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1932 Ford Highboy Roadster - Riding With The LonerWritten by Chris Shelton on June 25, 2008 Contributors: Brian Brennan Imitation May Be The Sincerest Form Of Flattery, But Emulation Is The Noblest
Not all cloned hot rods are created equal. Take this orange Deuce, for example. Despite Tony Nancy's name and number emblazoned upon its flanks, it'd be a pretty inaccurate one.
To understand why is to know the legend of Tony and 22jr. A trimmer by trade and pioneer drag racer by night, Tony was pretty much in a league of his own in an era when precedence in drag racing hadn't fully been established. For example, whereas most of his peers were still building their own chassis out of boxed Ford frames, an up-and-coming fabricator named Kent Fuller built Nancy's. Tony's attention to detail that made him famous in Tinseltown carried over to the cars, and regardless if they were competitors, no drag racer conscious of a 'rail's appearances considered a car done until Tony pleated it in his hallmark diamond pattern. His fans dubbed him "The Loner" for his ability to field a successful race car by himself, and he dubbed every one of those race cars with the number he acquired as a roadster racer: 22jr.
There's something consistent among all of Tony's four comp roadsters that would make this orange, Chevy-powered Deuce a poor clone: His were red Model As, powered by either Flatheads or Nailheads. Differences aside, there's something eerily familiar about this orange car, if only aesthetically. It's because Steve Dennish didn't copy one of Tony's cars so much as copy his particular style. Rather than a clone of Tony's cars, it's a tribute to the man.
If only the story were that simple. In fact, it wasn't until one of the last pieces fell in place that Steve and the LimeWorks Speed Shop crew realized what the car had in fact become. "Once we got the rollbar bent up, and once we got the seats in it, with the diamond upholstery that was on 'em, it looked like something that Tony Nancy would've done," Steve recalled.
Though incidental, the direction the car suddenly took wasn't entirely coincidental. According to Steve, "I wanted to do a '60s-style drag-and-show car," which is, depending on how you see things, a look that Tony popularized if not perfected. With its alloy wheels, recapped slicks, gently radiused rollbar, and aggressive stance, it certainly fulfills the checklist as far as parts are concerned. But, it's the way those parts are put together that makes the car look as if it were created decades ago rather than just made. It's because, just like Tony did in the day, Steve built the car out of a combination of original parts, a few speed parts, and made the rest by hand.
As ironic as it sounds for a guy who manufactures his own line of parts, "The one thing we didn't do was use any LimeWorks parts," Steve noted. "It was to show what we can do, not what we make. I think the only LimeWorks parts are the Moon tank brackets; everything else is original work."
The chassis, for instance, is standard fare: a pair of stock-style Deuce 'rails that have been boxed and paired with a combination of Model A and tubular crossmembers. It's what's right in front of your face that you can't see that's so different about them. If you're savvy, you've picked up on the car's relatively low stance in spite of the nearly flat V-8/60 axle. To get the car as low as it would've been with a dropped axle, Steve pie-cut the framerails at the body's firewall so they kick up a few inches higher at the crossmember. "They're also pinched just a wee bit," he noted.
That axle also presented another problem, this time with the '32 wishbone destined for the car. To marry the two, Steve severed the wishbone's 2-inch front bosses and replaced them with 2-1/4-inch bosses from a Model A wishbone. Though wishbone-splitting bungs exist in the aftermarket, Steve made his own to use oversize rod ends. He then commissioned a local shop to make a spring to fit the perch boss width unique to a '37-41 axle when used with '34-and-earlier perches.
If the square-tube rear ladder bars look suspiciously handmade, it's because they're old-stock pieces made by Roy Fjastad after he decided to stop building dragster chassis under the SPE brand. "It's a Deuce Factory kit that they used to do in the 1980s," Steve indicated, "but I put Heim joints in the ends because they had solid bushings in the ends of the bars." It looks as if the suspension uses coilovers, but the springs are actually old Corvair coils with separate Pete & Jake's dampers.
Though Steve admits there's nothing really exceptional about the 400 Chevy other than a lumpy cam, dual quads, and a set of weed-burner pipes, its location is emblematic of '60s drag racing. To improve weight transfer, drag racers pushed the engine rearward-Tony, for one, pushed his so far back he practically straddled it. To give this car the look without totally sacrificing cockpit space, Steve pushed this one's back a few inches. He modified the body to fit by dissecting an already cut-up stock firewall surround, set it back a few inches, and bonded it to the fiberglass in the cowl.
If you've picked up on the louvered decklid, you're probably scratching your head after reading the fiberglass reference. While the body is indeed one of the Australian pieces LimeWorks used to import before the dollar went bust, the decklid is in fact a Brookville piece Eric Vaughn louvered and the LimeWorks crew stretched and shrank to fit the opening.
Every part within the cockpit is 1960s-appropriate, and despite the inclusion of a few old-stock parts, every single part to replicate it is still available in the aftermarket. The fiberglass seats that inspired the 22jr personality are available at LimeWorks. Established vendors like Speedway Motors still sell the Stewart Warner Deluxe mechanical gauges. Last we checked, Vern Tardel had a copy of the Ansen swing pedals. Though Superior Industries dropped the line, Mooneyes sells metalflake-vinyl steering wheels.
Upon having the car shot by Bob's Autobody and trim work done by-ironically enough-Tony's Auto Upholstery, the car started to really take shape as a Tony Nancy/22jr tribute. "I was just going to put stickers on it-22jr stickers on it-when Dennis Jones came into the shop," Steve said. "He saw it and immediately fell in love with it, but when I told him what I was going to do with it, I saw the hair stand up on the back of his neck," he added, chuckling. While Steve knew he'd get a charge out of a pinstriper by mentioning vinyl graphics, he had no idea Dennis and Tony had a history. "He actually lettered up the last two or three of Tony's cars," Steve added. "'No, you can't put stickers on this,' he told me, 'I'll letter it for you ... let's put his name on it.' That's where it came from, really. It didn't start off that way, but the more we got into it, the more we had to do it that way. It wasn't the plan from the start-that's the truth, really."
While the car that emerged from the LimeWorks stable isn't a nuts-and-bolts replica of a Tony Nancy car, it's all the better for it. Unlike Tony's cars, which were race cars exclusively, this one's a street car that can make a blast down the 1320 whenever the opportunity presents itself. "You drive it on the freeway as fast as you like, and it doesn't go anywhere but straight," Steve revealed. "I was blown away because I was expecting it to be a nightmare with those ribbed tires," he admitted, "but they're brilliant; it handles beautifully." And, don't take his word for it, either; the car's current stewards, a couple named Mike and Sharon Reid, flog the car regularly. "He drives the piss out of it. He loves it," Steve related. "They brought it up to the Irwindale Reunion. They drove it to Bakersfield from Temecula. I mean, just ballsy-great bloke; great wife, too. Really nice people."
For a clone, LimeWorks' 22jr car isn't accurate. For an original hot rod design that honors our past and the legend of a pioneer, though, it couldn't be any better.
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|1932 {{{Ford}}} highboy roadster
|Frame / Manufacturer
|'32 Ford / LimeWorks Speed Shop (Whittier, CA)
|pinched at grille shell & raised at rear axle
|Chassis plumbing
|stainless steel
|Rearend / Ratio
|Ford 9" / 4.11:1 w/ Ford Traction-Lok limited-slip differential
|Rear suspension
|boxed-section ladder bars, Panhard rod & Pete & Jake's (Peculiar, MO) coilover dampers
|Rear brakes
|Ford 11" drum
|Front suspension
|'32 Ford wishbone, split w/ handmade bungs & Model A bosses; '37-40 V-8/60 tube axle; '37-41 spindles; Girling lever dampers
|Front brakes
|{{{Magnum}}} Axle Co. (Oakhurst, CA) non-vented disc
|Master cylinder
|'40 Ford
|Steering box
|ZF, '55-67 VW Transporter
|Front wheel make, size
|E-T Wheels (Team III Wheels, San Leandro, CA) Classic 5, 15x4
|Rear wheel make, size
|E-T Wheels Classic 5, 16x11
|Front tire make, size
|Firestone (Coker Tire, Chattanooga, TN) rib, 5.00-15
|Rear tire make, size
|pie-crust recapped slick (radial carcass) by Adams Hot Rod Rubber/Hurst Racing Tires (Oregon City, OR), 30x10R-16
|Gas tank
|'32 Ford reproduction, Vintique Inc. (Orange, CA)
|appropriately lumpy but mild
|Water pump
|Chevrolet long-style iron
|Cooling fan
|aluminum, Mattson's Radiator (Stanton, CA)
|Quality Power (Yucaipa, CA), one-wire
|Valve covers
|Edelbrock (Torrance, CA) curved script
|Manifold / Induction
|Edelbrock 2x4 / Edelbrock 500-cfm, old-stock Cal Custom air filter housings
|Ignition / Wires
|magneto-style distributor by Taylor Cable Products (Grandview, MO) / Taylor Cable Products
|Headers / Mufflers
|LimeWorks weed-burner style / motorcycle baffles
|Gennie Shifter (Denver, CO) base & old-stock Hurst shift lever for manual transmission
|steel, Drive Line Service of Whittier (Whittier, CA)
|Body style / Material
|roadster / fiberglass
|Body manufacturer
|Body mods
|shaved door handles & stainless steel–faced recessed firewall w/ chrome-plated stock-type legs
|Brookville {{{Roadster}}} (Brookville, OH) grille shell & Vintique insert
|Bob's Autobody (Whittier, CA)
|Omaha Orange, pearl overlay
|Bob's Autobody
|Dennis Jones (Whittier, CA)
|Headlights / Taillights
|Guide / '50 {{{Pontiac}}} by Vintique
|Outside mirror
|Other body items
|sheet-steel decklid louvered by Eric Vaughn (Monrovia, CA), windshield by Pete's Auto Glass (Whittier, CA) & plating by L&G Polishing (Whittier, CA)
|stock-type, flat
|Stewart Warner (Lancaster, PA) Deluxe-series 3 3/16 and 2 5/8
|Steering wheel
|N.O.S. Superior Industries gold 'flake
|Steering column
|'55-67 VW Transporter column & LimeWorks column drop
|fiberglass buckets by LimeWorks
|Tony's Auto Upholstery (Whittier, CA)
|Material / Color
|top-stitched vinyl / black
|black loop nylon
|Crow Enterprizes (Anaheim, CA)
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Identified by their 270-degree sweeps, these 2-5/8-inch-diameter Stewart Warner mechanical gauges are structurally identical to the series the company introduced in 1946.PSI Engineering steering column drop withstanding, every era-correct part in this photo is still available. Mooneyes sells a wheel similar to the 14-inch Covico; that's a new Hurst shift handle atop a Gennie Shifter base; Vern Tardel offers a copy of the Ansen pedal assembly; and Stewart Warner still makes the 3-3/8-inch-diameter tach.A Chevy engine is practically timeless, but dual-quad intakes like this Edelbrock setup are nothing if not uniquely 1960s. Though the Don Zig sticker suggests the ignition is a magneto, it is in fact one of Taylor/Vertex's conventional distributors. The firewall is a conglomerate of a cut-up original, stainless sheet, and Brookville Roadster reproduction feet. Could there be any finer master cylinder for an Ansen pedal assembly other than a chromed '40 Ford fruit jar?Steve conceded that he used one or two LimeWorks parts, including the spreader-bar bracket for the Moon tank. The tube axle and spindles are vintage Ford pieces, but Steve had the spring made locally to fit the unique perch distance. The Magnum brakes are reminiscent of old Hurst Airhearts, the headlights are Guides, and their cast stands are copies of ones made famous by Lee's Speed Shop.


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Nineteen hours I listened to the erudite drawl of former Vice President Al Gore last week, on the audio version of his new book, "The Future."
Nineteen hours of childhood obesity, outsourcing and global anxiety.
"Tell me about it," Gore exclaimed, on the phone from a book-tour stop in Philadelphia. "I had to read it!"
But the length and breadth of the book are what it takes to cover what churns through Gore's brain. The man remains one of the country's biggest dorks, immersing himself in research and data, conferring with scientists and authors about the worries and wonders of the world, and then presenting it all to the rest of us — as he did with global warming in the 2006 book and documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth."
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"I wanted to get my arms around the major drivers of change, and then describe them clearly," said Gore, 64, who will appear at First Hill Baptist Church on Feb. 14 at 7:30 p.m. "Point out how they are interacting with one another and then suggest a road map for making intelligent choices that can unlock opportunities for minimizing the dangers."
The book, a sometimes dizzying compendium, is an all-encompassing examination of what Gore considers the six "drivers of global change": the global economy; the global electronic communications grid; a new balance of political and military power; technological advances; and a new relationship between human civilization and the Earth's economical systems.
No wonder, then, that the numbers and percentages come to him so easily: 90 million tons of global warming pollution are sent into the atmosphere every day, trapping more heat than 40,000 Hiroshima bombs. Every day.
Of course, such dangers can be overwhelming. The technology that makes our lives easier, but that puts many of us out of work. The loss of human connection. The damage to the Earth. The loss of privacy. And the worry about what we may — or may not — leave behind.
Gore doesn't want to scare us, exactly, but to remind us that there are things we must take in, and at least consider.
"One consequence of the complexity of the changes we're now facing is that it is tempting to tune out," he said. "That is the wrong reaction."
Gore's no stranger to the complexity of change. He's been roundly criticized for the recent half-billion-dollar sale of his Current TV network to Al-Jazeera, a broadcasting company largely funded by the country of Qatar. Qatar gets its money from oil reserves, which are fossil fuels. Which, presumably, are Gore-the-environmentalist's sworn enemy.
But Gore defended the sale (in which he received a reported $70 million), saying that Al-Jazeera's coverage of climate change outweighed any concerns about the hypocrisy of it all.
"I'm proud of the transaction," he said. "(Al-Jazeera) is going to be a positive addition to the U.S. media landscape. People will be able to see for themselves in a couple of months, and those few who have had the chance to see Al-Jazeera know that it is an outstanding network that has created a global brand.
"I am proud of what we did with Current," he went on. "We won many top awards and yet, as an independent, we did not have deep corporate pockets.
"And so we reached the stage where we had to make a move, and in vetting the quality of Al-Jazeera, I felt that it was the right choice."
He is hopeful that the sale will result in better coverage of climate change than what the American media has done. The issue didn't even come up in the last round of presidential debates, he pointed out.
"I think there are complicated reasons why many in the news media have been timid on climate change," he said. "The deniers stomp their feet. It's a little like an alcoholic family, where the father gets furious if anyone talks about the elephant in the room.
"Of course, climate denial has become a major cottage industry," he said. "Liars for hire."
Last year alone, he said, the United States had $110 billion in climate-related disasters, from the droughts that affected 60 percent of the country to the wildfires in the West to Hurricane Sandy on the East Coast.
"People are connecting the dots," Gore said.
Back in 2006, when "An Inconvenient Truth" came out, critics derided the dramatization of the World Trade Center Memorial site being flooded by rainwater.
"But it sure happened in October," Gore said. "There are now communities that have 100-year events every few years."
Gore is eager to get back to Seattle, where he has "so many friends," and where he and his son, Albert, climbed Mount Rainier in 2009.
"That was a highlight," he remembered. "That was wonderful. It was hard to do something completely private when you've got Secret Service all around. But we love it there."
On one of his last visits, he was with his then-wife, Tipper. They separated in 2010.
"It was a genuinely mutual decision and it came after 40 years of marriage," he said of their split. "We remain very close friends and we make time to have the children and grandchildren together with the two of us several times a year.
"It is working out well."
So, it seems, does being a "recovering politician."
In 2007, Gore was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in climate change, and received an Academy Award for "An Inconvenient Truth."
And when he isn't researching and writing, he's on his farm, at the movies, playing basketball or with his partner, Elizabeth Keadle.
But always, he says, he is thinking about the future — and the everyday acts that shape it for better or for worse.
"All I know how to do is lay out the best truth I am capable of finding," Gore said, "and present it as clearly as I can."
The rest, he said, is up to us.
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Gov. Brown signed Bill SB1221, last week to ban hunting with hounds for Bear and Bobcat in our wonderful State of California . Wonder what will be next.
Gov. Brown signed Bill SB1221, last week to ban hunting with hounds for Bear and Bobcat in our wonderful State of California . Wonder what will be next.
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Here we go!
Not much longer now, and they will have completed their objective. I had already booked my hunt For late November. The houndsman was nice enough to give me back all of my deposit.
Dose it go into effect this 2012 year? Whata bunch of BS. At least I got the chance to hunt with hounds a few times here in CA, even though I didn't get to kill a bear with dogs, I still had a fun time with the experience. Maybe the bear population will get way out of control and they'll be easyer to find, for us with out dogs? It's never good to lose another form of hunting, because like bigshot said, where will it stop? Damm jerry brown and CA!
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I don't know about the rest of you but I'm disgusted with this state and the anti hunting agenda of not only the politicians but frankly the Department of Fish & Game also. They think all hunters are poachers and I would like to see the entire sportsmen community boycott this state and not buy licenses for a year and see how that works out for them. The hunting in this state isn't worth it any way!
The houndsman I booked my hunt with sold his dogs when the bill was signed, which is why he refunded my money. I wonder how many guys will do the same?
Very sad to hear. I hoped to go in the near future. I guess I better go this year.
Pretty sad situation. The California where I was born and hunted and fished for over 50 years is gone. Sure glad I decided to retire in Colorado 12 years ago. I still have my memories!
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PSU operetta incorporates 'SpongeBob SquarePants'-esque humor
Paul Mroczka, a Plymouth State University professor of theater, is directing a production of Jacques Offenbach's 19th-century comic operetta "Orpheus in the Underworld," and the show, which will take the stage at the Silver Center for the Arts in Plymouth Thursday through Sunday, April 11-14, is crafted to be a relatable musical theater romp.
The story follows Orpheus in a journey of a lifetime as he travels from Earth to Olympus and into the Hades, meeting various intriguing and unique mortals and gods along the way.
A family friendly show, Mroczka's "Orpheus in the Underworld" adaptation expands upon the mythological story of a mortal man who loses his wife, Euridice, in the Underworld and goes to retrieve her with the help of the good gods.
"The operetta is a lot of fun," Mroczka said. "It's about relationships, marriage and how fickle love can be, which is certainly something that college students and others can connect with."
Mroczka said he modeled the humor after the animated TV series "SpongeBob SquarePants," making the opera appropriate and amusing a broader range of ages.
"The comedy is totally ridiculous at times," he said. "'Orpheus in the Underworld' is a great show for anyone who wants to laugh."
Mroczka and choreographer Robin Marcotte enjoyed helping students create over- the-top, nonrealistic characters that still display elements of truth as they address the pitfalls of marriage, boredom, pride and insincerity. It's a big show, featuring 32 cast members, close to 100 costumes and many projections and lighting effects.
The cast includes lead players Michael Dodge, a junior vocal performance major from Northwood, playing Orpheus; Lisa Hansen, a senior vocal performance and music education major from Nashua, playing Euridice; Jason Faria, a junior theater arts major from Hudson, Mass., playing Aristeus/Pluto; Bradford Dumont, a senior vocal performance and music education major from Rochester, playing Jupiter/Ensemble alternate performances and Eben Brown, a senior music education major from Dorchester, also playing Jupiter/Ensemble in alternate performances.
"This is the ideal opportunity for all ages to experience an opera, as PSU only produces a show of this scope about every three years," Mroczka said.
A 13-piece orchestra brings a vibrant energy to the already lively singing and dancing. Justin McCarthy, whose past PSU credits include "The Drowsy Chaperone" and "Little Women," conducts the orchestra. Music director is PSU Music Department Professor Kathleen Arecchi, director of voice. The production is presented by the Plymouth State University theater program, a division of the department of music, theatre and dance at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $20 for adults, $18 for seniors and $16 for youth at the box office at 535-2787 or (800) 779-3869 or online at silver.plymouth.edu.


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While racers often look for the lightest possible parts to lessen their burden, ultimate lightness may not be your first priority. Perhaps you'd like a greater platform to support your shoe when you stand up to bomb down a rocky descent, or to make clipping-in in the midst of a steep climb easier and more secure. Before these XTR Trail PD-M985 Pedals, if you wanted a big platform, you had to sacrifice for a lesser pedal.
These XTR Trail Pedals are exactly like the XTR Race in both performance and function. The only difference is that the pedal body extends fore and aft of the retention mechanism as a lightweight cage to better support the sole of your shoe. Otherwise, they're still super light, and shed mud better than ever before.
The retention mechanism is basically the same as the benchmark 970 pedals with wide, open ended tabs that allow easy entry and security for your cleats. In this case, no change simply means that Shimano had their pedals completely dialed already. The open design allows muck to flow through, not hampering your ability to engage in a hurry. Other than the cage, the most significant design change is that the pedal body has flat platforms on the inboard and outboard edges to keep the sole of your shoe from twisting on the pedal. By comparison, the XTR Trail Pedals have nearly ten times the platform area than the older M970 pedals.
The XTR Trail PD-M985 Pedals come with SM-SH51 (single release) cleats and are also compatible with SM-SH56 (multi release) cleats. They have chromoly spindles and spin on sealed bearings. The tension of the retention mechanism can be adjusted via a hex screw on the back of each pedal on both sides.
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This is still an amazing pedal, and I would have these on my bike in an instant, if the XT's weren't a better pricepoint.
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All of us are concerned about the future of the planet. We wonder how we will face a future with increasing population, limited resources, decreasing biodiversity and a changing climate. We wonder how to objectively assess risks and evidence, and how to develop policies to create a healthy, economically sound, sustainable society. These are challenges that today's young adults will face throughout their lives. Yet for every problem we face, there are solutions and the world needs a generation of environmental leaders prepared to research, develop and implement those solutions.
At Sweet Briar College, the Department of Environmental Science helps you to develop the knowledge and skills needed to bring positive change to environmental issues at the local, national and international levels. Our graduates are out there right now, helping to solve issues that are crucial to our society and, indeed, to all forms of life on our planet. Whether you are interested in environmental policy, economics, law, sustainability, environmental writing, or studying the biology, chemistry and geology of the environment, you owe it to yourself to check out what makes our environmental programs distinctive.
The first thing you will notice is that our campus really was made for the study of environmental science. You will study and explore a campus of more than 5 square miles of woods, lakes, streams, meadows, nature sanctuaries and mountain tops. When your class sets out to conduct fieldwork, you won't pile in a van and drive for an hour before getting started. You'll walk out the door, right out to your research site.You will learn to analyze soils and streams, air and water, and policy and economics. What could be better, for a student who lives for the environment, than to live in the environment you're studying?
Another thing you will notice is our commitment to the study of the environment. Sweet Briar has invested, not just in an environmental program, but in a dedicated academic department. You're not just taking a set of courses that other departments happen to offer, but are joining a program carefully designed to provide you with a structured, multidisciplinary approach to solving environmental problems. You can expect to graduate with the intellectual and practical skills you need for graduate or professional studies, employment in the public or private sector, or to just be more environmentally aware during the course of whatever life choices you make.
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This new direction does not come without some angst as the local region struggles to reshape itself after decades of essentially being in a holding pattern. For example, tens of billions of dollars are being spent in both West Virginia and Ohio - nearly all of it locally - to fuel the natural gas bonanza. At the same time, the nation's coal industry remains under attack from federal regulators, putting thousands of jobs at risk, and the steel industry suffered a near-fatal blow in 2012 with the liquidation of RG Steel.
The same holds true in Washington. At a time when many companies are looking to invest in the nation, the Congress and President Obama continue to point fingers as to why the federal debt has skyrocketed to more than $16.6 trillion - and just why federal spending can't be brought under control. This, in turn, is leading many businesses to withhold those investments until elected leaders can learn to put country first, something Sen. Joe Manchin is attempting to do as co-chair of the new No Labels group.
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The Affordable Care Act is bringing a new direction for health care - one that, unfortunately, neither hospitals, consumers nor many members of Congress truly understand.
Public education also is changing, particularly at the state level. West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has unveiled new education measures for the Mountain State geared to bringing student achievement to the forefront, but a fight over how that should happen - from the education bureaucracy, parents and teachers - is likely to take place.
Downtown Wheeling also is looking at a new direction, as land has been cleared for future development and downtown living options are on the horizon. Whether these changes will have a positive impact outside of demolishing buildings and changing the zoning code remains to be seen.
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"We believe 'A New Direction' provides a comprehensive look at just how the local region and the nation are changing with the times," said John McCabe, managing editor of The Intelligencer. "From development of the Marcellus and Utica shale formations, which have the potential to reshape the Upper Ohio Valley, to the future of coal, health care and our nation's moral compass, we looked into the issues we believe you, the reader, care most about. We believe this special publication gives you the depth of knowledge needed to understand many of the challenges our area and our nation face today and in the future."
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|Girls win last game of regular season
|Written by April Peregoy
Lady Dragons are gaining ground and confidence just in time for district play. On Tuesday, Feb. 17 the HHS girls' basketball team took a three-point win, beating Wiggins 44-41.
"It was important for us to get this win," said Coach Arlan Scholl. "It gave us the momentum and confidence that we need to go into the District tournament."
Neck-and-neck through the first quarter, both teams were tied at the end of it at nine. Holyoke pulled ahead of the Tigers by six by the end of the first half though, as they put 13 points on the scoreboard, for a 22-16 halftime score. Shelby Beavers was two for two at the free-throw line in the second quarter.
As the game progressed, the Dragons made sure not to let up on their opponent as they kept the lead. In the third quarter of play, both Marissa Smith and Beavers each rolled in a three-point basket for the Dragons. Maddie Starkebaum also made three two-point baskets for Holyoke in the third.
For the remainder of the game, Holyoke held Wiggins to take the game, 44-41. In the fourth quarter Katie Hoffner landed a basket from behind the arc.
Leading scorer for the game was Starkebaum with 16 points. She was also the top rebounder for the Dragons with 11.
Scholl noted, "We played a much better all around game," but also commented, "We still need to do a better job of rebounding and then take care of the ball and cut down on turnovers."
Holyoke was behind Wiggins when it came to rebounds. The Dragons had 24, while Wiggins had 28.
However, HHS had a better free throw percentage, making 4-6 for 66 percent, while Wiggins made 5-18 for 27 percent.
Also on a more positive note, the local girls had a better three-point percentage, making 4-11 baskets for 36 percent from behind the arc. Wiggins only made 2-8 three pointers for 25 percent. Smith had two three-point shots for the game.
HHS had nine total turnovers, while Wiggins had 15.
The Dragons had 11 steals against Wiggins, while the Tigers only had the chance for three.
Holyoke led the game in assists with 12. Smith led the team with four.
Holyoke 44, Wiggins 41
Smith 0 2 1-2 2 7
Pelle 2 0 0-0 0 4
Vasa 0 0 0-0 2 0
Hoffner 1 1 1-2 4 6
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Starkebaum 8 0 0-0 3 16
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Sounds like your front wheel is out of balance.
Seriously i can't work out the logic in using ATF-F in front forks.It's great in certain bike clutch's,but front forks need the slipperiest lube you can buy.It's all about reducing friction on seals and bushes.Using an oil with high friction will only create bounce by resisting movement until a point is reached,and this energy will release all of a sudden.Hard on the wrists.My bet is this is the cause.
I had the same problem early on...With 200ml the level was too low.I cured both by putting in 240 - 250 ml.
Seriously i can't work out the logic in using ATF-F in front forks.It's great in certain bike clutch's,but front forks need the slipperiest lube you can buy. My bet is this is the cause.
ATF is the snake oil of choice for bikers.
That is very interesting. I was under the impression 200mm was tip top tight but I didn't check. OK... very good to know.OK. Well this is a VERY easy thing for me to try. I did just put the ATF in this Spring so you may be on to something. It seemed like guy have been using ATF in their forks forever so I figured "old bike design - old bike logic," but maybe that's not serving me best in this case. I've heard people use 5w, 10w, and 15w fork oil so maybe I'll start in the middle at 10.Haha. Awesome.Ok... thanks guys. Good stuff. Appreciate the info.Boggy:I only offer the 240ml trick because that's what I found on my bike. I have been around long enough to not be surprised when I find that components don't match up with manufacturing runs. A 1/4" dowel from Ace Hardware is an inexpensive checking tool.Good luck.PaulBoggy
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|Grow Our Own Physician moves forward with plans
|Written by Chris Lee
The task force associated with the Grow Our Own Physician program has decided to move forward with progress in recruiting a physician to the Holyoke area by creating a video of Holyoke and Melissa Memorial Hospital.
In the beginning, the task force laid out a two-fold mission. The first part is to raise community awareness and support for the Grow Our Own Physician program, while the other is to encourage individuals to apply for the opportunity or seek information.
The first of two goals to help achieve their mission was to speak with local news media to raise awareness. The second was to make a video to showcase the community and the hospital.
The idea would be to burn multiple DVDs to send out to help in recruiting. They could also link it to the MMH website, YouTube and other websites.
The task force looked into different ideas for creating a video. They looked into professional companies, someone with local ties who creates videos for a college and everything in between.
The task force decided to make a recommendation to the hospital district board to move forward with a professional company from Kansas.
IMG (Integrated Media Group LLC) has had a lot of success creating rural small-town USA videos, according to MMH administrator John Ayoub. They will do all the work which will include writing a script and shooting the video.
The task force felt the professionalism was key. They reviewed similar videos the company has made and were very pleased.
The district is continually spending money on recruiting efforts and the task force believes the money spent for the video will be well worth it in the end. The video will be something the district will own and can use for other recruitment efforts as well.
During a special meeting Monday, Feb. 13, East Phillips County Hospital District board members unanimously voted to allow Ayoub to negotiate up to $25,000 and to contract with IMG to produce a hospital/community physician recruitment video.
"I think people will be very pleased with the product we put together," Ayoub said.
How it all began
More than a year ago, discussion began about physician retention and recruitment and what could be done to keep doctors here, and more importantly, attract physicians interested in living and practicing in a rural area.
The hospital district got in touch with the Melissa Memorial Hospital Foundation and both agreed to provide funds to get the initiative rolling.
"Folks that grow up in a rural area are more likely to practice in a rural area," Ayoub said.
Ayoub mentioned there are two challenges. The first is finding a provider who wants to work in a rural area with fewer resources. Family practice doctors in metro areas can refer to specialists all day and night and never take call in the E.R. In rural areas, they will be dipping their hands in much more.
Secondly, a provider needs to be found who wants to stay in a rural area—someone who wants to raise a family.
"We think we would be much more successful recruiting a person to stay if we could find somebody that grew up in this area, or whose spouse grew up in this area," Ayoub said. "I don't think we can underestimate the impact that has."
There are three "tracks" or goals the hospital district and foundation have laid out. The first is a short-term goal to recruit someone back to the area. The second track is to find a student or students who are currently in medical school. The third and final long-term track is to look at current high schoolers interested in the medical field who may think about coming back to the area.
Ayoub noted they obviously wouldn't be signing a contract with a 17-year-old but would help provide direction and create interest in the medical field and rural medicine.
To get started, seven people associated either with the hospital or the foundation came together to form the task force. After discussion, they believed it would be beneficial to get input from the community. Seven others not affiliated with the hospital or foundation were sought out to volunteer their time.
Those on the task force include MMH board members Sheryl Farnsworth and Steve Young, MMHF board members Linda Alberts and Paul Wickenkamp, MMHF executive director Cherrie Brown, MMH CEO John Ayoub, MMH CFO Greg Was, Jessie Ruiz, Jim Kienholz, John Schneider, Julie Wiebke, Marc Maelzer, Shannon Schlachter and Terry Martin. Farnsworth serves as the chair of the task force.
Ayoub and Farnsworth have both said they feel the task force has worked really well as a group and have come up with some great ideas. They also appreciate the time the volunteers have given. They hope the video will be the first key step in getting providers to Holyoke who want to be a part of the community.
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Ana Ivanovic joined Maria Sharapova and few of the other lady ballers from the WTA Tour for the Rogers Cup fashion show in Montreal. Why does it look like the Serb took two completely different styles - the top and the skirt - and made a big mess of it all? Even the colors are off. Seriously, if Ana is going to be photographed this much she needs to get a stylist.
Also making the show were Vera Zvonareva, in her frumpy best, Stanford champ Aleksandra Wozniak, Dominka Cibulkova and the Russian clique of Elena Vesnina, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Elena Dementieva.
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PHOTO OP: The lady ballers take in runway fashions at Rogers Cup
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Alek is working some crazy sock tan lines! And I agree, Ana's style is so bizarre that I can't believe she could actually find a dress that looked like that! Maria Sharapova looks fantastic - I want that blazer!ReplyDelete
Aw...I like Ana's dress. Yeah, she has a very hit or miss (more miss than hit) sense of style. She needs a stylist. But in some way I totally find that so endearing.ReplyDelete
Dementieva looks divinely hot there. And Ana does look a little bit like she should be yodeling in the mountains. She's so gorgeous...she doesn't need her dress to be the first thing you see (and go blinded by).ReplyDelete
I can't tell if those are tan lines or socks on Wozniak?
Blechhhhhhhhhhhh. Every one of those girls looks hideous.ReplyDelete
But if they think they look okay, that's all that matters.
yeah i agree natch - some of them clearly weren't trying or trying too hard.ReplyDelete
they were prob thinking it's just a Tier 1, why make the effort? wrongo!
You know what.. Sportswomen really aren't the greatest dresses in the world are they. Then again, fashion sense don't win you trophies.ReplyDelete
That should be "dressers".ReplyDelete
right babz! which is why i think either the wta tour should hire a fashion stylist or the ladies (especially the world no. 1) should work with one.ReplyDelete
image is important for them - especially if they want sponsorship dollars.
hire me!
- AnonymousJuly 29, 2008 at 6:29 AM
wow lokkin at your comments-you must be EXCELLENT expertsReplyDelete
Ana looks great and also Elena Dementiewa
more ana
http://ontennis.com/img.php?x=http://www.ontennis.com/ana-ivanovic-media/galleries//Key Biscayne 2005/ivanovic4319.jpg
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You have a point, they should hire a stylist, if only for big events or publicity shoots. And nowadays, publicity includes - well, just about everything doesn't it?
Case example, I remember many years ago watching award show I can't remember the name of, many of the women baller didn't look so great (imho) and that was in my teenage eyes. I remember thinking, geez louise, these women have money (right?), why wouldn't they make more effort to look nicer? To look so danged uninterested like Zvonareva there is just a disgrace. I mean come on. What does that outfit tell the public?
I think the state of women's tennis is putting me in a dilemma. If they can't even play tennis to the fullest (and I believe they can do more than what they've been showing in the last 4/5 months), should they even be worrying about fashion? UGH.
Anon 9:29,
I am no fashion expert, but even I know that 2 different shades of black on an outfit (on the same DRESS) - total no no. Do you?
- AnonymousJuly 30, 2008 at 12:13 AM
Ana looks good. She looks good in anything.ReplyDelete
Sorry to say, but Kuzzie could not have looked less like a lesbian if she tried :X


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WPP, congratulations! So excited for you. I've had a bunch of colds, and in between I have pregnancy rhinitis so I've dealt a lot with having a stuffy nose so far this pregnancy. My OB told me Tylenol Cold (the multisymptom one) was fine to take so I've taken that a few times when the symptoms were unbearable. I'd check with your doctor though of course since I was already in my 2nd trimester when I took it.
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WPP - Ask your doctor, I've been told sudafed is a no-no, but the expectorant in Robitussin and Mucinex is OK (Guafenesin, but I'm not sure I spelled it right). Also, the saline you spray up your nose. Tylenol is safe for preganancy, Aspirin, Ibuprofen abd Naproxen (Aleve) all work by the same mechanism, and can cause bleeding, so they are generally not recommended.
Congratulations, and good luck!
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Thanks, everyone! I had ablood draw to check HCG levels yesterday morning and was planning to ask when they called with the results but I haven't heard from them yet...
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WPP, hoping for a great rise report for you today!
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WPP - congrats! Exciting news. Sorry you are dealing with sinus congestion. I've had that just about the whole pregnancy so far and other than regular strength tylenol, I've been avoiding all other meds just to be on the safe side.
Chiclet - how was your baby shower??
As for me, I had my 22 week ultrasound and appointment yesterday. All looks good and baby girl is growing right on track, thank goodness! The doctor also performed a fetal fibronectin test on me too, which came back negative (great news!). I had no idea, but apparently fetal fibronectin is a sticky protein that your body produces to keep the baby in the womb. It starts to leak out at the end of pregnancy. It is used as a predictor of possible pre-term labor, which I had with my first daughter. I want to get as close to full term with this one as I can!!
Hope everyone else is doing well!
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ALS - Thanks for asking about the shower! It went off without a hitch (from my perspective anyway)! It was a little overwhelming. We got a lot of really nice things, but I got a little worked up because I felt like I was taking too long opening gifts and people were getting restless. I'm not very good with the whole center-of-attention thing. Now everything is sitting in my dining room. We really need to get the room painted so we can start putting things away.
I also had balloons in a box for my mom and MIL to unwrap for the gender reveal. It was exactly as I pictured it! We're having a BOY named Dominic! Everyone seemed to already know he's a boy so I feel like it was a little anti-climatic, but it was fun nonetheless.
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ALS - I meant to add Congratulations on your positive ultrasound. It's good that your doctor is being pro-active about the preterm labor. I'm glad everything is checking out!
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Chiclet - congrats on your baby BOY! Dominic is such a cute name. I'm glad your shower went well. Do you know what color you're painting his room? For our baby's room, we're keeping the walls yellow and doing a whale theme.
ALS - glad the ultrasound went well!
My shower is in CT on Sunday and I'm afraid people won't be able to come due to the snow. I'm flying in from the West Coast for the shower so I will be sad if I don't get to see a lot of people. But I don't want my friends and family risking life and limb to drive to the shower if the roads are bad. Fingers crossed the snow fizzles out by Sunday afternoon!
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JL - I didn't think the snow was supposed to stick around Sunday afternoon. People will be so excited to see you that they won't care that it's snowy!
We're doing a teddy bear theme in the baby's room (http://www.sweetjojodesigns.com/teddy-bear-chocolate-crib-baby-bedding.html). I'm thinking of picking up the caramel color of the valances. I have all these grand ideas about painting the top half solid and the bottom half with chocolate and blue stripes, but then, I'm not the one doing the painting, so I don't want to make it too complicated!
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Chicklet, I generally ask for what I want and make sure to add that I'd be happy, too, with less. If you don't lay out your vision and get his input about its feasibility, you definitely won't get it, but if you ask you might, and he might love it so much he'll be glad you gave him such a wonderful idea for the paint.
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Chiclet congrats on the baby boy! I like the name Dominic too. When's your due date?
jl, I heard the snow may fizzle to rain so hopefully that will help everyone get there.
They called with my HCG results and the levels went from 198 on Saturday to over 1,300 on Tuesday! They scheduled an early OB u/s and followup with the RE for next Wed. I'll be six weeks...is that super early for an ultrasound? I thought they do them aroun 8-10 weeks.
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posted at 2/21/2013 11:01 PM EST
That's a great number, WPP! I had my first u/s with the RE at 6 weeks + a few days, and we were able to see a tiny little bean in there. I think 6 weeks is early for someone who hasn't had any interventions or trouble and is just seeing an OB, but pretty standard for people seeing an RE. Having that early u/s reassured me so much -- I hope you feel the same reassurance.
Aw, teddy bears sounds so sweet, Chiclet! I'm sure the room will look great no matter what you end up doing with the paint.
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posted at 2/22/2013 8:29 AM EST
WPP, congratulations! Those sound like good numbers.
I worked with an RE had my first ultrasound at 5 weeks, and again at 10 weeks before I was released to my OB.
And just to warn you, it's an internal ultrasound that early, not on the belly. Totally worth it, it's so cool that we have pictures of my now 2.5 year old when she was just a teeny tiny cluster of cells.
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posted at 2/22/2013 9:10 AM EST
Congrats, WPP - great numbers. Good warning, ml, it is done with a wand that early. Painless (unlike a PAP).
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posted at 2/22/2013 9:45 AM EST
Am I the only one who yells at the TV when I see anything about pregnancy misrepresented? On the Parenthood finale when they did the ultrasound on Jasmine's belly? Yeah, that's not how they do it that early! Or a few weeks ago on Grey's Anatomy when Meredith felt the baby move for the first time and then EVERYONE could feel it? I think I spent weeks putting DH's hand on my belly and he didn't feel a thing but Derek felt it on the first night??? (Also, I clearly watch too much TV!)
WPP - I had ultrasounds at 6 and 7 weeks too. If you're lucky, they'll be able to measure the heartbeat, but the baby might be too small for them to see it. Don't panic if they don't catch it during the first ultrasound. If they don't see it, they'll measure the growth and have you come back in a week or so and check it again. As long as the baby is growing on schedule, it doesn't really matter if they can pick up the heartbeat this early. Good luck! I'm so excited for you!
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posted at 2/22/2013 9:51 AM EST
Congrats on the baby BOY chiclet! So exciting and such a cute name! I like hearing everyone's nursery decorating ideas. My DD's theme was purple and green with butterflies. I'm going to carry that into her 'big girl' room since that is 'hers'. I think I'll redecorate the nursery for this new little baby girl with ladybugs (either red or light pink). The walls in there are a light green, so it won't require a new paint job. No idea on this little girl's name yet. DH and I have to get on that or it will sneak up on us. DD didn't have a name for about 5-6 days after she was born. The birth registrar kept stalking me in the NICU and I had to keep dodging her for days!
WPP - glad to hear that the numbers keep going up. I've had early ultrasounds before and 6 weeks does not sound that early to me. And like the others said, it will be a wand, not the other kind. I was not prepared for that the first time and I was like "you want me to do what with that?"
jl- have fun at your shower this weekend. I have faith that the weather won't be that bad. Not sure about CT, but that may be out of the range of the heavy snow since I think this storm is more west and north (?).
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posted at 2/22/2013 10:35 AM EST
Enjoying reading all this good news! Congratulations, WPP! And you, too, Chiclet! I had to look at the teddy bear bedding, of course! Very cute. Pulling the yellow in the stars would be nice, too. But I am in love with yellow. :)
Our DD's room is not yellow, somehow. (Maybe because we had already painted most of the other rooms yellow!) It's aqua, and we never got bedding or curtains with any kind of theme. We were somehow really blessed with gifts of pictures to hang on the wall. Two of them evoke her name, one is something my friend made with her initials, and two are just random things but good for baby-to-big-girl. Not sure what we'll do with the new baby! He won't have his own room in our current place. If we move, hopefully within the next year, I think I might keep DD's new room aqua, and do his room a very pale gray blue. Alternatively, if we buy a place that has reasonably good paint colors already, we will be lazy and do nothing.
Anyone else considering a mini crib? We are thinking of getting one because DD is very happy in her crib, still, and the mini crib would fit in our current bedroom and then in DD's room. They make them that convert to twin headboard/footboard, so my thinking is that then DD can get a twin bed and the new kid could get the full size crib.
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posted at 2/22/2013 12:12 PM EST
hi everyone - belated congrats to WPP and glad for all the updates from everyone else! :)
i'm in the home stretch - c-section two weeks from today. i have such mixed emotions. is it possible for post-partum to come on early? ;) seriously though - i am so huge (cannot believe i had twins before!), feel so ugly and gross, dread that in 2 more weeks i'll be facing 4+ months of interrupted sleep, will be losing a lot of traction at work due to maternity leave, and basically will lose all level of independence i had regained after the twins. not to mention the self-image problems due to the weight gain and post-baby lumpy phase, and the BF issue. is this normal??? i'm thinking that maybe my experience with twins scarred me more than i thought.
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posted at 2/22/2013 12:38 PM EST
I think it sounds perfectly normal to dread having your body "all messed up," again, and in no way diminishes the fact that you are excited and looking forward to their arrival. It's temporary - you will regain your shape, just give yourself time and freedom to be who you are right now for having had this traumatic and enormous physical demand put on your body to bring these babies to the world.
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posted at 2/22/2013 12:55 PM EST
Chiclet, congrats on the boy! Love the name!
WPP, I also had an ultrasound at exactly 6 weeks with my RE. I was so used to that wand by that point with all my ivf ultrasounds that it didn't phase me. Doesn't hurt so don't worry about that. Also, like Chiclet said don't panic if they can't see or measure the heartbeat yet. The tech warned me that it was so early that may be the case but we got lucky and got to see what looked to us like two blinking fireflies. Its so early that literally the whole baby which is just a small dot in the sac looks like its blinking. Totally awesome! I also had a follow up ultrasound at the RE at 8 weeks (amazing what 2 weeks of growth does at that point) before graduating to the OB.
Stef, sorry I don't have any words of wisdom since I'm where you were before having the twins. Just remember this stage is temporary. You'll be back to where you were before this pregnancy before you know it, with one more beautiful baby in tow.
Love all the nursery ideas. We've been struggling to find something appropriate for boy/girl twins. Even though we have space we really want to have them in the same room the first two years for simplicity and plan to even put them in the same crib until they roll over. I've read a lot about how twins do best this way since they were so used to being crammed up against their sibling in utero. So while I love all the frilly girly stuff and adorable boy bedding we're leaning towards neutral at this point. This is probably going to be it: http://www.skiphop.com/product/completesheet_giraffesafari.html.
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posted at 2/22/2013 1:30 PM EST
Congrats WPP! I had a 5w u/s which could only show gestational sac and yolk sac and then 7w u/a which showed a little bean with a heartbeat. At 6w, heartbeat can be hit or miss but they showade see a fetal pole. If it's too early for the heartbeat, they'll probably just ask you back in a week or so.
chiclet-congrats on the boy. Glad the shower went well.
Hang in there stef!
Our nursery has a bird, owl, tree woodland sort of theme. We initially were going for jungle but couldn't find girl bedding that we loved along those lines. I like what we have now though!
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posted at 2/22/2013 2:12 PM EST
Stefani... I understand. I have a lot of the same mixed emotions. One thing that I keep telling myself that helps a little is that the teeny baby phase is short. With my DD sometimes it just seemed so long - being out on leave was particularly tough. I keep reminding myself that it will be over before I know it, so I hopefully will enjoy it more this time.
One thing that (might) help is reminding yourself you'll just have the one this time? If your twins are still going to have their nanny or daycare, can you plan out some stuff to do that will be comparatively easy with just one baby? Lunches? Museums? I know some of that is ambitious, but sometimes having stuff on the calendar keeps me focused.
Can you also ask your DH or a relative to keep an eye on you after the baby is born? I plan to do this, and it makes me feel better to think that they will make sure I'm still functioning normally. And I think I mentioned this on your BF thread, but make a plan for how long you can tolerate trying some of this stuff (like BF) before enough is enough. If the plan is set ahead of time, it might feel both more tolerable while you're doing it, and easier to stop without guilt if it's not working out.
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posted at 2/22/2013 2:54 PM EST
Just popped over hear to read everyone's updates - so exciting!
Med - your story cracked me up. It's funny because it's true! My DD was rather a pill about the snow too - it took us longer to get all bundled up than the actual amount of time we spent outside. I totally get your fear - I sometimes have fits because I can never do what I want to do! Also, a friend of mine used a mini-crib with her baby - and they are still using it almost 2.5 years later! She has just recently said she thinks it's time to transition either to a large crib or a bed.
Stefani - I don't have twins, but I wanted to say I was pleasantly surprised at how much easier the newborn stage was with #2 than #1, even with some breastfeeding struggles and little sleep. Will you have help/childcare for your twins during those first few months?
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posted at 2/22/2013 3:14 PM EST
Stefani, I know you are just venting and having those last minute freakouts that are totally normal. You have every right to vent, justifiably.
I just want you to know it's painful for someone like me to hear. I'd do anything to be in your shoes. Just wanted to give some perspective. Not trying to flame or upset you or anyone, just needed to vent a bit myself.


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|Santa makes his appearance; Parade of Lights canceled
|Written by Brenda Johnson Brandt
Participation dropped considerably, but Holyoke's rescheduled Country Christmas went down in history Saturday, Dec. 12.
Santa and Mrs. Claus visited with youth of all ages at the chili and potato soup luncheon held at the Fire Hall, adding sparks of fun for all. Holyoke Volunteer Fire Dept. served about 150, and Image Photography captured 49 pictures.
The soup luncheon was provided at no cost, with free will donations benefitting the 4th of July fireworks display.
The visitors from the North Pole greeted 62 children as they exited the movie "Up" at the Peerless. The red-clad duo even stopped by the Holyoke Wrestling Tournament to say hello to those who couldn't make it over to the Fire Hall to submit their Christmas wish lists.
Unfortunately, the Parade of Lights, one of the most popular events of the past decade's Country Christmas celebrations, was canceled this year.
When temperatures Tuesday, Dec. 8, the original celebration date, only reached a high of seven degrees, and snow with wind was forecast, Country Christmas was postponed until Saturday. Low temps for that day were marked at 17 degrees below zero. The new plan didn't work for the parade.
MV Equipment did provide a touch of the Parade delight, as employee Carrie Anderson parked their float at the Fire Hall Saturday for the enjoyment of those visiting Santa and eating the soup luncheon.
Residents can look forward to Parade of Lights returning to next year's schedule of events, noted sponsors Highline Electric and PC Telcom.
Outdoor temps were much more desirable Saturday, as the mercury climbed to 44 during the day.
Phillips County Historical Society members opened the museum for visitors to view the 23 ornaments made by Holyoke Elementary School children. While only a handful of visitors stopped by, those who did were treated to hot apple cider and cookies.
Participating Chamber businesses offered store discounts for Country Christmas shoppers, to add to the traditional event.
A number of contests were held as part of Country Christmas.
First Pioneer National Bank and decorator Brandi Helgoth won the 6th annual Christmas tree decorating contest, sponsored by Wolf Auto Center. Taking second place was Bank of Colorado.
Phillips County Dept. of Social Services won the 4th annual creative window contest which was sponsored by Holyoke Community Federal Credit Union.
Other participants were Flower Garden, second; Scheunemann's Dept. Store, third; and First United Methodist Church, decorating Sullivan's Appliance window, fourth.
Jolly Dozen Extension sponsored a "Guess the Number of Candies" contest at Saturday's soup luncheon. Winning guessers were Collin Edwards in the youth division and Brenda Brandt in the adult contest.
Winners of the Chamber raffle were announced early Saturday afternoon. Arturo Dominguez won the 26" Huffy bike; Heather Anderson, Big Green Machine Huffy toy; Patty Hendrix, $50 Oak Tree shopping spree; and Linda Statz, NAPA socket set.
With a "Merry Christmas to All," Santa and Mrs. Claus said good-bye and wished Holyoke a better-weather day for next year's Country Christmas.


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1967 Mercury Comet - It Ain't Paint!Written by on August 16, 2007 Get the vintage Stock car look without spilling a drop
`There's a saying that goes, "Everything old is new again." When it comes to our hot rods, nothing could be closer to the truth, as more and more dudes and dudettes look to the past for inspiration in the present. One of the up-and-coming retro trends is the vintage Stock car look. With their slammed suspensions, monster superspeedway gumball tires, and loud race car graphics, there's nothing else like those big-block-powered high-banks screamers from the days before NASCAR went all disco on us and mandated restrictor plates and small-blocks.
So when Car Craft scored a clean '67 Comet 202 sports coupe to use as a project car in association with Timber Wolf smokeless tobacco (read all about it in last month's issue), we knew it was a perfect candidate for the retro Stocker vibe. Right about now some of you might be thinking we have our wires crossed. After all, weren't all those Ford and Mercury Stock cars based on the fullsize Galaxie and Marauder? Yes and no. While FE 427-powered fullsize Stock cars were the Blue Oval rule for the first half of the '60s, the fact is the Mopar Hemis made life real difficult for them. Not only did the 426 Hemi hold a breathing advantage over the wedgehead 427, but the Mopar B-Body race cars were technically midsize cars . . . with less frontal area than the fullsize luxo-barge-based Merc and Ford racers.
That is, until 1967. Finally caving in to pressure from Ford and Mercury race bosses, Nascar allowed the use of the smaller midsize Fairlane and Comet body in all competition events and even released a limited number of street-legal 427-powered Fairlanes and Comets in 1966 and 1967 to homologate the package for race duty-- both on the oval as well as on the dragstrip. So this gives us the green light to have some Stock car fun with the Comet's outward appearance.
But unlike the '60s, when everything was hand-lettered in paint and only the smallest sponsor logos were vinyl stick-ons, today we can turn to companies like JN Designs for vinyl decoration. Not only does this simplify the application process, it also makes removal possible if you wake up one day and want a change. Let's tune in as JN's Jim Naylor, with assistance from Gold Coast Customs' Russ Stevenson, adds retro Stock car vibes to the Comet. If you like what you see, you can call JN Design and Jim will work with you on a graphic treatment for your car.
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Jim Naylor (left) and Russ Stevenson worked with photos of vintage Ford Stock cars to come up with an appropriate "phantom" graphics package using Corel Draw and FlexiSign computer design programs. All you do is scan or import a digital photo of the graphics you want and then manipulate them on the computer screen over a side shot of the subject vehicle. Ain't technology grand?Once the four-color graphics were finalized, they were sent to Jason Irish's computer in the next room for final sizing to suit the car. If you think the end result looks a lot like the decal sheet for a plastic model kit, you get extra points. It's the same idea, just 25 times bigger.Essentially a gigantic color copy machine, the Seiko 64S color printer spits out the four-color logos and graphic elements on a continuous sheet of 2mm adhesive-backed 3M vinyl.Each logo was hand-trimmed from the sheet using a sharp X-Acto knife. Jim says for one-off jobs like the Timber Wolf Comet, it's faster to just cut them by hand. But for most of the high-volume jobs his company does, he can program a plot cutter to trim them out automatically.As for the simpler one- and two-color graphics, they're generated by a Graphtec FC 2100-120 plotter. This CNC machine uses a swivel-mounted blade and computer guidance to trim letters, words, and numbers from a sheet of adhesive-backed Avery high-performance vinyl. Dozens of color choices are available.After the centers of numbers and letters were carefully picked out and peeled away by hand, the logo was covered with a strip of transfer tape. Then the transfer tape was lifted, pulling the design up and off the backing paper so it could be applied to the body.Here's one of the engine displacement callouts being positioned on the Comet's hood. Jim used carefully measured grease pencil marks on the body to match pencil lines applied to the transfer tape. This assured proper alignment and symmetry from one side of the car to the other.Once the design was correctly positioned, a soft plastic squeegee was used to stick the letters to the car and work out any trapped air bubbles. Naturally, the paint surfaces were thoroughly cleaned of any wax, dust or dirt beforehand. Wax prevents good vinyl adhesion while trapped dirt causes bumps.
When it comes to two-color graphics like this Holman Moody logo, slightly different steps are taken. First, the base element was stuck to the body and air bubbles were squeegeed out.Then the transfer tape was removed. The partially spelled words were not a mistake. Naylor added them to serve as register marks to help ensure perfect alignment of the next layer of vinyl lettersGuided by the partial letters beneath as well as pencil lines, the top layer was applied in perfect alignment.Peeling away the transfer tape revealed a sweet two-color Holman Moody logo, and there wasn't a drop of paint in sight.Riffing on the car-dealer sponsor logos found on just about every '60s oval track Stocker, the boys cooked up fictitious Southern Auto Sales logos for the quarter-panels.It's a good idea to use a 20-ounce squirt bottle of water--with two drops of dishwashing soap--to lubricate larger logos during application. Once the air was worked out, the transfer tape was removed.For a unique two-tone effect, identically sized red letters were applied over the black base letters. Jim placed the top letters slightly out of register to get the shadowed effect.
Large graphics like the roof number should be applied indoors where wind can't blow them out of position during the tricky application process. Again, pencil lines applied to the centerlines of the body and graphic ensured proper placement and professional results.After all bubbles were squeegeed out, the transfer paper was peeled back. The NASCAR convention is to apply roof numbers from the driver side of the car. This way the numbers are legible to spectators and race officials as the cars scream around the lefthanded turns. Turn left, young man!


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Ummm...I think you forgot to upload the images
Ahh, finally I (kinda) finished it!
The Inverness class again, 1200 meters long and ready to fill your up with photons!!!
This one is much better than the one I uploaded a very long time ago: http://www.cartographersguild.com/sh...2511#post72511
It has been wandering around in my laptop for months, and finally got the idea to work on it. Took me 3 days, cos the model itself was as much as done.
Here are the pics! :3
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I turned my laptop on stanby and that stopped the uploading, thinking they were already uploaded. :3 But here they are
I like it but its not much of a map. The star field makes it hard to see the detail. There is no descriptions of the various parts of the ship. What part does ????
Don't get me wrong it looks like a cool ship but its not a map.
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it just started, but is UCLA just really bad or is KState gonna be really tough this year?
ESPN sucks, 4th down and 2 and they went to WVU then Ole Miss? WTF?
Yeah, I think they just came out really amped up. It will be a tough game, but I'm glad it is not at their place.
In another note...K-State has one of the ugliest turf fields in the nation.
Originally Posted by CyFan987
ESPN sucks, 4th down and 2 and they went to WVU then Ole Miss? WTF?
KSU is on Channel 5.
This KSU team started off playing pretty fast and wild.
Kansas State's defense has looked scary-good early on. Still, UCLA is running a new offense with a QB that has hardly played at all during fall camp. Let's talk again in two hours and see how this situation looks. Consider me impressed so far though.
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k-state will be a tough team this year. BS is better than a lot of people are giving him credit for. I still think ISU will beat them in KC, but that could change.
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K-State turnover inside their own 15, UCLA QB walks into the end zone on the next play.
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looks like the zone read will work on Kstate, Prince had no one in front of him on his TD run
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The Cats are coming back to life now.
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The Cats are coming back to life now.
Not so sure.
UCLA drives down and kicks a FG. 10-7 UCLA up.
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Not so sure.
UCLA drives down and kicks a FG. 10-7 UCLA up.
I meant that negatively towards KSU. For them, to life, is not playing well. Confused yet?
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I meant that negatively towards KSU. For them, to life, is not playing well. Confused yet?
Yes. You could have just said that you forgot and I would have been OK with that.
K-State looks extremely beatable right now. Their QB is terrible, and the tackles are getting destroyed by the UCLA d-end. Assuming Coffman doesn't improve a whole hell of a lot, if you stop Thomas, you stop K-State.
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Greensboro, NC (Sports Network) - Lucas Troutman recorded a team-high 19
points as the Elon Phoenix held on to defeat the UNC Greensboro Spartans,
72-66, in a Southern Conference tilt at Greensboro Coliseum.
Troutman added six rebounds, three blocked shots, and two assists in the
victory for the Phoenix (14-7, 7-2 SoCon). Ryley Beaumont was two rebounds shy
of a double-double with 12 points. Tanner Samson recorded 12 points and four
rebounds as Elon won its sixth consecutive game.
For the Spartans (6-14, 4-5), Trevis Simpson scored a game-high 21 points to
go along with five rebounds, but he shot just 7-of-25 from the floor on the
night and turned the ball over six times. Kayel Locke scored 16 points and
Derrell Armstrong added 14 as UNC Greensboro had a two-game winning streak
Elon made 43.3 percent from the floor, including four 3-pointers in the first
half, while holding the hosts to a mere 2-of-6 from long range, en route to a
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Despite UNCG opening up the second half on a 9-0 run, Elon made 50 percent
from the floor including, 4-of-7 beyond the arc, en route to the six-point
Elon, which outscored the Spartans at the free-throw line 20-11, survived the
meeting despite turning the ball over a staggering 25 times.
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