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1955 Chevy Suburban - '55 Surf-BurbanWritten on June 1, 2006 Byers Customs' '55 Surf-Burban
There's nothing better than getting to see a unique project from behind the veiled curtain of the buildup. Unlike spoiling the plot, revealing some of the intricacies involved oftentimes piques interest in seeing the finished product, not to mention pointing out little tricks and whatnot that sometimes go unnoticed when all's said and done. As promised last month, here's a little sample tasting of a project now underway in the great Pacific Northwest--Auburn, Washington, that is.
Jon Byers and the crew at Byers Custom & Restoration are nearing completion of the shop's own set of wheels, a custom '55 Chevy Suburban--or "Surf-Burban" as we like to call it. Just in case you didn't catch the preview in the June issue with the Eric Brockmeyer rendering, we took the pleasure of running it once again. And as it stands now, the only real deviance from that original artwork is the elimination of the lower branch of flames (only the beltline stretch will remain), giving the truck a sleeker look overall. You'll all have to wait till later this summer to find out for real--stay tuned!
For more info in the meantime, you can visit online at www.byerscustoms.com to see what else the guys are customizin' and restorin'.
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They say "Image is Everything." In this case, chassis is everything! Obtaining a ride quality that is equivalent to a new Vette, as well as the lowest possible stance, isn't the easiest thing to do--that is, unless you contact Art Morrison Enterprises. After acquiring their Profile Air Spring Plus perimeter frames, Byers had Wicked Fabrication (also in Auburn, WA) put it all together.A healthy kick was necessary out back to allow the four-linked 9-inch to settle down nicely when the air is released. With Morrison, seamless bends like this are no problem, which makes its framerails even more desirable.Hanging out behind the rear, Wicked hung the sleeve-type Firestone airbags along with an adjustable antisway bar in tow. That device, on top of the third member, is actually the Watts Linkage, which was relocated due to airbag clearance issues. But from the looks of it, it will perform just as good, if not better, keeping the rear centered.Moving forward, we see the artistic stainless steel plumbing work. Made For You frame tabs and through-the-rail access ports make for a super-clean look.The engine? Oh, it's just your ordinary 468ci big-block backed by a 700-R4 overdrive. OK, so maybe a potent Rat such as this isn't your average run-of-the-mill fare, especially with detailing like this one. The valve covers will nicely emulate the exterior graphics still to come.
...At this point in build process, the chop on the '55 Suburban had been completed, along with a majority of the bodywork...but there was still plenty that lay ahead.The model-building process progressed a bit more over time; with the suspension back in place, 18- and 20-inch wheels were thrown on for good "measure." As you can see, so were a stock grille and front bumper, among other things. Looking good so far, huh?The previous chassis shots were taken afterward, but this shot shows how the new rear floor structure came to be. Obviously, the stock wood wouldn't cut it.Owner Jon Byers even enlisted the help of his youngest son, Kyle, shown here welding rear floor bracing in place. Gotta start 'em young, right?All said and done, this is what the rear section of the Suburban looked like with the new substructure.Fully deviating from stock, the dash was a drawn-out job in itself. Completely reshaped, the foundation now houses modern-style instrumentation in a modern style......like this! Components from Vintage Air, ididit, Lecarra, Classic, etc. make for a nice, formal setting.
After-the-fact custom bodywork continued, including the extending/peaking of the headlight eyebrows.Anyone experienced in the bodyworking process knows, it's a very long process at best, especially with elaborate custom projects such as this. Primer becomes a very hot commodity!As seen on the chassis, plumbing is handled in a discrete manner in many cases. Here, tubing was used to route the condenser lines in the grille cavity.At some point along the way, the decision was made to go with Cameo taillights instead of the stock Suburban units--wise move!The first signs of glossy paint--albeit just on the firewall for now, at least it's one step closer to completion, and ought to indicate things are headed in the right direction.


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It is a very strong year at the top on the defensive side of the ball and after Nkemdiche and Foster, you have defensive tackle Montravius Adams, outside linebacker Matthew Thomas, and cornerbacks Vernon Hargreaves (Florida commitment) and Jalen Ramsey (Soft verbal to USC).
Tunsil is the top offensive prospect with tight end O.J. Howard (Alabama commitment) and running backs Alex Collins, and Derrick Henry (Alabama commitment) following him. All are five-star prospects.
It is another very strong year in the southeast with many of the best in the country coming out of this region.
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Trevor Thomas, with the help of his guide dog Tennille, became the first blind person to solo self-navigate the Mountain-to-Sea Trail Saturday after he reached Jockey�s Ridge on the Outer Banks.
Thomas, hiked through New Bern, Bridgeton and Pamlico County nearly two weeks ago on the final legs of the 915-mile trail.
The hike was to bring awareness to the abilities blind people have and to raise money for Guide Dogs for the Blind that can make a big difference in a blind person�s life, Thomas said when passing through the area.
Thomas, 44, of Charlotte lost his sight because of a rare eye disease when he was 35. He began hiking after he went blind and has been doing it professionally along with motivational speaking for the past five years. In 2005, 15 months after he become blind, he hiked the Appalachian Trail.
Geoffrey Whaley, part owner of Whaley�s Food Center in Cove City, said he and his father Roy were amazed at Thomas� accomplishment. Thomas stayed with the Whaleys in Cove City June 10 as he was hiking toward to coast. They are listed in the MTS guide book as trail angels who help hikers and bikers along the trail.
�We�ve had over two dozen hikers and people riding bikes stay with us when they were on the trail,� Whaley said Sunday. �Out of the two dozen who stayed with us, he was by far the most inspirational of them all. With him doing it with just his guide dog and an iPhone is unreal.�
Whaley�s father was also impressed that Thomas completed the trail.
�Even with him being blind, he opened our eyes,� he said.
His son added: �I think it is a testament to his faith and his drive to finish what he started.�
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Springtime Lawn Mowing Hints
Taking proper care of your lawn in the spring, will give you a jump start to maintaining a healthy lawn all summer. If you polish your mowing techniques early, they will carry you through the growing season like a major league pro. These tips will help you get started:
1. Rake – Remove all of the dead weeds and grass, sticks, litter, and leaves.
2. Sharpen Blade – Keep your lawnmower blade sharp. A dull blade tears and bruises the grass, therefore weakening it.
3. Proper Height – Generally, a lawn should be mowed by cutting off 1/3 of the blade. This may mean making two passes if the grass is especially long. Cutting a lawn too short allows accelerated weed growth and scalping causes uneven growth and bare spots.
4. Direction – Mix it up by cutting the grass in a different direction each time. This helps to prevent the grass blades from leaning in one direction. When turning the mower make turns as smooth as possible.
5. Don't Mow Wet – Let the grass dry before mowing. Even the morning dew makes the lawn too wet to mow. Besides causing uneven cuts, mowing wet grass can encourage the growth of fungus. Wet grass clumps up under the mower's deck. This can impede the blade and tax the engine. Also, there is danger to the operator trying to maneuver on a wet lawn. Don't be a hero; let the ump call the game.


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NBA Changes Format for Championship Round
After nearly 30 years of the NBA's home-court advantage winner playing the championship round in a two home games, three away games, two home games format, the league has changed to a 2-2-1-1-1 format.
The change, decided in a unanimous vote on Oct. 23 by the league's owners, will be effective for the 2014 Finals and brings the championship into line with the format of the other rounds of the NBA playoffs. An extra day off will also be added between Games 6 and 7.
"There certainly was a perception…it was unfair to the team that had the better record, that it was then playing the pivotal Game 5 on the road," Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver told ESPN. "So this obviously moves that game back to giving home-court advantage to the team with the better record if it's a 2-2 series."
In June's Finals, the San Antonio Spurs and Miami Heat faced that exact situation. Instead of the fifth game being held in Miami, the game was held in San Antonio, who won and put the Heat on the brink of elimination. The Heat rallied, winning Games 6 and 7 to claim the title.
In 2012, the Oklahoma City Thunder had home-court advantage but fell to Miami in five games. The prior year, the Heat held home-court advantage but lost to the Dallas Mavericks in six games.
"I like the new format," ESPN Production Assistant Brian Waters told the AFRO. "If this change would have happened last year, the Spurs would have won the NBA Finals."
"There's been a sense among our teams that in a 2-2 series, it's not fair for a team with the better record to be away [for the fifth game]," commissioner David Stern said during a league's board of governors annual preseason meeting. "It's not fair for the better team in terms of record to spend as many as eight days away from home."
This season marks Stern's last year as the NBA's commissioner after 30 years of service. He announced his retirement in October 2012.
Stern changed the Finals format in 1985, when he took over as commissioner for then-Boston Celtics president Red Auerbach, who complained about the demands of travel in the 2-1-1-1 format following several Finals between his team and the Los Angeles Lakers.
Stern will hand over his duties to Silver on Feb. 1, exactly 30 years after he was named NBA commissioner in 1984.
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Royals acquire pitcher Ethan Hollingsworth from Oakland for Kila Ka'aihue
The Royals announced today that the club has acquired minor league right-handed pitcher Ethan Hollingsworth from the Oakland Athletics in exchange for first baseman Kila Ka'aihue. Hollingsworth was assigned to the Omaha (AAA) Storm Chasers roster.
The 24-year-old Hollingsworth spent a majority of the 2011 season with Midland (AA) in the Texas League, compiling a 6-5 record with a 3.61 ERA in 17 appearances, including 16 starts. The 6-foot-2, 200-pounder also made a pair of late season starts with Triple-A Sacramento and one relief appearance in the Pacific Coast League playoffs. Born and raised in Joliet, Ill., Hollingsworth, whose first name is Phillip but goes by his middle name Ethan, was originally drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the fourth round of the 2008 Draft out of Western Michigan University. He was traded to Oakland for pitcher Clayton Mortensen on January 24, 2011.
Ka'aihue, 27, opened the season as the Royals starting first baseman and hit .195 (16-for-82) with two home runs in 23 games before being optioned to Omaha (AAA). He spent the remainder of the season with the Storm Chasers and was designated for assignment by the Royals on September 21.


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Division: Wolseley Mechanical Group
Position: Warehouse Person
Location: Cronkhite Calgary South
If you are ambitious, hard working and want to be part of a large, evolving and successful global company we can offer you competitive compensation, full benefits, bonus opportunity, and exceptional career development potential.
Wolseley Canada is a market leader in the wholesale distribution of plumbing, heating, ventilation & air conditioning, engineered pipe, waterworks, fire protection, pipes, valves and fittings and industrial supplies products.
Wolseley Canada's parent company, Wolseley PLC, is among the world's largest specialist trade distributors and has 79,000 employees serving customers through over 5,000 branches in over 28 countries.
The Western Mechanical Group has an exciting opportunity available at their Cronkhite Calgary South branch:
Reporting to the Branch Manager, the responsibilities will include:
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While someone representing him- or herself may be able to successfully handle certain parts of a case without a lawyer, other parts, like discovery, motions, and jury trial preparation, generally require the expertise of a trained lawyer. You can get the help of a limited-scope lawyer, which means that the lawyer helps you as a coach or advisor, and you still represent yourself, or you can hire the lawyer to handle only certain parts of your case that are too complicated for you to do yourself. To find out more about limited-scope representation, and get help finding a limited-scope lawyer, read Limited-Scope Representation.


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We ended up with the four of us. I rode alongside Rick from Toronto and Byron and his wife Pam. We blamed the poor weather conditions, not everybody's cup of tea. Or some were just aiming for other destinations. Byron and I joked about how the weather's always crap when he and Pam hit Amsterdam. And when it's not raining, snowing or frogs falling from the sky, when we start riding, it eventually will. It's a given. ;) FITC provided two, very artsy/colored beater bikes for the ride, put together by Champagne Valentine, one more crooked/bend than the other. Very cool. Still, we needed one more bike, so we thought we'd head over to Workcycles (where a small reception would take place later that afternoon) and see if we could borrow one. Henry hadn't arrived yet, so we pedaled on to MacBike at the central station. And by 'pedaled' I mean that Byron was sitting side saddle on the back of Mr Freight. Not an opportunity to waste, of course:
We rode on to the Plantage buurt (near Artis Zoo) and forced by a downpour we fled into a nearby cafe. Cycling in the rain ain't a biggie, but if there's no absolute need to torture yourself, treat yourself to some nice beers instead. It was equally nice to just talk about stuff that transcends the act of cycling, aka our professional realms. I discovered that I had even more in common with my guests than just the love for bicycles/cycling. Yeah, always funny how that works.The final stop was at Henry's, who had provided for great finger food and more beers. A setting for lots of (real) bike geek talk and showing off stuff, as you can imagine...but with items you might not have guessed. :) Meanwhile in the city, things transpired as usual, people going about their way. (Yeah, I know, it's not raining in those pictures. But for editorial purposes, this just will have to do :-p)


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WINCHESTER, Va. (WUSA9) -- Frederick County Sheriff's Office authorities say a man was found dead after officers responded to a call for a physical altercation on Tuesday morning.
According to authorities, officers responded to a 911 call in the 100 block of Williamson Road at 4:45 a.m. In a press released, they say the "call was in reference to a physical altercation between two males. As a result of the altercation, one male is deceased."
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COWETA COUNTY, Ga. -- Authorities are asking for the public's assistance in locating a 77-year-old man.
Robert Jarold Arnold was last seen at around 4 p.m. Thursday in the area of Georgia Highway 70/Roscoe Road and Leigh Avenue in Newnan, according to the Coweta County Sheriff's Department.
He was wearing a checkered or plaid coat, jeans, blue and white shoes, and a gray hat.
Deputies said he is approximately 5'7", 134 pounds. He has a thin build, brown eyes, and black or gray facial hair. He is balding and has no teeth. He wears glasses, chews tobacco, walks with a cane, and has a pacemaker.
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Information Literacy in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgender Studies
Back to Information Literacy in the Disciplines Menu
The ACRL IS Information Literacy in the Disciplines Committee has gathered links and citations to information literacy standards and curricula developed by accrediting agencies, professional associations, and institutions of higher education for GAY & LESBIAN STUDIES. Please feel free to continue our work by creating an account and adding content!
Accrediting Agencies, Professional Associations, and Standards
The ACRL IS Information Literacy in the Disciplines Committee is not aware of information literacy standards in this area. However, the following are the leading professional associations in the field.
Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies http://web.gc.cuny.edu/clags/ (accessed April 8, 2012).
Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals http://www.lgbtcampus.org/ (accessed April 8, 2012).
International Lesbian and Gay Association http://www.ilga.org/index.asp (accessed April 8, 2012).
National Association of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Centers (NALGBTCC) http://www.lgbtcenters.org/ (accessed April 8, 2012).
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) http://www.thetaskforce.org/ (accessed April 8, 2012).
Curricula, Articles, and Presentations
Alexander, Linda B., and Sarah D. Miselis. 2007. "Barriers to GLBTQ Collection Development and Strategies for Overcoming Them." Young Adult Library Services 5, no. 3: 43-49.
Erwin, Terry McVannel. 2006. Infusing lesbigay research into the counseling research classroom. Journal of Homosexuality, 51(3): 125-164.
Greenblatt, Ellen. 2005. Exploring LGBTQ online resources. Journal of Library Administration, 43(4): 85-101.
GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/glq/ (Accessed April 8, 2012).
Kadour, Ric Kasini. 2005. Power of data, the price of exclusion. Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review, 12(1): 31-33.
Lupien, Pascal. 2007. "GLBT/Sexual Diversity Studies Students and Academic Libraries: A Study of User Perceptions and Satisfaction." Canadian Journal of Information & Library Sciences 31, no. 2: 131-147.
McDowell, Sara. Library instruction for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered college students. In Teaching the New Library to Today's Users, ed. Trudi Jacobson and Helene C Williams, 71-86. New York: Neal-Schuman, 2000.
Mehra, Bharat, and Donna Braquet. 2007. "Library and Information Science Professionals as Community Action Researchers in an Academic Setting: Top Ten Directions to Further Institutional Change for People of Diverse Sexual Orientations and Gender Identities." Library Trends 56, no. 2: 542-565.
Meezan, William & James I. Martin, eds., Handbook of Research with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Populations. New York: Routledge, 2009.
Moss, Eleanor. 2008. "An inductive evaluation of a public library GLBT collection." Collection Building 27, no. 4: 149-156.
Potts, Hilary. 2003. Searching the databases: a quick look at Amazon and two other online catalogues. Journal of Homosexuality, 45(1): 161-170.
Yeh, Nei-Ching. 2008. "The social constructionist viewpoint on gays and lesbians, and their information behaviour." Information Research 13, no. 4: 43.


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Standards, best/good practices, rubrics and operational audit formats seem to be reproducing at an alarming and staggering rate. ISO 22301 is now released, but it remains to be seen how this will converge with NFPA 1600, EMAP and the other professional practices formats out there competing for our attention. Local agency techniques, business continuity management and social sector approaches all tend to take slightly different directions. The old timers are experts at SEMS, NIMS, ICS and so on, which assumes a specific scale, level of preparation, access to resources, management style, electricity, (now internet), and organizational context. These entities generally have a functioning EOC, lots of practice, trained first responders and outside mutual aid potential (and pre-existing agreements). Yet, most initial responses, (perhaps lasting longer than planned for), involve either small work groups or families with:
- Lower levels of training
- Unfamiliarity with NIMS and ICS
- Potential isolation (and marginalization) from a centralized command and control function
- Possibility of necessity for long-term and sustainable continuity of operations, (or simply survival)
- Relational challenges if the group had not worked (or exercised) together in the past, leading to team complexities
- Lack of resources
More characteristics are possible that might further complicate the response to a scenario or different threat. The traditional 72-hour kit still helps, but challenges like Superstorm Sandy showed that this is a small part of the challenge.
As an example, we seldom consider a world without electricity. Yet the complex, interdependent, tightly-coupled systems we have created sometimes presume that adequate power will always be available. From the internet to refrigeration to hospital life-sustaining systems, the loss of electricity promises far deeper implications and consequences than we generally suppose. A power outage is fraught with cascading implications, depending on the context, preparation, duration, individuals involved with direct response, secondary and tertiary crises, status of central command and EOC, mutual aid, contingent acquisition agreements, plans in place, and previous opportunities to practice for such an occurrence, (among other possibilities). New York's "diesel bucket brigade" is a shining example of perplexing problems.
In Resilience, Zolli and Healy lay out a framework for thinking about this. The Salvation Army uses a crisis management format for day-to-day operations. The University of California system is considering a related idea for certain projects.
These are helpful for thinking about a bottom-up version of "functional crisis management" as a management template for the kind of scaled-down, isolated, under-resourced, relationally-complex responses of the future, facing sense-making challenges and wicked problems. But Newtown, Sandy and the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami have changed our world forever.
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I used to have zimbra setup to forward emails to my old hotmail, which is now upgraded to outlook. Outlook thinks all of my contacts are evil and sends them a 550 sc-001 error when I get an email from them saying the message is spam. Problem is I can't stop this forwarding from zimbra, even though I don't see the outlook account in my forwarding anymore and it is not setup as a filter to forward. Is there any other thing I can try to stop zimbra from forwarding to my outlook?
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"The support provided by the Jackson-Hope Fund has been critical to developing new academic initiatives and cultivating those initiatives into flagship programs, such as the Undergraduate Research Initiative. The result has been a surge in our academic program that has helped us rise in several national rankings of colleges and universities, and we attribute this success in great part to the Jackson-Hope Fund's benefactors," said VMI Superintendent Gen. J. H. Binford Peay III '62.
"In addition, the Jackson-Hope Fund provides 75 percent of the funds the Institute commits to faculty development, and it has enabled us to continue hiring new teachers when most colleges and universities in the nation are cutting back."
With an endowment goal of $50 million, the Fund provides a unique source of support for especially promising academic initiatives that might otherwise languish in competition for the Institute's resources.
Named after the Jackson-Hope Medal, the annual cadet award for the highest academic achievement, the Fund directly benefits cadets and faculty through innovative advancements in the academic program, guided by the goals and objectives set forth in VMI's Vision 2039 and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) Quality Enhancement Plan.
The Jackson-Hope Fund is distinctive in that contributions are made with no specific purpose other than to support academics, and principal donors are actively involved in the process by approving the Institute's use of the funds and monitoring performance. Since its inception in 2001, the Fund has raised funds totaling close to $30 million and has provided over $7 million in grants in support of key academic initiatives. This support has been instrumental in many of the successes of VMI's academic program.


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|Hail drifts on the south divide
|Written by Wauneta Breeze
|Wednesday, 07 August 2013 20:06
The south divide has seen its share of hail in the past couple of weeks. Here Trace Bley, son of Jeremy and Kara, stands next to a drift of hail almost as high as his waist on Avenue 350 between Road 724 and Road 723. The hail stones formed drifts intertwined with corn stocks and dirt as they were washed down the road during the storm. The photo below shows the size of the individual hail stones using Lloyd Bley's hands as a reference. The photos were taken at approximately 9 a.m. MT Tuesday morning after Monday night's storm. Farmers in the area lost part of their crops in the area after last week's hail and this hail took out quite a bit more, including some new fields. One redeeming quality was those on either side of the hail reported 3-4 inches of rain, according to Lloyd Bley. (Courtesy Photos | Durenda Bley)


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The First Day Of Summer
Though the summer solstice is an instant in time, the term is also colloquially used like midsummer to refer to the day on which it occurs. The summer solstice occurs on the day that has the longest period of daylight – except in the polar regions, where daylight is continuous, from a few days to six months around the summer solstice.
Worldwide, interpretation of the event has varied among cultures, but most recognize the event in some way with holidays, festivals, and rituals around that time with themes of religion or fertility.
Solstice is derived from the Latin words sol (sun) and sistere (to stand still).


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Video: Traffic Is Stopped In Quantico With Accident
Video: Raw Video Of Quantico Crash
QUANTICO, Va. (WUSA9) -- Virginia State Police now say there were three crashes within minutes of each other on Interstate 95 in Stafford County near Exit 148/Quantico.
A spokeperson says at approximately 5:45 a.m. traffic was stopped northbound when a station wagon failed to stop in time and hit the back of a Honda. A Harley-Davidson motorcycle then struck the back of the station wagon, according to the spokesperson. The impact sent the motorcycle into another lane and the motorcyclist was through in the opposite direction, says the spokesperson. The motorcyclist hit a tractor trailer.
Vehicles tried to avoid hitting the actual motorcycle which then caused a three-car chain-reaction crash, according to the spokesperson.
Only the motorcyclist was injured in the crashes. He was flown to Inova Fairfax Hospital for treatment of his life-threatening injuries, says the spokesperson.
The driver of the station wagon was identified as 47-year-old Sandra T Wilson of Ruther Glen, Va., say state police. She was charged with following too closely.


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Chairman Smith and members of the Helsinki Commission, thank you for convening this hearing today and for inviting me to share the views of Human Rights First, formerly the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights. Human Rights First's mission to protect and promote human rights is rooted in the premise that the world's security and stability depend on long-term efforts to advance justice, human dignity, and respect for the rule of law in every part of the world. Since our inception in 1978, we have worked both in the United States and abroad to support human rights activists who fight for basic freedoms and peaceful change at the local level; to protect refugees in flight from persecution and repression; to help build strong national and international systems of justice and accountability; and to make sure human rights laws and principles are enforced.
Human Rights First has been working to advance human rights in Northern Ireland since 1990. We have published a number of reports about the intimidation and murder of defense lawyers in Northern Ireland, with particular focus on the cases of solicitors Patrick Finucane and Rosemary Nelson. As you know well, the situation of defense lawyers in Northern Ireland has been closely linked to the criminal justice and emergency law system and to the conduct of the police.
I would like to say a particular word of thanks to you, Chairman Smith, for your unwavering commitment to keeping human rights on the agenda of the United States Congress. People around the world who struggle against oppression and injustice have in you a strong and stalwart ally. Your persistence in raising these issues -- and following through on them -- is something we have all come to count on over the years.
That persistence is much needed with respect to Northern Ireland. While there has been important progress in the human rights situation since the Good Friday Agreement, nearly six years later there is still strong and quite stubborn resistance in some quarters to implementing many of the human rights commitments made in the context of the Agreement. As has been the case over some years, the peace process in Northern Ireland is often beset with political crises which have tended to stall progress on important human rights reforms. This in turn has tended to undermine support for the Agreement itself from those who are waiting to experience real change in their daily lives. We believe strongly that progress on human rights will sustain support for peace in Northern Ireland, even during periods of political turmoil. The United States has an important role to play in encouraging its close friend and ally, the United Kingdom, to overcome resistance to change and press ahead with the agenda for reform in the areas of criminal justice, policing and accountability for human rights violations.
My colleagues Jane Winter and Paul Mageean will speak in detail on the issues of accountability and policing, so I will focus my remarks today on the criminal justice reform process and on continued emergency legislation. I would like to commend to the Commission a report released last week by the Association of the Bar of the City of New York which addresses many of the issues we are discussing today and from which I have drawn extensively for my testimony. Fiona Doherty, Senior Counsel at Human Rights First, participated in the mission which culminated in that report, and was one of the report's authors. I would ask that the report be made a part of the record of this hearing.
The Criminal Justice Reform Process
Structural reforms in the criminal justice system will be fundamental to achieving human rights progress in Northern Ireland. This is the framework in which the reformed policing service must operate; if it is faulty, no improvements in policing will ultimately be effective. The Good Friday Agreement recognized this in its call for a review of the criminal justice system, and on June 27, 1998 a Criminal Justice Review Group was established to look at a wide range of criminal justice issues, excluding policing (which was subject to a separate review) and emergency legislation (which was excluded altogether from independent review). The Criminal Justice Review Group was composed of four government representatives and five independent experts. Its mandate was to produce recommendations on reforms to increase the accountability, equity, and efficiency of the criminal justice system, as well as to consider the possibility of devolving criminal justice powers from the British government to the local Northern Ireland Assembly. In March 2000, the Review Group published a report, the Review of the Criminal Justice System in Northern Ireland ("the Review"), which included 294 recommendations for reform.
It was not until eighteen months later that the British government published an Implementation Plan and a draft Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill in response to the Review. The Bill, which received Royal Assent in July 2002 and became the Justice Act 2002, codified aspects of the Implementation Plan. The Act's provisions did not, however, take immediate effect. Many provisions were contingent on the devolution of criminal justice powers from London to Belfast, but the Act established no timetable for devolution.
The Implementation Plan also made clear that the individual criminal justice agencies were supposed to carry out independently the reform measures that did not require further legislation. For example, the Plan supported human rights training for all criminal justice personnel, but left it to the specific agencies to decide when and how to carry out that training. The plan itself did not discuss a mechanism for overseeing the proposed changes, nor did it set out a timetable for their implementation. In light of these deficiencies, it is not surprising that, three years later, criminal justice agencies are only just beginning to initiate significant reforms. Those reforms that had been implemented within the prosecution service and other agencies are only now beginning to be systematically monitored, and they have not been well-publicized, so the public is barely aware of these developments.
After much delay, and following significant pressure from non-governmental organizations and political parties, a Justice Oversight Commissioner was finally appointed in July 2003. The Justice Oversight Commissioner will play a role similar to that of the Oversight Commissioner for Policing Reform. The appointment of a Justice Oversight Commissioner earlier in the process could have helped to address problems of transparency and delay, and pushed the sluggish criminal justice reform process forward. While the substance of the reforms recommended by the Criminal Justice Review Group are welcome and have the potential to enhance justice and accountability in Northern Ireland, it is striking how far behind criminal justice reforms are, judged against the pace of reform in other areas, such as policing. Nearly six years after the Good Friday Agreement, reform in the prosecution service, judicial appointments process, and other criminal justice agencies is only just beginning.
Recent Developments in Criminal Justice
1. The Joint Declaration
In a Joint Declaration published in April 2003, the British and Irish governments laid out a series of proposals intended to realize more fully the promises made in the Good Friday Agreement. With respect to criminal justice reforms, the Declaration announced that the British government would introduce a second Criminal Justice bill to speed up the creation of a Judicial Appointments Commission and to "make further provision to promote a human rights culture in the criminal justice system." The Declaration also made clear that the government "accepted the desirability of devolving policing and justice" within the lifetime of the next Northern Ireland Assembly, as long as this was done with the broad support of Northern Ireland's political parties. The Declaration did not specify which responsibilities would be devolved, but it did make clear that the British government would retain control over issues such as the armed forces and national security.
In order to pave the way for devolution, the Declaration also proposed four possible models for the local administration of devolved justice powers: (1) the creation of a single justice department headed by one minister; (2) the creation of a single justice department headed by two ministers, in order to "strengthen cross-community accountability" by requiring both ministers, presumably from different communities, to agree on decision-making; (3) handing over responsibility for criminal justice matters to the Office of the First and Deputy First Ministers; and (4) the creation of two separate departments, for example policing and justice, headed by ministers from different communities. These different models raise questions about the relationships that will exist between the ministers in charge of the department(s) as well as the relationships between these officials and the local executive, the judiciary, the Attorney General, and policing officials. But the goal of local control over criminal justice and policing is an important one that we believe will help to address human rights concerns about the current system.
The process for arriving at the appropriate model for local control of criminal justice issues should include wide public consultation and should begin immediately, so that once the Assembly is reinstated, devolution of criminal justice can occur with minimal delay.
2. Updated Implementation Plan and New Legislation
In June 2003, the United Kingdom government published an updated Criminal Justice Implementation Plan. The 2003 Plan significantly revised the 2001 Implementation Plan and set out a timetable for previously agreed-upon reforms. Most importantly, the new Plan committed the government to introducing new Criminal Justice legislation. The timetable included:
• Introduction of the new Criminal Justice bill in the fall of 2003;
• Launching of the new Public Prosecution Service in December 2003, to be phased in over three years;
• Publication of statements of ethics by criminal justice agencies by the end of 2003 (this has not been accomplished to date); and
• A review by a (not then appointed) Oversight Commissioner in December 2003, with a report to be published in January 2004.
The new Criminal Justice bill ("Justice Bill 2003") was finally introduced in December 2003 and is expected to become law, after revisions, in the spring or summer of 2004. It will make the following changes to the Justice Act 2002:
• The Judicial Appointments Commission ("JAC") will be established prior to devolution, with a key objective being to secure a judiciary in Northern Ireland that is reflective of society, consistent with merit requirements. Both the lay and legal membership of the JAC will be required to be reflective of society, insofar as possible.
• The Prime Minister will appoint the Lord Chief Justice and Lord Justices of Appeals "taking into consideration" the recommendation made by the local First Minister and Deputy First Minister, and the JAC will advise the ministers on the procedure for these appointments. In contrast, the 2003 Implementation Plan had promised that such appointments would be made "based on" the recommendation of the local leaders, and the government has not provided an explanation for this shift in weight given to the recommendation of local leaders. We recommend that the language of the 2003 Plan be implemented instead, giving local ministers more influence in the appointments process.
• Criminal justice agencies must have regard to guidance issued by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland regarding "the exercise of their functions in a manner consistent with international human rights standards." The 2003 Plan was more straightforward, committing the government to include a provision in the new bill whereby criminal justice agencies would have due regard to human rights standards. We recommend use of the Plan's language. Also, in the proposed legislation, it was not clear if the referral to the "Attorney General for Northern Ireland" meant that the provision would await devolution and the appointment of that post, or if the current Attorney General for the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland would issue the guidance. This point should be clarified before the bill is enacted.
• The Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland ("DPP") shall refer to the Police Ombudsman matters that appear to the DPP to indicate that a police officer "may have committed a criminal offence; or may, in the course of a criminal investigation, have behaved in a manner which would justify disciplinary proceedings" unless the Ombudsman is already aware of the issue.
This revised legislation more closely reflects the Criminal Justice Review team's recommendations than did the Justice Act 2002. As noted above, however, the legislation falls short of some important commitments made in the government's 2003 Implementation Plan. We recommend, on those issues, that the bill be amended to track the language of commitments in the Implementation Plan
3. Justice Oversight Commissioner
On July 18, 2003, the British government appointed Lord Clyde, a former Scottish law lord, to be Oversight Commissioner to monitor criminal justice reforms. The appointment of an Oversight Commissioner provides an opportunity not only to monitor progress, but also to push forward the implementation of reform, and we encourage Lord Clyde to work proactively with the criminal justice agencies to increase the pace of reform. In this regard, it is important that Lord Clyde review the provisions of the new Justice Bill. We also recommend that the government codify the powers and duties of the Oversight Commissioner in statute and ensure that the office is sufficiently resourced in light of the scope and importance of the job. Grounding the powers in statute would create the same standing for the Justice Oversight Commissioner as is given to the parallel Oversight Commissioner for Policing. Providing the Commissioner with a statutory mandate would increase the public accountability of his office and help ensure that he receives full cooperation from the criminal justice agencies he is overseeing. We recommend that these provisions be added to the Justice Bill 2003 before it is enacted.
Emergency Powers
The United States, now faced with its own struggle against terrorist violence, can take a lesson from the United Kingdom experience with emergency laws. These draconian provisions, enacted in response to political violence in the 1970's, fostered an environment in Northern Ireland in which human rights were routinely violated. The laws gave the security forces in Northern Ireland expansive powers to stop, question, search, arrest, detain, and interrogate persons suspected of terrorist activity. Some of the more draconian provisions included authorization of detention without charge for up to seven days warrantless searches and seizures, denial of access to an attorney for successive 48 hour periods, and trial in non-jury "Diplock" courts with lower standards for the admissibility of evidence. At the time, the government insisted that the laws were a temporary, targeted response to the specific threat posed by paramilitaries.
Experience in Northern Ireland shows that these kinds of police powers are very hard to get rid of, once enacted. Rather, they become embedded in the fabric of the criminal justice system. In February 2001, the United Kingdom brought into force the Terrorism Act 2000, despite the 1998 Good Friday Agreement and the many years of paramilitary cease-fires. This law significantly expanded the definition of terrorism and put many of the supposedly "emergency" powers on a permanent, UK-wide footing. Under the Act, for example, suspects anywhere in the United Kingdom can be arrested without a warrant, detained for up to 7 days without charge (with judicial authorization after the first 48 hours), and denied all access to an attorney for 48 hours following arrest. The Act also includes a special section on Northern Ireland which, among other measures, explicitly authorizes the use of non-jury Diplock courts. While the Northern Ireland provisions of the Act expire automatically if they are not renewed each year by order of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, so far, they have been renewed each year. Unfortunately, the British government specifically excluded emergency laws from the remit of the Criminal Justice Review. The Joint Declaration indicated, however, that the British government intended to repeal these provisions by April 2005 if there was a "continuing enabling environment."
We are concerned that the Terrorism Act 2000 defines terrorism too vaguely and that its provisions allowing the use of Diplock Courts, the possibility of 48-hour detention without access to a lawyer, and warrantless arrest violate international human rights law. The U.N. Human Rights Committee has expressed its concern about Diplock Courts and 48-hour detention. The Northern Ireland Office has not reported the number of Diplock trials in recent years, but statistics indicate that there were 149 offenses heard before Diplock courts in 2002. Although we welcome the decreased reliance on Diplock trials over the last several years, it is difficult to understand why the special procedures are used at all, or for that matter, why they are still on the books. We believe the Northern Ireland provisions of the Terrorism Act are unnecessary and should be revoked. In addition, the Northern Ireland Office should publish clear statistics on past and present use of Diplock courts.
Human Rights Defenders: Patrick Finucane and Rosemary Nelson
Today's hearing comes at a critical moment in the long struggle for justice and accountability for the murders of human rights lawyers Patrick Finucane and Rosemary Nelson. Having sought for years to put off the difficult process of uncovering the truth in these cases, the United Kingdom government has finally come to the threshold of holding public inquiries into government collusion in the deaths of Finucane and Nelson. Peter Cory, the international judge appointed to conduct investigations in these and four other contested cases, has concluded in reports not yet made public that there should be public inquiries established in the Finucane and Nelson cases. Having already committed at the outset, as part of negotiations leading to Cory's appointment, to implement his recommendations, the United Kingdom government should move quickly to:
• Disclose Judge Cory's reports in their entirety to the families of the victims concerned;
• Publish the reports immediately;
• Consult with the families about the terms of reference of the public inquiries; and
• Establish those inquiries without delay.
Some have argued that focusing on redress for past wrongs will simply reopen old wounds and mire society in the bitterness of a conflict that is now essentially over. But this view ignores the violence done to the fabric of society by leaving such wounds to fester. As so many societies transitioning from conflict to peace have learned, building a culture of human rights and accountability will require having a process for addressing past violations. Public inquiries into government collusion in the deaths of these two human rights lawyers is quite simply a pre-requisite to breaking the cycle of impunity that continues to persist in Northern Ireland. Until the government demonstrates a commitment to acknowledging the wrongs done in these cases, there will be a fundamental withholding of faith on the part of many in Northern Ireland that no amount of policing or criminal justice reforms will remedy.
While it is certainly true that the situation of human rights lawyers and activists in Northern Ireland has become less insecure over the last several years, there is an ongoing need for vigilance, particularly since the onset of the global "war on terrorism," to ensure that irresponsible rhetoric does not once again create an environment in which attacks on human rights advocates is tolerated. In this regard, Human Rights First was deeply troubled by public remarks made recently by David Trimble, leader of Northern Ireland's Ulster Unionist Party, in which he attacked human rights organizations as a "great curse." Speaking at a conference on victims of terrorism in Madrid, Mr. Trimble charged that human rights groups "justify terrorist acts and end up being complicit in the murder of innocent victims." We believe such remarks are inflammatory and reckless and can contribute to a climate in which governments and non-state actors feel little restraint in attacking human rights defenders who are critical of official actions. In fact, Mr. Trimble's remarks were reminiscent of those made by Douglas Hogg in an address to the British Parliament on January 9, 1989. Hogg charged that unnamed solicitors in Northern Ireland "are unduly sympathetic to the cause of the IRA." Weeks later, Patrick Finucane was murdered. We have written to Mr. Trimble expressing our concern about these remarks, and we urge this Commission to do the same.
Thank you for the opportunity to share our views with the Commission.


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WHEELING-The Steubenville Catholic Central boys and Wheeling Central Catholic girls will take the top records in to the 16th annual Undo's/Main Street Bank Holiday Basketball Tournament opening Friday night at Wheeling Jesuit University's Alma Grace McDonough Center.
The two-day tournament features four games each day with the third-place and championship games in both divisions scheduled for Saturday evening.
Coach Shawn Tucker's undefeated Crusaders are off to a blazing 6-0 start as they bid to win the title in the boys' division.
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Preparing for the Undo's Basketball Tournament are members of the Wheeling Central Catholic High School girls' team from left: Colleen McCormick, Emily Bucon, Beth Stayduhar and Coach Penn Kurtz.
Other teams in boys' field are Wheeling Central Catholic (1-4), Bishop Donahue (4-1) and first-time entrant Cincinnati Archbishop McNicholas (3-4). McNicholas, an Ohio Division II school that competes in the Greater Cincinnati Catholic League, has played such formidable rivals as Cincinnati St. Xavier, Roger Bacon, Purcell, Seven Hills and Turpin. One of the assistants on Coach Tim Monahan's staff is Jack Kaniecki, a son of former Wheeling Central athlete, coach and long-time teacher Stan Kaniecki.
A new champion is assured in the boys' division as Huntington St. Joseph did not return to defend its title.
Joining nine-time defending champion Wheeling Central (7-1) in the girls' bracket are Conotton Valley (6-2), Madonna (2-5) and Bishop Donahue (1-6).
Friday's action begins at 4 p.m.with Conotton Valley and Madonna meeting in the first girls' semifinal. The initial boys' semifinal contest has Steubenville Catholic and Archbishop McNicholas vying at 5:30 p.m. Wheeling Central's girls and Bishop Donahue vie at 7, followed by the boys' game between the Maroon Knights and Bishops at 8:30.
Saturday's schedule includes: 4 p.m.: Girls' Consolation Game; 5:30 p.m.: Boys' Consolation Game;7 p.m.: Girls Championship Game; 8:30 p.m.: Boys' Championship Game.
Wheeling Central's girls' only loss to date came at the hands of perennial power Huntington St. Joseph, the team that also defeated the Maroon Knights in the West Virginia Class A state final last March in Charleston.
''We are playing really well right now and we have to continue to play well," said Penn Kurtz, Wheeling Central's coach who has led his girls to the Undo's tournament title every year since 2003.
The key to the Maroon Knights' success has been the standout play of returning three-year standouts Emily Bucon, a West Liberty University recruit, and Colleen McCormick.
''Colleen and Emily make us very difficult to defend," Kurtz said.
Central has won six straight games since the narrow loss to St. Joseph in the Williamstown Tip-Off Tournament.
''We are looking forward to this weekend's tournament," said Kurt after sending his team through its first post-Christmas practice session on Wednesday. ''It has become one of the highlights of our season."
The inaugural Undo's Catholic Holiday Tournament was started in 1997 by Nick Sparachane at the request of the now deceased Rev. Bernard Schmitt, Bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling.
''All the money raised goes back to the schools," Kurtz pointed out. ''Main Street Bank came on board a couple years ago as one of our major sponsors along with Wheeling Jesuit University which has hosted this tournament since its inception.''
Admission each day is $5 for adults and students. The ticket is good for all four of the games played that day. An alltournament team will be selected in both the boys' and girls' division


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Hi there. So I guess I'll get started.
My real name is Scott and I am currently living in Toronto.
A group of friends and I are working on a large media project together, in which we have to create a fantasy world for the characters to live in. There are four of us, Two artists and Two writers, between the ages of 18 and 20 who are In love with the fantasy setting.
Since I have always been the DM in D&D, as well as one of the artists, I was asked to create the world map for our world. Of course we had never gotten too elaborate with our D&D settings before (We wen't to our local game store and picked up some D&D Maps and books, so we could get started quicker. We're young, so they're all new to us (:. )
Anyway, so my research brought me here, and I was ecstatic to find such a large community of people who do this for a living. When I was making the rough sketches for one of the continents of this world, I could not express how much I was enjoying myself. Map making gave me back that drive I had as an artist when I was younger. I had never done this before or even been interested in the concept of geography, yet this is so exciting to me now.
Ironically, if anyone has ever heard of the game Maplestory, back in 2008 or 2009, I was the go to Map Maker along with a couple others in the animation community. It was nothing special and obviously nothing to the extent of the level of cartography I've seen here, as It was simply taking the sprites and pieces in Maplestory backgrounds and putting them together to create something different. but it had that same theme as it does with regular cartography, which is making land and creating new places.
Over the coming weeks and months I will be posting updates of the world while reading tutorials and hopefully getting some advice from other members of the guild as I post WIPS and finished continents or provinces. I've been given the task of Creating:
-A World Map
-A map of each Continent (4)
-A Map of each province in each continent (Roughly 15-25 per continent)
-A Map of each town and city in each province (A Random amount per province depending on the location)
-A Map of each dungeon (A random amount per province depending on the location)
So I got a lot to make ^^", and hopefully by the time I'm finished they'll look professional enough to be called a map.


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August 2009 Message BoardWritten on August 1, 2009
52 Carbs In 52 Weeks
By the time you read this, the Holley sweepstakes for 52 Carbs In 52 Weeks has already started, but it's not too late to get in on the action because there are 52 chances to win. Here's the deal: Holley Performance Products is giving away one carburetor per week starting March 1, 2009, and continuing through March 1, 2010. If you want in on all the goodness, log on to www.holley.com and click on the "52 Carbs In 52 Weeks" banner. (Consumers can view the official rules, which also show alternative means of entry.) No purchase is necessary, and winners will be notified by email and posted on the Holley website as well. Winners can choose from any Holley carburetor made, except for Ultra HP carbs. Still, that gives you a huge selection to choose from, ranging from a 350cfm two-barrel, all the way up to a 1250-cfm Dominator.
Open Fuel Standard Act
Finally, something good from Washington. On March 12, legislation was introduced in both the House and the Senate for an Open Fuel Standard Act, which seeks to ensure that at least 80 percent of new cars sold in the United States be able to run on E85 or biodiesel by 2015. The goal is to reduce dependence on a single fuel source, but could also have unintended benefits for hot rodders. Flexible fuel vehicles aren't new, and they aren't expensive, but due to the reduced energy density of alcohol-based fuels, manufacturers must use fuel system components-primarily injectors and fuel pumps-with greater capacity. (Can you say easy blower bolt on?) Compression ratios can also be increased to take advantage of the higher-observed octane.
Pinks All Out
Saturday, April 25, marked an important milestone in street car drag racing. It was officially reborn. To use the hackneyed phrase: "This changes everything." Charlotte's state-of-the-art zMax dragstrip has been open since September 2008, but this marked an important milestone: It was the first time zMax had used all four of its quarter-mile lanes at the same time for the same race.
Although the initial intent of zMax's planners was to hold such an event, no promoter actually has had the stones to do it, until Rich Christensen of Pinks and Pinks All Out fame pushed hard to put it to the test. Christensen and the Speed Channel crew pulled it off while taping what may be the most widely watched episode ever of Pinks All Out. (The tentative air date for that episode is August 6, but is subject to change.)
The zMax facility pre-sold over 20,000 tickets to an event that otherwise features hot street machines. It was a wake-up call for traditional drag racing that will quickly reteach the sport's promoters to fulfill a very basic need: Entertain folks, and they will come. Next month, we'll bring you full coverage of the four-wide, side-by-side mayhem that marked the first time in 40 years this kind of racing has been done.
Snags Olds
Contributing photographer, Robert McGaffin, just picked up this '65 Olds Cutlass F-85 as a project vehicle. We are currently mulling over what course of action to take, and we would like your input. Robert likes the Pro Touring look, so no big 'n' littles will likely show up on this A-body, but everything else is on the table. Power currently consists of the stock 330 ci through a Powerglide. Go to the PopularHotRodding.com website, and search "1965 Olds Cutlass," to find the blog on it. We'll be checking your responses before making any moves.
Rant Of The Month
No More Camaros!
I applaud your recent offer to publish reader projects regardless of condition. That is refreshing and commendable because the status quo was getting very old. I am vomiting day-glo sick of your mag and others featuring '69 Camaros with Z06 Vette motors or '70 Challengers with Viper motors. I personally have $15,000 in a '73 Hurst/Olds 442 with the GMPP ZZ4 crate motor and Turbo 400. Purists can cry, but it looks cool, spanks Mustangs, Chargers, and WRX Subarus regularly, and turns heads wherever I go. These are the types of cars you should feature, not some rich guy's garage jewelry.
Keith Scott
Reno, Nevada
Day-glo? You know they make antibiotics for that. Your car is featured in the "109 Reader Projects" story, on page 66.
"I am vomiting day-glo sick of your mag and others featuring '69 Camaros with Z06 Vette motors..."
Project g/28
What's the latest with Project g/28? I initially started picking up your magazine when the project started, and have every issue since. My dad has a '75 Camaro that's going to be moved over to my name soon. I've got the bug, and have big plans for it.
Eric Driedger
Ontario, Canada
Check out the story on Air Ride's TigerCage ("Tight As A Drum" pg. 80), which we installed in g/28 this month.
Drive It!
You nailed something a lot of people don't get a chance to experience: driving your car at the start and end of each workday. My '69 Chevelle had 30,000 miles on it when I got it in the mid-'80s, and it has 270,000 now.
I remember waking up before 5 a.m. to get a chance to do a 0-to-whatever from the toll booth before Chicago traffic got too bad. It was an hour each way and the gas wouldn't do much more than two round trips without a fill up.
Mark Jacobs
Tampa, Florida
You said it all when you say you got to drive them. I have a '69 Camaro with basically the same 496, but it was built to drive, and that is what I do. There is something about getting out and making it happen with an old muscle car. The process you go through to do that minor stuff to keep them going is also something that keeps the fire inside, and the hammer down. What a release!
Lyle Lowery
Via the Internet
More Ladies!
What is the world coming to! Discrimination from Johnny Hunkins? There was not one lady featured in any of the May issue! We enjoy seeing ladies involved in our hobby. Keep up the good work.
Todd Gedeon
Palm Coast, FL
You must not have been reading with your secret X-ray glasses. And what about tech editor, Liz Miles?
Let Your Voice Be Heard!
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Any one know how to deal with "out of memory" issues when using imapsync? Is my only choice a faster server?
Here's the complete story:
In production I would like to run a backup Zimbra server in parallel with the main server in order to mirror data in semi-real time.
I know Zimbra is working on these mirroring features to complement clustering redundancy. In the mean time I have am testing the following:
I managed to setup a virtual server running Teknic on FC4 as an "open source" backup box. I also have a demo network edition of 3.0 running locally. I setup cron jobs to run imapsync to backup email messages from the network ed. to the open source ed. nightly. The sync's keep cutting out with "out of memory" errors.
I only have 128mb ram on the virtual server with the following details: I have the 128 plan http://www.unixshell.com/plans.html
Anyone know if I can increase the amount of ram/virtual memory that imapsync can use?
I tried running imapsync from the virutal server as well as the local box -- both cut out because of these errors. The local box can use imapsync to sync with other servers fine (tried it with my previous shared hosting web co).
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|Colorado aims to increase youth dental health
|Written by Holyoke Enterprise
Nearly half as many Colorado kindergartners and third-graders have untreated tooth decay than in 2003, according to a recent survey.
While the greatest gains in reducing tooth decay came from children in low-income households, these children still are twice as likely as children from higher-income households to suffer the pain and poor academic performance that often stems from untreated tooth decay.
"We've made good progress during the past decade," Dr. Katya Mauritson, oral health director at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, said. "But too many kids with limited access to dental care are still at risk for toothaches, missed school days and long-term health problems."
According to the 2011-12 Children's Oral Health Basic Screening Survey, 48 percent fewer kindergarten and 46 percent fewer third-grade students have untreated decay than did nearly a decade ago.
The percentage of low-income kindergarten students with untreated tooth decay or fillings declined from 73 percent in 2003-04 to 53 percent in 2011-12, while their peers from higher-income households saw a decline from 35 percent to 23 percent during that same time period.
Despite the decline, more than half of low-income Colorado kindergartners and nearly one of four from higher-income households have untreated cavities. Mostly preventable dental treatments cost Coloradans more than $1 billion per year.
Oral health is one of Colorado's 10 winnable battles. The department's Oral Health Unit has been actively working with public and private partners, dentists and hygienists across Colorado to improve oral health through increased community water fluoridation, age 1 dental visits and access to dental sealants. The oral health Winnable Battle goals include the following:
—Increase to 75 percent or more the percentage of Coloradans served by community water systems receiving optimally fluoridated water to prevent 18 to 40 percent of cavities. Baseline from 2012 is 72.4 percent.
—Increase to 50 percent the percentage of Colorado third-graders who have dental sealants on permanent molars. Baseline from 2011 is 45 percent.
—Increase to 12 percent the proportion of Colorado infants who get a dental checkup by age 1. Baseline from 2011 is 9.3 percent.
"Good oral health is a priority for Colorado," said Dr. Chris Urbina, executive director and chief medical officer at the department. "We must ensure all Coloradans, regardless of where they live or how much money they earn, have access to quality dental health services."
Holyoke Enterprise March 14, 2013


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Windows 7 64 bit.
My Zimbra Desktop is ALWAYS deciding to pause mail collection on all email accounts, for no apparent reason. I can boot up my machine at 9, mail comes in, good. Mail comes in throughout the morning, then I notice I haven't had mail for a while, then see mail hasn'y sync'd and have to setup-> then change a setting, then change it back, then "launch desktop" for Zimbra to decide to sync mail again.
There is no indication in the GUI that mail has stopped sync'ing/paused - its just up to the user to realise something has gone wrong and manually fix it.
This is rubbish! no other mail client behaves like this! I've used Zimbrs for some time now and can't find a way around it. Is there one?


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Waco, TX (Sports Network) - Cory Jefferson set new career highs with 26 points
and 14 rebounds to lead No. 19 Baylor past Lehigh, 99-77, in the season opener
for each team at Ferrell Center.
Isaiah Austin added 22 points before leaving the game early in the second half
with a sprained ankle for the Bears (1-0), who are coming off a season in
which they set school records for overall wins (30) and victories in the Big
12 Conference (12).
Pierre Jackson contributed 14 points and 12 assists in the victory.
Cj McCollum netted a game-high 36 points to go with eight rebounds for Lehigh
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in the NCAA tournament last season by upsetting Duke, 75-70.
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DULLES, Va. (WUSA9) -- Virginia State Police have identified the two men that died in a car accident of the weekend.
Twenty-six-year-old twin brothers, Aaron W. Henry and Vincent B. Henry, died in the single-car crash crash near the intersection of Evergreen Mills Road and Reservoir Road in Loudoun County on Sunday at about 1:38 a.m., police said.
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Water Knowledge: Basic Element for Food Security
29 May 2012 | News story
First fair on water knowledge as basic element for food security was held March 22 and 23 in the Tacana municipality to celebrate World Water Day 2012.
San Marcos, Guatemala, March 2012 (IUCN) – In honor of World Water Day, a fair called "Water Knowledge as Basic Element for Food Security" took place with the joint participation and funding of the Tacana Municipality; the Municipal Forest Office (OFM); the Municipal Water and Sanitation Office (OMAS); the Tacana Health Center; the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), CARE, the Joint Program comprised of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO); the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARN), the Water for the Future Participatory Water Management Fund Association (AFOGESHIP), Fundación AGROS, HELVETAS and the United States International Development Agency (USAID) Guatemala office.
The fair's organization and development arose from the need to raise awareness among residents of the San Marcos highland and demonstrate measures to mitigate the effects of unwise water use; their close connection in watershed management, solid and liquid waste management, climate change and risk management; and the importance of water for food security.
More than 1200 people participated in the Water Knowledge Fair on March 22 and 23, including representatives of microwatershed councils; municipal, departmental and national authorities; and leaders in the municipalities of Tacana, Tajumulco, Ixchiguán, San José Ojetenam and Sibinal. Education centers in Tacana's municipal seat and neighboring communities also attended. What made the fair so important and special were its enjoyable activities using participatory and inclusive dynamics to inform, educate and raise awareness about caring for water and using it wisely.
Participating in the formal inauguration of the event were Sergio Ruano, Vice-Minister of Environment and Natural Resources (MARN) in Guatemala; Froilán Rodas González, Mayor of the Tacana Municipality; Gilben Escobar, San Marcos Departmental Delegate of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food; Daniel Villegas, Tacana Municipal Delegate of the Secretariat of Food and Nutritional Security (SESAN); Christina Maria Elich, General Coordinator of the Joint Program, "Reduction of Vulnerabilities to Contribute to Development in Five Municipalities of the Coatán River and Upper Suchiate in the Department of San Marcos"; and Ottoniel Rivera, Technical Officer of the IUCN Water Management Unit in San Marcos. The event was then opened to the general public.
• Module I, Watershed Management
This module was divided in five sections to explore the concept and aspects of watersheds and microwatersheds, the process occurring when natural disasters take place in a microwatershed, and an example of a microwatershed and its division. Participants constructed a jigsaw puzzle of the Coatán river basin, and then interacted in a game of roulette enabling those in charge of the module to assess what participants had learned.
• Module II, Importance of Water
In the module's five sections, participants discussed the importance of sampling and analyzing drinking water and learned about solar panels and ecofilters to make use of and disinfect water, respectively; methods of disinfecting water (through boiling, chlorination and solar action); and the importance of personal hygiene and washing hands.
• Module III, Food Security
This module on nutrition, food quality and security was implemented by community representatives who prepare or fabricate marmalade, bread, honey, desserts, pickled chili peppers, vegetables (onion, celery, beans, lettuce and cauliflower), shampoo, and other items. The aim was to promote products made in the communities of the microwatersheds and allow participating families to generate revenues from the sale of their goods.
• Module IV, Management of Solid and Liquid Waste
The module's two sections focused on the importance of sorting liquid and solid waste, and using waste to construct housing ("ecobricks").
• Module V, Risk Management
The module's two sections allowed participants to learn main concepts of disaster risk management and observe the different stages of a volcanic eruption (formation of fumaroles, pyroclastics, lava flow and final volcanic explosion).
•Module VI, Local Organizations Connected with Water Management
In this module participants found out about the actions being carried out jointly by the Participatory Water Management Fund Association (AFOGESHIP) and the Tacana Municipal Water and Sanitation Office (OMAS), and the importance of conservation in water recharge zones to ensure the quality, quantity and continuity of drinking water service in the municipality's urban area.
• Module VII, Audiovisuals
Here the object was to raise participants' awareness through talks and videos about current problems and uses, and proposals on management and use of natural resources, especially water.
• Water Lottery
Visitors could win prizes by participating in the lottery, whose main purpose was to teach concepts and show the importance of suitable water management.
Also taking place on March 22 was a forum to share experiences in payment for environmental services (PES) and drinking water systems, including IUCN, the "Water for the Future" AFOGESHIP of Tacana, the "Living Water" AFOGESHIP of San Pablo, Helvetas and the potable water commission of the canton of Nueva Esperanza, Tacana. The object was to present and share some of the experiences taking place at the community and municipal level in payment for environmental services and in the implementation and administration of drinking water systems in the San Marcos department. Municipal, institutional and international donor agency representatives participated in the forum.
For more information contact:
Ottoniel Rivera Mazariegos
Technical Officer of the IUCN Water Management Unit for San Marcos, Guatemala
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IUCN Regional Office for Mesoamerica and Caribbean Initiative
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OCEAN CITY, Md. (WUSA) - Officials arrested a 23-year-old woman in connection with a slew of property thefts from the public beach areas south of 28th Street in Ocean City, Md.
Police say they arrived at the beach in response to a purse theft on October 5. While there, the police say the victim saw the suspect attempting to steal yet another purse from the beach located at 16th Street.
Officers say they found the stolen purse, and linked 23-year-old Marie Lopez from Berlin to at least nine additional thefts, which happened between September and early October.
According to police, Lopez was charged with Felony Theft Scheme, 9 counts of misdemeanor theft, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
The investigation is on going and Ocean City Police are asking for your help in solving this case. If you or someone you know have had your property stolen, please contact Ocean City Police, Officer Moerschel at: 410-520-5368.


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