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In this week's Porkopolis column, Kevin Osborne writes about the coordinated effort by newly elected Tea Party-backed Republican governors like Wisconsin's Scott Walker and Ohio's John Kasich to use the looming budget crises as a reason take away labor unions' ability to collectively bargain, with the ultimate goal of busting unions altogether.
A national group working to convince companies to change the way they buy produce picketed Kroger's annual shareholder meeting Thursday.Nick Swartsell
A national group working to convince companies to change the way they buy produce picketed Kroger's annual shareholder meeting Thursday.
About 100 activists showed up, holding signs and chanting as shareholders filed into the meeting at Music Hall. Some were local, while others came from Columbus, Florida and elsewhere.
The group organizing the event, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, is based in Immokalee, Fla., and pushes for higher wages and improved working conditions for farm laborers. A large amount of produce production takes place in Florida and throughout the South, and the industry is rife with complaints of worker exploitation and mistreatment.
Hundreds of thousands of farm workers labor in Florida, and many make just pennies per pound picked, meaning it can take picking a couple tons a day to make a living wage. That's if they make any money at all. Florida has prosecuted a number of cases of slave labor in the agricultural industry in the past decade and a half, leading to the discovery of more than 1,000 people being exploited for unpaid slave labor.
The adverse conditions affect people of color disproportionately. A study by the Center for Racial Justice Innovation found that 50 percent of low-wage workers in the food industry are people of color, and that 65 percent of low-wage farm workers are Hispanic.
CIW started in 1993 as a small, local coalition working to improve these conditions, specifically working with tomato pickers. The group began near the city of Immokalee in southwest Florida, known as "the tomato capital of the world." The organization had big success pushing for higher wages and better treatment and has grown to become a national-level organizing group for workers.
Oscar Otzoy picks produce and advocates for farm labor rights. He's working in Columbus now but lived in Immokalee for eight years before that. He's been involved in the coalition to improve farm workers' rights that entire time.
He says before the coalition, working days in the fields were long, and workers had little recourse when they were mistreated.
"Back then, you'd work long, hard hours, and if you were abused in the fields, if you were a victim of sexual harassment, as many women are, there was no system," he said. "If workers wanted to complain, they would be fired on the spot. That's all changing now."
Otzoy says the life of a farm laborer can be hard, especially without groups like the CIW.
"You wake up very early in the morning, usually about 4 a.m., and then get on a bus to the field to work," said Otzoy, describing a typical day before he joined the coalition. "But when you get there, you usually don't start working until about 10 a.m., when the pesticides have dried and it's safe to enter. All the time in between is unpaid."
The CIW's Fair Food Program, an effort to address some of the hardships of work in the produce industry, pushes for an extra cent per pound paid to workers, supports a code of conduct for companies and educates workers about their rights. CIW says the Fair Food Program has resulted in $12 million in extra pay for workers since it was first instituted. Nick Swartsell
McDonalds, Burger King, Taco Bell, Subway, Chipotle, Trader Joes, Whole Foods and Wal Mart, among other large companies responsible for billions of dollars in the produce trade, have all participated in the Fair Food Program. Some staunch holdouts include Wendy's and Publix, a Southern grocery store chain.
Kroger is another company that has yet to join in.
"We've been here every year, and we're trying to grow our numbers," said Sameerah Ahmad, a local organizer working with CIW at the protest. "We've been organizing these protests for a few years. We want to show escalation and pressure and show we're not going way.
Kroger is the nation's largest grocer after Wal-Mart, with total sales of more than $34 billion. The chain has not yet responded to calls to join fair food efforts. While the company itself hasn't participated directly in any known agricultural injustices, Ahmad said that as part of the produce industry, the company should make sure it's sourcing its food ethically.
"Kroger can take a big step by supporting workers' rights in the fields," she said.
Tea party activists are working to gather the 380,000 signatures needed to get the Ohio Workplace Freedom Act on the ballot. They have until July 3.
The Michigan House of Representatives on Tuesday passed the first of two right-to-work bills, both of which were passed by the state Senate last week. Gov. Rick Snyder has told multiple media outlets that he could sign the bills as early as Wednesday.
Michigan would be the 24th right-to-work state in the nation and the second in the Midwest. Indiana passed a similar law earlier this year.
Members of the Ohio House Democratic Caucus wore red carnations — Ohio's state flower and a symbol of the labor movement — at the Statehouse Tuesday to show support for Michigan workers.
"Put simply, so called 'right to work' is wrong. Statistics show states with this anti-working family legislation have lower wages and higher poverty rates," Ohio state Rep. Connie Pillich, D-Montgomery, wrote in an emailed statement.
"We will continue to stand together and fight against these unfair attacks on workers in Ohio, Michigan and across the country."
Despite the effort to put a right-to-work law on the ballot next year — a similar effort was unsuccessful in 2012 — it doesn't seem like Ohio is in any rush to join Michigan and Indiana.
The Columbus Dispatch reports that Ohio Gov. John Kasich has higher priorities than passing a right-to-work law. The newspaper reports that Ohio added 127,000 jobs in the past two years and ranks fourth nationally and first in the Midwest in terms of job creation.
Kasich said the agenda for the last two years of his first term include tax cuts, an education overhaul and infrastructure improvement to keep the state competitive.
"I have an agenda that I think is going to benefit the state of Ohio," Kasich told the newspaper. "We're doing very well vis-a-vis the rest of the country now, and I think if we continue to pursue the agenda I have and the legislature has, I think we'll continue to be successful."
FUN FACT: Michigan's right-to-work bill will be signed into law in the Romney Building. George Romney, former Michigan governor and father of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, was an opponent of right-to-work laws.
This week's issue of CityBeat features a lengthy letter to the editor by Cincinnati Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls explaining why she opposes Ohio Senate Bill No. 5, which limited collective bargaining rights for public-sector labor unions including police and firefighters.
A labor impasse between managers of Greater Cincinnati's Metro bus system and its transit workers appears to be near an end.
Members of the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 627 voted Tuesday to accept a new three-year labor contract with the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA). The final tally was 409-49.
For readers who have been wondering, and there have been a few judging from our emails, here is a list of the endorsements for Cincinnati City Council made by the local firefighters union.
The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) Local No. 48 has endorsed a full, nine-member slate for council. The endorsements include five incumbents and four challengers.
Cincinnati City Council's long-delayed vote on a resolution opposing Ohio Senate Bill No. 5 has been delayed again, this time at the request of the member who introduced it.
The Enquirer over the weekend published a thoughtful story on contemporary African-American leaders, noting that it was less than 50 years ago when such discriminated-against individuals were busy working for the not-so-inalienable rights afforded by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. As per usual, cincinnati.com commenters overwhelmed the post-story discussion with blame for affirmative action, black fathers and various demands for a similar story about today's white leaders. (Will this one do?)


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Thursday evening, December 1, 2016
Room 2-470 Phillips Wangensteen Building
516 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455
The Phillips Wangensteen Building is located on the East Bank of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Campus, at the intersection of Delaware and Harvard Street SE (see attached map for directions.) PWB is connected to Moos Tower and easily accessible from the Washington Avenue Moos Tower entrance.
Final registration and dinner will begin at 6:00 PM. The program will run from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM.
If you have special dietary needs or are disabled and have special needs, please contact us at least two weeks prior to the program date.
What to Wear
We suggest that you bring a jacket or sweater to help you adjust to the seemingly inevitable changes in meeting room temperature.
Refund Policy
A full refund will be issued if you cancel at least one week (five working days) before the program. If you cancel less than one week before the program, no refund will be issued. For registrations charged to your credit card the refund will be credited to your account.
Parking is available in the Washington Avenue Ramp. The Washington Avenue Ramp is located at 501 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455.
Because of the low tuition rate, parking is not included for this series.
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Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Returns to Nashville
The popular TV show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is returning to Nashville. A pep rally was held today for area residents kicking off the construction of two new homes for local families. The rumor is, the homes will be built for families who lost everything they had in the recent floods in Tennessee. This is a great way for area residents and volunteers to help their neighbors and support one another during a difficult time. And an added bonus….the possibility of one of country music's hottest dropping by to pitch in or entertain the volunteers.
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Recent and archived news articles by Dylan Loeb McClain of The New York Times.
Walter Shawn Browne, Fast-Moving Chess Grandmaster, Dies at 66
Mr. Browne was an aggressive, animated grandmaster and six-time United States champion who dazzled spectators with his world-class ability at speed chess.
June 28, 2015, Sunday
MORE ON: Deaths (Obituaries) , Chess , Browne, Walter Shawn (1949-2015)
Chess Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana Switches Nationality and Will Play for U.S.
The addition of Caruana, part of a concerted effort by American chess officials to lure top talent, makes the Americans the favorite to win next year's Chess Olympiad.
May 14, 2015, Thursday
At Sohn Conference, Masters of Moves Recognize the Good Ones
Hedge fund managers and investors marveled at an exhibition of chess by Magnus Carlsen, the world champion from Norway, who played blindfolded.
May 6, 2015, Wednesday
MORE ON: Chess , Carlsen, Magnus , Polgar, Susan , Banking and Financial Institutions
Elite Chess Teams Reach Final Four, Which Should Be a Quiet Affair
This weekend's event in New York pits the top four chess teams from December's Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship.
March 29, 2015, Sunday
Your Move, Grandmaster. (To the U.S., Please.)
If an official program and a clandestine effort to recruit top players from other countries is successful, the United States chess team could be a favorite at the next Chess Olympiad.
March 11, 2015, Wednesday
MORE ON: Chess , Caruana, Fabiano , Chess Olympiad , Sinquefield, Rex , So, Wesley , Nakamura, Hikaru , United States
After Rocky Start, Grand Prix Finds a Favorite in the Lead
Organizational problems have plagued the current Grand Prix series, but Fabiano Caruana is holding the lead as expected.
October 12, 2014, Sunday
MORE ON: Chess , World Chess Federation
India Shows Its Strength at Youth Tournament
Players from India won six medals at the World Youth Championships in Durban, South Africa, twice the number as Russia.
October 5, 2014, Sunday
MORE ON: Chess , World Chess Federation , India
Players for Hire Take European Club Title
A team from Azerbaijan won the European Club Cup with a roster of players from six countries.
September 28, 2014, Sunday
MORE ON: Chess
Polish Player With Texas Ties Wins U.S. Masters Title
Bartlomiej Macieja, the chess coach at the University of Texas at Brownsville, finished a half-point ahead of a Ukrainian grandmaster that the Masters tournament in North Carolina.
September 21, 2014, Sunday
Women's Champion Builds War Chest for Title Defense
Hou Yifan's victory in this year's Grand Prix series may help her defend the women's world championship.
September 14, 2014, Sunday
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John Force Racing - John Force's Winter WonderlandWritten by on January 23, 2007 The John Force Holiday Car Show
The forces of nature smiled bright on the John Force Holiday Car Show in Yorba Linda, California, on Sunday, December 11, 2005. Unlike the last couple drizzle-filled events, sunny blue skies and mild temperatures greeted upward of 18,000 participants and fans. Benefiting the California Highway Patrol's "CHiP's for Kids" toy drive, each year celebrants bring unwrapped toys to the show. According to event manager Craig Hoelzel, the 10,709 toys donated shattered previous years' contributions.
There was a huge pile of toys for youngsters-and king-sized ones, in the form of 780 show trucks, cars, boats, and motorcycles, for us full-sized kids to admire. We walked the grounds of the John Force compound and the surrounding streets with visions of billet wheels and overlap cams dancing in our heads. Even Santa couldn't fault us for wishing our various project trucks were done-the '34 Ford roadster pickup, the F-100 giveaway truck, the '74 Chevy stepside, the '40 Ford hauler of CCT's former editor-on Dasher, on Dancer, on Chevy, on Ford!
Some of the trucks we spied we'd already featured in CCT. Still others were familiar pickups we had the pleasure to see at other recent events. In addition to the many custom vehicles on display, drag-racing champ John Force and his team of winning drivers Eric Medlen, Robert Hight, and Brandon Bernstein signed autographs. Force's youngest daughters, Brittany and Courtney, who will campaign Super Comp dragsters sponsored by Brand Source this year, also signed, alongside racing legend Carroll Shelby.
If you don't get the drift that the place to be for gearheads of all ages in early December is the John Force Holiday Car Show, you must not have motor oil coursing through your veins. The antidote for such an affliction is to renew your multi-year subscription to CUSTOM CLASSIC TRUCKS. While you're at it, visit www.johnforceracing.com to find out more about next year's show. Until then, get those visions of fuel injection and custom pickup interiors dancing in your heads by seeing some of what you missed at the 2005 John Force Holiday Car Show.
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Dave Hubert of Coto de Caza, CA, won a special award, Best Fire Engine, for his awesome '02 steam fire engine. Attendees could climb aboard the steamer and get their photo taken with a dalmatian.Though we've seen Ed Varela's racy red '68 Chevy C10 fleetside at other events, we never grow weary of this well-preserved pickup. Ed resides in Lake Forest, CA.If you're ever sunbathing in Newport Beach, CA, you may be lucky enough to see Marty Sandercock's '40 Willys pickup. Otherwise, he may attend next year's event.Another Jimmy was a big hit at the show. Wayne Christian of Corona, CA, brought his gennie red and black '41 GMC.
Sporting a hue pretty close to Blue Oval Blue, Craig Hazzard of Tustin, CA, showed up with his '56 Ford F-100.If your Effie looked as great as Al Ubrun's '56 F-100, you'd want to carry orange cones around to create your own personal parking spot. Al and his Effie brought a Best of Show award back to Riverside, CA.How about getting a sweet lemonade-hued '65 El Camino for Christmas? Mark Henningsen of Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, owns one.You probably remember Scott Norton's awesome '53 Ford COE from a feature article we did recently. The Huntington Beach, CA, dweller won a special award, Judges' Top Pick, for the COE, his '55 Cushman Scooter, and his '38 Chevy coupe-all painted to match.The 13-time NHRA Powerade champion John Force demonstrates to his daughter Ashley the most effective way to sign an autograph. We're sure Mr. Force has had enough practice. To accommodate all those in attendance, the planned two-hour autograph session had to be stretched to four hours.We know it's not American made, but these VW Single Cabs look pretty cool. We wonder whether Randy Palmer of Pasadena, CA, has a Porsche 911 engine lurking under all that body cladding? He was another Best of Show winner.Powering Bob's bodacious F-1 is a dual-quad Cadillac mill guaranteed to thrill when Bob mashes the pedal on the right.
Every once in a while, we can't resist running a depot hack (or station wagon, as they're more commonly known). D&P Nance of Huntington Beach, CA, own a most uncommon '65 Chevy two-door wagon.The MagnaCharger-topped Chevy engine that powers the Nance's Tiki-themed wagon also has faux-woodgrained valve covers. Cool.The blown engine in Ken Fisher's '69 Ford Bronco looks as though it could melt those rear tires with ease. Ken is from Hemet, CA.There was a long line the entire event to get a guided tour of the John Force Racing compound. For visitors who didn't have time to wait, there was also a section on the second floor of the building where some of the dragsters were on display, in addition to some of Mr. Force's extensive automobilia collection. Maybe next year we'll get the guided tour.


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WASHINGTON (AP) - Education Secretary Arne Duncan says the country needs to reevaluate its values and consider common-sense gun control measures after a mass shooting at a Connecticut school.
Duncan was speaking at a Washington elementary school one week after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. He says "reasonable people should be able to agree on these restrictions," including limiting civilian access to military-style assault rifles and high-capacity ammunition magazines.
He says the country also needs to focus on making access to mental health care easier while "limiting easy access to guns."
Duncan's comments reflect President Barack Obama's stance on gun control since last week's shooting deaths of 20 young children and six adults.
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The country's three major bond-rating agencies have once again awarded Delaware a triple A-rating for its fiscal management practices.
The ratings have been received in conjunction with the state's proposed issuance of $340 million of its general obligation bonds. Of the total bonds, $225 million represents new money for capital projects, primarily school construction projects, while more than $115 million will refinance existing higher priced debt.
"Having another triple-A bond rating keep the state's interest rates lower, saving even more money for Delaware," secretary of finance Tom Cook said. Of the bonds being sold, $115 million will be available to retail investors.
Retail bonds will be available from the following brokers until Feb. 19:
BofA Merrill Lynch: (800) 937-0424 (Wilmington); (800) 487-4518 (Rehoboth Beach);
(800) 937-0631 (Dover).
Raymond James & Associates, Inc.: (877) 295-9116.
Drexel Hamilton LLC: (212) 632-0406.
Loop Capital Markets: (888) 294-8898.
M&T Securities, Inc: (302) 651-8644.
TD Securities: (800) 934-4445.
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March truckload spot market sets another record month, according to TransCore
April 14, 2011
As trucking capacity remains tight, one of the biggest beneficiaries of that is the spot market.
That was made clear in data released this week by TransCore, which indicated that spot market truckload freight volume in March hit its highest level in March since the firm's North American Freight Index was rolled out in 1996.
TransCore officials said that truckload spot market freight availability in March hit its highest level for any month since October 2005, due to "pent-up freight demand following Hurricane Katrina."
According to TransCore, March load volume was up 23 percent from February and 40 percent annually, with freight volumes paced by a 57 percent gain in flatbed freight and dry van freight availability up 32 percent and reefer loads up 26 percent from February.
Tightening capacity has been a steady theme of late in trucking circles and many industry experts do not expect that to change anytime soon in the near future, with carriers keeping assets in check with demand levels and fuel prices continuing to rise on a weekly and daily basis.
A report by Robert W. Baird & Co. analyst Jon Langenfeld noted how the improving demand environment is consistent with expectations for further economic growth.
"Continued spot market demand strength in March is a positive indicator for
broader domestic demand, as constrained truckload capacity benefits pricing growth
broadly across domestic transportation modes," according to Langenfeld. "Weather-related expenses and rising fuel costs represent headwinds to 1Q results among many transports, though potential for improved sentiment with solid demand and pricing commentary from public carriers."
And the overall economy now compared to a year ago, when a significant inventory re-build was occurring, also is factoring into trucking market conditions, according to Doug Waggoner, CEO of Echo Global Logistics, a non-asset based freight brokerage company and a provider of technology-enabled transportation and supply chain management services.
"In the first half of 2010, we saw capacity get real tight as there was a general inventory re-stocking take place, and in the second half of the year that restocking subsided and we settled in on a general economic rate, which is where we are now," said Waggoner in an interview earlier this year.
This growth rate, said Waggoner, is modest and not taxing transportation capacity. And at the same time, he pointed out it is making all the asset-based transportation carriers more healthy again through things like modest rate hikes in the less-than-truckload (LTL) sector. While on the truckload side, he noted there appears to be modest excess capacity, with carriers practicing discipline by not adding capacity to fleets, as well as underlying themes like overall economic uncertainty, increases in fuel prices, and the outcome of various government regulations like CSA 2010.
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Roseville speedway gears up for cycling race
LeadOut Racing, a cycling team headquartered at a house in El Dorado Hills, is about to put All American Speedway to use in a much different way.
The first Placer Valley GranPrix Criterium will be held Sunday, Sept. 30, at the racetrack on the Placer County Fairgrounds in Roseville.
The event is the brainchild of John Novikoff, a Rocklin resident who serves as vice president of LeadOut Racing, a new team that was formed last year. Teams flying the USA Cycling banner are required to hold an event each year to maintain their status.
LeadOut Racing has members throughout Placer County, and Novikoff said the team was "looking to make an impact locally."
Novikoff noted races often are held in parks or undeveloped areas with roads.
"We wanted to find a unique venue," he said Tuesday. "We got introduced to the fairgrounds."
Fairgrounds CEO John Javidan said a collaborative effort between Novikoff, Placer Valley Tourism and fairgrounds officials made it come together.
"It's exciting to try something new out there, and for one, the criterium sounds like a lot of fun," Javidan said. "I can't wait to watch it."
The start/finish line for the criterium will be the same one used for weekly auto racing at the track. The one-mile course will exit the track in turn two, make a sharp right through the pits and turn left onto All America City Boulevard. The course hangs another left onto Washington Boulevard and proceeds to Corporation Yard Road, where it hooks left and back through the pits before making two more right turns up the onramp in the backstretch and back onto the speedway.
Each race will be timed — from 25 minutes to an hour, depending on which of 12 classes is on the track.
"It's like a chess game. There are those who go out in front and those who conserve energy," Novikoff said. "As a spectator sport, it's fantastic. You see the changes in the race, and you see (the riders) every couple of minutes."
The event is expected to draw from 400 to 500 cyclists, from beginners to pros.
"We're pretty excited about it," Novikoff said. "We'll see a lot of domestic local professionals, from the Bay Area to Nevada."
Now that he has worked out everything from insurance to the podium girls, Novikoff would like to make the criterium an annual event covering a weekend.
Said Novikoff, "I'd love to see it go."
When/Where: Sept. 30 at All American Speedway, 800 All America City Blvd., Roseville.
Cyclist fees: $28 for each race except juniors ($15) and kids (free).
Purse: $1,900 in cash and merchandise.
Race schedule: Elite Men 5, 8 a.m.; Elite Men 4, 8:45; Men's 35 + 5, 9:35; Men 35 + 3/4, 10:20; Kids 5 and under/6-9, 11:10; Elite Women's 4, 11:30; Juniors 10-16, 12:10 p.m.; 45 + 1/2/3, 12:45; Elite 3, 1:40; 35 + 1/2/3, 2:35; Elite Women 1/2/3, 3:35; Pro 1/2, 4:35.
Spectator fee: Free. Parking is $5.
Information: www.leadoutracing.com.
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Rock Hounding
Agate, quartzite, jasper and many other fascinating stones can be found throughout Wyoming's mineral deposits. Travelers in the Cowboy State can enjoy taking a break from the road to stop and search for nature's hidden gems. Experienced geologists and amateur souvenir hunters alike will love what Wyoming rock hounding has to offer.


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Engine Swap - Modern V-8 Swaps Made SimpleWritten by Marlan Davis on May 2, 2007 Contributors: Manufacturers Reanimate Your Musclecar With Late-Model, High-Tech GM LS, Ford Modular, or Chrysler Hemi Power.
Face it: GM Gen III/IV small-blocks, Ford Modular motors, and new Chrysler Hemis have rejuvenated production cars, and now they're poised to revolutionize hot-rodding.
Overhead cams, forced induction, aluminum heads, and even aluminum blocks are no longer exotic rarities. Engine life is now measured in hundreds of thousands of miles. Fast-burn combustion chambers and heads that flow on a par with old-school big-blocks offer growth potential old-school small-block owners could only dream of. Combine the new engine designs with an overdrive trans, and you can have your cake and eat it too-economical highway cruising with big horsepower. A whole new industry has arisen for hopping them up, supplying them, and even installing them in classic musclecars-that bundle of snakes under the hood notwithstanding. No doubt, traditionalists shy away from the high-tech marvels because of their seeming technical complexity. And while the electronic component of a modern swap is at least as complex as the physical aspect, aftermarket solutions are appearing almost daily.
Many rodders prefer to swap in the late-model engine along with its corresponding electronic trans, which interfaces correctly with the factory computer and eliminates adapter issues, but it's also possible to bolt up classic transmissions using available aftermarket parts. Remember that any high-pressure EFI retrofit requires EFI-compatible fuel-tank baffling, fuel lines, and fuel-pump configuration (Rock Valley is one source for retrofit fuel tanks).
The Ford and GM engines have been available for more than 10 years; even the new Hemi is now five years old. Standard-perf versions of these engines are fairly common and affordable in the wrecking yards. If you have your heart set on a high-perf mill and can't find one through the usual sources, Linda Quest at Engine Town has nationwide contacts for all makes and models and swears she can come up with virtually any complete takeout your heart desires (but have your wallet ready). There's also the factory crate-motor route.
On the following pages, we examine some of the parts and pieces available to simplify swapping new motors into old cars. Hopefully, this overview will whet your appetite for a full-course modernization program on your own ride.
Ford Modular V-8
Ford's Modular motor debuted as a 4.6L two-valve (2V) single overhead cam (SOHC) motor in the '91 Lincoln Town Car. Mustangs got Mod'd in '96. Subsequently, hotter four-valve (4V) dual overhead cam (DOHC) and three-valve (3V) SOHC versions have proliferated. While all the heads have been aluminum, 2V and 3V SOHC motors use iron blocks. DOHC 4V motors have mostly used aluminum blocks; '03-'04 390hp supercharged Mustang Cobras went to a stronger iron block. Ford Racing offers 300hp 4.6L 3V crate motors (PN M-6007-3V46) and a special 400hp 5.0L 4V (PN M-6007-T50EA).
Trucks got the high-deck 5.4 starting in '97. Most are 2V SOHC engines (including the supercharged F-150 Lightning), but 4V 5.4s appeared in the '00 Cobra R, Ford GT, and '07 Shelby Mustang GT500. The 5.4s in Ford GTs came with a Lysholm screw supercharger and dry-sump oiling, developing an astounding 550 hp and 500 lb-ft (crate motor PN M-6007-GT).
The '99-and-later engines have returnless fuel systems. Instead of a pressure regulator and a return line, the stock computer changes the fuel pressure (and hence fuel flow and volume) by varying the fuel-pump voltage as needed. DVS Restorations modifies old tanks for the '03 Cobra in-tank fuel pump and returnless fuel system.
All Mod motors are neutral balanced. The Mod motor's rear-block-face bolt pattern and engine mounts are unique, but the mount pads are located in the same relative location in relation to the bellhousing face as a classic Ford small-block. Mounting-solution parts as well as in-house swap services and custom tuning are available from DVS Restorations, Superior Custom Classics, AEW, Paul's High Performance, and others. Car motors are more compact and their motor mounts better adapt to retrofit installations. "Mustangs have the best exhaust manifolds and the most adaptable mounts," maintains AEW's Mark Sanchez.
But any way you slice it, the overhead cam Mod motors are wide. They have clearance problems with classic Ford musclecars' high-mounted shock towers. It's even worse on the 5.4s due to their higher decks. The 2V 5.4s are at least 1 inch taller and wider than 2V 4.6s. The 4V DOHCs are about 4 inches wider, more massive than even a 427-SOHC big-block. It's possible to retain the stock '67-'70 Mustang frontend by dimpling the shock towers for a 2V or notching them for a 4V. The '65-'66 models mount the front upper control arms 1 inch more inboard per side than the '67-'70 chassis, requiring a more radical approach. RRS offers a MacPherson-strut conversion and shock-tower cut-back plates that eliminate the upper arms and provide needed clearance while retaining the stock steering linkage.
But the most sanitary solution is to upgrade the whole frontend to MacPherson struts plus a rack-and-pinion (R&P) steering setup. This approach works on the '67-'70 cars as well, providing a lighter, roomier, and more modern frontend. Conversion kits are offered by DVS, Heidt's, Rod & Custom Motorsports, Griggs Racing, Fat Man Fabrication, and others. The DVS kits retain all the original late-model Ford suspension geometry, permitting vintage Mustang owners to install a full suite of aftermarket Steeda or Maximum Motorsports late-model suspension enhancers. Interestingly, the late-model SN-95 Mustang radiator does fit between classic Mustang framerails-and the 4.6 radiator allows running the Ford-controlled electric fan.
Dropping the Mod motor into a '79-and-later Fox-bodied Mustang is lots easier than a classic musclecar retrofit, Sanchez says. Just adapt the '96-'04 SN-95 Mustang Modular motor crossmember or use an aftermarket tubular conversion 'member. Maximum Motorsports' version has two sets of slots so it can take either the classic small-block or the Mod motor. Depending on the specific chassis year, some front-suspension mods may also be required. For clearance, you will need to go to the '96-'04 Mustang SN-95 Hydroboost power-brake assist in place of the existing vacuum booster or revert to manual brakes. Use 2V or 4V factory Mustang headers or MAC headers.
Most Mod motor ECMs have sophisticated, hard-to-defeat antitheft systems. Superchips Custom Tuning (SCT) offers sophisticated (albeit pricey) tuning solutions for the stock computer. Ford Racing should offer a retrofit wiring harness by this summer. S&P and Painless Wiring also sell harnesses now. Some '96 computers did not have antitheft provisions. Pre-'96 computers used undesirable EEC-4 electronics, which should be avoided. The custom wiring, retrofit, and computer reprogramming specialist Haywood Custom Speed says '99-'04 processors are better and quicker, but the '05-and-later drive-by-wire (DBW) computers are more likely to throw codes. DBW throttle bodies require the donor car's throttle pedal. Retrofitting a cable-actuated throttle body to a DBW intake requires an adapter plate, since Ford changed the mounting bolt pattern. However, Accufab is working on a billet cable-actuated throttle body with the DBW bolt pattern. Hopped-up motors may require larger fuel injectors. If so, you must either recalibrate the stock mass airflow (MAF) meter or install an aftermarket MAF.
Some Mod specialists prefer to avoid hassling with the antitheft system, preferring an aftermarket computer. Superior Custom likes ACCEL's Gen 7 system. Owner Rich Brandl says, "It lets us get more out of the motor." Brandl's custom harnesses marry the ACCEL wiring to the factory Ford wiring. The user-friendly harness requires hooking up only four wires to the battery, but you'll need to learn how to use the Gen 7 software.
Mod motors all use coil ignition systems without distributors. The coil packs were in front of the cylinder heads on '98-and-earlier models. Starting in '99, Mod motors went to a coil-on-plug setup that usually makes for a cleaner installation.
Lentech, Performance Automatic, and J.W. offer adapters for bolting up older automatic transmissions to the Mod motor. Baumann has standalone controllers for the late-model automatic transmissions if needed. Use a Tremec bellhousing for a TKO or 3550-series five-speed. D&D Fabrication and McLeod Industries have all sorts of manual-trans adapter solutions. Keisler has a full line of trans swap kits; currently it specs the TKO over the T56 in most instances due to new core availability as well as easier fitment in classic chassis.
GM Gen III/IV Small-Block
GM calls its LS engines small-blocks, but the LS motors and their truck brethren really are all-new designs sharing no parts except the rod bearings with classic small-blocks. First introduced as the 5.7L all-aluminum LS1 in the '97 Vette, the Gen III found a home in the Camaro/Firebird starting in '98. Usage spread into '99 trucks and SUVs with new 4.8L, 5.3L, and 6.0L iron-block variants. In '04, the Gen III configuration gave way to the Gen IV. Revisions include revised casting techniques to produce larger-displacement 6.0L, 6.2L and 7.0L aluminum blocks, as well as provisions to implement displacement-on-demand and variable valve timing. The 7.0L (427.6 ci) LS7 is exclusive to the Corvette and is rated at 505 hp and 470 lb-ft. Exotic LS7 components include titanium valves and connecting rods, as well as a dry-sump oiling system. Crate LS1 (PN 25534322), LS2 (PN 19156261), and LS7 (PN 17802397) engines are available through GM Performance Parts (GMPP). The new '07 Escalade all-aluminum L92 6.2L (403 hp with variable valve timing) will be offered as a crate motor under PN 19165485. GMPP also sells an LSX iron block (PN 19166454). Rated to withstand 2,500 hp, it can be built as large as 511 ci (4.25 bore x 4.5 stroke).
Gen III/IV motors are physically similar except for different harmonic balancers, water-pump offsets, oil-pan configurations, and rear crank offsets. Gen IV front covers and front dress are different from Gen III parts. One big change was to the crank-mounted ignition reluctor ring. First implemented on '06 Corvettes before being rolled into other chassis starting in '07, the original 24-tooth reluctor ring was replaced by a 58-tooth ring. At this time, there was also a change in the cam sensor and cam sprocket. The engine-control module (ECM) must be compatible with the new sensors (look for E38 or E67 cast into the ECM cover). The E38/E67 ECM no longer incorporates control functions for the electronically controlled auto trans (including the 4L60E, 4L65E, 4L70E, 4L80E, and new six-speed automatics), which must use GM's new standalone production TCM. Alternatively, GMPP and TCI market standalone computers for controlling the late-model electronic automatics.
Why not revert to an earlier ECM? That requires removing the crank to change reluctor rings as well as the new cam sensor and sprocket. For identification purposes, the external electrical connector to the reluctor ring is located near the starter on the passenger side. A 24-tooth reluctor-ring connector is black; a 58-tooth ring is gray. There are also MAF differences. The computer should match the MAF, reluctor/ cam sensor, and (ideally) trans. Implementing displacement-on-demand also requires those models' separate body computer in addition to the ECM and TCM. Computer reprogramming is needed to bypass the vehicle antitheft system (VATS) used on many models.
Rear-sump F-body and truck oil pans are the most adaptable and fit many classic chassis. The Cadillac CTS-V pan's sump kick-down is about 1 inch farther back than the Camaro's. GTOs have a front-sump pan, which could be a good match for early Chevy IIs. Due to their side kick-out wings, '97-'04 Corvette wet-sump pans are hard to adapt to anything except other Vettes. The '05-'07 LS2 Vette pan did away with the wings and works well in low-ground-clearance street rods. The LS7 dry-sump Vette pan won't fit most classic chassis, either-yet modifying it is hard because oil-feed passages are incorporated into the pan. Replacing it with a wet-sump pan requires a Don Hardy spacer (because the LS7 crank is longer) and an LS2-style front cover. Canton offers custom oil-pan sumps on a special-order basis; it and Dailey Engineering also offer dry-sumps. But the easiest overall options are the new LS pans available from both Milodon and Moroso.
The Gen III/IV bellhousing bolt pattern is similar to the classic Chevy V-8 except for one bolt (it adds one new hole and deletes an existing hole). You can bolt up a classic auto-trans or manual-trans bellhousing using metric bolts, leaving one bolt hole unused. On most engines, the crank rear offset from the block is 0.400 inch less than a classic Chevy V-8. GM offers a special pilot bearing (PN 12557583) that compensates for the offset difference and allows the use of a standard-length classic manual-trans input shaft. Another alternative is dedicated installation kits available from Keisler or Classic Chevy 5-Speed, as well as McLeod's modular bellhousing system. McLeod also has a trick shifter setup for late-model, internal-rail manual trannies that allows significant stick position alterations so the handle comes out the right place in the console.
For a classic automatic, use flexplate GM PN 12551367 plus spacer PN 12563532. TCI also offers an auto-trans flexplate that allows bolting up classic GM automatics to Gen III/IV engines. In some cases, when using an early torque converter with a GM factory flexplate, the converter mounting holes must be elongated.
GMPP publishes an excellent manual for Gen III engines (PN 88959384) that describes which factory parts are available to facilitate retrofits (it hasn't yet been updated to cover Gen IV engines). Street & Performance (S&P) offers a frequently updated 211/42-hour instructional DVD on how to swap these engines. Both S&P and Trans-Dapt Performance sell universal engine-mount brackets that adapt the LS-style block engine-mounting bolt pattern to classic Chevy V-8 mounting systems. In fact, S&P is also your one-stop source for all sorts of universal problem solvers including oil pans, fuel-system parts, computer reprogramming, wiring harnesses and wiring parts, complete crate engines, numerous parts for getting the late-style electronics to work right with earlier nonelectronic transmissions, and custom pulley-drive setups (including relocation solutions for the typical factory low-mount A/C compressor that may hit early crossmembers). If desired, S&P can convert the returnless fuel rails used on most of these engines to a return-type system.
Brewer's Restoration and Performance (BRP) offers complete engine and trans swap kits for most X-bodies (Chevy II/Nova and clones), all A/G-bodies (Chevelle, Monte Carlo, and clones), and '67-'81 Gen 1 and 2 F-bodies (Camaro/Firebird). On Gen 1 F-cars, the existing front-clip/rear-steer setup can be retained, if desired, by modifying a stock Camaro Gen III engine oil pan or by using available GMCOPO or S&P pans. Brewer's Camaro conversion parts are also available through Year One. Future Brewer kit plans include early Vettes, B-bodies (fullsize passenger cars), and trucks.
Turn Key Engine Supply sells fully dressed and hopped-up engines plus the parts to install them in the specific chassis. Currently, retro swap kits for the '62-'67 Nova, '55-'57 Chevy, '67-'69 Camaro, and '66-'72 Chevelle are available. Included are long-tube headers, small-block motor-mount adapters, and a modified oil pan.
S&P has mounts and headers for '55-'57 passenger cars as well as later Impalas and Caprices. Art Morrison can sell you a complete rolling '58-'62 Vette or Tri-5 Chevy chassis with late Vette suspension that's setup for Gen III/IV engines. Hawks Third Gen offers complete conversion solutions for the '82-'92 F-body. A Hawks kit for '68-'82 Vettes is in the pipeline. To put an LS engine into a '93-'97 fourth-gen F-car, use a '98-'02 F-car front crossmember along with other available parts from Hawks.
GMPP is introducing computer and wiring harness kits that include a DBW pedal. For a 58-tooth-reluctor LS2, order PN 19166568; for an LS7, it's 19166567. Many aftermarket specialists deal in wiring harnesses and computer solutions that allow retention of factory computers. In addition to S&P, these outfits include Dr. K, Howell Engine Developments, Lingenfelter, Painless Performance, Ron Francis, Speartech, GMCOPO, TPIS, and TTS. Lingenfelter and TPIS offer custom engine-building services. Want to home-program a factory computer using a laptop? Check out Carputing's LS1-edit software or VCM's HP Tuner. Complete aftermarket computer systems are available from ACCEL, Electromotive, Holley, FAST, MoTeC, and others.
For traditionalists who like the Gen III engine's modern styling but hate computers, GMPP and Edelbrock have Holley carb-flanged intakes, while Wegner sells a new front cover with a conventional ignition distributor hole that accepts a 351W Ford distributor. The cover uses a standard-rotation Ford water pump.
Chrysler's Hemi is back but in a whole new high-tech incarnation that shares nothing but the name with old-school Hemis. The new Hemi rolled out as a 5.7L motor in '02 Dodge Ram 2500 and 3500 pickups. In '03, usage spread to Dodge Ram 1500s as well as the Chrysler 300C, Dodge Magnum, and Jeep Grand Cherokee. In '05, the 6.1L version appeared in selected SRT vehicles including the Chrysler 300 and Dodge Magnum. By '06, 6.1s could be found in the Dodge Charger and Jeep Grand Cherokee. The 6.1s are rated as high as 425 hp and 420 lb-ft. Some cars have a multidisplacement system (MDS) that can shut off half the cylinders under light load to improve fuel economy. Mopar Performance is introducing a 6.4L crate motor (540 hp carbureted, PN P5153604; 525 hp with EFI, PN P5153605).
Hard-core Mopar guys are already slamming new Hemis into old musclecars. Tube Technologies (TTI), a longtime Mopar exhaust-header specialist, is leading the way with headers, engine mounts, and other needed swap accessories. As TTI owner Sam Davis put it, "Naturally we wanted to have headers for the new Hemi, but to make sure they work, we decided to offer the mounts, too, so everything lines up." TTI mounts are available for classic A-bodies (Dart/Valiant and variants), B-bodies (Belvedere/Coronet), and E-bodies (Challenger/Barracuda). Made exclusively for TTI by Schumacher (which at present does not itself sell the new Hemi mounts directly to the public), the mounts work with typical V-8 K-members (except old 426 Hemi K-members) and the stock-style Chrysler small-block rubber insulators (which you can buy from Schumacher). Polyurethane biscuits are in the pipeline. Another alternative is to replace the entire stock frontend with a Reilly MotorSports new tubular K-member setup for the Hemi. It includes a coilover suspension and rack-and-pinion steering with additional options like air suspension available.
The new Hemi's rear-block-face bolt pattern is similar to a classic Chrysler LA small-block (which is different from the B/RB big-block, 426 Hemi, or Slant Six). Old-school LA-engine automatics and manual-trans bellhousings bolt up (just leave out the top bolt). There is a slight 0.060-inch flexplate ring-gear misalignment due to the Hemi's slightly longer crankshaft offset. In theory, spacers/adapters are needed to make up the difference, but early installers (unaware of the difference) have reportedly just bolted everything up. The new Hemi has an eight-bolt crank flange, so old A-engine flexplates and flywheels can't be used. Mopar Performance is said to be developing a special flexplate for retrofit applications. In the meantime, you could use a stock eight-bolt 426 Hemi flexplate with a classic-style small-block neutral-balance torque converter by elongating one hole in the flexplate.
If you're using an original automatic and TTI mounts, you should not have to relocate the original automatic-trans crossmember. You will, however, have to fabricate kick-down linkage to the throttle body to ensure proper operation. Mopar Performance has parts to facilitate this.
Some swaps have used a Chrysler A-518 four-speed automatic overdrive. Although it's the same length as an A-727, the A-518 is a lot fatter. The mount pattern is the same as a GM trans, and a GM TH350 mount is recommended. One advantage of this beefy A-727 descendent is that it does not require a computer or lockup converter, and Overdrive can be actuated with a simple toggle switch. On the other hand, the bulky trans requires major floorpan surgery. Even bulkier is the stock late-model 45RFE electronically shifted trans. It needs its own separate trans controller in addition to the stock engine ECM. A possible alternative is Keisler's new Chrysler overdrive trans conversion kit, which uses a more compact GM 4L65E four-speed automatic with an aftermarket standalone trans-controller.
At present, there are no production Hemi manual-trans applications; however, Chrysler does offer a Viper V-10 manual trans T56 bellhousing which could be adapted. There is also the McLeod modular bellhousing system. Hydraulic clutch or mechanical linkage Z-bar mods are needed plus a custom aftermarket manual trans flywheel. Mopar Performance will soon have new Hemi flywheels and clutch parts.
ECM interface is a problem. Stock Mopar computers don't tolerate hot-rod mods well, and there are no consumer-friendly reprogramming options for the production computer. Street & Performance offers computer reprogramming, but it needs the VIN from the computer's donor vehicle. Mopar Performance's crate fuel-injected motor comes with its own computer and wiring harness (not production-based). AEM is working on a retrofit plug-and-play, user-reprogrammable computer. Alternatively, install a complete aftermarket EFI system.
Chassis electrical interface on old Chryslers can get tricky. Marginal even back in the '60s, the old dinosaurs routed all electrical power through a dash-mounted amp meter. A late-model 140-amp Hemi alternator will fry that old electrical system for sure. You should convert the amp meter to a voltmeter and use an engine-bay distribution hub rather than route all power through the amp-meter circuit. Safely maintaining the alternator's full 140-amp rating really calls for a six-gauge charging wire. Mopar Performance offers a special pigtail that allows wiring the late alternator to the early voltage regulator (PN P4529794). A P4510598 tach adapter may be needed to convert the signal from the Hemi's coil-ignition system. If your local dealer doesn't care to deal with hot rodders, talk to Matt Dean at Glendora Dodge, a leading Mopar Performance dealer that was involved in one of the first new Hemi A-body swaps.
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Twenty-first-century power for 20th-century classics? You bet. This '03 Mustang Cobra 4.6L DOHC four-valve Ford Modular motor is dropping into a '67 Mustang fastback using DVS Restorations' new SN-95-chassis, MacPherson-strut conversion kit that includes everything including new strut towers. Tubular control arms and K-member are optional extras.Mod motors are offered in many trims from mild to wild. A 260hp '99-'04 Mustang 4.6L SOHC with 2V PI heads (right) offers decent performance at a reasonable cost. Crossroads Auto Wrecking gets $1,400 for the motor and $2,750 for a changeover including motor, trans, and wiring harness. Exotic 4V DOHCs like the 390hp '03-'04 Cobra supercharged 4.6 with iron block (left) are rare and expensive.DVS built a '68 Mustang with a complete '99 Cobra drivetrain-motor, trans, IRS, struts, ABS, and traction control. The late K-member and strut towers were melded onto the '68 chassis, serving as a prototype for DVS' strut and rack conversion kits for '65-'70 Mustangs and Cougars. The DVS kits now come with new towers instead of the proto's modified late towers.Superior has fabbed front-sump oil pans that clear classic Ford musclecar stock suspensions by splitting and reversing the sump on a stock rear-sump pan (the pump pickup tube must be shortened and relocated). Canton sells new front-sump pans and pickups (PN 15-790, shown). Select a pickup for the pan based on engine configuration (2V or 4V/H.O.).DVS has trimmed this stock shock tower to make room for the Mod motor. The control-arm mounts have also been dropped by 1 inch-what Ford guys call a "Shelby mod."With so many classic and modern engines and tranny combos, it's impossible to offer a crossmember for every possible old Mustang installation. DVS' solution: a universal trans support that is fully adjustable 6 inches on three different axes.DVS sells Western Motorsports' special version of the Simple Digital Systems (SDS) EFI system, which plugs into Mod motor factory EEC-5 ECMs. You don't need a laptop, and it works with all Ford factory sensors and wiring-just cut off the Ford factory master connector and splice in the SDS master connector, rekeying the wires according to the supplied instructions.To install a '96-'04 Mustang K-member in a Fox-body: Elongate the member's rear mount holes forward to match the Fox-body holes, shortening the rear of the member as needed. Use Global West's Del-a-lum bushing kit (PN 1046RD fits '83-'93 Mustangs) to move the lower control arm rearward by flipping the spacers backward. This re-centers the wheel in the fender. The existing Fox rack bolts up.To retain the original-style front suspension in a '67-'70 Mustang when installing a 4.6, take a tip from the old-school drag racers: Cut the existing shock towers along the front edge (scribed chalk line) to make room for the wider motor. There's lots of room on the back side to reinforce the towers after making the cut.
With modern swaps, the electronic interface often presents more issues than actual physical parts fitment. You can minimize many of the interface challenges by getting everything-engine, trans, and computer-from the same vehicle. S&P, Hawks, Brewer's, and others sell good used takeout packages. This one's a late GTO/six-speed combo.For installing LS engines into an '82-'92 Camaro/Firebird, Hawks Third Gen offers basic motor mounts and late-model 4L60E or T56 crossmembers, as well as high-end replacement tubular front K-members like this one that clears stock LS A/C units. The company also sells any needed electrical and mechanical interface parts, including trick tubular adjustable torque arms.The steering centerlink hits stock oil pans on rear-steer '67-'69 Camaro/'68-'74 Nova chassis, so Brewer's prefers to sell a new front clip with a modern rack-and-pinion steering conversion for these models (it also converts existing front clips to R&P steering on an exchange basis). Brewer's also has mounts for stock steering that work with modified oil pans. Both Milodon and Moroso now offer swap pans.For the tight '62-'67 Chevy II, Brewer's offsets the motor and trans 31/44 inch to the passenger side. The offset plus the bulk of a late-model T56 trans requires considerable floorpan mods-it's important to get the mockup right. The good news is that there's no need to notch the shock towers.Adjustable laterally and longitudinally, Classic Chevy's unique transmission crossmember can accommodate a variety of different transmissions. This is a '70 Camaro with a T56.This new retrofit oil pan from GMCOPO has a modified sump that clears even first-gen F-car K-members. It fits most 4x4 trucks, too. GMCOPO also offers computer reprogramming services and custom wiring harnesses.Classic Chevy 5-Speed sells an integrated kit to install the LS engine and T56 six-speed in a '70-'81 Camaro/ Firebird. ATS adapter brackets bolt the LS motor to reversed '70-'73 Z28 small-block mounts installed on the original '70-'73 frame stands. Flipping the mounts lets the engine sit lower in the chassis and moves it toward the firewall for better weight distribution.Chrysler's new Hemi is finding a ready home in classic Mopars like this '66 Charger. Mopar Performance (MP) even offers complete carbureted crate engines. They still need MP's supplied ECM to run the ignition. The carbureted crate 5.7L Hemi engine assembly is PN P4510594. The MPI fuel-injected 5.7 Hemi is PN P4510593.Many LS motors use drive-by-wire (DBW) throttle bodies. S&P offers cable-driven conversions, but it also stocks gas pedals with a rheostat and TAC module set up for DBW throttle bodies. Pedals and TACs vary by year and chassis; they must match the throttle body and ECM. This is the '06-'07 truck DBW pedal (PN 15107594) and TAC (PN 12690008).
The new Hemi engine-mount pattern is different from traditional Chrysler engines. S&P universal motor plates let you utilize the complete early-style 318/360 brackets and insulators.S&P sells 5.7L Mopar Performance Hemi crate motors and complete new production 425hp SRT motors like this one that's fully dressed with S&P parts, including its custom accessory serpentine drive-belt setup. Harnesses, computers, and various install aids are also available.A high-end alternative to a simple mount kit, Reilly Motorsports' bolt-in AlterKtion tubular K-members incorporate rack-and-pinion steering and coilover shocks. Plenty of custom options are available, including mounts for 5.7/6.1L Hemis.TTI has dedicated mounting brackets for old A-, B-, and E-bodies. The TTI brackets bolt to the block and stock-style Schumacher small-block Chrysler rubber insulators using V-8 K-members (except old 426 Hemi K-members). This bracket is for the driver side on B-bodies.The oil filter hits the K-member. TTI makes a block-off plate for use in conjunction with a remote oil filter. Hemis come from Chrysler drilled and tapped for external oil lines.The Duster swap used prototype TTI mounts. JT had to rotate them 90 degrees to get everything to fit. This moved the engine slightly forward and down. The mounts have since been revised to incorporate lessons learned on this first swap. The driver side is shown here.Stock Hemi oil pans hit the steering linkage and require notching for clearance. Bolt-in midsump retrofit pans are available from Canton, Milodon, and S&P. This is S&P's midsump Hemi oil pan and pickup tube.TTI offers headers coordinated to work with its mount kits as well as with the Reilly Motorsports replacement front K-member. The 5.7 and 6.1 engines require different headers-the 5.7 has a round-port exhaust flange (left); a 6.1 uses an oval-shaped flange (right).Mopar Performance had JT Automotive and Glendora Dodge swap a Hemi into a '70 Duster A-body, shifted by an A-518 automatic overdrive. Note the large size of this beefy trans, as well as how a custom oil pan is needed for K-member and steering-linkage clearance. Milodon is one oil pan solution for classic chassis.
The Duster swap mounted the Mopar Performance crate engine computer in the glovebox. This is a favorite location for retrofit swaps of any make.Late 4L60E GM trannies have bolt-on bellhousings, so Keisler simply cast a new one up with a Mopar pattern. Unlike bulkier Chrysler automatic overdrives, GM's slimmer trans needs no floorpan mods. Keisler's special tailhousing has both VSS and mechanical speedo hookups. It uses a standalone controller plus a TPS switch, but no kick-down cable is needed. HRM


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Her feature film work has been limited to mostly small roles. Gimpel could be seen in "Penny Ante" (1990), as well as in David Mamet's "Homicide" (1991). Gimpel was an irate woman in a short bit in Hal Hartley's "Amateur" (1994) and a nurse in "Flirt" (1995), for the same di... Continue Bio >>
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Zimbra installed and imported contacts and calendar events effortless. Works fine except there are some features I cannot find to work. If someone can guide me on getting these to work or if they even exist I would appreciate it.
1) User guide states you can drag and drop events in the calendar from one day to another but that doesn't seem to work. Can this be done?
2) Although you can show all emails in a central inbox there doesn't seem to show only the unread messages (similar to Thunderbird's unified setting). Is there a way to do this?
3) Also, there doesn't seem a way to add recipient in the header listing in the list of emails. There's a from, subject, size, date, etc. but no recipient. That for me is important as it helps with filtering out spam. Can this be accomplished?
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Monica Lewinsky, the onetime White House intern whose 1990s affair with Bill Clinton nearly brought down his presidency, broke a long silence on Tuesday, saying she regretted what happened.
Writing in Vanity Fair magazine, Lewinsky, 40, said it was time to stop "tiptoeing around my past — and other people's futures. I am determined to have a different ending to my story."
Her affair with Clinton was one between consenting adults and the public humiliation she suffered altered the direction of her life, she wrote.
"Any 'abuse' came in the aftermath, when I was made a scapegoat in order to protect his powerful position," she said in excerpts of the article published on the magazine's website.
Lewinsky added, "I, myself, deeply regret what happened between me and President Clinton. Let me say it again: I. Myself. Deeply. Regret. What. Happened."
Lewinsky also used the piece to lightheartedly reprimanded Beyoncé for an incorrect lyric in her sexy song "Partition."
Lewinsky pokes fun at the R&B singer over the line "He popped all my buttons, and he ripped my blouse/He Monica Lewinsky-ed all on my gown".
She corrects the singer, suggesting she should have used a better verb, stating, "Thanks, Beyoncé, but if we're verbing, I think you meant 'Bill Clinton'd all on my gown', not 'Monica Lewinsky'd.'"
The affair led to Clinton being impeached by the House of Representatives in 1999. The Senate acquitted him and Clinton completed his second term in 2001.
Lewinsky dropped from sight after the scandal. She got a master's degree in social psychology from the London School of Economics and has lived in Los Angeles, New York and Portland, Oregon.
"I turned down offers that would have earned me more than $10 million, because they didn't feel like the right thing to do," she said.
Lewinsky said she was strongly tempted to kill herself several times during the investigations and in one or two periods after.
Her name resurfaced in U.S. political discourse in February, when former first lady and Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton was quoted as calling her "a narcissistic loony toon" in an article based on the papers of a Clinton friend.
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, a likely Republican presidential contender, accused Democrats of "hypocrisy" for claiming to back women's rights while giving Bill Clinton a pass for his "predatory" behavior towards Lewinsky.
Spokesmen for the Clintons and the Clinton Foundation in New York had no immediate comment on the article.
Lewinsky said she was motivated to speak out by the 2010 suicide of a Rutgers University student who killed himself after a video of him kissing a man was streamed online.
"I was also possibly the first person whose global humiliation was driven by the Internet," Lewinsky wrote.
Her goal "is to get involved with efforts on behalf of victims of online humiliation and harassment and to start speaking on this topic in public forums."
(Reporting by Ian Simpson; Editing by Leslie Adler)


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I wonder who lives in the appartment where the yellow light is lit in the window on the top floor of the grey building in the middle of it all? :) this is a really nice city view drawing!
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Wonderful work! Carpe Diem
The first time I went to NYC it felt more like a maze than a labyrinth. I never ended up back at the same spot when I got lost. Then I realized it was all based on a grid haha. Beautiful drawing. It looks like it belongs on a magazine cover.
It can be overwhelming! And that is one of the nicest things anyone's said to me Khavall. Thank you very much.
Fantastic, I love your cityscape works.
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I configured it the same as my Zimbra Desktop.
I get an error everytime it polls the server.
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Observe the last three days of Holy Week with the early morning prayer service, Tenebrae, at 6 a.m. on Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday in the Chapel of St. Basil, hosted by the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist.
An ancient Lenten prayer, Tenebrae means darkness, and it combines the psalms and readings of Matins and Lauds. The prayer begins in a darkened church, with only the illumination of a lighted 15-candle candelabra on the altar. After each psalm, a candle is extinguished until only the center candle remains lit, symbolizing Christ. The service ends at dawn, and all leave in silence.
"The Franciscan Sisters have prayed Tenebrae for many years," said Sister Mary Roberta Connors, FSE. "We used to invite friends to our small convent chapel. Interest grew to the point that about seven years ago, we opened it to the public and moved it to the Chapel of St. Basil."
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While my brain struggled to solve this pre-caffeination riddle, I fumbled around in the dark for a mug and the Droid begging for attention. I was slightly aware that the offending sounds could indicate a range of situations from the sinister (an alien space ship hovering over my roof) to the miraculous (Mom won the lottery and is splitting winnings with me - YAY!).
Urgent or not, I wasn't capable of absorbing more than every fifth word I read until imbibing my daily dose of jet fuel. I'm quite certain there will never be any technological advancement smart enough to alter this habit.
By the time I managed half a cup and revved up the ThinkPad, there were at least 10 more notifications - all accompanied by the hashtag #pctyuk. And since none of the tweets indicated any buildings on fire, I felt confident that PCTY UK was a smashing success.
Here are a few highlights that demonstrate WHY the topic of Pulse, Integrated Service Management, is garnering so much buzz. I could tell you all day long, but our clients and business partners are much more qualified and therefore, credible, than this humble IBM blogger.
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Erica joins WUSA 9 from WTNH in New Haven, Connecticut. At WTNH, Erica tracked Tropical Storm Irene as it destroyed homes along the Connecticut shoreline, and covered the October 2011 snowstorm that left more than 1 million people in that state without power. Erica also spent 3 years as a Meteorologist/Reporter at WPVI in Philadelphia, and she began her forecasting career in Midland, TX and Harrisburg, PA.
Erica was born and raised in eastern Pennsylvania, and graduated from Penn State University in 2002 with a degree in Meteorology.
In 2012, she earned the prestigious Certified Broadcast Meteorologist designation from the American Meteorological Society. The CBM is the highest level of distinction in the field of broadcast meteorology.
Erica considers herself a scientist at heart, and loves nothing more than sharing her passion for weather and science with others.
She has volunteered for the Franklin Institute Science Museum in Philadelphia, and has spoken to thousands of schoolchildren of all ages about the amazing science of weather. She is also a STEM mentor (Science, Technology, Education and Math) through the National Girls Collaborative Project.
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Like a lot of people who've played the game, Ovince St. Preux often talks about life in terms of football.
On Saturday, he returns to compete for the first time since losing his first game on his new team: Strikeforce.
And while the former University of Tennessee defensive end and linebacker isn't thrilled to be fighting on the heels of a loss, he's used it to come back a stronger competitor.
"That loss taught me a lot," St. Preux today told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio). "It taught me I can hang up there with the top-10 in my weight class. That loss is considered a win for me because I learned a lot from it."
St. Preux (11-5 MMA, 4-1 SF) fights T.J. Cook (12-4 MMA, 1-1 SF) on the preliminary card of "Strikeforce: Rousey vs. Kaufman," which takes place Saturday at Valley View Casino Center in San Diego and airs on Showtime Extreme at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
This past December, Gegard Mousasi dominated him at "Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal." St. Preux went the distance, but it was clear that he was in over his head against the vastly more experienced Mousasi.
Prior to the setback, "OSP" had won eight straight including three within three months under the Strikeforce banner. The streak put him on the list of contenders to watch. The setback adjusted expectations.
St. Preux said there's a certain inevitability about the choices of a team. The strongest member is looked to when decisions are made and opportunities are given out. He was used to that in football.
In MMA, he can rely upon his team, but he ultimately has to be the strongest member because he's the only one that will compete.
After the Mousasi loss, he went back to the drawing board.
"It's one of those things where when you have win streak like that, it's hard to keep a long win streak," St. Preux said. "Eventually, something is going to happen. It's hard to continue in every single fight bringing your A-game. I was honest: I wasn't in my A-game."
St. Preux said he's built himself up since then, and is ready to press on against Cook.
As for Mousasi, he's convinced a second fight would be another one for the win column.
"I've always told myself that if I lose, that person is not ever going to forget me," he said. "And I guarantee you if we fought again, it would be a different ballgame, or he wouldn't want to take that fight."
For more on "Strikeforce: Rousey vs. Kaufman," stay tuned to the MMA Rumors section of the site.
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Symbolic Differentiation in HLSL
We describe the new symbolic differentiation feature in HLSL. We provide details of the compiler implementation, along with information relevant to a shader writer wanting to use the feature.
Working with the DirectX product group we have incorporated symbolic differentiation into the HLSL programming language(released in the June 2010 DirectX SDK). This new feature makes it possible to solve problems that would have required either coarse numerical approximations or tedious, error prone manual differentiation.
We have developed fully coded examples and documentation that will help game developers using 3D graphics learn to fully exploit this technology. We will show several of these examples:
- Real time procedural models are described by procedures, so they are very small (hundreds of bytes). The mesh describing the model is generated at runtime on the GPU. This minimizes memory bandwidth use and provides automatic level of detail.
- Computing normals of procedural textures requires computing derivatives. The GPU ddx functions give results showing obvious shading artifacts. Exact derivatives give much better looking results with minimal overhead.
- Anti-aliasing of dynamic procedural textures, where the traditional solution of mip-maps is unavailable, is achieved through the projection of the partial derivatives of screen space position with respect to surface position back onto the instantaneous plane of the surface. This provides a reference scale, to which the frequency content of the texture may be adjusted.
- Brian Guenter, John Rapp, and Mark Finch, Symbolic Differentiation in GPU Shaders, no. MSR-TR-2011-31, March 2011.
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The 14 principles consist of brief bullet points and are divided into two sections of seven principles each, covering personal and professional online activities.The document has been welcomed—if not widely celebrated—by the digital pharma community as a good example of corporate transparency and openness. Speaking on his STweM blog ( http://Stwem.com/) on Aug. 17, the day the guidelines were released, Andrew Spong, Editorial Director, Nexus, at the PSL Group, called it "trust enabling," a "spur to ethical conduct," and heralding "a new era for healthcare communications."
Different Strokes For Different Folks
Where Roche can be said to be breaking new ground—and where it is also laying itself open to criticism—is in its attempt to bring structure to the kind of ambivalent behavior that obscures the dividing line between personal and professional use of social media. Coming from a US legal perspective, Arnie Friede of http://FDALaw.com/, in an Aug. 17 post on the EyeOnFDA blog, noted the principles "suggest that employees can speak 'about Roche' in some kind of 'personal capacity' ... without providing clear ground rules about the permissible content of these communications." He adds that while the guidance document amounts to a "nice touch" from a PR/perception-of-transparency perspective, "absent clear rules about what things may be discussed ... the new standards may create more problems than they solve."
Not surprisingly, Sabine Kostevc, Roche's head of Corporate Internet and Social Media, disagrees. She told Pharm Exec: "Before this set of guidelines, we had a very elaborate document with do's and don't's as well as many references to some very detailed SOPs [standard operating procedures]. It is a key learning from that document that we needed a shorter and more basic first reference that was not too long to scare people away from reading it at all."


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Cellulite is a common problem and is certainly not limited to a certain age or body type. In fact, up to 95% of women have some cellulite issues, which means that most of us should take note. Cellulite is actually clumps of fat stuck beneath the surface of the skin that push up against the fibrous connective tissues to create the dimpled look we all dread. While many believe that cellulite is caused by lifestyle issues such as a poor diet or lack of exercise, in actuality, more often than not cellulite is a result of genetics, hormonal imbalance and free radicals. But don't panic – there are proactive ways you can fight cellulite and tone and tighten your body.
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When I sort contacts by Company (lastname, firstname) they no longer appear in the interface. It seems like they are deleted, because they do not show up in the search. I have noticed also that deleted contacts do not clear the page index so even though I can only see 7 contacts, the scroll option at the top says 1-13. Another person in my company reported that after he deleted a number of contacts, they held empty spaces in the page scrolling area.
I tried to repeat process on another machine (filing by Company (lastname, firstname)) and got the same results twice and had it work once. I was changing the other fields that were entered and it seemed to work when I added the contact with C(l,f) and fail [delete] when I edited to C(l,f). Let me know if I can provide more information for you.
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The students in the one-year Master's Program in Finance (does not include CMC BA/MA students) have placed exceptionally well in the six years of the program, resulting in a 93% placement rate*. Please see below for more specific information regarding employment and salary statistics.
Master's Program in Finance Compensation (2010-2015) **
|Type of Compensation
|Annual Starting Salary
|$45,000 – $150,000
|Signing Bonus
|$2,500 – $12,500
|Performance Bonus
|5% – 100% of salary
Total Compensation: $78,000 (plus performance bonus)
|* Placement is defined as any fulltime position, internship position, entrepreneurial venture, fellowship or continuing education secured within 90 days of completion of the Program. Placement figures exclude those not actively pursuing fulltime employment opportunities
** Compensation figures only include students pursuing full-time employment and do not reflect those entering graduate school, delaying their job search, or continuing their job search beyond 90 days. Not all students received bonuses.
2010 – 2015 Placement History
Over the last five years, the students in the Master's Program in Finance classes have accepted positions such as:
- Amgen (Thousand Oaks, CA) – Senior Associate, Finance
- Australia New Zealand Bank (Singapore) – Research Analyst
- Cain Brothers (San Francisco, CA) – Investment Banking Analyst
- Caltech Investment Office (Pasadena, CA) – Risk Analyst
- Cambridge Associates (Menlo Park, CA) – Analyst
- Chicago Trading Company (Chicago, IL) – Trading Assistant
- China International Capital Corporation (Hong Kong) – Investment Banking Analyst
- Citi (New York, NY) – Quantitative Trader
- Compass Lexecon (Pasadena, CA) – Analyst
- Cowen & Co. (San Francisco, CA) – Investment Banking Analyst
- Credit Suisse (Los Angeles, CA) – Investment Banking Analyst
- DaVita, Inc. (Denver, CO) – Healthcare Analyst
- Deloitte Corporate Finance (Charlotte, NC) – Analyst
- Ernst & Young (New York, NY) – Business Advisory Analyst
- Green Street Advisors (Newport Beach, CA) – Market Research Associate
- Goldman Sachs (New York, NY) – Investment Banking Analyst
- Hall Capital Partners (San Francisco, CA) – Private Wealth Mgmt. Analyst
- Harris Williams & Co. (San Francisco, CA) – Investment Banking Analyst
- Hotchkis and Wiley Capital (Los Angeles, CA) – Research Associate
- Houlihan Lokey (San Francisco, CA) – Financial Analyst, Investment Banking Analyst
- Moody's Investors (New York, NY) – Associate Analyst
- Morgan Stanley (New York, NY) – Global Capital Markets Analyst
- Oppenheimer & Co. (New York, NY) – Investment Banking Analyst
- PricewaterhouseCoopers (Los Angeles, CA) – Valuation Associate
- PMF Group (Los Angeles, CA) – Analyst
- Prager & Co. (New York, NY) – Trader
- Private Family Office (Brussels, Belgium) – Analyst
- Public Resources Advisory Group (Los Angeles, CA) – Analyst
- Relational Investors (San Diego, CA) – Analyst
- Union Bank (San Francisco, CA) – Analyst
- Visa USA (Foster City, CA) – Financial Analyst
- Wells Fargo (San Francisco, CA) – Commodities Analyst
Additionally, our graduate students have pursed Ph.D. programs in economics and machine learning/statistics, in addition to law school.
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The following firms have recruited students of The Robert Day School, at the undergraduate or graduate level, in either an internship or full-time capacity.
Investment Banking and Trading
Banc of America Securities
Barclays Global Investments
Cain Brothers
CIBC World Markets
Credit Suisse
Deutsche Bank
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Financial Technology Partners
Goldman Sachs
Harris Williams & Co.
Houlihan Lokey
JMP Securities
Lazard Ltd.
Merrill Lynch
Morgan Stanley
Montgomery & Co.
Oppenheimer & Co.
Piper Jaffray
Prager & Co.
Prudential Financial
RBC Capital Markets
Strategic Equity Group
Wells Fargo
Analysis Group
Bain & Company
Boston Consulting Group
Compass Lexecon
Deloitte Consulting
FTI Consulting
McKinsey & Company
Monitor Consulting
NERA Economic Consulting
PA Consulting
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Cambridge Associates
Capital Group
Citadel Investment Group
Hotchkis and Wiley
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(WXIA) -- The Farm Rich brand food maker is recalling about 3 million pounds of frozen pizza, mozzarella bites, Philly cheese steaks and other products linked to a rare and potentially dangerous outbreak of E. coli poisoning.
The company is based out of Buffalo, N.Y., but the foods likely affected were manufactured in a plant in Waycross, Ga. Snacks are being pulled, and have best buy dates from January 1, 2013 through September 29, 2014.
The foods have already made 24 people sick in 15 states, the illness likely stems from the bacterium E. coli 0121. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported that seven people have been hospitalized.
According to JoNel Aleccia of NBC News, there are several complexities in identifying E. coli 0121, and people may have consumed the foods without knowing it.
Aleccia said E. coli 0121 is a strain that can be just as dangerous as another form, 0157:H7, which is easier to identify. It is often tied to outbreaks caused by hamburgers.
The harmful E. coli 0121 may be found in Farm Rich frozen chicken quesadillas, mini pizza slices, and other snack foods.
RELATED | Full list of contaminated products
The Thursday announcement expands a March 28 recall of 196,222 pounds of Farm Rich brand frozen chicken quesadillas and other frozen mini meals and snack items because they could be contaminated with E. coli O121.
The bacteria in E. coli 0121 and 0157 make poisons that can cause sickness and symptoms including bloody diarrhea, kidney failure and death.
E. coli 0121 was part of the 2011 "big six" ban that affected beef supply in the United States. This outbreak; however, is the first time Food Safety and Inspection Service officials have recalled food that could contain E. coli 0121.
The bacterium usually is not tested for in clinical laboratories, as they typically look for E. coli 0157. To find E. coli 0121, labs must screen for the presence of Shiga toxins, then send positive samples to public health labs to find it.
According to Aleccia, the strain involved in this outbreak is so rare, its genetic fingerprint has been seen less than 30 times in PulseNet, the CDC's network of laboratories that track bacteria involved in food borne illness.
The CDC said this strain of E. coli 0121 was found by the New York State Department of Health in a package of Farm Rich brand frozen mini chicken and cheese quesadillas from an ill person's home.
The toxin usually causes sickness between two and eight days after it is consumed. Although most recover in a few days, others can become severely sick with hemolytic uremic syndrome, which can lead to kidney failure.


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