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1956 Ford Truck 3D - The V Brothers' FordWritten by Eric Geisert on September 1, 2011 A New Way to Look at a '56
Fate is a funny thing. It arrives when you least expect it and, more often than not, in a package you hardly recognize. Brothers Xavier and Sergio Villanueva used to work in the off-road and dragster-building world in Santee, California (20 miles northeast of San Diego), back in the late '70s.
Xavier's talents would get him into Vel Miletich's Torrance–based VPJ Enterprises, in which Vel was a partner with racer and Indy winner Parnelli Jones. VPJ had cars that won the Indy 500 in 1970 and 1971 (with Al Unser driving the Johnny Lightning cars) and VPJ had forged a rather successful association with other Indy drivers too.
By 1978 Sergio had joined his brother at the facility, and they were busy helping design and build tubs and suspension components; but only a year later the industry had started to dry up. A well-known metal bender from England, Bill Eaton, brought the brothers to England to help with the F-1 program that was ongoing at McLaren Motor Racing, and they worked on developing the sidepods, wings, and suspension on the cars. Chromoly suspension components, titanium roll bars, stainless exhausts, and wind tunnel models were all part of the norm, and the job was long on hours, but otherwise the brothers viewed it as "a cool experience."
By 1983 Xavier and Sergio were back in Southern California, and life, with its economic demands, was getting in the way. Having a background and an interest in graphics, Xavier started an offset printing business and Sergio enrolled at University of San Diego and, in 1987, was hired as a manager with Fender Musical Instruments Company.
Xavier rediscovered his tin-bending roots in 2004 after bailing out of the offset-printing business by building some custom V-twin motorcycles. Unfortunately, that market took a huge dive in 2008, so it was back to square one and, given their previous experience with cars, it seemed that customizing one would not only showcase Xavier's talents, but it might be a fun project, too.
Sergio's day job with Fender continued to flourish (he's currently a vice president with the firm) and allowed him a choice of car to build and, since he'd always loved the lines of a '56 Ford truck since he was in high school in the '70s, the decision was made.
They bought a truck in April of 2009 from a local guy in San Diego, and it came with a 454 and C6, but it had never been restored from the ground up. The idea was to retain the truck's essence and cool vibe, but by using their decades of experience, the brothers thought they could have some fun reinterpreting the iconic shape.
Among the first things they did was to sit down at the computer and model the '56 in 3D so they could visualize everything they wanted to change before cutting into anything. Then everything was stripped down to the frame and bare metal. As you can see from the photographs, a major part of the rework has already happened, with the reshaping of the fenders and hood currently underway. New bedside panels and a tailgate will be fabricated too.
The brothers still have their VBrosVTwin.com website—a place where you can see some of the past projects they've done plus potential customers can discuss future projects. It should be obvious that with the talent the V-Brothers possess, they could be building anything, and it's great that they turned their attention to a '56 Ford truck. We'll just have to wait to see how the whole project turns out. CCT
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Before the back of the cab was popped off and moved back 2 inches (just behind the door jamb), the area was secured in a sliding fixture so there was no unintended movement of the section.A custom X-member was conceived and fabricated for the truck and included driveshaft hoops in its design. The forward hoop (right) also doubles as the transmission mount.The redesigned and fabbed frame also includes some beefy crossmembers. Check out the piece just after the cab.Lightening holes are used throughout the boxed frame, and run on either side of the rear crossmember.A Strange Engineering rear end is used out back and incorporates RideTech air bags and a four-link Watts system from No Limits.A Ford 427 backed to a Gearstar AOD will power the beast when finished. The hood line will remain (the V Brothers think it's one of the best things about the original truck's, design) but the fenders will be pinched, tucked, and reshaped for the bigger rubber up front.No Limits Wide Ride IFS (with RideTech air bags) was used up front and installed around the custom crossmember Xavier scratchbuilt for the truck.With the 3D modeling program you can isolate any design element of the project (the trans tunnel is noted here) and highlight it, which allows you to see how it will appear its final location and surrounded by other parts.
Though the roof was chopped, Xavier didn't want to modify the roof posts, so he spliced it in a 1.5-inch section down the middle to keep everything in line.The roof came down 3 inches in total, and the sections where Xavier cut around the fullsize rear window were reinforced with metal strips, spot welded in place. The rear window section was also leaned forward a bit to aid in the truck's overall zoomie profile.Both the tunnel and crossbrace is new to the '56 and provides additional structural integrity to the cab.The original fender lip was retained, but a repop fender provided the main section (and radius). Xavier fabbed the rear section (which now leans forward to promote a fast appearance) as well as the area around the headlight.Because the front end's proportions changed when Xavier widened each fender about 2 inches, he also had to build a new section around the headlight to make the truck's overall design flow correctly.Tucked into one of the storage containers at Xavier's shop are the wooden bucks he made to help fabricate the swoopy gas tanks for some of the custom motorcycles he was building a few years ago. Not an easy piece to make!


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"When I found out, it was like my heart ripped in half," Willette said.
Weikert moved to Colorado from Iowa to take a job with COBank in Greenwood Village as a credit analyst, according to Willette.
"She loved the sunshine. She loved to be outside and be active," said Willette. "She missed her friends and family."
Weikert's best friend met her freshman year at Iowa State University. Alicia Tegtmeyer says ever since meeting Weikert, they were best friends. Weikert was even a bridesmaid at her wedding.
"She meant the world to both us, so that was one of the reasons," Tegtmeyer said. "She cared for him just as much as I did."
Weikert's dad called it a "parent's worst nightmare" when he got that knock on his door - telling him that his daughter had been killed. He was shocked to hear the shooter was 51-year-old Robert Lewis - a man he had not hear Weikert talk about.
"We don't know anything about this idiot," Weikert's dad said. "We thought we had her in a good place."
Police say Lewis was harassing Weikert at the office. Lewis was a credit manager at COBank. Investigators say no police report was ever filed on the harassment allegations, but it was handled internally by the company with the firing of Lewis a few weeks ago.
Thursday morning, Weikert was shot to death in the parking garage of her apartment complex in Greenwood Village. When police went to question Lewis about the shooting, he fatally shot himself in the head at his Denver apartment.
Willette says Weikert was a beautiful, vibrant woman.
"She just lit up any room she went into, and everybody really liked her, really enjoyed being around her," Willette said. "The best part of your day was when you were hanging out with Emily."
Bev Marquez is the chief operating officer of Metro Crisis Services - where counselors are available for free to discuss situations like this.
"It's hard to accept that even if we do everything right, bad things can happen," Marquez said.
Marquez says every company, including COBank, should look how terminations are handled, especially after the fact.
"What are the preventative measures, the things that you can put in place to minimize the likelihood that this would happen," Marquez said.
Lewis did not have a long criminal history, but he was arrested in 1996 for felony trespassing. 9NEWS tried to reach member of his family but have not heard back.
COBank is flying its flags at half staff at its offices after this young couple is torn apart.
"I don't feel angry. I'm more in shock," Willette said. "Words can't describe, you know, all that is Emily."
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ROCKVILLE, Md (WUSA9) -- Economists and politicians have been saying for years that small businesses are key to American economic recovery.
But sequestration could smack small businesses hard, costing them billions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of jobs.
The looming budget cuts already have one local business leader re-thinking his hiring plans.
"It's been a horrible four years for small businesspeople. I mean, the worst," says Andy Stern, owner of Andy Stern's Office Furniture, and chairman of the Greater Bethesda-Chevy Chase Chamber of Commerce.
Before the Great Recession, Stern says he sold $8-million dollars of office furniture a year from four locations across the region. "I've been in business 36 years, and this is the worst four years I've ever seen."
The recession cut his sales in half. "You didn't pay yourself for a year?" "No, a whole year, nothing." "Geez." "That's what you do when you're a small business."
He had to lay off an employee and he says it was the hardest thing he's ever done.
Now, just sales are starting to pick up, sequestration threatens. "The last several months, we've been thinking about that." "Hiring someone?" "Yes." "And with this?" "No! Absolutely not. The risk is too great, too uncertain. And again, uncertainty in business is a bad thing."
Federal plans for billions in across the board spending cuts reversed what had been slowly growing confidence among millions of small businesses. "This, I think, just puts a big wall between that," says Stern.
Maryland has 130,000 federal employees alone, a facilities like the massive FDA complex. Those workers are looking at furloughs that could cost them 20% of their pay. And federal contracters are facing similar cuts.
"This is a meat ax," says Gigi Godwin, president and CEO of the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce. "And the devastation to our innovation economy cannot be overstated."
Many businesspeople, including Stern, worry about the federal debt -- but Stern says sequestration is the wrong way to deal with it. "You can't sort of slash across the board. No business does that. No one says, ok, I'm going to cut everything 10%. You're not going to cut your best salesman by 10%."
He says that's bad business -- and bad government.
Economist Stephen Fuller at George Mason estimates sequestration might cost the country 1.4 million jobs -- and he says half of them will come from small business.


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Spearfish, S.D. - The Black Hills State University men's basketball team was ranked No. 6 in the NAIA Preseason Top 25 Poll released today.
"It is nice to be ranked. Our kids deserve it," said head coach Bradd Schafer. "The team has worked hard this offseason. We need to keep working to get better every day if we want to have a successful season."
The Yellow Jackets will return seven seniors to this season's squad including two-time Dakota Athletic Conference (DAC) player of the year Luke Enos. Seniors Spencer Childress, Cain Atkinson, Clay Pottorff and Will John Johnson have started together for the past three years.
Black Hills State will tip-off the season Friday, October 29 at the Donald E. Young Center in Spearfish as part of the Perkins Tip-Off Classic. The first game will feature S.D. School of Mines taking on Morningside at 5:30 p.m. MT. The Yellow Jackets face Montana State-Northern in the second contest with tip-off set for 7:30 p.m. MT.
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text: Which sub unit within the Valles Caldera is the best for trophy bulls? My dad has hunted the Valles Caldera for cows a few years before but we've never tried for bulls. I know its kinda tricky to get drawn because of the lottery ticket system especially if you don't want to buy a huge amout of tickets. My dad has seen a few bulls around 330" in Valles Caldera but I want to know which sub unit is the best for trophy bulls. Thanks!


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Girls of all ages took the court at halftime of the boys' basketball game Friday night to show off their cheerleading skills they learned from the HHS cheerleaders at the Jan. 26 clinic. Kinsey Rahe, pictured above, finishes her cheer strong with a kick.
Molly Jo Kropp claps along with the cheer squad.
Second-graders, pictured from left, Clover Adler, Tyla Knutson and Dakota Weatherly, perform their cheer routine to a full house at Friday night's basketball game.
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McDONOUGH, Ga. -- The man accused of hitting and killing Henry County Police Officer Elgin Daniel is due in court Tuesday.
The crash happened last month as Officer Daniel was helping a stranded driver on North Henry Boulevard.
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Armed robber shot, killed by Sacramento store employee | Crime
SACRAMENTO - An employee of a cell phone store shot and killed a suspected armed robber Sunday afternoon and officials say the shooting appears to be justified.
Sgt. Jason Ramos of Sacramento Sheriff's Department said an armed man walked into a Rosemont area Metro PCS business in the 8900 block of Folsom Blvd. around 3 p.m.
The man encountered a store employee and then approached an office in the back of the store. A second employee armed with a gun came from the office and fired one shot at the suspect, killing him, said Ramos.
Ramos said deputies believe the man was looking for cash, phones, or other electronic items.
According to Ramos, the shooting appeared to be justified, but the investigation was still in its early stages.
"You can use deadly force if you decide your life is in imminent danger. This guy comes in with a gun, you can assume he intends to do you harm," said Sgt. Ramos.
Officials continue to question store employees, witnesses and review surveillance footage.
The identity of the man killed was not released.
Customers of the store said this was the third robbery at the business.
"They were robbed 1-2 times before. They had to protect themselves," said customer Sal Guasella.
"It's sad he had to die," said customer Karen Guasella about the suspected robber. "But people have to protect themselves. What else can they do? They've been robbed before. If they have a legal permit to carry a gun, they should use it."
"You have a right to protect yourself. And if they didn't have a gun, who knows what could have happened," said customer Mike Goodie. "You know it's hard to say. In that situation, you never know until you're there."
Deputies say the two employees have cooperated with the investigation.
When law enforcement arrived, they were standing outside, the weapon used was left inside on the counter.
The DA will decide if employees will face charges.


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In the space of two weeks, Mokobe released two new music videos: 'Beyonce Coulibaly' and 'Phenomenal'. The French-Malian artist must have been planning his vacation while making sure that those left behind have some entertainment on their hands (in reality, Mokobe has been touring in the past weeks, no...
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When I was in my 6th grade English class, my teacher said to the entire class, "You are the next generation of leaders!" The thing is, this teacher didn't tell us how to learn how to be a leader or when we were supposed to assume this role. Now, at age 23, I've been figuring out the ways I am a leader in my community and the ways that I want to lead in my future. I attribute this awareness of my experiences to the Residential College in the Arts & Humanities at Michigan State University, and my AmeriCorps VISTA term at Michigan Campus Compact.
Michigan Campus Compact (MICC), an affiliate organization of MNA, supports the civic engagement activities of colleges and their students around the state of Michigan. After the 15th year of Service Leadership Camp last fall, the MICC team thought about whether or not the program was meeting the needs of students, and also posed this question to the network of faculty and staff. The result was the decision to begin a new leadership program and I jumped at the opportunity to pioneer this project!
Throughout the last six months, I have worked with my supervisor, Shannon Zoet, and a network planning committee to coordinate the program for MICC's first Active Leaders Student Conference this October! No participant will leave this one-day conference without recognizing that they are a leader and learning specific steps to accomplish their aspirations through community service, advocacy, and philanthropy.
"It's exciting to be a part of something as unique as this event, even more so when you are helping to plan it. This event is very grassroots in the way that it is planned by, geared toward, and has presenters all for the same age group. Many of the leadership events at the college level are only for student leaders that belong to a certain group or specific career path. This event is geared toward leaders from every background who are entering career paths that are just as diverse."
-Zoe K.D. Haynes, Planning Committee Member, Undergraduate Student, Wayne State University
Amber Cruz, program manager of Mobilize.org will be the keynote speaker at the event and she is excited to share Mobilize resources and ideas to organize voter engagement efforts during the 2012 election season.
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I've upgraded to ZCS 8 (OSE) and am loving it! It's all come a long way, especially the web client. However, I've only 1 thing that's not working for me at the moment. I've added my Gmail account as an external account and it's all connected fine and I can see my emails. The problem is it doesn't update without me right-clicking the account and selecting 'Get external mail'.
Is anyone else experiencing this problem and is there a way around it please?
I've looked everywhere for an option for the check period and found one in 'Preferences -> Mail' which seems to work fine for my email that's being handled by ZCS but not for my external Gmail account. It's set to 5 minutes but no new emails come in unless I do the right-click mentioned above.


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Do you wear sungalsses at the parks and if so do you take them off for photos or leave them on?
I mostly either don't wear any or take them off but Chris has optical sunglasses so he leaves them on. It can make for some strange photos
If we are messing around in photos I will leave them on sometimes.
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New Orleans on my mind….
Traveling to New Orleans… counting down the days.
I can't believe it has been five years since Katrina. It just seems like yesterday when Jeff and I flew there to surprise Paul, my father in-law, for his 60th Birthday. It was a lot of fun, until I freaked out. I did not handle it very well when I realized that I was about to experience my first hurricane. However, the horrible ordeal did not keep me from returning. In fact, we've returned every year since then (sometimes couple times a year).
In a couple weeks we'll be heading back to celebrate Paul's life and the revitalizing spirit of New Orleans. The spirit and fortitude of this community is inspiring. The citizens of New Orleans recently suffered another set back with the oil spill. I think their word should be RESILIENT. Maybe that is why I have a soft spot for this city.
Cajun cuisine!
Our first stop is always Desire Oyster Bar. Hopefully we'll see our waitress Teresa. She treats us like family she hasn't seen in years. I imagine that is the kind of treatment everyone gets from her. I have yet to try the oysters. (SHH… don't tell Paul) There are just too many great restaurants in New Orleans to mention them all. One tradition we have yet to break is eating at Pascal's Manale for dinner. It is located in the Garden District just down the road from where Paul grew up. I love their BBQ shrimp, which has nothing to do with bar-b-queing. It is a bowl of the biggest shrimp ever floating in a butter mixture that is to die for! There will be plenty of french bread for dipping and bread pudding for desert! MMM!
The Music!
I love the zydeco and jazz music that fills the streets. One of my favorite things to do is play the washboard with Timmy at Tropical Isle. Last year there was a fire at Tropical Isle, so we spent our time at the Ole Opera House listening to The Bonoffs and twirling on a pole. (don't ask) The last memory of Tropical Isle was on my 39th Birthday. I have a cool souvenir from that trip.
The Art and Architecture
I have yet to make it to Europe. New Orleans architecture reminds me of what I might see one day. Jackson Square always takes my breath away. The artists that fill the streets are amazing too. One of my most cherished pieces of art I bought from an artist in Jackson Square.
Artwork inspired by Katrina is along the river walkway, where you'll find a series of small buses that were painted to reflect the resilient spirit of New Orleans. Life is a journey that takes unexpected turns. I have so many memories of New Orleans. One memory that felt as if was a ride of a lifetime and many other memories that were pure fun! I'm excited to head on back.
Stayed tuned at www.weekendretweat.com I'll be writing about this year's trip there under Independent Travel.
Let me know if you ever want to take the trip! There is still time to join us this year. However, I am always open to going back. I've always dreamed of taking a group there to share all my favorite spots.


text: By Russ PankoninThe Imperial Republican Sargent Irrigation of Grant submitted the low bid to drill four new 20-inch irrigation wells for the Rock Creek augmentation project. During a special meeting Oct. 19, the board of the Upper Republican Natural Resources District voted to accept Sargent's bid of $297,600. The bid carried a completion date of on or before Dec. 31, 2012. Grosch Irrigation of Imperial also submitted a bid for the project. Their bid came in at $324,439, with a completion date by April, 2013. Engineers designed the wells at 20 inches wide to increase capacity in the well field, with the goal of pumping 1,240 gallons-per-minute when operating. Water pumped from the well field will be piped south towards Rock Creek Reservoir, with discharge ultimately into the Republican River near Parks. In addition to the four new wells, a well that was re-drilled on the property in 2009 will also be used as part of the well field. Manager Jasper Fanning said bids are still coming in on the removal of pumps from existing wells that will not be used in the project. Fanning said the wells will not be abandoned at this time but will be properly capped and remain idle. He said they are also looking at proposals on removing and selling the pivots on the 4,000-acre tract.


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Is anybody else feeling better after watching the other Big 12 teams this weekend?
OU-KSU....obviously these are two good teams, but i think we have a reasonable shot at beating both at home. Will we? I don't know about that, but they are beatable
Baylor...my gosh, we definitely can beat this team. They torched ULM through the air, but their defense has many holes.
KU.....yeah, they are who we thought they were. They still aren't very good. But believe it or not, this team kind of scares me in Lawrence.
West Virginia...who would have guessed somebody would hold them under 40? haha, yes you have to score over 30 to beat them, but Maryland played them well.
TCU...they have a stingy defense, but i haven't been impressed by their offense against 2 average defenses. It appears they are really missing that running back. Whats with the red zone turn overs, kinda sounds familiar.
Texas...well they are still scary to me, they were off this weekend.
Oklahoma State...also was off, but they gave up almost 60 points to a team that laid a goose egg against Oregon. Sure, Oregon is good, but Zona also struggled to score against TOLEDO (but the MAC is really good, right Hawks?)
Yes, we still have a daunting schedule, but i am feeling a lot better after actually being able to watch these teams play.
I'll feel better when our guys play a full game without fumbling a zone read or having Steele throw a high pass over the middle that gets picked off. Until then, I don't feel good about any of the games remaining on the schedule, even the one against KU.
I don't think that there is an elite team this year, but there are a bunch of really good ones. I'm looking at this as a whole lot of opportunities for the program to move forward.
Personally, I think if someone told you before any of the Big 12 games that ISU would have zero turnovers, I would say we won with the only exception being West Virginia, they look really tough. I think ISU can hang with anyone in the Big 12 as long as they limit (or eliminate preferably) their turnovers.
Yep, this thread has just been pwned.
Only West Virgina scares me. The good thing is that we get them at home and likely it will be cold which makes it winnable.
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It gets cold in WV too though...So this isnt an advantage like it is against south teams
Originally Posted by cyclonez7
Only West Virgina scares me. The good thing is that we get them at home and likely it will be cold which makes it winnable.
Well its not like Morgantown is in the south they play plenty of cold snowy games at home.
Our defense will give us a good shot in every game. As always, turnovers will kill us. Ask Landry Jones.
The goal I would love to see accomplished is a winning record in conference play. 8-4 (5-4) is very possible now. I'm excited to see what happens Saturday.
I think all of the teams are beatable. I truly believe the conference race with no undefeated, and maybe having 4 teams with 2 losses and no team with only 1 loss. I am glad I don't have to figure out the tie breakers. Looking at our schedule, if we manage to win at home and TCU, KU on the road, that gives us losses to OSU and TU. Though this does sound rather unbelievable that we would end up with only 2 losses.
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The defense will keep us in any game. The question is can the offense score enough points to win with out shooting itself in the foot with TO's, penalties or bad play calling? This offense will go as Steele goes.
Yeah, it feels like the conference is wide open this year. Based on very early returns, there doesn't seem to be much separating nine of the ten teams (sorry, KU). I am by no means saying that ISU is going to win the Big 12 this year, but I am saying that we can expect a lot of churn at the top of the conference standings this year. It's going to be ridiculously competitive every week.
Originally Posted by bosco
This offense will go as Steele...
...And Mess at OC. Our scheme is sub-par imo.
Originally Posted by TheJackWePack5
Is anybody else feeling better after watching the other Big 12 teams this weekend?
I didn't have to "see other teams" to feel better. I felt better with the strides I've seen this team has made. And I wasn't buying into everyone's paranoid hype about the schedule in the first place.
Go Cyclones!
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Tasting Tour: East 7th Street
by Jessica Allen, 10/03/2012
(From left) Caracas Arepa Bar photo by Doug Todd • Luke's Lobster photo by Daniel Krieger
The East Village's 7th Street is like the City's food scene in miniature. Starting at Third Avenue and moving east, the thoroughfare offers seasonal, handcrafted, artisanal, organic, comfort and/or rustic fare from around the world. These four blocks let you sidle up to a bar that once served Abraham Lincoln, nosh on a lobster that was swimming in the Atlantic yesterday or cozy up to your honey over a vat of fondue. You can dress up for a multicourse Japanese meal or dress down for an ice cream named after an actress from The Golden Girls. You can nurse a cutting-edge cocktail or sample flavors inspired by a chef's childhood memories of Central Europe. Nestled among the neighborhood's hair salons, tattoo parlors, vintage clothing stores and apartment buildings are some of the City's most innovative, most interesting bars and restaurants. Come for brunch, come for lunch, come for dinner—just come hungry. Read on for more details.


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May 25, 2016
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ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia's poultry, aircraft and auto industries helped propel the state's exports to a record $35.8 billion last year.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Georgia ranked 12th nationally in the dollar value of exports by state.
In the southeast, only Florida outpaced Georgia in the shipment of goods overseas.
The figures were reported Monday by the Georgia Department of Economic Development.
Canada, China, Mexico, Singapore and Japan were Georgia's top export destinations in 2012, tallying 42 percent of all products shipped overseas.
Cars, airplanes -- and their associated parts -- and industrial machines have become big business for the state historically renowned for poultry and wood pulp exports.
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Fans can cast votes in the following 10 categories: Most Memorable Outfit, Most Shocking Reunion Twist, Loveliest Locks, Best Fight Locale, Rookie of the Year, Best Supporting Agitator, Party of the Year, Favorite Quote, OMG-est Moment of the Year, and Outstanding Achievement in Extremely Short Form Live Action.
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Dear all,
I did install BESx 5.0.3 together with Zimbra 7.1.3_GA_3346 and ZimbraConnectorBES_188.8.131.52.
I followed the instructions in the ZimbraBESConnector AdminGuide carefully and installed everything without any major issues.
I can now log in as BESx administrator (besadmin) and add ZCS users. But the users are not able to login (The username, password, or domain is not correct. Please correct the entry.).
I also checked and modified the Active Directory authentication settings in BES as described here. Still no difference...
The only thing I can imagine right now is that I also use AD authentication on Zimbra itself (External Authentication).
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I've read that threads over 5,000 posts aren't good for the health of a V-Bulletin Forums system.
So here you are...Random Thoughts II.
I've read that threads over 5,000 posts aren't good for the health of a V-Bulletin Forums system.
So here you are...Random Thoughts II.
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Back to watching The Mentalist. Man, I wish I had that kind of power to read people and profile them. Now would I use it for good or evil?
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It's 36 degree Fahrenheit outside and my dad refuses to turn on the heater. I'm going to have to sleep with two blankets again.
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^ I actually happen to like McDonald's even though it's artery clogging. If I had the ability to accurately profile people, I'd definitely use it for evil .
I need to clean my room again...it's a never ending quest.
I like me.
@ByTime: When it's clean, would you mind posting your room pics again?
I've been working on cleaning my room. I've sweeped the floor, did my laundry, dusted some, changed bedsheets, color-sorted and reorganized my closet, now I just have to work on the bookshelves, dust some places, and put away clean clothes. My pet peeve is just seeing guy's rooms being so messy with obviously dirty and clean clothes all over the place, trash thats meant for recycling, eaten out canned foods, and junk. Total pig sty, thank God I don't date the guy. How can you see trash on your bedroom floor or anywhere and not have the natural inclination throw it away in the trash bin or take the trash that's perishable and stinky to the kitchen trash bin instead of throwing it in your bedroom trash bin, which would ultimately make your bedroom smell? How can guys eat or drink and leave bowls and cups in their room for days and not be bothered by it? It just beyond my own comprehension.
Just how often do men pay attention to maintaining the appearance of their living spaces? Would guys clean their place more, if they actually had a GF? If so, that explains much about my poor guy friend. Has plenty of gal friends, but no girlfriends or friends with benefits.
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I like me.
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I'm gonna go visit mi do ri. =)
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Most places don't get fries right. McDonalds is the only place I've eaten fries that ever has. McDonalds cooks the fries with *just* the right amount of salt, and locks in the flavor. I don't know how McDonalds' staff does it, but no other place does it quite the same.
Since we're on the subject of McDonalds and other fast food (what a way to inaugurate the new Random Thoughts thread), I'll share this: a few weeks ago was the U.S. midterm election. On the same day as the election, McDonalds announced the temporary return of its popular McRib sandwich.
Sure enough, on that day, Yahoo Trending revealed that the most searched-for subject that day was "McRib," with "midterm election" being the second most-searched.
I found it funny and sad at the same time; we Americans *really* have our priorities straight: government and politics are important, but less important than getting our mitts on a McRib sandwich!
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That's the underlying reason?
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Oracle changes its tune on "The Cloud"
October 10, 2011
Oracle, which up until recently been openly dismissive of "cloud computing," made a major reversal last week when it embraced the new technology.
"The Oracle Public Cloud is a little different," said Oracle CEO Larry Ellison. "The Oracle Public Cloud is both a platform as a service and applications as a service. The key difference is the Oracle Public Cloud is based on industry standards and supports full interoperability with other clouds and your datacenter on premise."
In his keynote presentation at Oracle Openworld in San Francisco last week, Ellison explained how The Oracle Public Cloud runs on Oracle engineered Systems, providing users and partners with "elastic," and secure infrastructure for their critical business applications.
Industry analysts have noted that logistics and supply chains are among the richest of today's data domains, with data doubling in less than every two years.
"The Oracle Public Cloud is the only public cloud that offers customers a complete range of business applications and technology solutions, avoiding the problems of data and business process fragmentation when customers use multiple siloed public clouds," stated spokesmen at a subsequent press conference.
Pricing for the Oracle Public Cloud will be based on a monthly subscription model, and each service can be purchased independently of other services.
The Oracle Public Cloud provides many common services, including resource management and isolation, security, data exchange and integration, virus scanning, white list management, and centralized self-service monitoring.
The Oracle Public Cloud offers self-service, subscription-based access to Oracle Fusion Applications, Oracle Fusion Middleware and Oracle Database as a service, including the Oracle Social Network.
According to spokesmen, this an enterprise collaboration and social networking solution with a broad range of social tools designed to capture and share information among teams in the context of business processes and enterprise applications (such as CRM and HCM).
"Oracle Social Network enables natural conversations and jump-starts productivity with purposeful social networking without the noise of unrelated or random social conversations," said spokesmen.
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Letters to the Editor: East Rockaway, Lynbrook
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The letter concerning the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant written by the Legislature's Democrat minority leader, Kevan Abrahams, was distressing ("Let's rebuilld the sewage plants the right way," Aug. 15-21). Abrahams, who represents Hempstead, Uniondale and Roosevelt, tries to justify the unjustifiable: his and his legislative caucus's inexplicable refusal to fund the reconstruction of this critical piece of infrastructure from Sandy-caused damage. Abrahams doesn't care that his caucus's actions are condemning my constituents — residents of Bay Park, East Rockaway, Oceanside, Island Park and others — to more terrible odors and fouled waterways. He also doesn't care that he is endangering the health and safety of the Nassau's entire South Shore.
Abrahams' rationale is illogical and cynical. He says that he is merely safeguarding expenditures of tax dollars. Nothing can be further from the truth! He also ignores a major fact: under Democratic control, Nassau was left with a $350 million-plus deficit, as well as the Bay Park plant teetering on utter collapse after a decade of neglect.
The Bay Park plant is a complex, integrated unit. It doesn't operate properly and isn't a good neighbor post-Sandy because Abrahams won't allocate money to fix it. Repairing just some portions may sound good but accomplishes nothing. Experts have testified that repairs must all be done together, starting with the severely corroded electrical system, to be done right. My Democrat colleagues also endanger much-needed federal funding for the plant's repair so future storms do not cause raw sewage to back up in people's homes again.
If we demonstrate our seriousness by authorizing the critical spending needed to safeguard the plant against future weather events, and to build the long-needed ocean outfall pipe, Nassau will more than likely obtain 90 percent federal funding. But if we listen to Mr. Abrahams and sit on our hands and not take protective measures to fix and mitigate the plan, no aid will come.
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A Kumaran, Naren Datha, Vikram Dendi, and Ashwani Sharma
December 2011
WikiBhasha is a framework to enable easy creation of multilingual content in any wiki site, leveraging content from another language. WikiBhasha is designed as a modular and extensible framework, integrated with a variety of linguistic, collaborative and workflow components, to make the manifested application and the user interface native to any given end user scenario.
We customized this framework for Wikipedia, as WikiBhasha Beta, for creating content in non-English Wikipedias, leveraging the large and trusted English Wikipedia content. In essence, it manifests as an edit layer that may be invoked on any Wikipedia article in one of the supported languages, enabling a contributor to Wikipedia to search/source content from other Wikipedia articles, translate/correct the sourced content, and organize the sourced content and new information to enhance the multilingual Wikipedias. The content contributors could either compose new articles or to enhance existing articles in target Wikipedias, and have the flexibility on the quantum of content to work on. WikiBhasha stays on Wikipedia for the entire duration of the user-session, and any/all changes made by the user are posted into Wikipedia. Finally, collaborative tools to sharing the translation knowledge with the community, and leverage the existing knowledge are integrated.
WikiBhasha is released as an open-source MediaWiki extension, partly under Apache 2 and partly under GPL 2 licenses. The user and developer documentations are available as a part of the extension release. WikiBhasha is also available as a bookmarklet in the WikiBhasha release site, along with the user guide and a tutorial. WikiBhasha currently supports about 40 languages.
After the public release of WikiBhasha in October 2010, over last few months, we have been conducting usability experiments with content creators focusing on its usability, and liaising with different Wikipedia communities around the world, focusing on its adoption as a content creation mechanism for multilingual Wikipedias. In this presentation, we will discuss our experiences working with various communities during the beta program, in terms of responses in individual workshops, data created, feedback received and development activities undertaken.
We would also be very interested in having an open dialog with different Wikipedia communities, to explore (i) usability and suitability of WikiBhasha for content creation for specific Wikipedias, (ii) specific tools and resources that need to be devised and integrated for individual communities, and (iii) research collaborations with specific groups and communities in exploring content creation in Multilingual Wikipedias. We are planning to release all data collected through WikiBhasha as a public research resource
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(WUSA9) -- It's a phrase no one wants to hear: You have breast cancer.
It's a disease that doesn't care if you're black, white, rich, poor, male or female. Even if you don't have breast cancer just about everyone has seen the horrendous affects of the disease. But there have been some monumental breakthroughs giving more hope than ever to breast cancer survivors.
Angelina Jolie became the new face of breast cancer awareness back in May when she announced in a New York Times op-ed she has the BRCA 1 gene mutation and underwent a preventive double mastectomy. But a little more than a decade earlier, another woman, one who didn't have Hollywood's bright light trained on her, changed the way doctors and researchers diagnosed and treated one of the deadliest forms of cancer.
Her name is Annie Parker and soon more people will find out how her bravery brought about change. It's because of Parker's courage and determination to survive and to understand why cancer seemed to be devouring the women in her family that more women are on the defense against the disease that kills one woman every 15 minutes.
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Over the next few weeks you'll hear the stories of women and men not only fighting for their lives but fighting for the lives of the women and men in their families. We hear breast cancer and presume it's mostly a female disease often passed from the mother's side of the family on to the daughter.
The American Cancer Society says there will be 2,240 new cases of male breast cancer this year alone and 410 men will die from the disease. We also know the BRCA gene is passed from generation to generation from the father's side.
More families are now having the conversation about their health history. It's a conversation that could save the lives of the people you cherish the most. Those behind the film "Decoding Annie Parker" are hoping it will inspire even more to take a closer look at their family trees, even if they haven't seen signs of breast cancer.
This movie shows how Dr. Mary-Claire King, the woman behind the discovery of the BRCA gene, fought to find the genetic connection even when no one else believed in her theory. It was Parker's DNA that brought it all together.
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Mooresville, NC (05-03-2010) – Germain Racing's No. 30 Germain.com Tundra team stepped out of its comfort zone and unloaded at Kansas Speedway with a dramatically different chassis setup than the formula which had worked for the team's 13 previous wins on speedways. The result was a long first practice session and a confirmation that sometimes tried and true just can't be ignored. After three days in Kansas, two practice sessions and 167 laps of racing including two mid-race setbacks, the No. 30 Germain.com Tundra finished third and driver Todd Bodine pulled back to second in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship standings.
"We unloaded with a chassis setup that was a lot different than we normally would run at a 1.5-mile track. We struggled and learned a lot in our first practice session and for the second practice, we went back to our baseline, speedway setup," explained crew chief Mike Hillman Jr.
The No. 30 Germain.com Tundra started sixth for Sunday's O'Reilly Auto Parts 250. Hillman says they needed a bit more grip in their qualifying setup.
"The truck was too loose in qualifying, but we felt the changes we'd made for the race were going to make our Germain.com Tundra a lot better than it had been in practice," said Hillman of chassis TRD-131 which ranked 15th after first practice and tenth after final practice.
When racing began on Sunday afternoon, the truck was still too loose but the handling condition took a backseat to a few other mid-race setbacks.
"We started the race with the Germain.com Tundra too loose. It got better throughout the day. Our team battled to overcome a speeding penalty from the first pit stop and a flat right rear tire which had to be changed under the green flag. Bringing the truck home with a top-three finish shows how this team never gives up," said Hillman. "I couldn't be more proud of all our team for their hard work all weekend, through practice and the great pit stops during the race. This is how a championship-caliber team takes a day full of adversity and comes home with a top-three finish."
Driver Todd Bodine echoed the sentiment that strong pit stops and a never-failing commitment to finding a way to succeed helped the Germain.com Tundra end a challenging race day into a third-place finish.
"That's one thing, all the Germain guys are strong in the pits. Every week they beat guys out and that's what keeps us up front. We were free all day and right there at the end we got a little tight off. I couldn't quite run with Ron (Hornaday Jr.) and Johnny (Sauter), they were a little fast with a little too much horsepower, but this Toyota was awesome. To overcome what we did today with getting a speeding penalty and then a flat tire under green putting us a lap down and to come back and finish third, that's what this team is all about. We just never give up," said Bodine.
The No. 30 Germain.com Tundra ranks fourth in Truck Series owner's standings and Bodine ranks second in the driver's standings. The next race on the Truck Series schedule is at "The Monster Mile," the high-speed, concrete oval also known as Dover International Speedway. Watch the action on SPEED, May 14th, tape-delayed at 8:00 PM ET or tune into your local MRN affiliate.
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Germain Racing competes in each of NASCAR's three national divisions as well as the K&N Pro Series East. A variety of sponsorship opportunities are available.
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Well, I open my eyes and I see things. I've seen spirits moving through the walls. I've seen a vortex coming through the wall. I've seen amorphous little balls of light bouncing all around in the front yard through the window. I've seen giant bugs on the floor. I was in a hotel room in Amarillo, Texas, and all I remember is standing on the bed and seeing the whole wall in front of me filled with lights that were [makes popping sound] popping like popcorn out of the wall. Then I'll wake up and I go "Wow, I was standing on my bed and staring at this wall."
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WASHINGTON (AP) - An arbitrator has ruled that the District of Columbia fire chief retaliated against the head of the firefighters union by reassigning him as payback for speaking out on department issues.
In a ruling released Wednesday, Arbitrator Leonard Wagman found that Capt. Edward Smith should be reinstated to his prior position. Wagman wrote that Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe's actions were "evasive" and inconsistent.
Smith was transferred to another fire company in July 2011 after a series of protests from the union about policies, including whether the city had enough emergency vehicles.
D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson called the ruling "sobering." He says it suggests the fire chief needs to be more careful with her personnel actions.
The fire department did not immediately comment.
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In honor of the decision to appoint Dr. Beatriz Espinoza as the next president of Coastal Bend College, LiberatedWoman presents the following photos from existing disciplines and possible areas of expansion. Siameasy to contact if there are any questions.
· Chemistry: Learn about the purriodic table and the difference between anions and cations.
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1946 Chevy Truck - I Want ThatWritten by on June 1, 2008 A "Rat" Rod Hauler
It's so easy when we know what we want. There's no reasoning, doubting, second-guessing, or even weighing out the pros vs. cons. Nope. Instead, we see something and it's settled: "I want that." Some just know. Mark Davis is one of those guys. When he saw this '46 Chevy, he knew. It was as simple as calling dibs on the last beer in the fridge.
Upon visiting local hot rod shop Auto Artistry in Mark's hometown, Russell, Kansas, he spotted the nearly completed '46 and immediately called owner Mike Schoech over to call the proverbial "shotgun" on the truck when Mike was ready to sell. Originally Mike was building the truck for himself-and as an advertisement for the shop. He was planning on selling it a few months down the road, but with the offer on the table Mike figured now was as good a time as any. Upon completion, the keys were handed over and that was that. Let's go back and see how the truck came to be.
A few years ago Mike bought the truck from an employee's grandfather. For years it sat collecting rust. Then, once the time was right, the build was on-but only the original cab, grille, and hood came along for the ride. Starting with nothing but a few pieces, the first thing that had to be made was a chassis. Mike started with 2x4-inch rectangular tubing and decided to set the wheelbase at 126 inches. Because he wanted the truck to be long and low, the front and rear of the frame was Z'd, then a custom four-link was fabbed with a '96 S-10 rearend. Up front, the truck was outfitted with a Mustang II frontend for modern-day driving and handling. Originally the truck called for a 350. As something wasn't settling right with Mike, he swapped it out for a rat motor-a 454 to be exact.
Besides cranking out 450 hp, what really sets the motor off are the black Cal Cover valve covers (with matching Speedway air cleaner) and custom headers built by Mike. Transferring power to the rear is a Turbo 400.
When it came to the look of the truck, Mike had a specific idea for a highboy pickup-hence the reasoning for only keeping a few key items. To kick-start things off, the cab was chopped 4 inches. From there it was shaved clean. On the inside, the dash was reworked for Dolphin gauges and an all-metal center console was incorporated into the theme, as well. Next up, the grille and hood was cut up to create a custom one-off look for the front end. As for the bed, Mike completely hand-fabbed the entire thing, including the tailgate, from sheetmetal. On the inside, Mike used a combination of oak and aluminum siding from the hardware store to create the bed floor. With everything put together, the truck was prepped for paint. To set the low-slung highboy hauler off, it was determined a sinister two-tone DuPont Black and Charcoal paintjob (laid down by Mike) would do the trick. To add to the aggressive theme of the truck, a set of Coys 17-inch rims with Nexen rubber put things in motion.
Inside the cab rest two black bucket seats and a custom console. To match the seats, the door panels have been custom-made from black cloth and red highlights by Casper Upholstery. Running along the headliner is another custom console that houses the stereo equipment. With the keys in Mark's hand, he might add a few personalized touches-such as creating some sort of hood, and/or upsizing the wheels and tires. For now, this '46 is exactly what he wants.


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Laura Klave
Laura Klave, 55, of Le Mars passed away Saturday, December 1, 2012 at The Abbey of Le Mars. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, December 6, 2012 at St. James Catholic Church in Le Mars. Interment will be at Calvary Cemetery in Le Mars. Visitation will be Wednesday after 3:00 p.m. at the Carlsen-Feuerstein Funeral Home. There will be a parish rosary at 4:00 p.m. Scriptural wake service is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Visitation will continue Thursday morning at the church from 9:30 a.m. until service time. Expressions of sympathy can be extended to the family through www.carlsenfuneralhome.com.
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