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Bigger And Badder In TexasWritten by on February 1, 2005 Goodguys 12th Lonestar Nationals
Each year, the CLASSIC TRUCKS staff heads down south to the Texas Motor Speedway for the Lonestar Nationals. First and foremost, it is one of the five locations for our Top Ten awards. But it is also the home of the Goodguys Truck of the Year awards, an honor that over the last few years has become one of the premier awards that a truck owner can win.
This year, my new editor and old friend, Rob, and I both made the trip, based on the fact that I literally beat myself up last year trying to photograph all the features and even cover-worthy trucks in attendance. Unfortunately, sporadic weather from a looming rainstorm kept us from shooting on Friday, making for a couple of rough evenings to follow. It did allow us a chance to do a little socializing that night--meeting up with Greg Coddington to attend a parking lot barbeque at the palatial mobile estate of Scotty Gray (a parrot-wielding Texas local that you may remember as a team captain on the Barrett Jackson TV show, or the owner of the Coddington-built Alumatub, Whatahaye, or F-1 COE we featured last year).
The main attraction at this show, however, is the truck corral. This is where all of the Truck of the Year entries are lined up for the showgoers to ogle and the judges to vote on. This year the competition was fierce, but by Saturday afternoon, the five finalists in both the early (through '52) and late ('53-72) classes were chosen. The choices were eclectic to say the least, with a '30 Chevy, '32 Ford, '36 Ford, '40 Ford, and '50 Chevy making up the early class, while two Effies, two Tri-Fives, and a Trepanier-built '72 Chevy longbed rounded out the late class. When the votes were tallied, the Blue '50 Chevy belonging to Chad and Marcia Gorczyca of Dallas, Texas, took home the gold in the early class, while the No Limit-built "Princess" '56 F-100 belonging to Don Hachenberger cleaned up in the late class. Every year we say that any of the finalists would've easily won the whole thing a few years prior, and that just being in the corral is a huge honor in itself. But with the company that was kept this year, I'd say that both have never been truer.
If you've got a truck in the works that could be a contender, get it in gear and make next year's Lonestar Nats. It you just want to see some of the best trucks the country has to offer, it'll be worth the trip, too. For more information on this gathering or any Goodguys event, log onto www.good-guys.com.
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Jeff and Jonelle Hunt and their '72 Blazer were a bit late to the dance; they missed out on the Top Ten and TOTY festivities. But then on Sunday they got a last-minute Goodguys award, were moved to the winners' circle, and were photographed for a feature. Is that a success story or what?This '65 Chevy belongs to Mike Willey of Tulsa, OK, and the blue with purple flames were some of the brightest we've seen. We like the Billet Accessories Direct wheels, too.When's the last time you saw a '30 Chevy look this clean and mean? Yeah, us neither. Bob Schumacher pulled out all the stops on his rat-powered copper Pro-Street beast and wound up as another early TOTY finalist.Jason Wilson's '53 "push truck" had just the right old-school flavor. The flat red and white paint was rubbed off in all the right places.Who can resist a Flathead-powered, chopped '32 highboy pickup? Not us, or Goodguys; they gave it the Cool Commercial award.We never get tired of looking at the '02 TOTY-winning '57 Chevy owned by Tim and Darrell Cimbanin. It looks every bit as good as is did on our Apr. '03 cover.
This two-tone '50 Chevy is owned by Ken Stringer from Ft. Worth, TX. It had a good stance to go with the wild paint scheme.Jeff Garrett found this '72 Suburban almost just as you see it. He added the board, biggies, and 'bags.Jack Davis came all the way from Boise, ID, to show off his two-tone '46 Chevy. It features lots of unique body mods and a clean 383 under the custom hood.This '36 Ford was caught in action heading through the winners' circle as the final TOTY finalist. Among other things, it had one of the cleanest "Super Cab" jobs we've seen.See, stockers have a home at the Lonestar Nats, too! When are we going to start seeing mostly stock Fords on big wheels and airbags like we do the Chevys of this era?On Sunday, the Early and Late TOTY finalists were lined up in the corral, along with our remaining Top Ten picks.
The Truck of the Year awards make for some emotional moments. Here, the Stoked Out Specialties crew is being congratulated by Scotty Gray for their winning '50 Chevy.We predicted big things from Don Hachenberger's '56 F-100 back at Del Mar when it was just a chassis......The No Limit-built 1,300-horsepower truck was a runner-up at the F-100 SuperNats but found glory here at Ft. Worth--winning the Late TOTY award as well as a Top Ten. Look for the full feature next month.Cliff Angelle's '57 Chevy big-window had a ton of cool tricks under the Cadillac green and silver paint. The big-block truck incorporated mesh into the molded grille, pie cut hood vents, and the center dump exhaust. The '57 was also a Late TOTY finalist.The House of Kolor Fire Graphics was only the beginning of what Todd Boatright's '55 Chevy had to offer. The TOTY finalist laid flat on the rockers and had a wood bed floor on struts to show off the suspension detail and handiwork.Chad and Marcia Gorczyca debuted their House of Kolor Blue '50 Chevy at the show, and it was an early favorite to win the Early TOTY award......The Stoked Out Specialties-built hauler had a cool camel-colored leather interior and an oak bed stained to match.Another TOTY finalist, the '72 Chevy longbed owned by Al Taylor, was a back-burner project at Rad Rides by Troy and was actually built to tow an AC Cobra to shows.Daryl Martinsen's '70 D-100 short box runs a 440/727/8 3/4-inch combo and sits right thanks to a Fatman IFS in the front and a No limit Fat Bar four-link in the rear. We hope to see more D-100 finished to this degree. This Dodge lover also qualified to win the Goodguys giveaway Dodge Magnum later this year!
This immaculate '32 Ford was yet another TOTY finalist and featured a dressed ZZ4, 3 1/2-inch chop, and mahogany wood bed. Dana Elrod is the proud owner.Would you believe that Roger Bennington wasn't even going to enter his '40 Ford in the TOTY until we talked him into it. And wouldn't you know he ended up a finalist! The classic gray two-tone paint was awesome, and the theme was carried into the Strange Motion interior.Judy Burk and Darla Vogt showed up late with their deep purple '64 Chevy stepside and were parked way in the back 40. Luckily, we had one Top Ten left when we strolled by. We like the 22-inch Rollers from B.A.D.


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Starting tonight Taverna Opa in Pointe Orlando will celebrate its second anniversary celebration with Opa! Fest '09.
From Monday through Sunday, the Greek restaurant on International Drive will have a different special each night and finish the week off with a free Greek Street Fair on Sunday. There will be live music, food samples, belly dancing and a "Greek Getaway Giveaway" all-inclusive cruise to Greece for two.
There are two ways to enter the sweepstakes, everytime you buy an entree at the restaurant this week you'll receive a "Ticket to Greece" voucher or you can submit your name, address, phone number and date of birth to firstname.lastname@example.com. They will announce the winner on Sunday at the fair and you have to be there to win the cruise. Also at the festival will be an attempt to beat the world record for the largest Zorba dance. They have to beat 1,672 people.
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My name is Alexa Steele and I am going into my senior year this fall at the University of Washington Bothell (UW Bothell). I have lived Washington all of my life in a gorgeous town at the base of the Cascade Mountain Range called Sultan. I came here from Everett Community College after finishing my Associates Degree through Running Start. I am excited to begin my journey into the Community Psychology program here at UW Bothell this coming fall.
When I am not working hard, I am playing hard. Growing up in a town surrounded by beautiful nature, I naturally fell in love with the outdoors. I love being outside whether at the beach, on a hike, or camping, that is where I spend most of my free time. I also enjoy spending time with my friends and family, I am the youngest of three kids. I have a niece and nephew, we call them P-Nut and Little Man but their real names are Arlena and Rowdy. They are the light of my life so be prepared to hear about those little bundles of joy often. Besides the outdoors, I absolutely love music. I am a huge country lover but I listen to anything from 80's Hair Bands to Macklemore.
I have been a Husky from a young age, purple and gold has ran through my veins since I was born. It was not until recently that I started to really enjoy football, so naturally I have grown to love our home team. GO HAWKS!
I am here for you. I become an Orientation Leader because I can't wait to help you make that big leap into the university life. I am here to help put you at ease for this transition and to answer any questions you may have. I hope to help you enjoy being a Husky as much as I do. And part of enjoying your time here is getting involved and having a little fun.
UW Bothell is an amazing place to call home. I love how easy it is to get involved and make friends, these memories will last you a life time. You will be attending a very diverse and welcoming place. There are so many ways to get involved from many numerous clubs to events like dances or guest speakers. I hope you enjoy your time here as much as I have. I can't wait to meet all of you and to get to know you!
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Pullman, WA (Sports Network) - Spencer Dinwiddie scored 16 points to lead the
Buffaloes as Colorado defeated the Washington State Cougars, 58-49, in a
Pac-12 Conference showdown at Beasley Coliseum.
Xavier Johnson chipped in 14 points on 5-of-7 shooting off the bench for
Colorado (12-6, 2-4 Pac-12), while Josh Scott scored 11 points. Andre Roberson
grabbed seven rebounds as the Buffaloes ended their brief two-game losing
Brock Motum and Mike Ladd tallied 13 points apiece for WSU (10-8, 1-4) as it
fell for the fourth time in five games.
It did not take long to figure out it was going to be a defensive minded
affair. The Cougars hit just 29.6 percent of their field goal attempts
including only 2-of-12 from 3-point range in the first half. Colorado went 0-
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into the intermission.
After the break, WSU made only 38.7 percent of its attempts from the field
while going 3-of-7 at the charity stripe. The Buffaloes extended their
advantage on the scoreboard by converting 12-of-15 attempts at the free throw
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I am very happy to announce the release of the Billiard University (BU) website: BilliardUniversity.org
I've been working on this project for about two years, and my efforts have been supported by a "dream team" of top instructors (the "founding professors" of the BU): Jerry Briesath, Mark Finkelstein, Randy Goettlicher, Bob Jewett, Mike Page, Tom Simpson, Mark Wilson, David Alciatore, and Randy Russell.
Please check out the website and videos and let us know what you think. Also, please let me know if you have any suggestions or recommendations.
Also, try the free BU playing-ability exams to assess your game and monitor improvement over time. Your BU score gives you a player rating and can qualify you to earn a diploma (Bachelors, Masters, or Doctorate of Pool). All of the exam documents (with well-illustrated shot diagrams) and score sheets needed to take the exams and track your progress are available on the BU Exam Resources Page.
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Please post your score after you take the exams so I can add your results to the list below. Also, if you have a video camera, please film and post videos for your exams. Instructions on how to do this can be found in the BU Exam Instructions document, and the following videos demonstrate each step in the process:
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List of CCB'ers who have taken the BU playing-ability exams so far (in ranked order):
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Recently I was watching an episode of Warehouse 13, a SyFy Network show I like a lot, and picked up on a couple of errors on the parts of the scriptwriters. Now, I know fiction isn�t real life, but I still think that those who write it should get their facts straight.
On this episode, one of the characters was a female Marine major. When another character was hurt, she offered to go and get a �coresman.� Although I know the script probably said �corpsman,� I am at a loss as to why no one on the set knew how to correctly pronounce corpsman, a word with two silent letters in the �p� and �s�.
In the same episode, the guy (who used to be a Marine) asks the major (while they are both on a Marine base) if she could loan him a Blackhawk helicopter. She refuses, but then again, Blackhawks are Army choppers, so they wouldn�t be on a Marine base, anyway. No Marine I know would make that mistake. Heck, around here, no civilian would make that mistake.
Having been a dependent, I have spent my entire life around the military, so I�m more sensitive to accuracy when it comes to portraying the military in the media. A lot of what I see and read about how the military operates is, well, silly.
Military men and women are often portrayed as inflexible jerks and they�re not. And, while I am at it, not every military dad is �The Great Santini.� Mine sure wasn�t. Sure, they�re tough, but they�re not devoid of warmth and the ability to love their children. I think military fathers just have higher expectations for their kids than most people. And some aspects of military life just naturally spill over into the kids� lives.
I attended a lot of military dependent schools. They were a great source of joy. We had to dress according to military standards and the boys had to have their hair in military haircuts. If we messed up, we could also mess up our fathers� careers. I think it made us a lot more responsible.
Yes, I �hit the deck� in the morning at a terrible hour and around our house, if you claimed to be sick enough to stay home from school, then you�d better sport a detectible fever. But we also traveled the world, were disciplined and understood better than most how other cultures operated. It was a great gift and I wouldn�t trade that background for anything.
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What's your make-it-or-break-it election issue?
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For millions of voters like me, including thousands of undecided women and men on Long Island who were represented at the Hofstra debate, this single issue is personal and powerful. Many of us remember the days when we had to seek illegal abortions in god-awful places at the hands of untrained hacks. The right to choose is a health issue, an economic issue, a human rights issue.
Voters can't afford to be sanguine about abortion rights. Imagine a world in which you or your girlfriend or your wife or your daughter could not choose when and how or if to have children. You know how people use the phrase "you don't want to go there"?
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I didn't sleep much February 6 and 7, 1978. I didn't sleep when a big snowstorm was on the way. Still don't. In 1978 an area of low pressure formed off of the North Carolina coast. I was in economics class in Hartford, Connecticut. At 10:15 AM it was cloudy and cold with a temperature of twenty seven degrees. At 10:30 AM it was snowing sideways and obscuring some of the buildings on campus that were in plain view just ten minutes earlier. I knew we had a great storm ahead of us. Needless to say I have no idea what the rest of the lecture covered. My hat's off to the National Weather Service, their forecast was for one to two feet of snow before any snow began falling. Governor Ella Grasso, the first woman elected governor, closed Connecticut down by 1:30 PM. It continued to snow heavily until about midnight. The snow tapered off to light snow and flurries until about the 2:00 PM the next day. Late in the afternoon the storm actually moved back toward land. Heavy snow bands moved from east to west. Another four to six inches fell bringing the total in Hartford to 16" - 22". In Boston, it too was a storm of epic proportions. Boston recorded 27.1" and the Boston globe was not delivered for the first time in 106 years. Woonsocket, RI recorded an unbelievable 38". This storm had an 'eye' and produced 80 mph winds along the coast of Massachusetts. Boston recorded a 79 mph wind gust and Chatham recorded a 93 mph wind gust. We only received 2.2" but Baltimore received 9.1".


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Earlier this semester, a committee of representatives from all campus work constituencies met and discussed the possibility of going to a four-day work week in an effort to save money on utility costs as we cope with budgetary reductions.
While that schedule is not feasible now, an alternative was presented that will allow us to more effectively use our facilities by consolidating academic, camps and conferences, and other such group activities to fewer buildings resulting in saving as much as $25,000 in utility costs.
This summer, those programs will be housed first in Shippen Hall, with additional space in Franklin Science Center and then the Math and Computing Technologies Center used if needed. Individuals scheduling these types of programs are to use those buildings in that order. No other academic facility will, to the extent possible, be used for classes, events, etc.
A special "Thank You" goes to Tonya Group, Jeanie Henry, and Cathy Sprenger in the Registrar's office for initiating and nearly completing relocation of the appropriate summer 2009 classes to these buildings. If you identify any academic class meeting times that have not been addressed, please contact the Registrar's Office immediately to resolve the matter.With this effort accomplished, all other programs may now schedule or reschedule their planned activities to these buildings through the Ad Astra room scheduling program. The Registrar's Office does not schedule non-academic classroom space, so be sure to coordinate these changes with the appropriate party.While we ask that classes, groups, etc. be consolidated, department, faculty and staff office functions may continue in their existing locations. These office occupancies however need to be communicated by each department to the Campus Energy Manager.As part of the plan, all occupied spaces will be set to 80 degrees Fahrenheit. All rooms not scheduled for occupancy will generally be set to a maximum temperature of 85 degrees Fahrenheit. Several exceptions to this rule will continue to be honored such as sensitive lab equipment, lab processes, central computer equipment, and library collections.Additional details regarding this program are available online at http://webspace.ship.edu/facilmgt/summer09_temp_mgmt.pdf.
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The New England Patriots recently cut defensive tackle Kyle Love. This news is not worthy of consideration on an employment law blog until I tell you the reason the Pats cut him. According to FoxNews, the Pats cut him two weeks after his diagnosis with Type 2 diabetes out of a concern over his "recovery time."
If I'm Kyle Love's agent, I'm finding him the best employment lawyer possible to argue that the Patriots cut him because of his diabetes, a protected disability.
Yesterday, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission conveniently published guidance on the employment rights of people with specific disabilities. One of the specific disabilities for which the EEOC published new guidance is diabetes.
According to the EEOC, there is little doubt that diabetes is a disability protected and covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act:
As a result of changes made by the ADAAA, individuals who have diabetes should easily be found to have a disability within the meaning of the first part of the ADA's definition of disability because they are substantially limited in the major life activity of endocrine function. Additionally, because the determination of whether an impairment is a disability is made without regard to the ameliorative effects of mitigating measures, diabetes is a disability even if insulin, medication, or diet controls a person's blood glucose levels. An individual with a past history of diabetes (for example, gestational diabetes) also has a disability within the meaning of the ADA. Finally, an individual is covered under the third ("regarded as") prong of the definition of disability if an employer takes a prohibited action (for example, refuses to hire or terminates the individual) because of diabetes or because the employer believes the individual has diabetes.
Given the timing of the Patriots's decision, coupled both with its apparent failure to offer any kind of accommodation for Kyle Love's disability, and the stated reason for its decision, Kyle Love appears to have a strong disability discrimination case. Had the Patriots called me, I would have counseled against cutting him, at least at this time and in this manner.
Consider Kyle Love's problem in light of this hypothetical, provided by the EEOC in its diabetes guidance:
When an actor forgets his lines and stumbles during several recent play rehearsals, he explains that the fluctuating rehearsal times are interfering with when he eats and takes his insulin. Because there is no reason to believe that the actor poses a direct threat, the director cannot terminate the actor or replace him with an understudy; rather, the director should consider whether rehearsals can be held at a set time and/or whether the actor can take a break when needed to eat, monitor his glucose, or administer his insulin.
It is an understatement to characterize this termination—undertaken without any apparent consideration of whether the team could accommodate the diabetes—as high risk.
Jeffrey Nye made me aware of this story on Twitter last night, and asked, "The Patriots cut Kyle Love because he has diabetes. How can they do that?"
They can't (or at least shouldn't be able to in the manner in which they did it). It would not surprise me in the least if, given the high profile nature of this employment decision, the EEOC takes up Kyle Love's cause to further its mission of disability-rights awareness.
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Backdating A Small-Block Chevy - Everything New Is Old AgainWritten by on April 1, 2011
The trend toward traditional hot rods has prompted a variety of new methods to provide the right vintage look. One of the most popular is to make an engine appear to be something it isn't. There are a number of ploys to accomplish this; swapping rocker covers from another engine and hiding fuel injection under a vintage air cleaner are all common ploys. Another popular ruse is to make a small-block Chevy appear to be earlier than it is.
Recently Jason Scudellari, aka Installation Jason, of Source Interlink's Tech Center was given the assignment to put years on a 350 Chevrolet and make it look like a pre-smog small-block. As he would be starting with a fresh, rebuilt short-block from JR Motorsports. The 355-inch small-block was decked, line-honed, bored, and honed with torque plates then fitted with a balanced rotating assembly. As we were starting with a short-block and there were a variety of parts needed to complete the engine, the deception could be accomplished by simply choosing the right bolt-on accessories. Here we added classic appeal by using the latest in vintage accessories. Here's how to do something that only a street rodder would understand, make something new look old with new old parts.
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When it comes to vintage performance parts nothing is as cool as multiple carburetors, and one of the combinations that pegs the wow-meter is three-twos. Triple carbs have that no-nonsense visual appeal, plus when properly tuned and operated with progressive linkage they offer outstanding performance as well and best of all they'll never be confused with something found on gizmo-laden trailer queens.
So, if the question is, "How do I give my small-block that classic hot rod look?", here are two great answers:
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For a cam we choose an Isky hydraulic Supercam (PN 201262) with 0.435-inch lift at the valves, 262 degrees of duration and 108-degree lobe centers. The bumpstick was liberally coated with Isky's cam lube before installation.The cam was carefully slipped in place, making sure not to drag any of the lobes against the bearings. A couple of long cap screws for handles make a great cam installation tool.Our cam was installed "straight up" which means it wasn't advanced or retarded but set at 0 degrees on the crank sprocket.With the timing marks on the cap and crank sprockets properly aligned the timing set was slipped into place.Summit Racing now offers new packages that include an aluminum intake, carbs, air cleaner assemblies from O'Brien Truckers, and progressive linkage. An interesting twist is that contemporary, easily tunable Holley 2300-series carbs (a 350-cfm primary and a pair of 325-cfm secondaries) are used rather than Carters, Strombergs, or early Holleys.Larry Fulton of Automotion specializes in custom-built Rochester carburetion systems, including the Tri-power shown here.Fulton builds these systems one at a time using Rochester 2GC carburetors and offers a long list of options, including linkage, fuel lines, air cleaners, and types of finishes (chrome, paint, powdercoat, etc.)
Aerohead supplied the reconditioned heads that look like new. The deck surfaces are milled, they received a three-angle valve job, stainless steel, high-flow valves, heat-treated and machined steel retainers and valve locks, bronze wall valve guides and valve seals have been installed along with heavy-duty valve springs. Head bolts are from ARP.The portion of the timing cover that holds the front seal on small-block Chevys interlocks with the pan-the cover can't be removed without dropping the pan. An old trick is to trim the seal retainer so the cover can come off with the pan in place.Included in the Isky cam kit were new hydraulic lifters and push rods. Again, plenty of pre-lube was applied.To help the valve system break in, the ends of the steps were coated with cam lube. Note the screw-in rocker studs.Rocker arms are Isky long-slots. More lube was applied to the pivot balls as they were put in place.Adjusting the valves is done by turning the engine over until the exhaust valve just starts to open; the intake valve is then adjusted. Loosen the nut, then while spinning the pushrod with two fingers, tighten the nut until the pushrod stops spinning easily then tighten the nut another three-quarter of a turn. Turn the engine until the intake valve opens then almost closes and adjust the exhaust. Repeat for the rest of the cylinders.
A Summit aluminum water pump was installed-a coat of orange paint could be added to go with the vintage theme.The vibration damper is held in place by a crank pulley bolt and washer from Specialty Fasteners, the old-school timing tab is from Transdapt.To help the engine get its first, critical drink of lube the filter was topped off with AMSOIL synthetic before installation.For a hot, contemporary ignition system without a big, bulky GM HEI a PerTronix billet Flamethrower distributor got the nod. The small diameter cap looks makes it look like an early points distributor.
A vintage engine calls for old time pulleys, however, these are new and are available from Transdapt.Transdapt has a variety of modernized vintage-looking components, like this orange Chevy thermostat housing with an O-ring seal.Jim "Jake" Jacobs has introduced a line of parts, Jitney: Hop-Up Parts by Jake, includes a variety of alternator (PowerGen) and generator brackets. The Chevy brackets shown here are designed for use with the "short" water pump and bolts on with intake manifold and water pump bolts. It does not require threaded holes in the heads; it works with all early style heads as well as the later threaded style heads.Jim "Jake" Jacobs has introduced a line of parts, Jitney: Hop-Up Parts by Jake, includes a variety of alternator (PowerGen) and generator brackets. The Chevy brackets shown here are designed for use with the "short" water pump and bolts on with intake manifold and water pump bolts. It does not require threaded holes in the heads; it works with all early style heads as well as the later threaded style heads.


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|Attendance, budget, calendar highlight school discussion
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Major attendance policy revisions, parameters for setting the 2010-11 budget and a calendar for 2010-11 that looks similar to this year's were the focus of most discussion at the March 16 meeting of Holyoke School District Re-1J Board of Education.
The current attendance policy reduces student grades for poor attendance, and this will be eliminated from the new policy.
Studied thoroughly by an attendance committee, policy recommendations were presented to the board in January. The policy draft was shared last week, and feedback is now being gathered from staff.
Recommendations will be discussed April 6, with policy readings set for April 20 and May 4 so the policy can be implemented for the 2010-11 school year.
Supt. Bret Miles cited three points of emphasis for the draft policy. It should send a message that attendance is important, it promotes parents as partners with the school and eliminates academic penalty related to attendance.
A new section defining unexcused absences not only clarifies there's no academic penalty, it also sets 10 days as the maximum unexcused before judicial proceedings are initiated.
Tardiness in the draft policy has been expanded to include consequences but not grade reduction, suspension or expulsion.
Consequences involve a designated amount of time for school service, as well as in-school suspension starting with the 10th tardy. These tardies are cumulative throughout the day, week and semester.
Excessive absence notification involves a step-by-step process and emphasizes working with parents and students.
Notification by letter will be made when a student reaches their fifth day with an absence in a semester. At that time, a member of the attendance committee will be assigned to the student.
After six absences in a semester, the principal will alert the attendance committee of a "red zone" student. On the seventh absence, the assigned committee member will contact the parents and set up a meeting with the attendance committee, at which time an attendance contract will be set up.
The contract will include a commitment not to miss any more class, to turn in missing work related to prior absences, to agree to turn in future homework and to agree to avoid minor or major write-ups for behavioral issues.
If the student has an eighth or ninth absence, the attendance committee member assigned to that student will check in to review the contract, and a home visit will be made.
After 10 absences, the committee will reconvene to determine the most appropriate action to be taken.
Options include continuation of the attendance contract, referral to Alternative High School or referral to the superintendent for legal action according to the truancy policy. If all options have been exhausted, the committee can recommend that credit not be given for a class with 10 or more absences.
Changes in consequences and definitions are also recommended within the truancy policy to emphasize working with parents.
Draft budget parameters finalized
Parameters were finalized at last week's meeting for informing administration of the goals, priorities and restrictions the board expects to be in place as the budget is developed.
—Fund balance money shall be used to offset no more than half of the reduction in state funding.
—Preliminary budget will be built on a student count of 585, an increase of five over this year's count.
—Any measure that can be taken to fund benefits should take first priority.
—Administration should not create a budget scenario that includes a salary/wage reduction.
—Utilize natural attrition of staff as the first option for a reduction in staff.
—Be considerate of personnel decisions with primary grades and core academic subjects.
—Maintain a minimum of $180,000 for capital projects, with technology included among the projects.
—Food service shall receive no subsidy from the general fund.
—Begin researching the process for a mill levy or bond election in November 2010.
—Investigate a volunteer program for the schools to support staff.
—Provide more communication about the budget both internally and externally including: budget decisions from prior years, additions, identify cuts and what was protected and how budget decisions match the budget and facilities committee's priorities and the board's budget parameters.
Few calendar changes proposed
Two calendar options for 2010-11 were presented for review at last week's board meeting, with both showing very little change from the 2009-10 calendar. One calendar will be recommended April 6, with board approval set for April 20.
Both calendar options maintain 173 student days, 190 teacher contract days, President's Day break on Friday of State Wrestling and a half day to end each semester.
Both slot student start-day at Thursday, Aug. 19. Option 1 has four days for staff before students start, while Option 2 has three. Calendar Option 1 notes staff and student last day on Thursday, May 26, while Option 2 sets the end date at Friday, May 27.
Both options note a Friday vacation day in March, aligned with the state basketball tournament.
Calendar 1 sets a one-day inservice on Monday, Jan. 3, with students returning Tuesday, Jan. 4. Option 2 gives two inservice days (Jan. 3-4), with students returning Wednesday, Jan. 5.
Other business
In other business March 16, the Re-1J board:
—accepted the resignation of HHS social studies teacher John Ortner, effective at the end of the current school year.
—approved Rod Trumper as an assistant HS boys' and girls' track coach for 2009-10.
—held a 45-minute executive session at the close of the meeting for discussion involving the high school principal and the school's current approach to student discipline.
—discussed the Emerald Award program scheduled April 16 to honor three staff members with the Heart Award, Innovator of the Year and Leader Among Us honors.


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16 U.S. Code § 3839aa - Purposes
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The purposes of the environmental quality incentives program established by this part are to promote agricultural production, forest management, and environmental quality as compatible goals, and to optimize environmental benefits, by—
(1) assisting producers in complying with local, State, and national regulatory requirements concerning—
(2) avoiding, to the maximum extent practicable, the need for resource and regulatory programs by assisting producers in protecting soil, water, air, and related natural resources and meeting environmental quality criteria established by Federal, State, tribal, and local agencies;
(3) providing flexible assistance to producers to install and maintain conservation practices that sustain food and fiber production while—
(A) enhancing soil, water, and related natural resources, including grazing land, forestland, wetland, and wildlife;
(4) assisting producers to make beneficial, cost effective changes to production systems (including conservation practices related to organic production), grazing management, fuels management, forest management, nutrient management associated with livestock, pest or irrigation management, or other practices on agricultural and forested land.
Source(Pub. L. 99–198, title XII, § 1240, as added Pub. L. 107–171, title II, § 2301,May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 253; amended Pub. L. 110–234, title II, § 2501(a),May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1057; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title II, § 2501(a),June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 1785; Pub. L. 113–79, title II, § 2201,Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 728.)
Pub. L. 110–234and Pub. L. 110–246made identical amendments to this section. The amendments by Pub. L. 110–234were repealed by section 4(a) ofPub. L. 110–246.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 3839aa,Pub. L. 99–198, title XII, § 1240, as added Pub. L. 104–127, title III, § 334,Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 996, related to purposes, prior to the general amendment of this part by Pub. L. 107–171.
2014—Par. (3). Pub. L. 113–79, § 2201(1), added subpar. (B) and redesignated former subpar. (B) as (C).
Par. (5). Pub. L. 113–79, § 2201(2), (3), struck out par. (5) which read as follows: "consolidating and streamlining conservation planning and regulatory compliance processes to reduce administrative burdens on producers and the cost of achieving environmental goals."
2008—Pub. L. 110–246, § 2501(a)(1), inserted ", forest management," after "agricultural production" in introductory provisions.
Pars. (3), (4). Pub. L. 110–246, § 2501(a)(2), added pars. (3) and (4) and struck out former pars. (3) and (4) which read as follows:
"(3) providing flexible assistance to producers to install and maintain conservation practices that enhance soil, water, related natural resources (including grazing land and wetland), and wildlife while sustaining production of food and fiber;
"(4) assisting producers to make beneficial, cost effective changes to cropping systems, grazing management, nutrient management associated with livestock, pest or irrigation management, or other practices on agricultural land; and".
Effective Date of 2008 Amendment
Amendment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234by Pub. L. 110–246effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, see section 4 ofPub. L. 110–246, set out as an Effective Date note under section 8701 of Title 7, Agriculture.
Effect on Existing Contracts
Pub. L. 113–79, title II, § 2208,Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 731, provided that: "The amendments made by this subtitle [subtitle C (§§ 2201–2208) of title II of Pub. L. 113–79, see Tables for classification] shall not affect the validity or terms of any contract entered into by the Secretary of Agriculture under chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa et seq.) before the date of enactment of the Agricultural Act of 2014 [Feb. 7, 2014], or any payments required to be made in connection with the contract."
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Michigan's Upper Peninsula > Mount Arvon > Climber's Log
Mount Arvon Climber's Log
[ Sign the Climber's Log ]
|summit sign was broke
|The sign has fallen down, looks like the wood on the sign itself was just rotten.
|Posted May 30, 2011 4:23 pm
|On our way to Maine
Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2006
|Hit Timms Hill in WI and then MT Arvon in one day. Stopped at a store for directions to Marquette MI and directed us to go east. We got lost on logging roads and almost ran out of gas. My son who was 14 was a little freaked, but it turned out to be a fun adventure!
|Posted Sep 15, 2010 9:54 am
|Third Of Eleven This Trip
Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2010
|Another ok high point - got lost driving back out - signage was misleading and we missed the $100 bridge.
|Posted Jul 31, 2010 4:52 pm
Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2010
|Finally was able to do my home state!! Took my wife and 3 boys with me. We wore our U of M gear for the occasion. Go Blue!
|Posted Jul 25, 2010 9:37 pm
|My 27th!
Date Climbed: Jul 9, 2010
|Reached the summit aftre a short hike. Arvon is my 27th highpoint.
|Posted Jul 12, 2010 7:21 pm
|I saw 3 wolf !!!
Date Climbed: May 1, 1998
|State highpoint #41 of 50 for me. Did all 50 in 31 years! I drove in the night before and camped near the top in my 4X4. That morning I noticed a very tall dog peed on my tire while I was asleep! Driving to the top I saw 2 wolf drinking at a puddle-they ran away quick. Saw another wolf 300 yards later. He stood there and looked at me. I got out and followed him for 100 yards-he never ran away! Went back to my truck and drove to the summit!
|Posted May 17, 2010 1:46 am
|My first State HP
Date Climbed: Nov 9, 2002
|First state high point. Not the greatest view but it felt good to be at the top of a state. I love Michigans UP.
|Posted Aug 27, 2009 4:37 pm
Date Climbed: Jun 14, 2009
|On my 62nd birthday, and while on my 8000-mile Great American Road Trip, in which I bagged the last 5 of my 49 state high points. Decided 12 years ago to forego Alasaka, I'd much rather go to Nepal if I can go on another 3 week climb somewhere.
Daughter and I tried to do this in 1986, when some sources were still sending us to Mt. Curwood as the MI highest point. When we got to L'Anse, they told us the news, and the directions we got just got us lost in the logging roads. Did Curwood, but had to come back for Arvon 23 yeas later!
|Posted Jun 28, 2009 7:29 pm
|State HP #26
Date Climbed: May 1, 2009
|My son and I hiked this one after almost getting our 4x4 rental vehicle seriously stuck in the snow and mud 3/4s of a mile below the summit. Turned into a pleasant hike with mixed weather including rain, sleet and hail - just sprinkles though. We met a nice couple from Midland, MI who were thinking of bailing out on the hike due to snow, mud and threat of rain and not knowing how much further it was. When they saw us going for it, they decided they had to do it too. It was nice to have them there to take our picture on top - thanks, Barb and Curt!
|Posted May 1, 2009 9:53 pm
|Via closed road
Date Climbed: Sep 8, 2008
|The trip started routinely into the mist of the Upper Peninsula. It seemed quite surreal in fact that as my wife tried to read me the directions, I was listening to Jimi Hendrix's "Red House" blues. Consequently when we encountered the sign that read Arvon Mountain road "closed", I just blew through it. Then when the logging truck came barrelling down the road without seemingly slowing down, I awoke from my dream state to pull over just far enough. Needless to say, my wife wanted me to turn back. No way...no way, was I not going to summit this highpoint after coming so far. We ended up being stopped on a road in very muddy conditions and serious logging operations going on just ahead of us. Out came the GPS and I told her that we would use it to find the summit. We bushwhacked through downed timber, around Caterpillar machinery and through the wet woods. Not a straight line by any means nor did it really seem like we were climbing anything. But perseverance paid off, the GPS held true and we found the high point only 100 yards from where the logging operations were going full bore. Not what I would call an aesthetically pleasing experience, but nevertheless it is part of the journey.
|Posted Sep 22, 2008 6:07 pm
Date Climbed: Jun 29, 2004
|Family HP'ing trip #3 - with Tracy (wife), Alex (son), and Gabbie (daughter, and her 1st HP). Warm and humid, with many bugs. Drove most of the way, walked the rest.
|Posted Sep 21, 2008 11:12 am
|Rental car abuse
Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2008
|Thanks to Don Holmes, my navigator was able to call turns perfectly as I sped down the old logging roads before a short hike to the top. Probably the most interesting thing at this highpoint was a tree nearly completely demolished by woodpeckers. HP12
|Posted Jul 30, 2008 2:10 am
|Hop, Skip & a Jump
Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2006
|Strolled up to Arvon back in '06 on my way back down from a backpacking trip in Isle Royale NP.
|Posted Jul 16, 2008 11:39 am
Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2008
|It took much longer to drive to this HP than I anticipated, but it was worth it. An early morning start with lots of critters and deer roaming around the woods. Shockingly, I encountered no bugs at this HP.
This was the third of seven HPs attained on my most ambitious weekend HP road trip to date.
|Posted Jul 7, 2008 1:00 pm
Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2008
|First time in the Upper Peninsula. The bugs were bad and made for a quick stay, but we saw a wolf in the woods on our drive back down which made everything worth it. Neat area! HP#36
|Posted Jul 7, 2008 8:07 am
Date Climbed: Oct 19, 2007
|Posted Feb 7, 2008 12:43 pm
|a cold november day...
Date Climbed: Nov 11, 2007
|no snow until less than a mile away, then at least 6" everywhere. almost got the car stuck. good times...
|Posted Nov 15, 2007 9:03 pm
|Cold and Rain/Snow
Date Climbed: Jun 3, 2001
|A great diversion before a trip up to Copper Harbor to take the ferry to Isle Royale. I love the U.P. eh!
|Posted Nov 9, 2007 8:37 pm
|Climbed (or drove)
Date Climbed: Oct 13, 2007
|Exploring some L'Anse backroads, looking for a place to piss, ended up seein' a sign for Mount Arvon and thought I'd give it a try. The logging roads were easy enough to follow but if you didn't pay attention you could definitely end up a little lost out there. Nice day, had the top to myself, no leaves left on the trees and definitely no view, but peaceful and quiet on a crisp autumn evening.
|Posted Oct 14, 2007 11:50 am
|1998 State HP trip
Date Climbed: May 20, 1998
|Conditions were good. Tourism office in L'Anse was helpful with map and info. Easy. Pretty area.
|Posted Sep 25, 2007 10:18 am


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The next 100 years
Q&A | Scholar Arthur Brooks looks beyond next year's election and toward the future of American free enterprise
"The next 100 years" Continued...
Arthur Brooks is the president of the American Enterprise Institute, one of Washington's leading think tanks. His books include Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism (2006) and Gross National Happiness (2008).
Q: Which economic predictions regarding 2010 should we trust? The game is completely open on what's going to happen. We all know that we're in the midst of the most severe recession in the past 50 years, and that economists didn't predict it. If you look back at the summer of 2008, you'll find the Wall Street Journal poll of economists saying we were going to experience in 2009 2.5 percent positive economic growth and 5.5 percent unemployment. It didn't exactly turn out that way, did it? It just means that nobody predicted what was going to happen. That means, of course, we can't predict going forward.
Q: Fair enough, but surely our runaway federal spending will have an impact. There's a possibility, of course, of another dip in the recession, and that would happen because American dollars had become so weak that there's a tipping point and the Chinese and others decide they don't want to be in our currency anymore. How do people buy American dollars? We have debt. The way that we finance it, to a large extent, is that we sell bonds. We're borrowing money from foreigners, but they have to show up to these auctions to buy them, and it's not unrealistic that sometime in the middle of 2010, the Chinese won't show up to buy our bonds. And if there's nobody to show up to buy them, you can't fund runaway spending the way that you did before, and that would create severe macroeconomic problems.
Q: How's our economic reporting? We have lots of things that we're not even reading about in the press anymore. The commercial real estate market, which is five to six quarters behind the residential real estate market, is imploding. It's now more than 30 percent down nationwide in its value. What happens then? It means that a lot of people are not going to renew their leases on offices, and that's going to make a whole lot of corporate landlords go broke. We don't know if that would cause the next wave of the economic crisis.
Something else you don't read about, because it's all esoteric, is a policy called forbearance. We have lots and lots of toxic assets on the balance sheets of banks, and we're pretending they're not toxic. We're not making banks value those things that the market rates. If we did, a lot more banks-hundreds more banks-would go broke overnight. Sooner or later we're going to have to value assets that banks have at something like market rates.
The White House is banking on the idea that we're going to get pretty strong economic growth going forward, and we're going to grow our way out of this thing and it's going to be a distant memory within a year. But we just don't know if that's going to be the case.
Q: It's superficial to look at the stock market and say, "It's way up from its dismal lows," because the deeper indices are shouting trouble. Absolutely. Macro-economically we are in extremely precarious state. We could have another bad shock, and probably at best we'll have weak growth. Generally at this point in a recession, which is to say after the recession is technically over, you have 4 and 5 percent annualized economic growth for a couple of quarters later. We don't. We had a program called "Cash for Clunkers." This is the Cash for Clunkers economy. It's astonishing that we're trying to base the evidence of our success on the government buying old cars.
Q: Much of the fall was spent debating healthcare. Some people say that trip wasn't necessary. It's senseless to argue that the current American healthcare system doesn't need reform. It does. It needs reform for one really big reason and one not-so-big reason. The big reason is that a lot of people don't have healthcare coverage, and in an already rich country, that's not good. We can argue about the numbers-how many are illegal immigrants, how many are legal-but millions and millions of people in this country, which is the richest country in the history of the world, don't have basic healthcare. For a lot of people like me that's bad stewardship. So we want to fix that. We need reform.
No. 2 is that healthcare is really expensive and we have double-digit inflation. That's less of a problem because in a rich country we get to decide whether or not we want to bid up the prices of certain goods and services. Cars are a lot more expensive than they used to be, too, because they're much better products than they have been. We have wonderful healthcare in this country, and of course it costs more. Still, the fact that it's so expensive is a problem. So we need reform.
Q: What kind should we have? The current party in power, the current administration, and the current Congress say that we need to throw out the whole system and little by little replace it with much, much more socialized medicine. What they want is a single-payer plan: Everybody has healthcare covered by government, kind of like Canada or the U.K. and a lot of other countries. Americans don't want that not because it sounds really inefficient, although it does, but rather because Americans have their values tied up in the free enterprise system. It does violence to how people see the world and the United States to nationalize one-fifth or one-sixth of the American economy.
Q: So what's a stealthy route to nationalization? OK, you're going to have a government option for everybody who can't buy health insurance. Well, that would start with 5 or 10 million people, and within 10 years it would be 100 million people, and guess what? That's a secret way to get us single-payer socialized medicine in this country; that's just how you do it. Or, nonprofit cooperatives that would have to be subsidized by the government, which would lead to the same route. This is what they want. They want a pretext for basically nationalizing American healthcare and an excuse to redistribute more income in the American economy.
Q: Is the drive to nationalize healthcare a special case or part of a bigger picture? The current administration has two guiding principles, basically. Overseas, what they call diplomacy, which we call appeasement. At home, what they call fairness, which we call redistribution. Redistribution comes about because, for the current administration, the problem is that some people have more and some people have less. That's not a problem for me: I want more equality of opportunity for people to pursue their skills and passions, and individual opportunity will lead naturally to different outcomes.
Q: Once Congress finishes with healthcare, one way or the other, what will be a hot issue during the rest of 2010? Tax reform is coming around. Right now, the maximum tax rate at the margins for Americans is 35 percent. January of 2011 it's going up to 39.6 percent, and we're getting rid of some deductions that will basically make it 41 percent, and we're talking about a surtax for healthcare, about popping the cap off payroll taxes-and we're going to have to deal with the alternative minimum tax at a certain point. The result: People are going to be paying more and more and more. The problem is that the data show that raising taxes on the rich won't raise any revenue because the rich are really good at avoiding taxes-through really clever, devious ruses like working less, starting fewer businesses, creating fewer jobs, and not being entrepreneurs.
When people see that raising taxes cuts off opportunity for them, their kids, and their grandkids, and when we have to pay for the deficit by taxing the middle class, which inevitably will happen, this is going to become a hot, hot issue. It will start emerging in 2010. This is one area where AEI is utterly locked and loaded. We have the data and we're ready to go on this. I can't wait for that fight.
Q: But what about all the people who don't pay federal income taxes? Most Americans think they pay federal income taxes, but 43 percent don't. [They do pay Social Security and Medicare taxes.] This time next year 49 percent of Americans will have no federal income tax liability and it's going up and up and up. When is the tipping point where so few Americans have skin in the game, where so many Americans are takers and so few are makers, that we say, "You know what? This is pretty sweet. I kinda like this system because someone else is paying." That's what one side is counting on actually happening.
Q: Do most Americans, including some who pay no federal income taxes, think that's right? Sixty-six percent of Americans think that everyone should have some skin in the game, that everyone should be subject to some federal income tax liability because we all should be participating in what the government is doing. Nobody should have a free ride; everybody should at least feel it a little bit.
Q: Some conservatives talk of moving from a productivity tax to a consumption-based tax system by scrapping income and capital gains taxes, and replacing them with a national sales tax such as a value-added tax. It's a really smart idea: It's much fairer. It wouldn't penalize productivity. It wouldn't wreck entrepreneurship. It would be more affirming to our values. But there's a joke about politics. It says, for the longest time a value-added tax or a consumption tax has not been politically viable because the left wing realizes that it's really regressive and the right wing realizes that it's a tremendous money-pump on the American people. When it wins, when we're going to get it, is the day that the left wing understands that it's a money pump on the American people and the right wing understands that it's regressive.
Q: So you think this change is coming. We're going to get something like that, but we're not going to scrap the old tax code. We're going to keep having the income tax, we're going to keep having the capital gains tax, we're going to keep taxing productivity and investment, but on top of that we're going to keep using the money pump and have a value-added tax, which basically treats the American people like a big ATM machine. You know, just ratchet it up a little bit and every time they have to pay more. So the trouble is that we open up the possibility of simply a new major kind of taxation.
Q: Will "cap-and-trade" environmental legislation make it? The poor disproportionately get killed under cap and trade, and the data are very clear on this. The poor pay four times as much in new energy prices in percentage of their income as the rich do, and under those circumstances it simply does too much violence to the idea of the vulnerability of the poor, unless we simply don't pay attention to that. It also hurts a lot of regions of the country that politically are inconvenient to hurt. My guess is that we won't see cap and trade.
Q: You and I don't like what the Democrats are doing-but do we also have a Republican problem? The November 2008 election with its big Democratic sweep was not a repudiation of conservatism but a repudiation of Republican mismanagement, of Republicans substituting power for principle, year after year after year. Americans don't like that. You want evidence that the Republicans didn't govern according to principle? They did nothing about the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, things that are openly subversive agencies for principles that conservatives hold dear.
Q: So what do you hope will happen politically in 2010? The worst thing that can happen for American Republicans right now is that the Democrats fail too fast. That there's too much oxygen in the market too quickly, because the Republicans haven't changed in their leadership. It's an extraordinary thing: The people who were in charge in 2008 are largely still in charge of the Republicans. There are the same candidates floating around as possibilities in the next presidential election. A lot of Americans are seeing a lot of change they don't like, but they still don't see a very realistic alternative, and that presents certain challenges.
Q: Do you have any good news for conservatives? Seventy percent of Americans agree that the free enterprise system is the best way to organize the economy despite severe ups and downs. That comes from the Pew Research Center, not some right-wing data source. Every question along those lines suggests that we're a 70/30 nation: 70 percent free enterprise; 30 percent against free enterprise. In other words, if you want left-wing principles and social democracy in the United States, you have to change American culture.
Q: Can candidates with strong conservative principles win elections? Margaret Thatcher won in the U.K. Ronald Reagan won in the U.S. Our task has to be one of principle and not of political expediency in the 2010 midterm elections. It's a short-term vs. long-term problem: We're not working for one year or two years or 2012, but for the next hundred years. We're working for the free enterprise system that's going to benefit our kids and grandchildren and generations to come. The free enterprise system is a gift to America and America is a gift to the world, but only under the right circumstances. Those of us who believe these things need to hold our colleagues', friends', and leaders' feet to the fire.


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I've had this tent (actually, the previous model) for a few years now and have used it in many different conditions. It's easy to set up, the vestibule is roomy enough for gear and shoes, and the ventilation is great. I think calling it a three-person tent is a little generous; 2 people plus gear or a parent with a two kids.
Cool tent but poor support
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
This tent has a good inside space for 2 person plus backpack and the ventilacion is very good. Also its very easy to mount.
The problem is the clips, i used the tent 5 times when the first clip broke and broke again another one. but still useful!
Did you contact their customer service? I had a problem w/ a pole on mine. They express mailed me a replacement for free, no questions asked.
Excellent tent!
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
My tent is the older version which is a different color but I'm still using it often. I bought this tent for a 30+ day motorcycle trip to Alaska and it performed flawlessly. Had many days and nights of pouring rain and the tent remained dry. It also held up well to windy days and temps down into the 20's. I was also pleasantly surprised at the stakes that came with this tent as most of the time they are lacking. I've pounded these into all types of ground with no problems, and have only managed to bend one of them slightly. I like the fact that it's a single door, and the vestibule is large enough to actually store gear under if the conditions are muddy. Three average size people might be a little snug, but most manufacturers seem to rate tents for very slim people. It fit me, and all my gear stored inside with plenty of room to spare. Great piece of gear!
Nice tent
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
I've used this tent a few times and so far I have to say, it's great! I actually purchased this as a factory second from a different store and have yet to figure out what makes it a second. Overall, setup is fast and easy, even with one person. The poles seem reasonably rugged, and the dry pitch system should be nice if I ever find myself setting up in the rain or decide to shed the weight of the tent itself and use just the foot print, poles and rain fly. It does have a gear loft at the front as well as a couple of pockets at the rear of the tent. The floorless vestibule formed by the rain fly is nice for storing gear and helping to keep some of the dirt out of the tent a s well. I would like to see a few more view out sections in the rain fly since it covers all of the tent, windows included. I imagine 3 people will fit, but it would definitely be snug. I have used it primarily for myself and my dog, and have yet to try carrying it back packing.


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Dick Barker, native of Oklahoma City, Okla., became Iowa State's first football All-American in 1919. The guard was elected to the second team of the Chicago Tribune's All-America squad and to Knute Rockne's All-America list in 1919. He was also an All-Western, all-Missouri Valley and all-Iowa selection in 1917 and 1919.
The 1919 Cyclones were 5-2-1 under the direction of head coach Charles "Uncle Charlie" Mayser. Barker provided strong line play and recovered a fumble in the Cyclones' 46-0 homecoming rout of Kansas State. He closed out his career with a crushing blow to a Drake ball carrier that jarred the ball loose and was recovered by ISU's Leland Zink, who ran the fumble in for a touchdown to defeat the Bulldogs, 14-0.
Barker was the first Cyclone to play in the NFL, signing with the Chicago Staleys under head coach George S. Halas in 1921. The Staleys, which changed its name to the Bears the following season, notched a 9-1-1 in Barker's only season in Chicago.
In addition to his talents on the football field, Barker was a top-notch wrestler. In the 1921 meet against Penn State, Barker won a decision over Capt. Spangler in the first period. The decision gave Barker the intercollegiate championship in the 175-pound weight class. He finished his career with 10-1-1 mark, including five pins. The only loss of his career came in his first collegiate match, where Barker wrestled at heavyweight with a broken hand.
Barker went on to become the football coach at Cornell College in Mt. Vernon, Iowa. After a year at Cornell, Barker started the wrestling program at the University of Michigan. He was then enticed to come back to Cornell after two years at Michigan to serve as the school's athletic director, football and wrestling head coach. Barker became known as one of the pioneers of collegiate wrestling. He helped draft the first collegiate rules and helped plan the first NCAA tournament in 1928. Barker, who was an assistant coach of the 1928 U.S. Olympic Wrestling team, tutored two-time Olympian Lloyd Appleton, a silver medalist in 1928, and Olympians Kenneth Truckenmiller, Lyle Morford and Dale Brand. Brand was an NCAA champion and Morford a three-time All-American at Cornell. He led the Division III school to nine top-10 NCAA all-university finishes until his retirement in 1941. He was inducted into the College Wrestling Hall of Fame as a coach in 1991.


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Feb 09 2011
8 Important Security Tips for your Detached Garage Plan
Security for a detached garage plan is often overlooked, but it is important to note that a detached garage is a great target for vandals and thieves. Whether you actually store your cars in your detached garage or not, it is very likely your garage holds plenty of other expensive tools and equipment that may be of interest to potential burglars. Below are eight tips to help you keep your detached garage and everything inside it safe and secure.
1. Make sure your garage door is in good working condition. Check the garage door for cracks, loose panels, broken window panes and other damaged areas. Have the garage door repaired or replaced as soon as possible before a criminal discovers these weak points and pries the garage door open.
2. Lock doors and windows when you are not in the garage. Having quality locks on all doors and windows will deter potential break-ins.
3. Lock the garage door from the inside. Criminals are getting smarter. Even with a quality garage door opener, criminals can still get in your garage by rolling the door up with a little effort. If your garage door has locks, use them.
4. Never leave your garage door open if it isn't necessary, even if you are home. An open garage door easily displays your garage and all the contents inside to anyone traveling along your street so they know what valuables you have inside. A passer-by might see something he or she wants, such as a new bike or your prized motorcycle, and come back to steal it. Keeping the garage door closed also deters vandals. If someone looking to "have a good time" spots your sparkling ski boat or a restored vehicle in the garage, the open garage door just gave them an invitation to come back later and ransack the garage and damage your valuable possessions inside.
5. Do not leave the garage door cracked for ventilation. Even the slightest crack at the bottom of the garage door provides an opportunity for break-ins.
6. Use outdoor lighting and security cameras to deter criminals and thieves. Burglars know most detached garages are unoccupied at night. Since the detached garage is not connected to the home, it is easy to break-in and not be noticed. Lighting and security cameras will make potential burglars think twice.
7. Stealing garage door openers out of cars is becoming a growing problem. Keep your call locked at all times even if you are in the house or the backyard. If you discover your garage door opener has been taken from your car change the frequency and code to your garage door opener immediately.
8. If you have a home security system for your home, consider adding the security system to you detached garage as well.
Homeowners often overlook the security of their detached garage. Following these tips from The Garage Plan Shop will help make your garage and the things inside it safe and secure.
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|Dandelion Daze draws 31 vehicles; 600 for Friday night meal
|Written by Chris Lee
Phillips County Courthouse lawn in Holyoke served as the stage for 31 classic vehicles, community members and visitors on Saturday, June 20. Vehicles from all over the area parked on the lawn under the trees for the Dandelion Daze car show, sponsored by Holyoke Chamber of Commerce.
Fifteen vehicles were chosen as the top finishers. Results follow:
John Blackowski, Aurora, 1947 Chrysler Town and Country; Bob and Polly Zetterman, Arvada, 1957 Chevy Convertible; Einspahr Farms, Holyoke, 1930 Ford Sport Coupe A; Ed and Mary Lou Rockwell, Denver, 1940 Ford Deluxe Convertible; Shawn Dalton, Holyoke, 1967 Chevrolet Camaro RS; Jodie Brown, Arvada, 1964 Ford Falcon; Edwin Hurt, Golden, 1951 Ford Custom; Merrill Newman, Aurora, 1956 Ford Fairlane Victoria; Scott Schultz, St. Francis, Kan., 1972 Chevy El Camino; Paul Dozoretz, Brighton, 1952 Ford Customline; Earl Erdmon, Haigler, Neb., 1951 Kalser Club Coupe; Marvin Nelson, Julesburg, 1942 Ford Tudor; Einspahr Farms, Holyoke, 1931 Ford Pickup A; Einspahr Farms, Holyoke, 1926 Ford Pickup T; Jerry McArthur, Burlington, 1964 Chevrolet Corvette; Larry Hilty, Sterling, 1939 Chevy Coupe and Delbert Sears, Sterling, 1936 Dodge 4-Door.
Winning the Top Gun (Rodder's Choice) was Blackowski with his 1947 Chrysler Town and Country.
Winning the People's Choice was Don Smith, Colorado Springs, with his 1972 Chevrolet Corvette.
One of the bigger attractions of the day was the NASCAR simulator. A line could be seen almost all day with people waiting for their turn to drive the car.
Lorenzo Solis of Holyoke was the quilt winner.
A total of nine entries from Collin Brungardt, Rachelle Brungardt and Skyler Brungardt all of Sterling were the model car winners.
There were 12 crafter/vendor booths along with the ambulance and fire truck displays.
600 people took part in the meal on Friday night sponsored by Holyoke Marketplace and the Bank of Colorado. Thirty people visited the Phillips County Museum.


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Youngseon Choi
About Me
- I'm a Ph.D. student in Architecture at Georgia Tech, specializing in the area, ACB (Architecture, Culture, and Behavior). I got my Bachelor's degree in architectural engineering and had some time for practice back in Korea and came here at Tech for the professional degree in Architecture. Currently I'm very intersted in the role of physical environment such as addressing the needs of care model & process and then, involving in enhancing process and quality of care.
- I'm also a mother of 16 months old boy! He is a very healthy and happy boy! I can't imagine being in a hospital with him... Just imagining that is quite terrifying... It would be out of imagination being actually in a hospital with the little one... I hope I can really understand their (families and children) feelings and needs and can reflect those into the design of the pediatric health center.
Blog starts here!
Site Visit at the Children's at Hughes Spalding
Media:5 observations, 5 ideas, and 3 conversations.pdf
Research related to handwashing
[Environmental intervention]
- Hand washing is improved by increasing the ratio of the number of sinks or hand-cleaner dispensers to beds (Cohen et al, 2003; Kaplan & McGuckin, 1986; Vernon et al, 2003)
- Providing automated water/soap sinks appears not to increase hand washing rates compared to traditional non-automated sinks (Larson et al, 1991; 1997)
- A combination of bedside antiseptic hand-rub dispensers and posters to remind staff to clean their hands substantially increased compliance (Pittet et al, 2000)
- Placing alcohol-gel dispensers next to the doors of patient rooms did not increase adherence (Muto et al, 2000)
- Improved accessibilty to sinks (more sinks) does not lead to an improvement in healthcare workers' handwashing compliance (Whitby, 2004)
- Glove use was shown to diminish compliance with pre-care handwashing by as much as 25% (Whitby, 2004)
- Wilson (2006) Reducing hospital-acquired infection by design: the new University College London Hospital
- A case study of the planning and building of new University College London Hospital to reduce infection by design
- They tried to make hand basins as visible and prominent as possible. Hand basins were placed as the window wall in front of appraching staff and one the peninsula units, so that staff had to walk past them on the way into each bay (Figure1)
- Alcohol hand gel was also planned for every bedside
- However, they did not evauluate the impact of their design on infection control
[Organizational and technological intervention]
- McGuckin (2006) The effect of random voice hand hygiene messeages delivered by medical, nursing, and infection control staff on hand hygiene compliance in intensive care
- They found that using random voice message increased handwashing compliance.
- Twelve voice messages on Handwashing compliance facts such as "hand hygiene should occur before and after patient contact," and so on were installed to deliver prompts to 2 amplified external speakers.
- They measured product usage (soap and sanitizer)and bed-days. During the 6-week baseline period, 18,000 ml soap and 9940 ml sanitizer were used versus 21,000 ml soap and 15,496 ml sanitizer during the intervention.
- Larson et al, 2005 Effect of antiseptic handwashing vs alcohol sanitizer on health care-associated infections in neonatal intensive care units
- Two hand hygiene products were tested: a traditional antiseptic handwash and an alcohol hand sanitizer.
- Each product was used for 11 consecutive months in each neonatal intensive care unit in random order.
- There were no significant differences in neonatal infections between the two products.
- The skin condition of participating nurses was significantly improved during the alcohol phase (P=.02 and P=.049 for observer and self-assessments, respectively), but there were no significant differences in mean microbial counts on nurses hands
- However, assessing the impact on infection rates of a single intervention is challenging because of multiple contributory factors such as patient risk, unit design, and staff behavior. Other practices such as frequency and quality of hand hygiene are likely to be as important as product in reducing risk of cross-transmission.
- Weinstein (2004) Guideline for hand hygiene in healthcare settings
- Interesting article to look at Media:Weinstein_2004.pdf - It explains the recommended hand hygiene practice in healthcare settings!


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Summary:The series, set first in the fictional all-American town of Bryant Park, then in North Hollywood, California, follows the trials and tribulations of widower Steve Douglas and his three sons.
Widower Steve Douglas, a consulting aviation engineer, lives with his three sons, Mike, Robbie and Chip, in the Midwest city of Bryant Park. Steve's father-in-law, "Bub" O'Casey lives with them and serves as a kind of housekeeper to the family. When he left for Ireland (midway during 1964-65 season), he was replaced by his brother, Uncle Charley, a retired sailor.
At the start of the 1965-66 season, son Mike marries girlfriend Sally and moves East to teach psychology at a university. Steve subsequent... Full Summary >>


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Hypokalemic periodic paralysis
Other Names for this Disease
- HypoPP
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CACNA1S and SCN4A genes which are inherited in an autosomal dominant fashion. A small percentage of people with the characteristic features of hypokalemic periodic paralysis do not have identified mutations in these genes. In these cases, the cause of the condition is unknown.[1] Paralytic crises can be treated with oral or IV potassium. Other management includes prevention of crises and support of specific symptoms.[2]Hypokalemic periodic paralysis is a condition that causes episodes of extreme muscle weakness typically beginning in childhood or adolescence. Most often, these episodes involve a temporary inability to move muscles in the arms and legs. The duration and frequency of the episodes may vary. Hypokalemic periodic paralysis is caused by mutations in the
Last updated: 9/16/2009
- Hypokalemic periodic paralysis. Genetics Home Reference. April 2007; http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=hypokalemicperiodicparalysis. Accessed 4/20/2010.
- Sternberg D, Tabti N, Hainque B, Fontaine B. Hypokalemic periodic paralysis. GeneReviews. April 28, 2009; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=gene&part=hpp. Accessed 4/20/2010.
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- Genetics Home Reference (GHR) contains information on Hypokalemic periodic paralysis. This website is maintained by the National Library of Medicine.
- MedlinePlus was designed by the National Library of Medicine to help you research your health questions, and it provides more information about this topic.
- The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) collects and disseminates research information related to neurological disorders. Click on the link to view information on this topic.
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- Medscape Reference provides information on this topic. You may need to register to view the medical textbook, but registration is free.
- Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) is a catalog of human genes and genetic disorders. Each entry has a summary of related medical articles. It is meant for health care professionals and researchers. OMIM is maintained by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
- Orphanet is a European reference portal for information on rare diseases and orphan drugs. Access to this database is free of charge.
- PubMed is a searchable database of medical literature and lists journal articles that discuss Hypokalemic periodic paralysis. Click on the link to view a sample search on this topic.
Other Names for this Disease
- HypoPP
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Courtney Love Is Hooked on Chicken Potpie and Pineapple Upside-Down Cake
"I stopped doing dope in the nineties, but I've had to eat sweets at 4 or 5 a.m. ever since."
"I'm not a foodie," Courtney Love tells Grub Street, "but I am a foodie." And so begins the amazing and exasperating New York Diet tell-all, as Love weaves in and out of the Fred Torres Gallery (where her racy-femme show, "And She's Not Even Pretty," is getting rave reviews), subsisting on Dean & Deluca takeout, daily cake deliveries, gallons of lemon water, and anything by Mario Batali, whom Love calls "the only friend you really need." Read on as Love takes less of a what-I-ate-this-week approach to her New York Diet and instead freely reflects on her body, refrigerator, testosterone levels, and "fuckin' Portandia-like" mixology skills.
Friday, April 27
This is all you need to know about me and food ...
Every day I have my house manager, Hershey — who I stole from the Mercer Hotel with André Balazs's blessing — wake me up with a hot washcloth for my face, a leg rub, and a plate of toast soldiers.
Then someone always gets chicken potpie and potato salad from D.D., you know, Dean & Deluca. If I can't afford D.D., I just don't eat.
One thing from living next to Paris Hilton in L.A. ... she always had a fresh cake in her house. So I make sure someone gets a full, fresh new one every day, like marzipan. My house manager tries to put it in the fridge, but I don't like refrigeration. I know, so Portlandia of me. But I'm sorry, I'm from Portland!
That's what I eat. Every day. And then I need sugar from 4 a.m. to 5 a.m.
Saturday, April 28
Toast soldiers, washcloth, leg rub, D.D., sugar.
I know Mario Batali well. Why bother knowing anyone else? Michael Stipe told me to talk to him artist-to-artist. Those clogs built an empire, man! I took my soccer-mom/lawyer sister with Stipe and some people from U2 to Babbo, and it changed the way she ate forever. It's like when a fat, American woman goes to France and she realizes there's another way to eat. By the way, the only meal I've had that's better than Babbo is Brooklyn Fare. It's all about Brooklyn Fare, dude.
My whole 4 a.m. to 5 a.m. sugar thing is a problem. When I lived at the Mercer Hotel, they literally called an admin meeting on how to make the perfect warm sugar cookie for me in the middle of the night. Last night I got into some Jeni's Ice cream in Ugandan Vanilla Bean. I stopped doing dope in the nineties, but I've had to eat sweets at 4 or 5 a.m. ever since.
I hate chocolate. Fuck chocolate. Kurt hated chocolate, too — that was one of the things we had in common. Chocolate makes it all too easy. Oooh. Woww. Chocolate. Oooh. Yum. Fuck that. It's sorta like how I don't love the Ramones. It's a flaw. Or, I love Mr. Springsteen as a person, I'm just not a superfan. Everyone lovvves the Boss, but that's chocolate for me. It's just, like ... no.
I'm all about the pineapple upside-down cake and google "crème brûlée circuit." I coined that shit.
Sunday, April 29
Sometimes I forget to eat. Right now I'm 125 pounds and five foot, eleven inches, but my "rock weight" was 160. I think I'm a sexy beast at 160, but Gwyneth is the one who told me that if you want to act, and I do want to get back to acting, "You are your own advertisement."
Actually, when I was 192 pounds, in that Vogue shoot where they had to cut the dress open to get me into it, I thought I was hot then. But here's why: My testosterone level is 358, which is crazy because I don't have a beard, no acne, and I'm not a lesbian. You know that fat chick with zits who thinks she can steal your boyfriend because she believes she's actually hot? That's her testosterone talking! But I also have more estrogen than normal. So doctors expect me to have a beard and these massive Dolly Parton tits. I'm explaining this to help understand why maybe my diet is odd.
I once lost a ton of weight from a fish-sticks-and-lemon-water diet. That's how I started my own band; I had to lose all that weight first, apparently. Anyway, I love lemon water; it's the key to life.
Monday, April 30
Toast soldiers, washcloth, leg rub, D.D., sugar.
I'm not a big drinker, but Bono once gave me a bottle of Pétrus in France. It gets you so stoned in a really opiated way, like you'd just taken a Vicodin. A month later I found out it cost $12K! But before that, I was like, "Dude, they should get that to the junkies!" After that, I bought a subscription to Wine Spectator ... but Jesus ... that's like moving to Santa Barbara or Bridgehampton; I'm not that old. Come on, Court! Now I'm not into wine porn at all.
Tuesday, May 1
Toast soldiers, washcloth, leg rub, D.D., sugar.
Cheap wine at the gallery opening — yuck. I can count on my fingers and toes how much I've been drunk — and that's always from tequila. If you see me with my top off, blame tequila. I've also only had four boyfriends.
The best bartender alive, Salvatore Calabrese, is who I had the honor of learning booze from. Now I make "nuritos" which is a mojito named after Nur Khan. So tonight I made an amazing nurito for my guy: fresh lime juice, rum, sugar cane syrup, confectioners' sugar, with mint, crushed. He doesn't like sweet so, jalapeño bitters. I am so that fuckin' Portlandia-like person with the cocktails. UGH.
Wednesday, May 2
Hershey leaves me my tray of usual foods.
Me and André were going to open a salt store. And then across the street opens the Meadow with 800 kinds of salt. Even though they stole my fucking idea, I stop by there all the time. Of COURSE they're from Portland. I told Fred Armisen that I'll only do the show if they make it "Courtney Love Is From Portland Day."
My art party is at the Americano. Someone booked it without asking me. I could have just called Mario! The last good party I had was for Ed Norton in '98. I'm scared for this one. I'm a stranger in a strange land with the art world. And I'm not an attention whore as much as people think.
I don't recommend trying my eating habits at home, and I compensate by juicing kale and shit.