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Carlisle - Kit CarWritten by Eric Geisert on July 25, 2005 Import & Kit/Replicar Nationals
Ask anybody what the biggest kit car show in the country is and invariably the answer would be "Carlisle." What is surprising is that even people who never attended the show will give that answer too, as everyone knows that the Carlisle show in spring is the only place to be.
But Carlisle, Pennsylvania, is really only the location for the annual event; the proper name for the gathering is the Import & Kit/Replicar Nationals. And though Carlisle itself has been around since the mid-1700s, the Import/Kit Nats has itself become a major concern to kit and replicar owners due to the show's longevity.
Since the mid-'80s, Carlisle Events (the folks who produce almost a dozen other car-related shows, including the well-known Spring and Fall Swap Meets, on the 82-acre site) has organized this three-day show that combines the best from the import and kit car worlds.
Being that it covers many makes and models of both kits and imports, it's difficult to say how large the kit portion is, as many areas, such as large swap meet area set aside for used car parts, combine both camps together. So when walking the aisles of used, rusted metal pieces that would make some Bugeye Sprite or Triumph TR3 owner ecstatic, you could just stumble on some VW parts for your pan buggy project.
Though MG parts may be overflowing in one booth, the one next to it might have the molds for a kit car. You just never know, and that's the fun of discovery at a Carlisle swap meet. One gent with a roll-back truck not only was offering an old Sebring kit for sale, but a complete set of molds for it, too. Another seller had many bodies for sale, from quarter-scale scooters to a full-sized Lola. One enterprising company from California, Cutting Edge Replicas, who was visiting the show for the first time, spotted the Lola body and made a deal to buy the molds too, and should begin producing them out in California.
Another area adjacent to the swap meet was the Car Corral, where any type of kit or import could be sold. Several Cobras were parked there alongside MGs, Jags, and Auburns, as well as a few Porsche 356 bathtubs. Some were just-finished drivers, while some others could be listed as various levels of "basket" cases.
Much of the Carlisle acreage is taken up with rows upon rows of imports, from French Renaults & Dauphines to English MGs and Triumphs, with a smaller measure of German and Swedish cars thrown in for good measure. The car show area set aside for the kit and replicar enthusiasts seemed smaller than last year, possibly due to the fact last year's show was a 20th Anniversary event, which will always spike attendance numbers. There was, however, the usual large contingent of Cobra owners and their rides, though not as many Daytona Coupes showed this year compared to last year.
Something different from past shows was the addition of a Club Challenge award, determined by the amount of vehicles brought to the show by a particular group or club. Direct from the Internet (www.speedsterowners.com), these Porschephiles were able to gather 35 speedsters to win First in the kit category (the most from any other group was a Saab club that had 137 entries). The rest of the field was spread out (literally) in smaller groups, which included a good showing of Bradley GTs (as well as a club devoted to the Valkyries and Avenger vehicles), Lambos, and a few odd-rods (one-offs that even included a "Brubaker Box," a chopped minivan-like contraption from the early-'70s) made up the balance of the outdoor show.
If you can count on at least one thing at Carlisle each year, it would have to be the rain. It varies in amount every year, from sprinkles to biblical, and the first few hours of the event on Friday morning saw a steady downpour that kept many car owners at home, or at least dry back in their hotel rooms. Show cars and attendees started showing up in the afternoon once the skies cleared, but one thought that maybe the Goodguys car show scheduled for the same weekend only 34 miles away in Hershey could have drawn people away from the Carlisle event.
But Saturday, though overcast in the morning, cleared up to become one of the nicest spring days in memory. All areas of the show were overflowing with car enthusiasts of every type, including inside Building T and Pavilion B, which were reserved just for kit and replicar manufacturers.
There seemed to be an upsurge in the number of manufacturer booths this year, with a couple of new builders stepping up with some impressive displays, too. Major industry players, such as Unique Motorcars, Shell Valley, Factory Five Racing, and D&R, were out in force while other companies, including Superformance, took the opportunity to debut their latest ride: their SPF-40, a clone of the Mark III Ford GT40 racer. Power and Performance showed their new PPMC 427 Roadster Cobra body and independent chassis setup, and Lone Star, in business since the early-'90s, rolled out their version of a GT40, which was one of several GT40s debuting at the show.
RCR, out of the Detroit area, introduced their Lola-like RCR70 along with their RCR40 (a GT40 clone with a fully aluminum monocoque design) bodies, and Dragon Motor Cars showed their Series II roadster, which just came back from driving (and surviving!) a cross-country road trip. Together for only a month, the odometer on this red Dragon reads over 7,500 miles! Deman Motorsports from Canada, whose cars performed well at last year's Run & Gun road course events, showed their new engine system: a turbo-equipped SR7 that should work great in the 1,000-pound car. Some fun!
B-Rod or Custom, whose Tom Cat had them stopped in their tracks at last year's show, were back with drawings for a removable hard-top version set to debut soon. If your forte is of the Porsche variety, then the owners of Intermeccanica, Special Edition (who introduced their new 550 to the crowd), and JPS were on hand to answer questions. If a resto or hot rod version of a classic '55-57 Thunderbird was more your speed, then Regal Roadsters was where you needed to stop.
If you were looking for proven BMW suspension under your snake, then the reps from Backdraft Racing had two booths, one inside and one outside, to handle inquires. Even the folks from the Florida-based Street Beasts, with their '41 Willys and '34 Ford coupe, were on hand with a display that included a representative who literally climbed up on top of their display vehicles (fender, cowl, then roof) to demonstrate the strength of their bodies.
So, even with a little rain, this year's Import & Kit Nationals was the place to be if you were interested in building or driving any type of kit. It seems as if the Carlisle show is well on its way to becoming as historic as the burgh that surrounds the fairgrounds has become!
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It takes a while to get a new type of kit to market if you want to get it right, and the guys are at Factory Five Racing are constantly improving the design of their GTM-2000 as they get it ready to sell it to the public. But this should be the final form, according to FFR's Mark Weber.Many times clubs will travel en masse to Carlisle, like the Capital Area Cobra Club did. Though a "loosely structured" club from the D.C., North Virginia, and Delaware-beaches area with about 100 members, around 18 of them rolled through the gates to have some fun.RCR, also known as Race Car Replicas, showed up with several interesting offerings, including this all-aluminum monocoque chassis for their T70 and GT bodies (they have a complete T70 clone, a P4, and three versions of GT40). If you're looking for a hardcore race-type chassis, you might want to check these guys out.Deman Motorsports builds their Lotus-like SR7 in their shop in Canada, and recently began offering a turbo setup for their engines, which are borrowed from a Suzuki Hayabusa GSX-R1300 motorcycle. With a total weight of less-than-1,000 pounds, the power-to-weight ratio must be astronomical!With an IFG body on a stretched Fiero chassis, Charles Wilson was on full-display mode with his 6.0 Diablo kit--a sharp-looking car with a stunning color choice.How strong is your kit body? Jim Hurley, part of H&H Muscle Cars in Joppa, MD, surprised onlookers by demonstrating a unique method of showing just how tough the Street Beasts bodies are.Active Power in Mentor, OH, has been building both types of Willys (a '41 and a '33) for years, but just introduced this '41 Willys pickup based on an S-10 chassis. Very cool.
There are lots of handy metalmen out there who can build your dream car out of steel or aluminum. Victor Yordy, from The Metal Works in Dewart, PA, was set-up out in the swap meet area with his metalworking tools and proceeded to make a door for this Maserati project in front of curious onlookers.You never know what you'll find in the swap meet. How 'bout an original '58 Lotus Seven ($29,000)...Shell Valley Companies always has an impressive display of their vehicles, which run the gamut of '30s-era hot rods to Cobras (roadsters and Daytona coupes) and Jags (something for anyone).You can still be subtle with your Cobra, even if you do have meatballs on the doors and hood, just like this member of the Capitol City Cobra Club did with his 289. Even the interior, which looked period-correct, was well done.John Stull brought his rare '57 Devin SS to Carlisle, and it was reminiscent of the Mooneyes racer Dean Moon campaigned on the Bonneville Salt Flats back in the early-'60s.
Lone Star Classics debuted their version of a GT40, which they call a LS40. The car uses a Ford Focus Z-Tec 16V DOHC engine that, with proper tweaking, can produce gobs (300+) of horsepower for the 2,300-pound car....and now offers their kits with an optional Porsche six-cylinder engine! We bet this little car just screams!Euroworks Exotics, based in Dayton, OH, had one of their Mirage X Lambo bodies on display at the show, which can be built on any non-stretched Fiero platform (making it a little easier for the home kit builder).Warren Seifer brought his Canadian Aurora in from his home in Marstown, NJ. Set-up with a 302 HO motor backed to a T5 trans, the Aurora rides on a Jag IRS setup.A new Standard of Excellence competition was organized for this event, which puts car owners up against a detailed point system, and judges check the cars for quality. Of the three classes, one was for kits, and Terry Terragna's Shell Valley Cobra won three commendations for excellence.


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Durham, N.C. -- A Durham County Clerk confirmed to WFMY News 2 all charges against P.J. Hairston that originated on June 5 have been dropped.
After being stopped in rental car on June 5, Hairston was charged with misdemeanor marijuana possession and for driving without a license. Both of those charges have been dropped. The district attorney said Hairston was able to produce a valid license and completed a drug assessment program.
According to the clerk, the only charge that still remains stems from a speeding ticket in May. Hairston still has an Aug. 2 court date for that incident.
During the June and the May incidents, Hairston was driving rental cars linked back to a convicted felon. Now, officials are investigating why Hairston was driving those rental cars and whether his use of those vehicles potentially violated any NCAA rules.
Guilford College Sports Studies Professor Robert Malekoff said UNC is carefully examining the situation to determine what to do next.
"Some people say that athletics is the front porch of the university. It can be extraordinarily positive, or it can be extraordinarily negative, depending on how people behave and what the issues are. I think, in the last decade or so, there has been more pressure on universities to deal directly with issues of misbehavior by students," Malekoff said.
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Are there religious laws against it, or can Jewish people also keep a copy of the Bible (scriptures) in their home?
What word is the most common term used to refer to the Hebrew Bible?
Are there religious laws against it, or can Jewish people also keep a copy of the Bible (scriptures) in their home?
What word is the most common term used to refer to the Hebrew Bible?
There is a commandment in the Torah for each person to write for themselves a sefer torah, though most people nowadays rely on their contribution to the writing of a communal Torah at their synagogues.
Besides for this, there is a Rabbinically enacted obligation for the community to have a weekly Torah reading, and each person is individually obligated to study the weekly portion during the week itself. For this reason, most every observant Jew owns at least a chumash, which includes the five books of Moses, and most likely a Tanach, which is the entire Hebrew Bible. This is besides for the fact that many own their own religious books just for the sake of personal study and reference.
The Hebrew Bible is most commonly referred to as "Tanach", which is a transliteration of a 3-letter Hebrew acronym for the 3 parts it contains: (ת) T orah, (נ) N'vi'im, (כ) K'suvim.
There are no restrictions on having your own copy of the bible and it is common in almost all Jewish homes.
The term "bible" in English, in a Jewish context, refers either to
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Studying the Hebrew Bible is an integral part of Judaism. Without their own copies, how would Jews be able to do so?
All Orthodox Jewish homes have at least one copy of the Hebrew Bible, also called the Chumash (meaning the Five Books of Moses), though this is not an absolute requirement. Many homes also have copies of the other parts of the Hebrew Bible (such as the books of the Prophets), in addition to the Mishna and Talmud. I know of many homes with more than a hundred exclusively religious books.
We typically have several copies, in fact; different editions contain different commentaries helping to explain the text, and it can be helpful to be able to compare them.
depends on what you mean by bible. every family usually has a library at home, some bigger than other, but there are the most common books like shulhan aruch, talmud bavli and the tanach. tanach stands for humash (the first 5 books of moses), neviim (profets) and ketuvim (writtings (don't know how they call it in english actually)) usually those are printings, like regular books are printed.
there's also the sefer torah, the humash hand written in parchment, those are usually found in synagogues and is not common to find in peoples homes, but some people do have them at home.
there are no laws against it, just some about it, in short people should be more careful because of the holiness.
As my rabbi rather ruefully pointed out, within Judaism we just say "the Bible." It's only when a Jew is interacting with a predominantly Christian culture that we differentiate between the Christian bible and the Hebrew bible.
One important concept to understand is that in Judaism there's no real notion of heresy. Judaism isn't really based on a particular faith or belief; there's not really a concept of literal interpretation of scripture. Even the most Orthodox Jew is still following a centuries-old tradition of interpretation of the original texts. Having other religious texts around doesn't intrinsically "contaminate" you.
It is also one of the greatest commandments to study Torah and to learn -- so Jews are, and have always been, encouraged to make a lifetime study of Torah and affiliated texts (e.g. the Talmud). Personally I extend this to learning about all aspects of Judaism, its history through the centuries, different currents of thought in modern Judaism, etc.
So there's no reason for a Jew to not have a copy of the Christian bible -- which contains the Hebrew bible (the Tanakh) plus what Christians refer to as the New Testament, i.e. the gospel of Jesus. (Matthew, Mark, Luke... etc. through Revelations.)
I personally have 2 copies of the modern English JPS Tanakh (scripture only and an annotated study version); the Everett Fox translation of the Torah (i.e. Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy); and a copy of Penguin Books' edition of the King James [Christian] bible. I like to compare the translations, which is fascinating. I also occasionally peruse the Christian New Testament: practically it helps me understand many references in literature and film and other bits of the Christian culture that I live in. Also, it's cool to see how the philosophies in the New Testament were often direct rebuttals of / protests against contemporary Jewish practices.


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Reform-minded rebels of a new kind inside the National Education Association make themselves visible at this month's annual convention. That's about it. The harsh treatment they endured at the hands of a majority shows how difficult a task they face
California delegate David O'Neal, a grandfatherly African-American dressed in a crisp khaki sport coat, stepped to the microphone. He moved that fellow delegates affirm keeping "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance. A sea of surly eyes fixed upon him, Mr. O'Neal continued with a temperate, even voice.
Like the other 9,000 delegates to this month's National Education Association (NEA) "representative assembly" in New Orleans, Mr. O'Neal is one part thick-skinned activist. NEA delegates are peer-elected and require a passionate commitment to work for their cause. But unlike most NEA delegates, Mr. O'Neal's version of the cause includes a view of public education that reverences God.
"As a patriotic person and a person of faith," he told the NEA assembly on July 5, "I believe this body should take pride to acknowledge that we are one nation under God." And, after all, added Mr. O'Neal, the U.S. Senate voted unanimously in March to keep the language.
But this is not the United States Senate. This is the annual convocation of the biggest public-school teachers union, whose representatives constantly must be shhh'd by their president, former Illinois school teacher Reg Weaver, like a principal quieting rowdy students. This is the world's "largest democratic deliberative body," out-girthing even the Southern Baptist Convention's yearly meeting.
After his speech in favor of affirming the pledge, all eyes shifted to NEA president Weaver, perched overlooking the delegate ocean on the three-tiered rostrum of red, white, and blue bunting and massive photos of smiling children. Mr. Weaver selected delegates for the ensuing debate; first up, a Marylander, who complained that Mr. O'Neal's proposal hampered "diversity of religious belief," which "should be a private matter."
"Thank you, buddy," Mr. Weaver said, before calling the number of another podium microphone and pressing a button. Three TV cameramen stationed on the convention floor brought into focus the new speaker, who insisted that taking a stand on keeping God in the Pledge of Allegiance would "distract from our secular purpose, education."
Mr. Weaver pressed another button. The assembly's jumbotrons showed a delegate intoning, "Might does not make right. The majority cannot bludgeon the minority!" even as the NEA's majority bludgeoned Mr. O'Neal.
Just one day earlier, during the NEA's Fourth of July celebration, executive director John Wilson claimed that the Declaration of Independence was NEA's "secular Scripture" with these core values: "love of freedom, our commitment to liberty, and our tolerance of dissent." But on July 5, delegates lined up to assail Mr. O'Neal's motion on the pledge. Mr. Weaver pressed one more button-"Fellow delegates!" a male teacher huffed in opposition to affirming God in the pledge, "what is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right!"
By now, Mr. O'Neal saw the writing on the jumbotron. His "under God" motion was buried six feet under in rhetoric.
"Mr. President," a sad voice said. "Mr. President."
It was David O'Neal's. "I withdraw my resolution."
Soon several delegates circled the defeated Mr. O'Neal amid the convention aisles. "You are trying to force God on me and I don't appreciate it!" one man in a Hawaiian shirt and baggy shorts yelled, pointing his finger in Mr. O'Neal's face. An older man with gray hair pulled back in a ponytail nodded in agreement.
"I am simply encouraging the assembly to take a stand for leaving God in the Pledge of Allegiance," Mr. O'Neal, a professing Christian, told the angry men, "and I will continue doing so."
Judy Bruns, a seven-year delegate from Ohio and committed pro-lifer, has seen her share of similar exchanges on the floor of the NEA national assembly. She and fellow Ohio delegate David Kaiser watched the NEA promote abortion as "reproductive choice" in public schools until, finally, two years ago, they helped found the Conservative Educators Caucus (CEC). The group hopes to surface what they believe to be a dormant bloc of conservative teachers within the NEA rank-and-file who currently may be too intimidated by NEA's establishment to speak.
This year, CEC came out swinging for the first time.
Mr. Kaiser attended an advance January meeting of the NEA's resolutions committee, where he stated that many union members "feel disenfranchised by the leadership and policies," and added, "They have seen and heard themselves referred to as 'right-wing radicals,' 'the religious right,' 'religious fanatics,' and worse. They have been laughed at, mocked, and shouted down by delegates at the [national representative assembly] who claim to value 'diversity.'"
He said, "Many of them are dedicated, award-winning, and very effective classroom teachers who are trying to balance their professional lives with their belief systems." The 54-year-old Roman Catholic thinks many of the NEA's conservative members just don't have the time required to be involved in the union's politics. "That's the way the majority of people I know feel. They don't want to be involved with politics. They want to teach kids. Most of them are family people and they just don't have time for this."
Mr. Kaiser and Ms. Bruns sat with the 1,200-member California delegation as NEA president Weaver opened the festivities with a promise to get his members "riled up" against President Bush's education plan, No Child Left Behind. He called for "defeating the privatizers and voucherites," adding, "We are all at risk!"
Times have been tough for the NEA establishment lately, which bristled regularly during the convention over Education secretary Ron Paige, himself once the superintendent of Houston's public-school system. Mr. Paige steals the limelight with ideas for vouchers and privatization, notions the NEA's website labels unsafe.
"Our critics ... say that NEA is focused on keeping the status quo," added Mr. Weaver in his address. "They will say that NEA isn't for anything. They will say that NEA is against everything!" Mr. Weaver then urged delegates to make use of massive computer and phone banks set up just outside the convention hall to flood their state and national elected officials with complaints. Delegates sent more than 13,000 e-mails and made more than 1,000 phone calls. They wrote postcards to the Bush administration asking for changes in No Child Left Behind.
Delegates to NEA's national gathering come in all shapes, sizes, and inclinations. Purple hair? Yes. Multiple body piercings? Yes. Two delegates walked hand-in-hand outside the convention hall-one bearded and wearing a Hawaiian shirt, while his partner wore a big cowboy hat to accentuate his potbelly.
Convention-wide microphones were used from time to time for sexual pronouncements. "I am a gay American of English, Irish, and Czechoslovakian descent, and I am an American!" said one man during the assembly's Fourth of July celebration, as delegates clapped happily. Then a woman announced, "I am a proud, peace-loving lesbian, and I am an American!" More appreciative applause.
Sissy Jochman of Pennsylvania, a wife and mother of two boys, crafted "New Business Item 15," known in the NEA vernacular as "NBI 15," and then unearthed 50 delegates willing to sign her petition to submit NBI 15 for convention-floor debate. On July 5, Mrs. Jochman faced the huge congress and formally motioned NBI 15 for delegate consideration. It came between NBI 14, which sought to "develop model language that would protect [NEA pension] benefits" (it passed), and NBI 16, which favored "reversing the redistribution of wealth" in America (it, too, passed).
Monitors and two big-screen TVs flashed Mrs. Jochman's image through the hall, and she said, "Let me be very clear, I love all my students regardless of their sexual orientation. Because of my great concern for all students, I feel compelled ... to address the NEA's policy on sexual diversity. According to their current policies, the NEA does not consider the needs of those students with unwanted same-sex attractions. I've done some research over the past two years and have discovered that people do leave homosexuality."
Mrs. Jochman rattled off scientific evidence for her position and explained her proposal: NBI 15 would add ex-gay to the NEA's list of sexual expression, which would-most urgently-allow school counselors to help students desiring to leave the gay lifestyle. Delegates gawked, and perhaps Mrs. Jochman sensed it. She read a bit faster, determined to finish within her allotted floor time. She concluded: "To deny referrals to group or counselors who are trained in helping those students who seek change is the most discriminative act of all. Where is the equality and tolerance for the facts about ex-gays? I move to adopt New Business Item 15."
A sea of stares and glances filled the assembly hall. Mrs. Jochman remained at the Pennsylvania podium to answer questions. One man approached his state's microphone, received President Weaver's recognition, and moved that NBI 15 be dismissed out-of-hand.
A thunderous "AYE!" reverberated through the hall. She turned and walked away from the podium, as NEA business continued; Mr. Weaver called for the next NBI presenter to speak.
About an hour later, tears flowed from Mrs. Jochman's eyes as Ms. Bruns and Mr. Kaiser consoled her. She told WORLD, "Oh, that was hostile."
At least one pro-choice feminist, Linnea Archer of Minnesota, told WORLD she was embarrassed by the treatment conservatives received: "I consider myself very liberal. I was pretty upset because everything we stand for [at NEA] is to be tolerant of lots of ideas on different issues and I was just upset that we didn't hear debates on the issues [conservatives] brought up."
Conservatives wonder whether it's worth the hassle being a full NEA member. A little-known option allows NEA conscientious dissenters to go "religious accommodation." This lets a teacher remain in the union while listing reservations that union dues might be spent to support objectionable social policies-although some complain that the NEA bureaucracy rolls out the red tape.
But while going "religious accommodation" allows a teacher to remain within a unionized school, it virtually forfeits their having any say in local, state, or national policy. For now, the opportunity to air their ideas, plus the fundamental fact that the NEA's national representative assembly is a democratic body, keeps some in service as NEA delegates.
Susan Halverson, a Minnesota delegate, initially sought delegate status after hearing Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church pastor D. James Kennedy urge NEA union members to get involved at the national level: "The problem is Christians aren't getting involved. They are not a voice. I have every right to speak that anyone else does. You've got to love them [delegates], you've got to speak the truth, and then let the Lord work."
So for now, David O'Neal plans to attend next year's NEA national representative assembly in Washington, where NEA activists will stage a massive march for education. Mr. O'Neal will be retired by then, so to remain an NEA delegate, he will work part-time hours at his school. "If we are passionate about something, it is worth defending."


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I recently installed the Google Translator zimlet (com_zimbra_gtranslator.zip) but it doesn't work. When you double click to open up the translation dialog box, enter text to tranlate, then click the Translate button nothing happens.
When you drag a conversation onto the zimlet, it opens the translate dialog box but does not translate the message. You can additionally change the language using the drop-down menu but nothing happens -- the message stays in English.
I tried downloading the latest version from the svn but the problem still remains. Anyone else having this problem or have a workaround/solution?


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A wage freeze for federal workers is the vote winner in the House Republican YouCut poll this week. YouCut is designed to gather citizen input online regarding which federal programs to cut.
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Yesterday, the Washington Post reviewed the life of Phyllis McClure, who was an advocate for federal education spending in low-income neighborhoods.
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House Republicans proposed some small cuts to the federal budget on their new YouCut website last week. I noted that the GOP cuts amounted to just 0.017 percent of the federal budget, and suggested that the conservative party in Congress could do much better. Below I've listed 10 terminations that would save about $380 billion a year, which is more than 10 percent of total federal spending.
'YouCut' Spending by 0.017%
House Republicans unveiled a bold strategy to cut 0.017 percent from the $3.7 trillion federal budget this week. Republican Whip Eric Cantor unveiled the GOP's "YouCut" website, which includes five possible spending cuts for citizens to vote on. Mr. Cantor promised to take the favored cut to the House floor next week for members to consider.
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A Cato essay on special-interest spending explains how many federal programs deliver subsidies to particular groups of individuals and businesses while harming taxpayers and damaging the overall economy. A major reason why spending has spun out of control in Washington is that thousands of special interest groups have secured a slice of the spending pie, and they fight tooth and nail to make sure policymakers keep baking.
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I like it. I tried the generator as well but I can never seem to get it to come out right..I think I might have a redo of mine now..
Well, jtougas beat me to it but here's my WiP thread for Hania. Starting with a random map output by RPG Citymap Generator. We'll see where it goes. Maybe it's too big for a village?
Edit: jtougas makes a good point on his thread. IG mentions that this map is a handout for the players. There's probably no aerial surveillance photography going on in the Witchlight Strand so maybe I'll pass on doing this in my recent favorite "photographic/textured" style in favor of something more achievable with ink on parchment.
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I like it. I tried the generator as well but I can never seem to get it to come out right..I think I might have a redo of mine now..
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I got lucky. A lot of time it generates junk.
On this one I flipped the output vertically and rotated it 45 degrees or so CCW to get it all in the right place. I usually move things around a bit to suit. The real trick, IMHO, to using this thing is to use Select-Color Range on the output image for each of the components and then make that a separate filled layer. That gives you base layers to work with for your map. I'm considering a hand-drawn map, though, so that may not matter here.
Next step...playing with style a little bit. I like where this is going. The trees are the borked output from the generator and will be redone. The river, too, will get reshaped somewhat...it's just a line right now. Trying for something that's not necessarily hand-drawn but that doesn't look like it was taken from geosynchronous orbit by high-quality optics.
Edit: Yes. I will hit at fields and such. Just getting the basics down first.
Very nice, Mearrin!
Looking good so far.
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Looking good. I dunno but do those trees look like drops of molten metal or something that cooled or solidified?
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Yar. The trees are funky, mainly because they're just the circles output by the generator. I'm going to create some more natural looking shapes and will refine them to look a little better once that's done.
Looks nice, mearrin (Why did you add 69 btw? Hehehe...), you should probably indeed change the trees, yes Now they look more like.. Hundreds of random towers?
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A glammed up Jelena Jankovic, who entered a war-of-words with Roger Federer recently, took part in a photoshoot for the Serbian edition of Hello! magazine with her super sexy boy toy Mladjan Janovic. *swoons*
The pair are seemingly going strong and look great in this editorial. Can she BE any luckier?
Anyway, it's funny to see JJ getting photographed on her fave left side again. I mean, does she even have a right side? I have my guesses.
UPDATE: Here's the cover shot featuring the sexy Serbian couple (thanks HCFoo!). Guess which side of JJ was shot???
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Thursday, February 12, 2009
(UPDATED) PHOTO OP: JJ + Mladjan get cozy and cuddly for Hello! magazine
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- Tennis ObserverFebruary 12, 2009 at 7:07 AM
She could use her boy toy's jaw for ironing.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 12, 2009 at 7:54 AM
Gawd, he's hot! He looks funny, like uncomfortably awkward, in the second pic, tho, lolReplyDelete
Rich, I never noticed that before, that she favored her left side.
This is crazy. He looks so empty. But with a face and body like that, who cares?ReplyDelete
T.O. - his jaw could be a WMD...in a VERY good wayReplyDelete
anon: HA! it's true. I've been noticing it for a while and hoping to see a right side show but, alas, nothing.
babzebel - empty can be good..."Just lay there" I say (or have said).
With some leather involved.. ties.. Uhm.ReplyDelete
Okay, I'm officially jealous of JJ. That man is hawt.
i fully expect their porn up on you tube within the year.ReplyDelete
*makes more popcorn*
I'm hoping more than expectingReplyDelete
*self-spanks for thinking such thoughts*
*dips into B2012's popcorn anyway*
- AnonymousFebruary 12, 2009 at 4:25 PM
Why does she look like a man on the cover?ReplyDelete
"it's funny to see JJ getting photographed on her fave left side again. I mean, does she even have a right side"ReplyDelete
ROFL!!!!!!!! u are very funny!
I'd let her watch.ReplyDelete


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No. 25 ISU Looks for 3-0 Big 12 Start at Oklahoma
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- No. 25 Iowa State will be looking to take its record in Big 12 play to 3-0 Saturday afternoon in a road match at Oklahoma in McCasland Field House.
- The Cyclones started off Big 12 play 2-0 for the third time under head coach Christy Johnson-Lynch with 3-0 sweeps of Baylor and Texas Tech.
- The Cyclones were led by 17 kills at a .333 hitting percentage and a career-best 14 digs from Mackenzie Bigbee. Bigbee's career high in digs prior to that match was six against Baylor the previous week.
- Iowa State will be looking for its second 3-0 Big 12 start under Johnson-Lynch. The most recent one came in 2011.
- Two of Iowa State's four losses this season have come to ranked opponents via current No. 10 Nebraska and No. 13 San Diego. Illinois and St. Mary's, who beat San Diego last week, are among other teams receiving votes in the AVCA Coaches Poll.
- The Cyclones also started the 2012 season 5-4 after nine matches. Iowa State went on to a 22-8 and made its fifth trip to the NCAA Regional Semifinals in the last six seasons.
- As a team, Iowa State leads the Big 12 with 1.67 service aces per set. Tory Knuth is the Big 12's top server with 0.50 aces per set, and Kristen Hahn leads the league with 5.45 digs per set.
- Senior libero Kristen Hahn has proven herself as one of the best players in the nation, and she has the stats to back it up with a team-high 229 digs at 5.45 digs per set, first in the Big 12 and ninth nationally.
- Hahn won her 14th career Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week award for her efforts agaisnt Baylor.
- Hahn has 52 straight matches with at lest 10 digs. Against San Diego, Hahn broke Ashley Mass' previous school record for consecutive 10+ dig matches, which was 44 across the 2007-08 seasons.
- Three Cyclones were named to the Big 12 Preseason Team in Mackenzie Bigbee, Hahn and Victoria Hurtt. Hahn and Hurtt were unanimous selections.
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- The Oklahoma Sooners come into Saturday's match with a 13-3 overall record and a 1-1 Big 12 record.
- OU started Big 12 play with a four-set win over Texas Tech before being swept at Texas last Saturday. The Sooners had Wednesday off.
- Oklahoma features one of the Big 12's premier attackers in middle blocker Sallie McLaurin. McLaurin leads the Big 12 in hitting percentage (.453) and blocks (1.38 per set) and ranks third in kills (3.74 per set).
- OU has some of the top defenders in the conference in Taylor Migliazzo and Keila Rodriguez. Migliazzo is fifth in the Big 12 at 3.84 digs per match, including a 40-dig match in a five set win at Tulsa. Rodriguez ranks seventh at 3.43 digs per set.
- The Sooners lead the all-time series 42-29, but it has been Iowa State on top in the two programs' last four meetings. ISU swept Oklahoma in each meeting last year.


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|Neifert teaches best breastfeeding practices to Colorado hospitals
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Dr. Marianne Neifert, a leading expert on the promotion and management of breastfeeding, is visiting hospitals and medical centers across the state to promote five key breastfeeding-friendly maternity practices that have a significant effect on the duration of breastfeeding.
Included in the list of hospitals Neifert has been visiting is Melissa Memorial Hospital in Holyoke, where she spoke with hospital staff members on April 14.
The tour is part of a statewide hospital initiative funded by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment that has been dubbed, "Colorado Can Do 5!"
The five hospital practices found to significantly impact breastfeeding continuation are listed below:
1. The infant is breastfed in the first hour after birth.
2. The infant is fed only breast milk in the hospital.
3. The infant stays in the same room with the mother in the hospital.
4. The infant does not use a pacifier in the hospital.
5. Hospital staff gives the mother a telephone number to call for help with breastfeeding after discharged from the hospital.
Jennifer Dellaport, breastfeeding coordinator for the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, said, "The department is committed to sharing these five, highly doable, supportive breastfeeding practices as a strategy to increase breastfeeding duration rates."
Neifert, co-founder and medical consultant for The Lactation Program, a long-standing nonprofit community breastfeeding center, said two-thirds of mothers participating in all five practices were still breastfeeding at four months. Yet, in 2003, only one in five Colorado mothers of healthy breastfed infants reported experiencing all five successful hospital breastfeeding practices.
Breastfeeding reaps significant benefits to the mother and child, according to Dellaport. She said the benefits to the mother include a reduced risk for type 2 diabetes, midlife metabolic syndrome and breast and ovarian cancers. In addition, during the breastfeeding process, a mom will use approximately 500 additional calories a day.
Benefits to infants include protection against gastroenteritis and lower respiratory infections. Plus, breastfed infants also have a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes and childhood obesity.
Dellaport said, "When breastfed, infants learn to eat when they're hungry and to stop when they're full. With breastfeeding, the mother begins nursing her baby when he acts hungry and stops when he seems satisfied. In contrast, a formula-fed infant is more likely to be encouraged to finish a bottle, which overrides his fullness cue and teaches him to eat when food is present, not just when he is hungry."
"Breastfeeding your baby is one of the first healthy lifestyle choices a mother makes on behalf of her child," Neifert added. "The commitment to give your infant ideal nutrition becomes the foundation for continuing to make healthy lifestyle choices throughout every stage of childhood." Neifert added.
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The Thalian Association has announced a $10,000 anonymous matching gift to renovate the Red Barn Studio Theatre.
Tony-Award-winning actress Linda Lavin and her husband, Steve Bakunas, donated the 50-seat theater at 1122 S. Third St. to the community theater group in June after the couple moved away from the area.
The grant, which the Thalians must match, will be used to install a new lighting system, donated by Lavin and Bakunas, to buy new seating and signage and generally to offset operating costs.
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Children were playing baseball on playground ball fields on Tuesday evening before storms swept the dust into a swirling whirlpool on the fields....
I certainly agree with your take on the media blitz. At numerous times, we saw reporters and networks unable to contain themselves and making wild statements (the story of the arrest that never happened for one) and show "action video" of officers surround an address, fully aware that there could be a terrorist on the other side of the door who is watching the police on televsion. But the*****for "being first" overwhelmed accuracy and safety. Though the reporters would often interject praise for the police, they knew full well that they were putting them at risk, so they seemed to want to defuse their horrid conduct. And the talking heads who had nothing to say, of dubious credentials and happy to have air time to promote themselves. Someone watching on TV would have known just when to detonate an explosive to kill the most police officers. We have lost our minds along with the media who now sells us news rather than reports it.
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i have a problem with my zimbra webmail. i don't know whenever it is a problem of server, of release but several weeks ago, it did not appens and now it appens withe every broswer (chrome, ff, seamonkey, ie)
here the problem :
when i print a email, the font size is already lowered , downsized..
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I'm gonna start this off by saying I'm incredibly biased, as Carving Desert Canyons is one of my favorite albums of all time. STS managed to brand instrumental music with a perfect conglomeration of prog riffs, headbanging groove, catchy melody and beautiful soft passages. I've been waiting a while to see where they could improve from CDC, and by God, I wasn't expecting this.
I preordered this album and got it in the mail this morning, autographed by all the band members! It came with a pretty awesome shirt with the amazing cover art:
I've listened to it twice all the way through, and am working on my 3rd. Without a doubt, this album is much, MUCH darker than Carving Desert Canyons. CDC was beautiful with lots of major keys and a pretty bright album cover. When I listened to it, I felt like I was flying through the sunny blue sky, over sunlight canyons and vast expanses of plains. This time around, I feel like flying through dark forests and lakes, even the vastness of an ocean, all at nighttime or around dusk. Its got a much more mysterious feel to it, with lots of minor tonalities and guitars, bass and drums bleeding in and out of each other.
I feel like overall, this album reminds me a lot of Blackwater Park. That's when Opeth hit their stride, combining all their amazing techniques into a musical masterpiece. On the other hand, it reminds me of Crack the Skye, when Mastodon ditched their sludgy prog sound that was noodling all over the place for Blood Mountain and had a much more psychedelic, swirling, cleaner tone to it. Overall, STS has managed to reach their prime in songwriting abilities. There is literally no song- and I mean no song- that didn't hold me captivated to listen from the opening note to final chord. This is an album I can't hear, but have to listen to. I have to close my eyes and give it all my attention, every ounce in me to appreciate what is going through my head. Other than Opeth, no band has captivated me this much in terms of pure musicality. This album is just... beautiful.
I guess none of the songs are truly metal as we know it, yet all of them are incredibly dark, to the point that its more "metal" than any of the black imagery black metal bands display.
Colossal: We start off the album hearing four long, bleeding notes, surrounding our ears like a pool of water slowly rising around us. Then it turns to slowly strummed distorted notes in a prog time signature. Soon it escalates to calculated noise, not something normally heard from STS. Overall, the solos come in and out, blending flawlessly with the melody and riffs. They've truly mastered the art of having the song start in one place and end in another, without you ever noticing how the song changed to reach the end. And did I mention how dark it sounds?
Whales: This song has been on the internet for a while now, but hearing it in context with Colossal as an opener, its the next logical step for our audio journey. The darkness escalates to a pumping fast rhythm with palm muted notes underlying a flying solo, not too fast in technicality, but strung together so expertly that it ends up mind blowing in the way its told. Every note has emotion behind it- no mindless shredding here. I can't help but to pause and hold my breath at the beauty behind it. Then almost effortlessly we come to an ending soundscape like the beginning of Colossal. As I close my eyes, I see the whales swimming around me slowly, menacingly, yet gracefully, in a dark ocean where the depths are pure blackness. These song titles mean so much to the music. Not even Opeth takes my mind to such a distinct visual place upon listening.
Emersion: A slightly faster paced opening solo riff goes over this song, playing over a rhythm track flowing effortlessly between soft and heavy passages. It ends up at a straight up metal riff, probably the heaviest STS has ever written. Again, I can't stress enough how amazing the songwriting is. These transitions are flawless. Before I know it, its over, yet it feels like I've been hearing it for hours.
The Levitated: Its strange: the darkest, most evil sounding song on the album is all done with clean guitars. 0 distortion. I can't get enough of this song; its so well put together that my head is going in circles. Its like the tapping at the end of The Great Plains, but 10 times darker, and lasting the entire song. It has this incredible dark beauty to it, something I can't necessarily put into words. If you want to hear real tapping- not Van Halen shit or shred noodling- this is what you need to hear. Its just amazing. I can't say it any clearer. Despite being at a moderate tempo, without shredding, there is more emotion and technicality to this than any 80's shredder I've heard.
Secret Earth: Another beautiful clean opener that pans back and forth. I feel like I'm descending into the earth, through dark chasms, into a dark place, like a forest or some sort of Eden, hidden deep within the dark chasms. The guitar noodling between the solo and rhythm track is flawless, Travis did just as much amazing work as Chris when it came to guitar playing this time around. The rhythm guitar is just plain beautiful. It slowly fades out, leaving me in a trance.
Gallows: Okay, Scale the Summit wrote a straight up metal opening. From the first notes, the beat is pounding, turning into a fast double bass, headbanging guitar situation. For me, I picture myself being led up to the gallows, and the mayhem going through my head as the rope is put around my neck. My mind is moving at 1000 miles an hour, then- the rope drops. Suddenly, time almost stops as I see my life flash before me. The music slowly reflects this, building slowly back up in an epoch. I'm almost at tears when the solo finally cuts in; I won't lie. This music is just insane. Then it cuts, and I can feel the rope finally snap. As I feel the life leave my body, the solo continues and fades out. Just... wow.
Origin of Species: A dark feedback loop opening turns into a pummeling progressive 7/4 signature, thats just metal enough to have me band my head, but prog enough to keep my mind completely focused on the guitar interplay, and the bass. And before I know it, its over. It was so good; yet I didn't notice ever reaching the end. STS... you're fucking with my head again... it hurts so good...
Apenglow: Another amazing soft opening, with incredible drumwork that keeps my mind at constant attention. As the title suggests, I feel like I'm surrounded by a vast mountainscape, gigantic in scale beyond imagination, as the sun is setting at my back. As the song progresses to be heavier and heavier, the light is getting darker and darker, and the reflection off of the mountain sides gets even more beautiful. Shit, halfway through there are some dark metal riffs they sneaked in. Again, the transitions from riff to riff are flawless and seamless, yet catchy enough to stay in my mind. As the song ends in a pummeling metal barrage, night fully descends, and blackness engulfs me. Holy shit, what a journey. I think I'll take it again, right now.
Black Hills: And now for the swan song of The Collective. From a pounding building-up riff and solo, the song goes quiet, and we hear a low drone, a single note played on the bottom open string of the 8-string guitar (its acutally the same as a low 7th string, since STS uses a higher 8th string instead of a second lower a la Meshuggah). This is the first time on the album that note has been played, and it creates a shrowd- a whole new level of darkness- that didn't exist before. Its straight up evil, ominous, and scary. Black Hills is a very appropriate title. We get transported to an amazing 5/4 guitar noodledry which seamlessly is integrated with the existing rhythm beats. The song then fades a third of the way through to another guitar sondscape, slowly building up at the perfect fucking pace, to more amazing headbanging riffs which beautifully meld with clean parts and flying solos. I'm flying through the sky in this song like Carving Desert Canyons, but the sky is dark and foreboding this time around. I feel small and desolate, worthless compared to the awesome beauty and majesty the earth surrounds me in. At the 2/3 point of the song, it slowly builds back up with a great pounding bass leading the charge. The guitars are played slowly and deliberately, permeating the awesomeness that pure feedback can create. Then it fades out with the sounds of soft rain and a slowly played clean guitar. Its just beautiful, and probably the best Scale the Summit song I've heard yet.
Balkan: Picking up right where Black Hills left off, Balkan builds up slowly with almost no drums and another great flying solo. They instruments are blending together as one, almost. There's no guitar playing this, bass playing this, and drums playing that. Its one sound, the Scale the Summit instrument. Halfway through it turns incredibly dark (as if this album wasn't dark enough) and stops for a split second, making my heart jump a beat. The song continues on a downward spiral of guitarwork until the end.
Drifting Figures: Some more great clean tapping parts with a ghostly solo over the top begin the final song on The Collective. Its another slow, beautiful one (in a dark way), rising and falling with the distortion like waves in an ocean, or leaves on the wind. Slowly, effortlessly, the guitars drift away in perfect progressive style, then-
It stops. My heart stops. The world seems to stop. And just when I've reached my max amount of tension, a single, clean chord is strummed, and like a giant exhale, all the tension leaves my body. Its therapeutic, like yoga. I feel completely at ease, aware of my physical surroundings like never before.
(this is the most peaceful emoticon I could find)
In case you haven't guessed by this point, I'm giving this album a perfect 10/10. By god, it deserves it. Its the greatest instrumental album I've ever heard. Bar none. STS managed to take the amazing job done on Carving Desert Canyons, and evolve to a new stage as players, songwriters, and a band as a whole. I love how the album is so goddamn dark, so ominous and brooding and amazing. From the swirling beginning to the giant exhale of an ending, The Collective held my attention for every second. It transported me mentally to far off places and vast landscapes unable to be described with words. Its almost Fantasia-esque in nature.
If you've read this whole review, thank you so much. This album is completely amazing, and has shot up right next to Blackwater Park and Ghost Reveries as the albums I'll be able to listen to over and over again. It is dark and metal, much more than STS have dared to venture in the past. Its beautiful and passionate, technical in structure yet bursting with emotion. I'm truly can't put it into words how I feel about this. Unless Opeth somehow creates a complete masterpiece, this is album of the year. By far.
I agree with pretty much all of this. Like I was saying in the 2011 thread, this is a dark album. I love it though because as beautiful as CDC was, The Collective is the polar opposite. It's great to the the diversity in their playing.
The Fair To Midland/Periphery/Scale The Summit tour is going to eb fucking amazing!
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So far, even though it's March I'll go ahead and say this will be the best Instrumental album of 2011.
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Day 2 of listening, and this album is still perfect. Its not often something like this happens to me...
Being someone who loves instrumentals but has been consistently underwhelmed by recent hyped instrumental pieces, I'm really looking forward to checking this out after reading this. Cool review
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Trial for Bellaire Murder Suspect Set for Jan. 2
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ST. CLAIRSVILLE — A Jan. 2 trial date was set for accused murderer Brandon Michael Phelps when he appeared before Belmont County Common Pleas Judge Jennifer L. Sargus on Monday....
This is exactly the type of crime that calls for the death penalty. I hope those two men have the cajones to take their punishment like men, and don't whine about how they are victims of society.
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i ain't blaming obama but the home invasions and bank robberies have gone up considerably.until they start "meeting their makers" this'll continue.need more good guys with guns.and dogs.my dogs alert and i do the rest.
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Wow. It only took two comments for someone to blame Obama. The fact that you think the "liberals" are all to blame is just insane. Turn of Fox News and wake up. Plus, Im pretty sure to there are not many Obama supporters in Moundsvile.
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this is the next wave of crime to hit the Ohio Valley, the home invasion, rape and murder for drugs or money. These animals tortured this poor old lady to death and want mercy. Home invaders need to wait up, the liberals and Obama have not had time to disarm the law abiding citizens yet. Home invaders might be harmed, so we have to disarm the people who commit NO crimes so they can be victimized. Home invasion on the rise in the Valley, the one in Moundsville, the invaders beat up a woman with no legs. These people are part of the Obama voter base, drug thugs on public benefits and programs who are convinced that they can get away with anything. Ooops folks are talking about the death penalty for the killers. Well surely not, the home invaders are just victims of their drug habits, and the the people they rape, rob and kill are just collateral damage. Hopefully both of the killers will get one more drug injection courtesy of the Dept of Corrections.
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...ain't it funny how you feel, when you're finding out..it's real...
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15th Goodguys PPG Nationals in Columbus - Hot TimeWritten by Eric Geisert on December 1, 2012
Things were cooking in Columbus! In the days leading up to the event we had been checking the weather reports from central Ohio, hoping the triple-digit temperatures and 90-plus percent humidity would take a dive before we got to town. It didn't, and 6,000 street rods, customs, classic trucks, street machines, street cruisers, and muscle cars came with some heat of their own, making the 15th Goodguys PPG Nationals one of the hottest events of the summer.
Taking place right in the middle of Goodguys' list of 20 events for 2012, the Nats in Columbus has become the centerpiece of all the Goodguys shows. With the participant show car count typically topping the 6,000 mark, it's the largest by far. But it's not just quantity that makes Columbus hot. The quality of cars is sizzling. Many of the country's most prominent builders come here to show off their newest projects. And Columbus is where Goodguys selects its Street Rod of the Year (this year's winner is Dave Walsh's '32 Vicky, built by Alloway's Hot Rod Shop), in addition to more than 100 other award winners. STREET RODDER, as always, is on hand to select 10 finalists for our Top 100 program from the participants here.
Nobody works harder for their awards than the participants in the Goodguys AutoCross competition. Goodguys introduced this program several years ago and it has exploded in popularity, attracting novices curious to test their cars and driving skill on the timed cone course, as well as purpose-built sponsored vehicles that really put on a show.
You don't even need a car to get a prize at the PPG Nats. Lots of people went home with prizes from the extensive swap meet, and even more with treasure from one of the many manufacturer displays.
By early evening the temperature drops and the Expo Center empties out, but the Nats stay hot as the activity shifts from the fairgrounds to the nightly parties in the parking lot of the host hotel. The PPG Nats doesn't cool down all weekend!
We've got a lot of events to attend between now and next summer, but we're already looking forward to being back in Columbus for the 16th Goodguys Nats. There's no way we can predict the weather, but we know it's going to be a hot weekend!
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For the Top 100 program, STREET RODDER attends 10 selected car shows each year and picks 10 vehicles at each to make up the Top 100. For more on where those shows are and how they're voted on, check www.streetrodder.com.
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We liked Shadow Rods' XL27 LRHC roadster pickup so much we built one to drive across the country on the 2010 AMSOIL/STREET RODDER Road Tour. Probably the only XL27 rpu with as many miles on it as ours is this one, owned by Jon Hall, the car's creator.
Hall's re-imagined T stretches the dimensions a little, making it a better fit for the 21st century's larger dimensioned street rodders.
The steel body on Hall's personal ride features a louvered Rootlieb steel hood, and '48 Chevy taillights. Lenny Longuski at Lenny's Auto shot the deep Lombard Blue paint, an early '30s Ford color.
The all-steel body rides on custom rails featuring a Super Bell 4-inch dropped axle in front and a 4.11 9-inch rearend. Wilwood 11-inch disc brakes at all four corners grab 15- and 16-inch Real Rodders Wheels wrapped up in wide and narrow radial rubber.
The interior was done at DTS Enterprises, where the Wise Guys split bench seat was covered in Ultraleather. Matching carpet covers the floor. Tasteful dashboard pinstriping flanks a row of Classic Intruments gauges. A '40 Ford steering wheel finishes off the cockpit, kept comfy on cool days by a Vintage Air heater.
The Ford engine in Hall's updated T is a Booth-Arons Racing Engines 302, fired up with an MSD ignition with Taylor wires, and topped with a Holley carburetor and Billet Specialties air cleaner. Sanderson headers draw the exhaust. The 302 is matched with a Tremec T-5 five-speed transmission.
You've seen Hall's private ride in these pages before, and we're glad to bring it around again for another look, this time as a recipient of the STREET RODDER Best Ford In A Ford award.
Jon Hall, Saginaw, MI
1927 Ford roadster
Many times you will hear about how someone was able to find a cherry old car that has "never been touched" by the soiled hands of a decrepit hot rodder who would think nothing of taking vintage tin and perverting it for his own desires. It doesn't take long before any sign of what was there to be gone because, like they say, "It's only original once."
But Jerry Horsley, from Greenfield, Indiana, has a pretty good excuse for making a street rod out of a pristine '49 Ford: he's owned it since 1964! It was the first purchase he and his new bride, Barbara, made together after getting married. Paying only $250 for it back when Lyndon Johnson was president, Jerry restored the car in the '70s and it was maintained that way for the next 44 years.
But even the most solid rock eventually crumbles and, about four years ago, Jerry decided he'd like to make a street rod out of his cruiser. It wasn't like he was struck by a lightning bolt or anything—he'd been around hot rodding for many years, and even helped his boy, Mark, get his mint green '48 Ford into the pages of STREET RODDER back in January of 1995; Mark was just 21 years old.
Jerry was 70 years old when he started the redo of his beloved Ford, and he hooked up with Jim Robinson for some of the engineering help he was going to need. The Ford 9-inch rearend was narrowed 6 inches in order to accommodate the wide wheels inside the fenders and the frame has been C-notched to help get the stance lower.
The stock frame then received a Fatman Fabrications IFS setup, and four-wheel disc brakes and QA1 coilovers were added to each corner. The 17x6 and 18x10 Coy wheels are wrapped in 205/55-17 and 235/60-18 rubber. Under the hood is a well-detailed 347 Ford small-block from Smeding Performance, which also has a Front Runner belt system from Vintage Air.
Jeff Burns, of Shelbyville, Indiana, is the guy responsible for all of the custom bodywork and paint, as he frenched the headlights, shaved the door and trunk handles, and removed the vent windows. Another addition is the baby spotlights in each A-pillar. Gordon Riley made the billet hinges that support the hood, which was bull-nosed by Burns. Burns also painted the car (with Glasurit materials) black and then smoothed out the bumpers before reattaching them fore and aft.
Jerry turned to Coverall (Martinsville, Indiana) for the exceptional interior, which features tan leather with ostrich inserts over a liberal use of Dynamat insulation. Mustang buckets seats were used up front while the rears came out of a Thunderbird. The console that runs down the middle of the car is custom as are the small stainless steel trim pieces that are used throughout the interior.
Up on the smooth dash a 5-n-1 Haneline gauge tells Jerry what's going on with his car and a Flaming River steering wheel and column help him get there. The radio, window controls (to operate the Nurelics power system), and door switches are built into the front of the console and the A/C system is located under the dash.
Jerry has been driving the car a fair amount since the redo and, when they take it Florida every year, he drives the wheels off of it down there, too. After Barbara and Jerry welcomed their son into the world back in 1974, Mark so enjoyed climbing around in it Jerry thought his '49 would someday belong to his son, so they never sold it. Though a confirmed car addict (he recently had as many as 22 cars), Jerry always knew this was the one he'd never sell. More than 48 years later, he and Barbara still enjoying tooling around town in it.
Jerry Horsley, Greenfield, IN
1949 Ford
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There ought to be more guys like Eric Wise, running their cars in the AutoCross competition. Wise's's '33 sedan zipped through the cones in 38.921 seconds to win the Street Rod class (for '54 and older cars). The Fordor has been lightened by rust and is equipped with an LS1 engine.Winner cards fill the windshield of Bill Kingwell's '34 Chrysler Airflow. Updated with air conditioning, power windows, power steering, and a Chevy small-block, Bill's out-of-the-ordinary street rod took home the Class Act, Best Bitchin', and Meguiar's Magnificent Masterpiece awards.There's room for everyone in Brad Wiersma's original steel '27 Model T touring car, featuring a 6-inch windshield chop and painted spoke wheels. The one-piece hood barely hides an Olds four-cylinder engine breathing through a pair of Harley-Davidson Constant Velocity carbs.Originally built by Richard Zocchi, this '64 Grand Prix is extended at both ends, chopped on top, and painted with several shades of Iced Pearl Blue by Art Himsl—and that's just the exterior. Now owned by Gary L. Birns, there's hardly an inch of this extraordinary Pontiac that hasn't been customized.Jim Cook built his original steel '28 Model A racer like his dad might have done it in the late '40s. The roadster was built from swap meet parts for $8,000, including the wishbone towbar ($25), B-34 oxygen tank gas tank ($20), and Champion decal autographed by Stock Car legend Smokey Yunick (free).Jeff Berry and his son Tyler followed up their '32 roadster with this knockout '32 coupe, previously owned by interior artist Sid Chavers. With a 3-inch chop, artillery wheels, and Tommy the Greek–inspired pinstripes, this Deuce gave us goose bumps, despite the heat.Mark Morehouse turned a '63 Impala wagon into a cool family sized mild custom, courtesy of eliminated door handles and badges, Intro Prowler wheels, and a clean custom engine compartment filled by a limited-edition 460hp Edelbrock Signature Series 383 Chevy engine.Not what we picture when we think of Willys. John Laine has owned three '52 Aeros since he was 15. This one must be the toughest, built for speed with a rollcage, line-lock, race tach and gauges, fat Hoosier tires, and a 454 big-block—and it survived being underwater during Hurricane Katrina.
Wouldn't you love to drive this '32 roadster? Joe Barr drives it all the time, clocking about 17,000 miles by the time he showed up in Columbus. The grille shell graphics are matched by more elaborate pinstriping on the decklid. Red steelies match the tuck 'n' roll upholstery.Channeled bodies and bobbed fenders are a traditional look born in the East, and carried out beautifully on Ronnie and Gail Young's Maryland-based '29 A roadster, stuffed with a 350 with three 2Vs. The tan leather interior balances out the bright pearl blue paint and chrome reverse wheels.Recognize this '37 Chevy? Edward and Sharon Young have been at every Goodguys Nats in Columbus. Their homebuilt coupe started as a shell, pulled home with a tractor—but it's never been trailered. The custom orange paint contains champagne gold pearl to make it pop.For a lesson in vintage custom paint techniques, take a look at Bob Lathery's '51 Chevy pickup, finished with panels, pinstripes, metalflake, you name it. Sixteen-inch Wheel Smith Smoothie wheels and an on-the-ground stance contribute to the attention-getting truck.Terry Wilson's hand-fabricated boattail Sprint car started with a '29 Model A frame and cowl, and continues with a '50 Merc stroked Flathead, Wings gauges in an engine-turned dash, and loads of well-done details all over the car.Rounding out our gallery of '32s is this old-timey Tudor sedan, the pride and joy of Henry Richards from Mansfield, OH (whose '32 pickup was here in 2010). The paint color and dirt track tires were terrific choices. The engine/trans combination is a 327 Chevy and Tremec TKO 600.Here's another nicely done Deuce highboy roadster. Terry Batchelder from Lordstown, OH, added blackwall big 'n' little bias-plies. A 350 engine and B&M TH350 transmission get the wheels turning. The traditional chassis includes a Super Bell I-beam axle and split wishbones.Pound for pound, it's hard to beat this super-smooth, deep burgundy '48 Oldsmobile, owned by Don and Michelle Skeen, from nearby Lancaster, OH. The Skeen's custom has a body-color-matching interior and is powered by a 455 with a TH400 transmission.Bob Smith, Washington, DC / 1937 Chevy sedan One-Off Rod & Custom lived up to its name with Bob Smith's '37 Bow Tie. A very slight top chop and slanted B-pillar enhances the sleekness of the car. A split front bumper continues the illusion of forward motion. The illusion is turned into reality by a carbureted ZZ4 Chevy engine and 700-R4 transmission. A pair of '06 Lexus seats help upgrade the contemporary interior.
Homer Hudson, Strawberry Plains, TN / 1937 Chevy coupe Homer Hudson's '37 Chevy coupe is understated, and a perfect example of the fact you don't need to hit people over the head if you get the stance and look of the car correct. Homer's son, Will, built the Chevy using RideTech bags and blank 18- and 20-inch rollers. Inside the car is elegant with a wide-laced leather seat and accents painted flat burgundy while the engine is a modest small-block Chevy V-8.William Shores, Helena, AL / 1932 Ford roadster Goolsby Customs in Bessemer, AL, created this stylish Deuce roadster for the owner, which started with raising the rear wheelwells to give the rod a lower look. The chassis is from the Roadster Shop and the motor is a Navarro-equipped 284 Flathead. M&M Hot Rod Interiors built the diamond-pleated throwback interior, and gauges are set in a Goolsby-made, Auburn-style dash insert.Neal Smith, Harrington, DE / 1932 Chevy roadster Neal Smith turned to Six Deuces Speed Shop in Milford, DE, to create this roadster out of a beaten-up coupe (and we mean beaten with a bat!). Lots of cool tricks: not the least of which was mating the '32 Ford roadster windshield to the Chevy cowl. A 348 with six-twos up front, a drag cage, and flattened Dupont paint made this a standout.Brandon Glymph, Silver Springs, MD / 1960 Thunderbird The influence of the late-Larry Watson is all over this fabulous T-Bird, built by Brandon and his dad, Richard. The two-tone paint is Prowler Orange and Audi pearl white. Power is all Ford with a 390ci engine backed with a C6 transmission. Wire rims, spots, and 27 grille bullets are throwbacks to the days of cruising Bellflower Boulevard 50 years ago.Phil & Debbie Becker, Dwight, IL / 1946 Ford woodie wagon A tornado delayed the build, but nothing could stop the progress on Phil and Debbie Becker's '46 woodie. The turquoise paint is a good match for the hard maple frame and bird's-eye maple inserts. Classic Instruments gauges, a Lecarra steering wheel, and light brown leather upholstery modify the interior. Lifting the hood reveals a supercharged 4.6L Ford Cobra engine.Meade Baldwin Jr., Denton, MD / 1963 1/2 Ford Galaxie A few well-done mods went far in transforming a $600 bucket of rust into a sweet street cruiser, built by The Hot Rod Garage. The satin paint is contrasted with the metalflake gold top, highlighted with the right amount of hood and decklid pinstriping. The sano engine compartment holds a Ford 360 backed by a C6 transmission. Radir wheels with wide whites add to the appeal.Jerry Rice, Royston, GA / 1956 Chevy 210 Coming out of Mike Goldman Customs, Jerry Rice's '56 Chevy sits on an Art Morrison chassis and is equipped with a 700-plus horsepower 572 engine topped with Inglese injection. A five-speed Richmond trans was also used, and the car rolls on 18- and 20-inch Schott wheels. The custom red leather interior was the work of Johnson's Hot Rod Shop, and the paint and bodywork was done at Mike Goldman's shop based in Meridian, MS.Garry Crawford, Ellis, KS / 1940 Chevy coupe Chevy coupes from 1940 aren't known to be good-looking cars, but Garry Crawford's ride might change that. Sitting on an Art Morrsion chassis with Foose wheels, the hood was pancaked and had four trick louvers added under the side trim. An LS3 is underhood, tan leather throughout the interior, and a PPG Cinnamon candy over a Copper base was used for the exterior.Ronald Smith, Fairchance, PA / 1949 Ford sedan Chopping the top and relocating it forward several inches gives Ronald's Shoebox a profile a little different than a sedan or a coupe. It was built by Larry Stewart on an Art Morrison chassis and is powered by a mouth-watering 383 Chevy. With Paul Atkins custom leather interior, and 18- and 20-inch Schott wheels, the '49 is finished in a nice shade of root beer brown.


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Engagements, Weddings & Anniversaries
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Meredith Ely and Michael Bordoni
Meredith Magee Ely and Michael Alan Bordoni were married Aug. 3. The ceremony and reception took place at the Roth Estate in Nevada City.
The bride is the daughter of Haines Ely of Sacramento and Elizabeth Ely of Nevada City. She graduated from Nevada Union High School and earned a bachelor's degree in American studies from Stanford University and a master's degree in early childhood education from Dominican University. She is employed at Cloudup in San Francisco.
The groom is the son of James and Diane Bordoni of Los Altos. He graduated from Bellarmine College Preparatory and earned a bachelor's degree in history from Stanford University and master's degrees in civil and environmental engineering, and management science and engineering from Stanford University. He is employed at Stanford University's Real Estate Office. The couple live in Los Altos.