are some fine thread metric deal, from what I got from all the hardware stores they said go to the dealer to get them. I just reused mine because I didn't have time to go to the dealer but I'm sure they can't be too expensive.
No need to remove the FICM for this job and no need to replace the up-pipe bolts if they are in good shape.
Thanks for the answers guys. I went through the EGR delete kit from Custom Diesel and they actually include the bolts from the exhaust manifold to the new Up-Pipe.
Anyone on the FICM Relay/Fuse location??
One more stupid question. Should I drain all the oil before starting this job or is just releasing the filter drain enough?? I need to change my oil anyway but I know going down to the oil cooler can put some air in the system...so which way do I go?
Lastly I have seen two trains of thought on re-fill. One is to fill the HPOP reservoir before re-installing he oil cooler, the other is to fill from the filler housing so it gets into the oil cooler and reservoir. Thoughts?
I just did my cooler and delete yesterday. I didn't drain the oil just release the cap. It made a small mess but was manageable (just keep some rags on hand). I filled the oil through the filter housing before start up and it was fine. When I started it I didn't undo any relays or fuses, I just cycled the key 4 times before cranking and it hit right off with no stuttering or cel lights. I used the custom diesel kit and it was real nice. Good luck and have fun.
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Supreme Court's correct decision and PPP attempt to come out as victims.
PPP and Zardari especially have shown their incapability to run their country and hide their corruption.
In order to overshadow their weaknesses they are trying to go in a clash with institutions and other forces especially judiciary so that they can come out as victims.
The recent notification of President Zardari is also an attempt in this direction.
Supreme Court has rightly suspended the unconstitutional notification of Zardari to appoint the judges against the advice of Chief Justice.
In cases where president or governor or anyone requires consultancy means they need to consult the office whose consent is required for must. And the office being consulted needs to agree with the position otherwise the decision will not be implemented.
However in case of an advice given by the office whose consultancy is required for must, the advice needs to be implemented. It not only happens in SC CJ but also for PM advice to President, CM advice to governor and Provincial HC advice to government.
The office which needs consultancy (here presidency) cannot take the decision on their own on the matters where consultancy is required.
SC also has the duty (not only right) to interpret the wordings of the constitution. This
is not only in case of Pakistan but in most part of the world including so-called mother of
democracy, UK.
In this case which comes under article 177 the situation is same. Article says:
"177. Appointment of Supreme Court Judges.
(1) The Chief Justice of Pakistan shall be appointed by the President, and each of the other Judges shall be appointed by the President after consultation with the Chief Justice.
(2) A person shall not be appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court unless he is a citizen of Pakistan and-
(a) has for a period of, or for periods aggregating, not less than five years been a judge of a High Court (including a High Court which existed in Pakistan at any time before the commencing day); or
(b) has for a period of, or for periods aggregating not less than fifteen years been an advocate of a High Court (including a High Court which existed in Pakistan at any time before the commencing day). "
The role of president here again is of just giving Presidential approval.
This is adapted from British system where in issues like these "Royal Assent" is required and even if it is not given due to some reason it is assumed that it is given after some given period but in this case formal approval is required.
According to the interpretation in Judges Case or Al-Jihad Case,in the appointment of the Supreme Court Chief Justice seniority principle will prevail and senior most will be made the Chief Justice (This was done to ensure judicial independence from executive discretion).
The issue currently is of new appointments in Supreme Court as Justice where the
consultation is binding on the president not the seniority principle.
Similarly in appointments of the High Court judges the consultation from CJ is binding on the president according to article 193.
SC once again proved their independence and their will to strengthen the judiciary by stopping the PLUTOCRATS to damage the federation for their evil goals.
Delaying the appointments of judiciary in High Courts is also an attempt by government to not only undermine judiciary but also to frustrate the common man from judiciary.
Another motive is to start a seniority issue between judges to break their strength but this also has failed.
For once we need to go for across the board accountability without becoming a prey of illusions created by the players of National Security Card, Democracy Card, Shaheed Card, Ethnic Card, Sectarian or any other Card.
Anyone who wants strong Pakistan instead of few faces ruling the country cannot afford a weak judiciary.
Also, the commitment for free judiciary shown by Justice Saqib Nisar and Justice Khwaja Shareef is appreciable.
We need to go for across the board accountability without becoming a prey of illusions
After the remarkable of 17 member honorable bench of Supreme Court of Pakistan. Some players of democracy card join by some opportunists are playing Democracy Card and Ethnic Card.
NRO case was in pending before emergency SC just gave a ruling on that . Most of the criticism is based on speculation and this is being done either deliberately or due to ignorance of the facts.
Some points to think for people who are due to ignorance falling into this propaganda:
-Yes,Musharraf needs to be trialed but who is going to invoke article 6. SC has provided solid grounds for that in 31st July 2009 judgment.
-SC has now called for the list of loan-settlements beneficiaries from banks and it will involve all.
-Karachi and Lahore land mafia cases are being opened.
-Recently Karachi City Government's acres of land is taken back from Army control by SC.
-PPP has a great chance to bring the khakis to justice as well if they come out of the deals they have made.
-Missing persons case is reopened including Dr. Aafia case and the delay is being done by agencies and so called democratic government.
-Bugti case has been registered and in the courts.
And their numerous other good things which are happening .
Establishment is playing games and they will not stop this but it doesn't mean we start falling into their trap.
Only thing which will stop them for another MERAI AZIZ HAM WATNON or something similar (which is being planned) is a strong judiciary and a good way to keep judiciary out the equation is to destroy its reputation.
Weaknesses are there and if any one has a problem with any judgment then why don't they challenge it in the court or at least they should have defended it properly in the court if the whole drama is for NRO .
The criticism over creating a team of judges to supervise accountability cases is baseless as their are examples of similar for terrorism cases but no one criticize that. It's the job of superior judiciary to see what is happening in lower courts. Another thing it will do is to ensure the proper trial without any delays like it has been the practice which was also criticized by many.
The other thing which is being propagated is why only Swiss cases are opened?
This is not the true picture Swiss cases were especially mentioned because it involves international courts otherwise the judgment says to open all the cases.
We need to slowly move towards a system of social-economic justice without losing our track.
These plutocrats (not democrats) are playing democracy card and ethnic card like khakis play national security card.
For once we need to go for across the board accountability without becoming a prey of illusions created by the players of National Security Card, Democracy Card, Shaheed Card, Ethnic Card, Sectarian or any other Card.


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LONDON — Dana Vollmer spent the last Summer Olympics in Fiji, swimming in the warm open waters of the Pacific Ocean. She did not feel good about herself. She did not feel good about her body. She did not feel good about her life's pursuit, competitive swimming. Her would-be teammates, those she had joined four years earlier as a teenager in Athens, swam for gold in Beijing. Vollmer swam away from it all.
"We felt like we needed to get her out of the United States," said Teri McKeever, her college coach, "and out of — for lack of a better way of putting it — her pity party."


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The recent poll on email vs. RSS for blog update delivery generated quite a few votes and comments. As I mentioned in my previous post, I like to test the waters every year or so as Internet users become more sophisticated. Yet, with this sampling of savvy Web users, the results barely budged.
Email wins again with 75% of the vote. RSS follows with 23% and a new entry in the poll - audio (podcasts) garnered 2% of the vote. (Note: this is not a scientic poll by any means, but does give a good picture of how people are consuming blog content.)
You'll notice the poll looks rather odd with numerous individual entries. Something to note when you run your own Facebook polls is that you have the option of allowing or not allowing people to add more options for folks to select. I left it open and what happened is people put their comments in the options section instead of selecting one of my three options and then posting a comment in the actual comment area.
This really skews things and makes it a bit tricky sometimes to decipher what people are voting for. In the future I will disable the "anyone can add options" option so they stick with my poll and add comments in the correct spot.
If you click through to the poll and read the comments, you'll find a theme with the email users: most don't read or forget to check RSS feeds so they prefer email because they ALWAYS read their email.
What's the take-away?
Make sure your blog has multiple subscribe options so your audience can consume it their preferred way. Just because you're a savvy web user, don't assume that your audience all uses Google reader (or other feed reader) to get their content. Make sure you have an email option (check out Feedblitz, Feedburner, Aweber, Mailchimp for email delivery).
If you have an email subscribe option on your blog, what service do you use and why do you like it?
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Figure S2: Changes in systemic levels of fibrinogen, AST, and vWF during PICV infection in hamsters. Groups of animals (n = 3-4/group) were infected with ~5 plaque-forming units of PICV, with the exception of 3 hamsters that were processed at the time of infection to establish the day 0 baseline reading. On each of days 2, and 4-7 of the infection, serum was collected from PICV-infected hamsters for multi-analyte profiling of serum antigens. Data are shown for non-cytokine/chemokine factors that were sufficiently cross-reactive with the Rodent MAP® detection platform and changed significantly over the course of infection. The least detectable dose is indicated by the red hashed line and is defined in the methods. AST, aspartate aminotransferase; vWF, Von Willebrand factor.
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BE2012 SBS-Edition VSS Error 13 + 8193 after each Logon on DC
Hi all
I have a new installed SBS2011 (with all Patches) with BE2012 SP1a and also all hotfixes
each time hen i log me on the DC then a lot of vss-errors are reported. (10 times)
The Credentials for BE is the Domain-Admin
error: vss event 13 the COM-Server with CLSID {e579ab5f-1cc4-44b4-bed9-de0991ff0623} an Name "Coordinator" cant be started. [0x800401f0, CoInitialize isnt started.]
each event 13 is following another error vss 8193
on Start from "CoCreateInstance(CLSID_VSSCoordinator)" raised unexpected error . hr = 0x800401f0, CoInitialize wasnt star
I have been searched for this Error and also checked VSS-related items but all without Success.
Can someone help please ?
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Hi Jaydeep
Thaks for the answer - but this article does not solve my Problem.
(I have been checked this again and all was OK)
vss event 13 is the first one - maybe this should be the entrypoint.
i cannot understand why the vss errors occurs only when i logon to the DC.
The backupjob itself is working succesfull and without vss-errors.


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A small town on Lake Michigan gets worldwide attention when its citizens start receiving phone calls from the afterlife...
Is it the greatest miracle ever or a massive hoax?
Sully Harding, a grief-stricken single father, is determined to find out.
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Learning Together at West Virginia Conference on Labors of Love
From Shepherdstown, West Virginia – Home school enthusiasts learn together at conference. The Journal interviewed several families at a small homeschool conference who shared their experiences and joy in meeting kindred experiences.
Conference sessions coordinator Denise Beaty, a former teacher who is home schooling four children, readily acknowledged that sacrifices are often necessary to do this successfully.
"But they are my children, so it is definitely a labor of love,"Beaty said.
Beaty said she enjoyed helping with the conference because it is a resource for other home schooling parents.
"Getting started can be a little intimidating, so it is good to know that others are here for you and they've been where you are now. They know what has – and hasn't – worked for them and what they might suggest doing differently. It's all about the best educational experience for our kids," she said.


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I read with astonishment the article in the Aug. 26 edition regarding the Hexum family and their problems with his PTSD.
I am a Vietnam combat veteran and have been in the VA system since 1994. I have received excellent treatment for my PTSD and other ailments so was taken aback when I read, "The Hexums approached local veterans resources for help, to little avail."
I have never had a problem getting help from the VA for my problems and cannot understand how they have had such a problem. I am concerned that they are not approaching the right people.
Then to read that the "Dr. Phil" show had to send them to Texas for treatment because they could only find "dirt and rocks in this area" is a slam at the local VA medical center and its staff. I have my own complaints about the VA system, but to make such a remark about the help available is uncalled for.
I challenge each of those accusations and challenge them to approach the VA again. The doctors, nurses and health professionals here are highly motivated to take care of the veteran. They will bend over backward to assist any veteran who needs help.
If the Hexums are looking for a "solution" to the PTSD problem they are going to be disillusioned. There is no cure, but you can learn to live with it.
I have had it since 1965 and only through the care I have received from the VA have I been able to make it this far. Without the help I receive each week from my peer group (under VA sanction) I would not have any quality of life.
Give the VA another chance.
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Former Sacramento Kings great Mitch Richmond stops by to talk about his induction into the Hall of Fame. In the second half of the show, long-time Kings color-commentator Jerry Reynolds joins James Ham to break down the 2013-14 Sacramento Kings season. All that as well as a recap of the season that was for the Kings in this week's Cowbell Kingdom Podcast presented by The Problematic.
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Cape Town International Airport's Central Terminal Building, a year on
Sunday 7 November 2010 marked one year since Airports Company South Africa, Cape Town International Airport (ACSA CTIA) opened its doors to the new central terminal building.
Since then, the airport has processed just over 7,306,701 passengers and seen 43 222 aircraft departures. The central terminal building's (CTB's) consolidated Domestic and International check-in area was a first for CTIA. Another first was the consolidated security screening point allowing the airport to derive more efficiencies. Through the airport's expansion programme other firsts included the elevated roadway, transport plaza, parkade with 4000 parking bays (double the size of the first one) and 8 new air bridges for use by Domestic passengers. With the new terminal also came a new automated baggage system which has already processed 2,972, 902 pieces of luggage!
The month of November is not only special because it marks the milestone of the CTB, but it also signifies the beginning of the airports peak season. Some of the seasonal airlines have resumed their summer schedules; these include Lufthansa Airline (flying daily to Frankfurt), Virgin Airline (flying daily to London), Air Berlin (flying twice weekly to Düsseldorf) and British Airways which has put in place a daily additional flight to London. "The opening of the CTB last year was a proud moment for all airport employees, but it was also a proud moment for Cape Town. It brought with it much needed additional capacity. It offers ample space, wonderful retail facilities and it's functional. Many Capetonians heaved a sigh of relief when they moved through it for the first time", says Deidre Hendricks, Communications Manager, Cape Town International Airport.
"This time of year is also particularly busy as we start to see more International visitors pass through the airport", continued Hendricks. While the airport often facilitates large numbers of people, the highlight has undoubtedly been the Soccer World Cup, with approximately 23 000 passengers being processed per day. During this period, the airport's busiest day was 7 July, where just under 27 000 passengers were processed!
Cape Town International Airport was voted Best Airport in Africa and Best Airport for Staff Service Excellence in the Skytrax Awards. CTIA received top honours for the SA Roofing magazine Steel awards and was nominated as a finalist in the South African Council of Shopping centres, retail, design and development awards. These accolades belong to the people, who everyday work hard to create a positive airport experience.