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As we all know, there are plenty of Corvette enthusiasts who would cringe at the thought of cutting up a super-clean original car, but Sonny Freeman isn't one of those guys. He built a car that is truly the best of both worlds, and the end result is an extremely slick C1 with enough horsepower to keep those drag radials aboil.
Freeman lives in Lafayette, Louisiana, and his desire for a killer Corvette started burning a few years ago. The decision to create one was finalized when he saw a knockout car built by Roy Harrington, owner and operator of Roy's Rides in Laurel, Mississippi. And though Freeman's and Harrington's visions didn't match up at first, it didn't take long for the two to get on the same page conceptually.
This plan revolved around a '62 Corvette-the last year of the C1 era. Although the car was a good driver, and didn't have any damage to speak of, it didn't do much for Freeman in terms of performance. He wanted the classic styling to stay, but the outdated technology to go, so it was time to dismantle what was then still a very nice classic Vette.
Roy's Rides handled most of the work, and the shop didn't waste any time removing the body from the original chassis. Rather than attempting to strengthen the stock frame and fabricate mounts for a modern suspension setup, Freeman opted for a complete rolling chassis from Art Morrison.
The fully boxed framerails feature heavy-duty crossmembers that are designed to keep the chassis rigid-a key element in the development of a good-handling car. The front suspension consists of C6 Corvette equipment, complete with upper and lower control arms and spindles. Adjustable coilovers soak up the bumps and provide the right amount of travel for Freeman's application, while simultaneously supplying great ride quality. The rack-and- pinion steering system greatly surpasses the original box and linkage, and the 13-inch disc brakes, fitted with massive Wilwood calipers on all four corners, are a giant step above the standard drum brakes from 1962. The folks at Art Morrison worked hard to engineer this chassis to perform well "out of the box," so the suspension was fine-tuned and ready to run.
Out back is a Ford 9-inch rearend, mounted to the chassis with a triangulated four-link system. Unlike the original C1 setup, which used a leaf-spring configuration, Freeman's car features adjustable coilovers, along with a rear sway bar to keep the car level in the corners. The rearend housing features a back brace and a super-slick paintjob to match the rest of the car. Inside the rear are a Strange nodular iron center section, a 4.10 gearset, and a pair of Strange 31-spline rear axles.
Another notable aspect of the Art Morrison chassis is the increased ground clearance that results from routing the exhaust passageways through-rather than underneath-the chassis. With that in mind, Freeman wanted to make sure the car stayed low, and he adjusted the coilovers accordingly. Rolling stock consists of Billet Specialties Classic wheels, which measure 17x7 inches up front and 17x9 inches out back. They're wrapped in 205/50R17 Goodyear Eagle F1s and Mickey Thompson 295/45R17 ET Drags, respectively.
Power comes from a Street & Performance LS7 crate engine, which is mostly stock but still manages to out-power the most potent engine in 1962 by more than 160 hp. (Remember, those were gross ratings back in the day.) The 7.0-liter engine features an aluminum block filled with GM's very best components and a pair of cylinder heads that are extremely efficient, even in stock form. The camshaft is stock, as is the valvetrain, but outgoing air now has a smoother path, thanks to a set of Street & Performance stainless-steel headers.
Roy's Rides removed the original spare-tire well so the stainless exhaust system could exit the car in the center, instead of on each side. Roy's then fabricated a rectangular exhaust tip from stainless steel and cut a matching hole in the car's rear pan, just below the license plate. Even with stock internals, the LS7 emits a menacing exhaust note, but it still retains the efficiency of a factory-fresh engine. With fuel mileage in the mid-20s, and 505 hp on tap, Freeman would be hard-pressed to find a better engine for his Corvette. All that power is applied through a Tremec T-56 six-speed transmission, which features a late-model hydraulic clutch setup and a Hurst shifter.
As for aesthetics, Freeman's Corvette takes advantage of Chevrolet's original styling, with a few simple modifications to clean up the lines. The main area of focus was the engine bay, where Roy's Rides slicked all of the inner panels to create a seamless look that perfectly matches the LS7's modern flavor. In addition to the work under the hood, Roy's widened the original wheeltubs to accept the large rear tires. And even though the work is hidden for the most part, a slick coat of paint now adorns the entire underside of the car. Roy's then performed the final preparation to the body and treated it to a few coats of Dupont Viper Red basecoat, followed by a healthy dose of clear. Then it was time for color sanding, where the fresh materials were sanded, buffed, and polished to the flawless finish you see here.
Beneath the hard top is a bright-red interior, stitched by Paul Atkins Interiors of Hanceville, Alabama. The Australian leather is wrapped tightly around the custom bucket seats, as well as the custom door panels and console. The dash is mostly stock, but it has a few new features, including custom controls and vents for the Vintage Air system. Freeman and his wife, Debbie, enjoy the creature comforts, but they also appreciate the classic styling of the C1 body style. It's a great match, and the car has proved to be an awesome driver with plenty of horsepower in a 2,400-pound package. Thanks to Roy Harrington and his crew at Roy's Rides, the car turned out exactly as Sonny Freeman planned-a super-slick Corvette with modern details throughout.
Spec Sheet
|'62 Convertible Hardtop
|Sonny and Debbie Freeman; Lafayette, LA
|GM LS7 aluminum
|427 ci
|Compression Ratio
|Stock LS7 aluminum
|Stock 2.20/1.60
|Stock LS7 hydraulic roller
|Rocker Arms
|Stock 1.8-ratio
|Stock LS7 hypereutectic
|Stock LS7 forged steel
|Stock LS7 forged titanium
|Intake Manifold
|Stock LS7 composite
|Stock coil-on-plug
|Exhaust System
|Street & Performance stainless-steel headers with stainless mufflers
|Tremec T-56 six-speed manual
|LS7 hydraulic
|Front Suspension
|Art Morrison C6 with adjustable coilovers
|Rear Suspension
|Art Morrison triangulated four-link with adjustable coilovers
|Ford 9-in with 4.10 gears and 31-spline axles
|Front Brakes
|Wilwood 13-in
|Rear Brakes
|Wilwood 13-in
|Billet Specialties Classic; 17x7(front), 17x9 (rear)
|Front Tires
|Goodyear Eagle F1, 205/50R17
|Rear Tires
|Mickey Thompson ET Drag, 295/45R17
|Fuel Octane
|2,400 lbs


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I've been toying around with (and loving!) Samuel Gaspard John/Samuel John Gaspard lately. Samuel is definitely staying, and so is John (it's a family name), and I love Gaspard. It holds ties to my little sister and my best friend (who passed away 2011), but I can't help but feel some hesitation. I almost feel like I'm trying too hard. It's not that it's that out-there--it's just that my naming style is... very safe, I think. And I'm not sure Samuel Gaspard John/Samuel John Gaspard was really what I was originally going for. I think it might just be that it was so hard for me to find a Samuel combo I love (it's literally taken me years) that it's taking some convincing to see that this really is right, even if it wasn't what I was originally looking for--I felt the same way with my Eva combo, and I'm utterly in love with Eva Felicity Claire now.
Samuel Gaspard John/Samuel John Gaspard. Yay or nay? Also, which order? Samuel John Gaspard, or Samuel Gaspard John? I like the look of Samuel Gaspard John better (and I like keeping Samuel and Gaspard together), but I almost feel like the flow of SAM-yuhl JOHN gas-PAHRD flows better than SAM-yuhl gas-PAHRD JOHN does.
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I like it. The reason I suggested Samuel Gaspard John to you is because of what you said up there, Samuel and Gaspard look lovely together. I don't care about perfect flow, and honestly I don't think putting John in the middle makes much of a difference. I also see that you pronounce Samuel with two syllables! Fancy that!My darling Marian Illyria Aphrodite, March 2013 & Little Bunny (a girl!) due 9th of February 2014
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A 20-year-old Virginia man is facing a series of felonies for allegedly coercing a 13-year-old Radnor girl into engaging in several sexual acts after they met online.
Ashley Ryan Hareford, of Grottoes, Va., was charged Monday with involuntary deviant sexual intercourse, statutory sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault, indecent assault, indecent exposure and criminal use of a communication facility.
Hareford was arraigned by Magisterial District Justice Lee Hunter after being transported back to Delaware County on Monday. Hunter set Hareford's bail at $1 million in cash.
"I'll get my grandmother to bail me out because she's rich -- richer than most of you guys," Hareford said in response.
Hareford was apprehended in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 4 by Metro police and the U.S. Marshals. He was travelling with the girl, who had been reported missing the previous day. In questioning both Hareford and the girl, the alleged crimes were revealed, according to an affidavit of probable cause.
Delaware County District Attorney Jack Whelan said Hareford gave a statement admitting to the crimes, which carry a maximum sentence of almost 100 years. Whelan also acknowledged Hareford was involved in another case involving younger girls, but could not comment further. He pledged to prosecute Hareford to the fullest extent.
"This is every parent's worse nightmare," Whelan said.
Hareford hitchhiked his way to Pennsylvania and contacted the girl Nov. 30 around 3 p.m., the affidavit said. The girl said they first met about a month ago using an Internet chat application called Party In My Dorm and had chatted frequently, the affidavit said. The first of several alleged sexual encounters occurred on a hill near the Garrett Hill train station that day, the affidavit said.
Radnor police officer Christopher Gluck initially stopped Hareford on the girl's street Dec. 2 because he viewed Hareford to be suspicious. Gluck contacted the girl's father after Hareford informed him that he had met the girl online and contacted her, the affidavit said. Gluck later learned the girl had Hareford's cell phone number and found a Facebook photo showing Hareford and the girl kissing, the affidavit said.
The girl's father reported his daughter missing Dec. 3 around 5 p.m. According to the affidavit, the girl had fled with Hareford to a wooded area near the King of Prussia Mall, where several sexual acts allegedly occurred throughout the night. They then boarded a bus toward Washington on Dec. 4, Whelan said.
"She trusted him and he certainly took advantage of her," Whelan said. "As I mentioned, he did know that she was a 13-year-old girl. He trusted her and then utilized her to engage in sexual acts upon him and then took advantage of her."
Through cooperation, authorities eventually located the pair at a bus stop in Washington. Hareford and the girl allegedly had decided to run away to her mother's residence in Myrtle Beach, S.C., the affidavit said.
"Fortunately it was the quick thinking of the Radnor Police Department, in cooperation with the U.S. Marshals Service, to be able to know that they were on that specific bus headed to Washington, D.C. so that they were intercepted at the bus terminal in Washington before any further damage could occur," Whelan said.
Whelan said the girl is "holding up well."
"She's cooperating," he said. "She's back with her family and we're optimistic about her recovery."
Though Whelan said Hareford admitted to the sexual acts, he denied committing the crimes to the media.
As Hareford was led into a vehicle before his arraignment, a television reporter asked him why he committed the sexual acts. Hareford simply responded, "I didn't."
He reiterated his innocence to Hunter during his arraignment, asking the judge, "What if I wasn't the one who did it?"
Hunter scheduled Hareford's preliminary hearing for Dec. 20. He is being held at Delaware County Prison.
Whelan praised the various agencies and officials for reuniting the girl with her family and for apprehending Hareford. He cited the work of Radnor Police, Washington Metro Police, the U.S. Marshals and the Delaware County Criminal Investigation Division.
Whelan also encouraged parents to closely monitor their children's Internet usage.


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Twelve players reassigned to Minor League camp
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The Giants began their early-spring housecleaning Thursday by reassigning 12 players to Minor League camp, including right-hander Kyle Crick, the organization's top prospect.
None of the moves was unexpected.
Besides Crick, whose lone spring appearance was a two-inning outing in a "B" game Monday against the Cubs, the Giants reassigned right-handers Clayton Blackburn, Chris Heston, Jose Casilla, Sandy Rosario and Rafael Dolis, catchers Jeff Arnold and Ben Turner, outfielders Mac Williamson and Javier Herrera, left-hander Ty Blach and infielder Joe Panik.
The Giants also optioned first baseman Angel Villalona to Triple-A Fresno.
With Minor League camp in full swing, these players will have the opportunity to perform without sharing the field with Major Leaguers.
"It's that time," manager Bruce Bochy said. "It's getting hard to get these guys the work and the at-bats they need."
Chris Haft is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Haft-Baked Ideas, and follow him on Twitter at @sfgiantsbeat. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Hernandez throws eight scoreless frames; Seager, Bay both go deep
TORONTO -- When Felix Hernandez gets the ball every fifth day, it's almost becoming a formality that he's going to dominate the opposition.
While his teammates know how talented he is, Hernandez never ceases to amaze them. They're just happy to be on his side and avoid stepping in the box against him.
Hernandez twirled another gem on Friday, tossing eight scoreless innings of five-hit ball to lead the Mariners to a 4-0 victory over the Blue Jays to kick off a three-game set in front of 23,779 at Rogers Centre.
"I don't want to face Felix. I don't want to face him because he's nasty," catcher Jesus Montero said. "Sometimes it's hard to catch him, like tonight; I dropped a couple balls.
"It's crazy, his talent is so great. ... His stuff is amazing. He's a winner."
The Blue Jays were simply Hernandez's latest victim in a young season in which he has been nearly flawless. Hernandez, who improved to 4-2 and hurled his sixth quality start in seven outings, struck out seven and walked none.
Over his last four outings, the right-hander has allowed two earned runs over 30 innings -- good for a 0.60 ERA -- and has struck out 35 while walking just two.
Hernandez sports a 1.60 ERA on the year and has thrown a Major League-leading 50 2/3 innings. Only Yu Darvish and A.J. Burnett have struck out more batters than the 51 Hernandez has.
Friday was Hernandez's 66th career start in which he has gone at least eight innings and allowed two runs or fewer, which is the most in the Majors since he made his debut in 2005.
"Being aggressive; [I've] been throwing a lot of strikes," Hernandez said about his start, in which he threw first-pitch strikes to 21 of the 27 batters he faced. "That's the key for me -- get ahead of the hitters.
"I had a good sinker. We played great defense."
Hernandez faced the minimum through three innings and allowed only one Blue Jays player, Munenori Kawasaki, to get into scoring position after seven frames. Kawasaki singled off Hernandez in the third inning and stole second base, but was left stranded after the right-hander punched out Brett Lawrie.
The 27-year-old Hernandez ran into his only jam in the eighth after allowing back-to-back hits to start the frame, but he got Maicer Izturis to hit into a double play before Kawasaki grounded out to end the inning. Adam Lind was the only Blue Jays played to reach as far as third base against Hernandez after advancing there on a Colby Rasmus double, which kick-started the Blue Jays' rally.
Hernandez got Toronto to hit into three double plays and recorded 14 ground-ball outs, a season high.
"He's special. He goes about his business," Kyle Seager said about Hernandez. "Tonight, you give him a couple runs, and you know he's going to take care of the rest.
"There is really nothing he can't do out there on the mound."
Montero had trouble catching a few of Hernandez's balls, and he said it's because Hernandez generates so much late movement on his pitches that it's tough to pick up.
"It was invisible, I dropped like four," Montero said. "I think the special one is the changeup. It goes down like a splitter; it's crazy. That's why he strikes out so many guys."
The backstop said the changeup mimics a splitter by its velocity and how much it bottoms out. Hernandez's changeup averages 88 mph, according to Fangraphs.com, which is tied with the Nationals' Stephen Strasburg for the second fastest among Major League starters.
Manager Eric Wedge was most impressed with the way Hernandez spotted his fastball down in the zone, and how consistent he was with his delivery and release point.
Hernandez didn't need much help, but Seager and Jason Bay provided him with everything he needed.
Seager broke open a scoreless affair in the fourth inning by taking Blue Jays starter Ricky Romero -- who was making his season debut -- deep to right field for a two-run homer, his fourth of the year, to put Seattle in front, 2-0. The third baseman, who recorded three hits and took over the team lead in RBIs with 15, has reached base safely in 20 of his last 21 games.
"He has been very consistent. He really knows himself well," Wedge said about Seager. "Everybody needs to be their own best coach and be able to feel things in-game and be able to make adjustments in-game and, quite frankly, even within an at-bat. He does a lot of things right."
Romero faced the minimum amount of batters through three innings, as well, before unraveling in the fourth. The lefty, who failed to crack Toronto's rotation out of spring despite being the 2012 Opening Day starter, walked three in the inning, hit a batter and allowed three runs.
Romero appeared to irritate his pitching hand in the frame, which he said postgame was just a callus, and also got hit by a comebacker, prompting two mound visits by Toronto's trainer, Mike Frostad.
"I think I just lost control of where the fastball was going. I just felt like I was spiking it," Romero said. "It could've been much worse."
The 28-year-old Romero didn't come back out for the fifth. He allowed three runs on three hits, walked three and threw 38 of his 70 pitches for strikes.
Bay put Seattle up, 4-0, with a solo shot in the sixth inning off reliever Aaron Loup. It was Bay's third homer of the year and extended his hitting streak to a season-high seven games.
Tom Wilhelmsen worked the ninth in a non-save situation and punched out one, while lowering his ERA to a stingy 0.64.
The Mariners have won two games in a row and five of their last six contests.
Chris Toman is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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An explosion and fire at the Verso Paper mill on Monday damaged the landmark mill that has been an anchor employer and taxpayer in the city for a century. City and state officials say they're hoping the company will rebuild and keep jobs in the Mississippi River city near St. Cloud.
Sartell Mayor Joe Perske says that rolls of burning paper in the plant have proven difficult to put out, two days after the blaze started.
"It's so difficult because they're inside, to get the water on them, to put them out. It is contained, and with that, they're working now," he said. "Now, in the daylight hours, they're going to try another operation, which maybe they can get inside the building and start bringing those out and extinguishing them one or two at a time."
Perske says the city wants the plant to rebuild and reopen for normal operations, but he says he doesn't know yet what will happen.
"I think they're hesitant to say what's going on. They have to protect their business interest. However, knowing the people that have been there in the past, and knowing their commitment to this community, I certainly will work very strongly with them as far as keeping them here," he said. "It's just been a way of life here, and we want to continue that."
Gov. Mark Dayton visited the area Tuesday and pledged the state will do "everything it possibly can" to get the mill operating again.
The paper mill is a landmark along the east bank of the Mississippi River in Sartell, a community of about 16,000 people just north of St. Cloud. The mill is a top employer and the city's highest property taxpayer. Its smokestack can be spotted from miles away, and it's been producing paper for a year longer than Sartell has been a city.


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As instructors lift Joey from his wheelchair and place him in the warm pool water, a remarkable transformation takes place.
In the wheelchair, Joey looks disinterested, almost like he is bored with his surroundings. But as the warm water envelops his body, his face breaks into a broad, joyful smile. He lets out a cry of pleasure.
With the help of lifeguard instructor Xiara Leiva and a flotation device, Joey starts to move legs that had been rigidly locked together in his wheelchair. He lays his head back in his water world of freedom, happy as a 13-year-old boy suffering from severe autism and muscular dystrophy can be.
"He comes to life in the pool. He speaks with his eyes," says Pat Dixon, executive director of the California Aquatic Therapy and Wellness Center in North Long Beach.
Smiling proudly with Dixon are Joey's mother, Meiko Hester-Perez, and his sister, Rebecca, 14.
"This aquatic center is a gem," his mother says. "I am going to do all I can to let people know how important it is in improving the quality of life."
The Aquatic Center, formerly called the Pools of Hope, has seen major growth since it opened in the backyard swimming pool of civic leader Evelyn DuPont in 1956.
DuPont had developed polio as an adult and was rehabilitating herself through aquatic therapy. This inspired her to open the pool to provide free swim lessons to children with disabilities.
In 1963, the organization purchased an outdoor pool facility at 6801 Long Beach Blvd. In 1977 the two pools were enclosed to allow for year-round usage.
Since its inception 46 years ago, the Aquatic Center has provided more than one million therapy sessions to improve the lives of residents throughout Los Angeles and Orange Counties, Dixon said.
With its two warm water (91-94 degrees) pools, the Aquatic Center has many conditioning and rehabilitation programs catering to adults and children with special health needs. The pools offer shallow areas for water aerobics, exercising, walking, jogging and swimming and deeper areas for lap swimming and therapeutic exercises.
If you have time, it's worth a visit to the pools to see the enthusiasm of the patients and staff, including licensed swimming instructors who work with patients. The Aquatic Center also partners with Henry Helms of New West Rehabilitation to provide physical therapy services.
When I was there last week, I heard uplifting stories from some of those using the pools.
Before coming to the pool, Joey's mother, a legal researcher, had been in the news for her unconventional use of marijuana to treat her son's autism. She said she is convinced that marijuana, baked in brownies, has prolonged Joey's life. Her son eats one brownie every three or four days.
She said Joey weighed only 42 pounds when she started the marijuana treatment. He gained weight steadily and now weighs 124 pounds.
In response to critics, she says: "Unless you've walked in my shoes, your criticism falls on deaf ears. I'm fighting for my son."
She has created the Unconventional Foundation for Autism to raise awareness of different ways to treat autism.
Unfortunately, Joey was dealt another devastating blow in August 2011 when he was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy, which Hester-Perez said is unrelated to Joey's autism.
"His muscles were starting to collapse," she said. "They finally diagnosed that he had an extremely rare form of muscular dystrophy, so rare that there is no treatment and children die by the time they're 16. I am going to do everything I can for him until I lose him."
Last year, her foundation sponsored "Joey's Hope," a fundraising event at the pool, where she and her son come once a week. She is planning another event in the fall.
"Not enough people know how great this aquatic center is," she said. "This pool should be seen by everyone. I want to help spread the word."
Hester-Perez said she will do everything she can to keep Joey alive - but if she loses him, she said she will continue her foundation as his legacy.
"Joey has been a blessing to us. His struggles have helped so many families. Now, he is fighting for aquatic therapy. I feel so much responsibility.
I'm just a regular mom," she said. "My job is not done."
Debilitating stroke
When Darryl Hefflin suffered a massive stroke three years ago, he was confined to a wheelchair and couldn't speak.
Today, he is walking with an aid and is speaking, haltingly - but speaking nonetheless.
He and his wife, Donna, credit the Pools of Hope with helping him improve so much. She gets in the pool with him four days a week and does the exercises with him. The Hefflins were high school sweethearts and will be celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary July 9.
Darryl was a carpenter working for the Compton School District when he collapsed at home with a stroke.
When I asked him what he misses most, he says, "My carpentry work. I .. .oh, God ..."
His wife explains that he has a hard time finishing sentences because he knows what he wants to say, but it just doesn't come out and he gets frustrated. She said her husband wanted to say he is making a gym in his garage.
Darryl said he enjoys the water, and Donna points out that he is a really good swimmer and was on the high school water polo team.
"He's come such a long way," Donna said. "The people here are fabulous. We feel so blessed. This is our second family, our pool family."
Coping with pain
James Carter says the Pool of Hope helped him not only rebuild his life but save it.
He started using the pool 25 years ago to help him with spinal cord problems. "I still had pain, but the pool helped reduce some of that pain," he said.
Carter's life went into a tailspin when his only son, Damion, 19, was shot and killed by a gang member in a random, drive-by shooting in Compton in 1995.
"Someone had disrespected this guy. He drove around looking for him but couldn't find him so he just shot into a group of young people having fun in the neighborhood. One of them was my son and a 7-year-old boy who survived," Carter said.
"I gave up on coming to the pool," he said. "But after awhile I said I had to get out of this depression or I would kill myself so I came back to the pool."
At the pool he helped children learn how to swim.
"I had to give back somehow," he said. "Working with the children saved my life. It gave me time to get my mind off my son's murder and think of other people."
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The Roadracing World Action Fund (RWAF) has topped the benchmark $1 million mark in donations, meeting and beating expectations that this goal could be reached before the end of the year. Over $70,000 in donations have arrived since June, bringing the fund's all-time total since its inception in 2001 to $1,005,629.69 as of August 12th, 2012.
Multiple fund-raisers and the efforts of racers, track-day riders, businesses, families and friends dedicated to reducing on-track injuries contributed to the extraordinary boost in donations. The Roadracing World Action Fund has already deployed 34 sections of Airfence-brand soft barriers this year, and now an additional 50 sections of Airfence are on order.
The Midwest Cafe Racing Association (MCRA), serving the St. Louis area motorcycle road racing community with events at tracks including Putnam Park, Gateway Raceway and Heartland Park Topeka, has been holding raffles at every meeting, track-day, and race event this season to raise funds for soft barriers. MCRA Treasurer Chris Duranowski wrote, "We have been raffling off many donations such as tires, suspension tuning, photo packages, helmets and track days to raise as much money as possible. Thanks to our sponsors Good Grip Racing, Velocity Calibrations, WFO Motorsports, Team Obscene Racing, ABI Photo and their generous donations, we have raised $4000 so far for the fund. We look forward to increasing that donation at our upcoming events"¦ We truly appreciate the opportunity to be able to use Airfence during our track days and races and the appreciation from the riders is overwhelming. If anyone from the Roadracing World Action Fund is in the St. Louis area, there are a lot of riders ready to shake your hand and thank you for a job well done!"
A charity ride-along program giving fans and members of the media the opportunity to take laps around Road Atlanta in the Monotracer fully-enclosed two-wheeler during the Big Kahuna AMA Pro weekend in April netted $455 for the Roadracing World Action Fund. The event was hosted by M1 PowerSports and the Monotracer's exclusive distributor, 21st Century Motoring, LLC, with 100% of the proceeds donated to the RWAF.
A Northeast Sportbike Association (NESBA) fundraiser held at Road Atlanta July 7th raised a single-event record of $20,000. The successful event, which organizers began planning back in February of this year, was held in conjunction with a NESBA track day, and consisted of a dinner, a silent auction, a live auction, a raffle, and the sale of commemorative T-Shirts.
The NESBA Mid-Atlantic Region held a fundraiser at New Jersey Motorsports Park (NJMP) on August 11th. The fundraiser, which raised $17,000, was also held in conjunction with a NESBA track day that weekend and consisted of a dinner on Saturday evening provided by NJMP at the Officer's Club, a silent auction, a live auction, and a door prize.
The Barber Motorsports Park Track Walk, which took place on the Thursday prior to the June AMA Pro race event, raised $1500 for the Roadracing World Action Fund. AMA Pro racers - 21 in all - volunteered to do the track walk with fans in attendance. The track walk was free to all June 22nd ticket holders and ZOOM Motorsports, the exclusive promoter at the Barber Motorsports Park, donated a portion of the day's ticket sales to the Roadracing World Action Fund.
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A concerted effort headed by Eric Wood of Woodcraft Technologies to raise enough to purchase a 6-foot section of non-inflatable Airfence dedicated to the memory of Carl McAllister brought in donations totally $1430. The Airfence section, to be deployed at New Hampshire Motorsports Park, will feature specially designed artwork featuring McAllister as he is well-remembered, riding his racebike with the #101 Expert plate. Donations were made by: Jeff Wood, $400; Eric Wood, $335; Steven Apsland, $200; John Scheehser, $100; Roger Chang, $100; Joseph Ribaudo, $100; Steven Oeschger, $75; Michael Curry, $50; Dave LaFrance, $50; and Jorge Valencia, $20.
Mike Moore
Donations totaling $6,103 arrived from "Friends, CCS/ASRA Racers, and NESBA Members in Loving Memory of Mike Moore" and included contributions from David Van Ommeren, $1000 (whose total contributions to the Action Fund now total $2500); Dominic Chirico, $250; Solid Performance, $250; Amy Judd, $200; Frank Marzullo, $140, and various anonymous contributors. The total contributed included matching funds of $2500 by David Yarnall, who spearheaded the effort and gathered donations to honor Mike Moore, the NESBA Mid-Atlantic Director who suffered fatal injuries in a crash at NJMP last year.
A winning bid of $1026 was received for an Arai helmet auctioned by Chris Pontrelli with proceeds donated to the Roadracing World Action Fund in honor of Mike Moore through eBay's Mission Fish program. Pontrelli wrote that the anonymous winner then turned around and donated the helmet back to be re-auctioned, saying that he couldn't think of a better way to honor his friend than to contribute to a cause that helps riders safely enjoy the racetrack - something that Mike Moore was incredibly passionate about - and requested that his donation be listed as "A Friend of Mike Moore."
Pontrelli then re-auctioned the helmet, this time receiving a winning bid of $1425, the total proceeds of which were donated to the Roadracing World Action Fund.
Others who made donations to the Roadracing World Action Fund to honor the memory of Mike Moore include Jeffrey Headley, $300; James Curtis, $250; Paul Jakubowski, $200; Susan Graef, $150; Brian Donadio, $100; and Rodney Comegys, $50.
Richard Haner:
Donations made in memory of Richard Haner, the father of former AMA Pro racer John Haner, include Paul Bordelon, $100; Ronny Lunsford, $100; Roy Payne, $100; and Evelyn Fisher, $50.
Making Donating a Habit:
An early supporter of the Roadracing World Action Fund, Max MacAllister's Traxxion Dynamics has steadily donated over the years, reaching $12,501 in total donations over 11 years with the latest contribution of $751.
David Pierce has donated $500 - again - his sixth $500 check since 2005, for a grand total of $3000.
Joe & Andrea Marietta have donated $407 in memory of racer Jeremy Gordon each year since 2008, always on July 7th. Their grand total now stands at $2035.
Patrick Ryan has donated $50 yearly since 2009, and this year, Ryan upped his donation to $100, for a grand total of $250.
Donations at the Roadracing World vendor booth at Laguna Seca included those made by Duane Taylor, $105; Keith Souter, $100; Kenneth Johnson, $20; Scott Osborn, $5; Adam Brick, $5; and Kevin Foster, $5. Souter's total donations have reached $1100, and each of the nine donations over the past five years were made in person at various events. However, he recently e-mailed to say that the website donation listing should read "Keith & Patti Souter."
Summary of Recently Posted Contributions
(Contributor comments and dedications are included below with their listing. Total overall contribution appears in parentheses.)
NESBA Road Atlanta Fundraiser $20,000
NESBA Mid-Atlantic Region/NJMP Fundraiser $17,000
Fastrack Riders $10,000
Mike Moore Memorial Fundraiser $6103
Barber Motorsports Park Track Walk $1500
Chris Pontrelli $1425 ($1725) In Memory of Mike Moore
A Friend of Mike Moore $1026
Traxxion Dynamics $751 ($12,501)
David Pierce $500 ($3000)
Roger Lyle $500 ($2700) "In Loving Memory and Honor of Al Wilcox"
M1 PowerSports/Road Atlanta MonoTracer Rides Fundraiser $455
Joe & Andrea Marietta $407 ($2035) In Memory of Jeremy Gordon
Jeff Wood $400 ($1400) In Memory of Carl McAllister
Eric Wood $310 ($2335) In Memory of Carl McAllister
Jeffrey Headley $300 In Memory of Mike Moore
James Curtis $250 ($300) In Memory of Mike Moore
Ciaran Ward $250
Steven Aspland $200 In Memory of Carl McAllister
Paul Jakubowski $200 In Memory of Mike Moore
Bruce Porter $200
Zachary Smith $200
Ryan Nelson $120 ($195)
Duane Taylor $105
John Scheehser $100 In Memory of Carl McAllister
Roger Chang $100 In Memory of Carl McAllister
Keith & Patti Souter $100 ($1100)
George B. Leavell $100 ($150) "To all the racers! Thank you, John, for setting this up and producing REAL results!"
Paul Bordelon $100 In Memory of Richard Haner
Patrick Ryan $100 ($250)
Ronald Lunsford $100 ($600) In Memory of Richard Haner
Roy Payne $100 In Memory of Richard Haner
Shane W. Liles $100 "Dedicated to the loyal riders of Tiger Trackdays, and the new NOLA Motorsports Park."
Brian Donadio $100 In Memory of Mike Moore
Joseph Ribaudo $100 In Memory of Carl McAllister
Travis Boatwright $100 ($200)
Craig Beardsley $100 ($1050)
Scott Rosey $100 ($250)
Steven Oeschger $75 In Memory of Carl McAllister
Christopher Slay $55 ($555)
Louis & Karen Witwer $50
Donald Proctor $50
Anonymous in Jasper, FL $50 ($300) "To Cover Wilson's Walls. Most tracks are now working hard to improve their scenic appeal. Blue and white Airfence stands out unfavorably against most natural backgrounds. Green and white, or just plain green, would blend with most any landscaping."
Kaz Khumush $50
Jeff Thacher $50
Michael Curry $50 ($150) In Memory of Carl McAllister
Robert Staropoli $50
Rodney Comegys $50
Evelyn Fisher $50 In Memory of Richard Haner
Dave LaFrance $50 In Memory of Carl McAllister
Law Offices of White & Associates $50
Steven Richardson $30
Scott Arneberg $25 "Foo gave me the pipe!"
Kenneth Johnson $20
Jorge Valencia $20 In Memory of Carl McAllister
David J. Kopfinger $20 ($270)
Patrick Tormey $10 In Memory of Al Wilcox
Kevin Foster $5 ($15)
Adam Brick $5
Scott Osborn $5
AMA Pro Racing $2000
August 12, 2012
Accounting Details to Date
Road Racing Expenditure Details
Purchase of Soft Barriers: $763,804.59
Shipping/Customs: $39,909.28
Bank Fees: $1061.16
Air Fence* Deployment Crew Training: $700
Transportation & Installation: $10,569.78
Soft Barrier Repairs $3500
Corporation/Business Fees: $3208
Online Auction Fees: $327.46
Printing Educational Materials: $346.42
Misc Supplies: $98.01
Total Spent: $823,524.70
Total Donations Collected: $918,077.72
Misc. Income: $145.74
Cash on hand: $94,698.76
Dirt Track Expenditure Details
Direct purchase of soft barriers: $66,839.35
Shipping/Customs: $2717.72
Transportation & Installation $2174.77
Total Spent: $71,731.84
Total collected: $87,551.97
Cash on hand: $15,820.13
All administrative costs have been absorbed by Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.
*Trademark of Airfence Safety Systems Australia.


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Lebron is one of the realest dudes in the NBA. If you ask him a question, he will answer it. So much better than the LeBron who cared what others thought about him.
Okay, not really meant to call Marc Gasol a scrub (it was for Kwame btw), but let me rephrase that to a scrub and an unproven player.
And Marc is a better big man right now against Pau no doubt, but Pau was a better player at the same time in the league as Marc right now. So I'll still call it a lopsided trade for the Lakers.
He was a scrub during the trade. If I remember correctly, when they traded him he was simply a 2nd round pick that had never played in the NBA.
"Josh Smith Re-building the city of Detroit one brick at a time"Originally Posted by Piston Prince
The best thing is that sports are performed in a bubble where each player is totally isolated from each other. No team ever won anything due to who they played, or matchups, or teammates, or travel, or injury, or coaching. Pretty much if you are better than another player of "equal" talent then you'll always beat them. That's how it works. This is why Vegas went out of the Sports Book business.
Also there is this great "switch on" moment where s****y players like Lebron instantly get a lot better just as the final minute of a title series clinching game tick off. You can see it, like a bolt of lightening where they instantly become a lot better. Prior to that they were dogs***, but then the hand of God reaches down, changes their actual physical structure, and denotes this by placing a ring on their finger. Magic.
See, no player ever made a teammate better. No defender ever hurt or helped an opponent. No scheme ever had any impact on a game. It's just not that complex. Sports is probably the most black and white, obvious, merit based system ever invented.
Having said that (sarcastically), Lebron is still an overprivileged, flopping douche. I don't fault him on rings, I fault him on on-court attitude and behavior in some prior tough moments (like giving up).
Before I use to have a strong opinion on who the greatest ever is but as time goes on I just think its impossible to say. Yet so many people believe MJ is the greatest ever and I think that is unfair to Bird, Kareem. Magic, Wilt, Russel, and even guys like Oscar Robertson, Elgin Baylor, and Jerry West. Almost all the people who say MJ is the greatest ever can't even remember watching guys before MJ play if they were even born then. I have always found it crazy when people just forget about all of these great players who came before MJ.
I think MJ has brought up a good point in saying the competition was tougher in his era. Less teams = better teams and you have to remember it use to be that you could be a physical defender, not so much the case anymore. However I think that Lebron makes valid points about MJ. I don't know if there was any coach besides Phil who could have got through to MJ in order to win and Scott Pippen was the PERFECT star to pair with MJ.
When it comes to Lebron vs Kobe its really hard to say. One thing about Lebron is there has NEVER been a player like him before. He is a once in a lifetime type of talent. He has his faults and all but even I can appreciate what he brings to basketball.
The single factor IMO that puts Jordan above all of the other wings (I refuse to compare him to centers of long ago era's because it is impossible to do) of the current age is that Michael had to suffer through legal hand checking on the perimeter. That practice is and has been illegal for years now in the NBA. I'm not saying that Bryant or James or Durrant couldn't overcome this obstacle but the simple matter of the fact is they haven't had to.
Hand checking may not sound like much but let me assure you certain players (Derek Harper comes to mind right away) could knock you off of your dribble and change your path to the basket.
Great players are great players & I'm not trying to take any of them down but I'm just saying that Michael did all of his damage (even as much as I hated it) with defenses allowed to be far more physical than they are today.
No, I have no problem with MJ at all!
I just don't believe in the, "there will be no one better than - insert great player- " LBJ is already a superior athlete and superior to many aspects to MJ's game. After his career is over, and LBJ has surpassed all his numbers I know many may consider him better. Maybe even myself. I'm not saying it is true. But it will be a very interesting discussion that any basketball fan should take seriously.
We are watching true greatness in LBJ. I've just learned to accept that is all.
About the only thing I could agree with you on this is that Lebron is stronger.
He's not nearly the scorer, shooter, or defender that MJ was and he's not nearly as quick.
I do agree with Lebron that titles alone don't make a player great but he isn't on the level of Jordan. He'll end up playing a lot longer then Jordan and still won't be considered as great.
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But when we talk about raw skill, MJ has LBJ beat. The only thing LBJ really has over Michael is the athleticism, but not even by that much because Michael was a phenomenal athlete himself. And Michael had the mental game down better than anyone. And that has been a huge struggle for LeBron. Michael was just such a pure basketball player in every facet of the game. Its why at age 49 he still beat Michael Kidd-Gilchrist in 1 on 1.
Not sure I buy the skill argument, LeBron is a better and more willing passer, he sees plays develop in a way Michael didn't.
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Also, a previous poster mentioned the hand checking rules. That is a big deal. But also, Lebron's points and percentages come largely from the paint/foul line, as a result of the referees NOT calling his signature shove (the one Jordan made famous vs the Cavs...Lebron does it on every single drive) and as a result of defenders being afraid of being called for a foul if he A.) flops or B.) gets breathed on. Every superstar gets superstar calls, but Lebron still flops as much as anyone in the NBA, and gets away with it.
Also, Lebron's defensive intensity hasn't been there this year. He gets the chase down blocks every so often, but he's still not in Jordan's league as far as man-to-man. Is he good? Yes. Is he more versatile than Jordan, owing largely to his size? Yes. Is it probably because he's spending so much energy on offense? Yes.
Nobody is saying Lebron sucks, but to act like he's already better than Jordan, please. No point until there's some sort of statistical evidence, which would be years from now.
LeBron is the first player to approach the level of greatness that is Jordan. I've seen a ton of Bird and Magic, and while they were very entertaining and great players...players with far more personality than Jordan & James, those guys are a notch below. I do think Wilt is in that region. But LeBron is in that region of greatness as well. Kobe, I think falls a hair short of that.
I say all of this even though I can't stand LeBron. Note that he said in the article above that he inspires himself. Wow!
Anyway, I will not deny the truth. He is right there with the very best who ever played the game.
We can stress LeBron's physical strength as an advantage to him. We can stress Jordan's creativity and craftiness. But the reason I think Jordan is better is that he had supreme confidence and an insane level of competitiveness. You never ever saw fear in the eyes of Michael Jordan. You do see it in LeBron's eyes on occasion...and I think this is a big reason why "de Bulls" would beat the tar out of the Miami Heat.
Lance is finally home. Whether he becomes our starting PG or he's 6th man, he's getting big minutes and he's here to stay. #llortontnia
No. MJ said Kobe was better than LBJ. I noted how ridiculous that statement is as well as laughing at MJ's motives for saying so. I think it is funny, because there is no way MJ actually believes Kobe is a better player than LBJ. That or he just doesn't watch basketball anymore.
You guys really ought to watch the video of Jordan's quotes about this. It comes across a lot differently in print than it did on camera. He almost didn't want to pick one over the other.
Peck is right. Glad to see some old timers post considering they witnessed it. The fouls were much harder and the hand checking made it harder to score. It was just about football on hardwood against the Knicks and Pistons. I cannot imagine how good MJ would be in today's league of touch fouls. It's really made for him.
As an aside, Derrick Rose wouldn't last one season back in the day. That zip and spin crap would have him in traction in no time.
Lance is finally home. Whether he becomes our starting PG or he's 6th man, he's getting big minutes and he's here to stay. #llortontnia
I'm not convinced that Lebron would have survived the 90s mentally. If he's complaining about Lance talking trash, Michael, Larry, Gary Payton, and Reggie in their primes would have torn him APART.
"Nobody wants to play against Tyler Hansbrough NO BODY!" ~ Frank Vogel
"And David put his hand in the bag and took out a stone and slung it. And it struck the Philistine on the head and he fell to the ground. Amen. "
It's probably just as bad to be nostalgic about the greatness of the NBA before as it is to preach about the superior athletes of today.
The reality is, my opinion is more educated because I actually witnessed all of these players...and lived through the seasons.
Lance is finally home. Whether he becomes our starting PG or he's 6th man, he's getting big minutes and he's here to stay. #llortontnia
I like people saying that LeBron couldn't have handled the physicality of the 80s and 90s... he's 6'8" and 260 pounds. Get a clue.
And saying that he isn't mentally tough or couldn't handle trash talk is unmeasurable, lacking in substance, and ignoring the fact that basically every player in the history of the NBA got rattled by on-court happenings. I hate LeBron's personality off the court, but I appreciate his ability and I believe he'll be the greatest single player ever when he retires.
And the level he's playing at right now is totally unmatched. Jordan had a much better career than LeBron has so far, but at no time did Jordan dominate all aspects of the game like LBJ.
Funny how mature, poised, and respectful LeWhine is in front of the press when he's talking to MJ and Kobe. Everyone seems to have forgotten what a complete d-bag he was about Dirk when the poor Heat wer being denied, heaven forbid, in their first attempt at a ring w the big 3 d-bags. And don't say it was all about Wade.
This is why I'll take a Dirk, Reggie, PG type. Not perfect but so much better on the egotistical front. Jordan, Kobe, LeWhine can have their GOAT debates and stroke their already overinflated egos. Those guys don't even respect guys from older eras in these discussions enough.
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It really hard to gauge who was better who was not. Many circumstances not in their control like trades, injuries, teammates...type of officiating...
After they retire try to be a coach or an executive and lets see how their minds work. Jordan sucks, Magic too impatient.
But Bird.....everywhere he goes he wins.
Read the first paragraph and the fantastic quote by Shane Battier on LeBron James.
Jordan, Magic, and Bird. None of them had to play during the information age and live through the 24/7/365 scrutiny LeBron does. Who knows how that would have affected them, especially Jordan. Deadspin, TMZ, etc. would have had a field day with him.
I hate Lebron. But he is the most talented player ever to live. Better court vision than MJ by far. Gets his teammates involved. MJ was much more competitive though. Defense is equal as they bring different things to the table defensively. Lebrons better at rebounding obviously. I take lebron and hope I can get him to have Jordan's mentality. Yes I saw them both play. Lebrons unreal
I don't think I've read a comment from anyone old enough to really remember Jordon in his prime think Lebron stands a chance to surpass him. Lebron is the best player in the game right now, but I still don't think he's better then Kobe in his prime and well below Jordon. For the record I never liked Jordon but he was the greatest that I've ever seen play the game. And btw today's game does not contain overall better athletes and that's a shame. Centers and power forwards are overall smaller and not as physical and the sg position has taken a step down talent wise. I will say that there are more high quality point guards and small forwards in the league today overall. There is some great talent in the league right now and Lebron is playing at an elite level however I think the competition Jordon faced was at a time when nba talent levels were at their greatest. Put Jordon in today's nba with today's defensive rules and he'd at least average in the 40's scoring. Lebron should play a lot more games then Jordon when all is said and done so I expect him to surpass his scoring total but I doubt if he wins as many titles and he won't be considered the greatest ever.


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Join the culinary team of Roux on Orleans and Chef Joey Wells for a wine dinner extraordinaire! Carefully selected dishes have been prepared to complement the wines of Beringer Vineyards and Chateau St. Jean for a delectable meal served in the heart of the French Quarter. The vintner will be on hand to offer details on the creation of each of these wines, and answer questions throughout the evening.
This dinner is an official part of the New Orleans Wine & Food Experience, a festival showcasing local food and chefs, and national and international wines. Over the past 20 years the New Orleans Wine & Food Experience has raised more than $1 million for non-profit organizations right here in our community. We invite you to raise a glass and be a part of the festivities as we make New Orleans a better place to live, work and play.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 | 7:00 pm
Jumbo Seared Scallop
with Purple Peruvian and Yukon gold potato hash topped with a roasted corn puree'
Wine Pairing: Chateau St. Jean Fume Blanc, Sonoma County
Tuna Tartar
on a fried plantain chip with chive oil
Wine Pairing: Beringer Chardonnay, Napa Valley
Lacquered Duck Breast
with roasted sweet potato pancake, topped with raspberry molasses demi
Wine Pairing: Chateau St. Jean Pinot Noir, Sonoma County
Abita Beer Braised Short Ribs
on top of Roux on Orleans dirty corn grits topped with roasted root vegetables and a natural reduction
Wine Pairing: Beringer Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley
White Chocolate and Pecan Praline Bread Pudding
with Maker's Mark crème anglaise
Wine Pairing: Beringer Nightingale Sauvignon Blanc/Semillon, Napa Valley
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Over the past two weeks, I've had the opportunity to use a new product on the genealogy market called Pocket Tree©™. I was contacted by the company's owner, Rhonda Early, and asked if I would like to take Pocket Tree©™ for a test drive. I was very interested because I was on my way to visit the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah and I figured it would help me with my research.
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Pocket Tree©™ bills itself as the "Quick, Light, Simple, & Complete 9-Generation Ancestry Chart!" and I couldn't agree more. What starts out as a small, index card sized item, open out into a huge 9-generation family chart waiting for you to enter information. Here is how Pocket Tree©™ opens:
It starts small – 6-3/4 x 4-1/2″ – as shown in the graphic above. The composition is sturdy, glossy card stock.
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We all know what happens when we begin to "talk genealogy" with a grandparent, or an aunt or uncle: the eyes glaze over, they start looking for a way to get up and run to the kitchen or sometimes change the subject. I believe much of this is because it is difficult for them to "visualize" their family history. And also, it can be difficult to get the conversation "ball" rolling if there aren't handy interview questions or prompts.
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Jack Kemp, in full Jack French Kemp (born July 13, 1935, Los Angeles, Calif., U.S.—died May 2, 2009, Bethesda, Md.), conservative American politician who was the Republican Party nominee for vice president in 1996.
Kemp's father owned a small trucking firm; his mother was a public school teacher and social worker. Kemp attended Occidental College in Los Angeles (B.A., 1957), where he excelled as a football quarterback. After brief stints with various professional teams, Kemp led the Buffalo Bills to American Football League championships in 1964 and 1965. Despite his relatively small stature, Kemp was an effective quarterback and a strong team leader.
He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1970, representing suburban Buffalo, N.Y., for nine terms. An articulate and passionate defender of conservative causes, Kemp supported the Vietnam War, advocated high levels of defense spending, championed low tax rates, and opposed abortion rights. At the same time, he was a strong supporter of civil rights legislation and sought to use tax incentives to encourage economic development in poor urban areas, calling himself a "bleeding-heart conservative." During the mid-1970s he was heavily influenced by the supply-side economist Arthur Laffer; Kemp played a prominent role in Ronald Reagan's 1980 presidential campaign and co-sponsored the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981, which sharply reduced taxes on individuals and businesses.
After a failed presidential bid in 1988, Kemp was appointed secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the administration of Pres. George H.W. Bush. He restored public trust to the scandal-tainted department and continued to work for urban revitalization through targeted tax reductions, but he largely failed in his efforts to implement his ambitious initiatives. Upon leaving the government, Kemp was a sought-after speaker on the lecture circuit. In 1996 he was Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole's running mate, but the ticket lost to Pres. Bill Clinton and Vice Pres. Al Gore.
After the 1996 election, Kemp served on the board of directors at Oracle, a database technology firm. He also founded his own consulting firm, Kemp Partners, and he continued to work with Empower America, a group he had founded with Steve Forbes in 1993 that advocated low taxes and deregulation as a means of stimulating economic growth. In 2009 Kemp was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.


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General News of Tuesday, 20 November 2012
Source: XYZ
The rift between the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) and the People's National Convention (PNC) presidential candidate seems to be deepening.
Hassan Ayariga pulled out of the debate originally scheduled for Tuesday evening to mourn the late Vice President and also receive medical treatment.
The IEA later rescheduled the debate to Wednesday in consultation with the participating political parties excluding Mr Ayariga's PNC.
The institute says it is saddened by comments reportedly made by Mr. Ayariga that he does not need the platform to sell his policies.
But Hassan Ayariga has called the bluff of the institute to exclude him from the debate.
Speaking to XYZ News, Mr. Ayariga said IEA should have contacted him to find out if it was possible for him to still participate.
He said "the IEA has to really contact me to find out if I really want to partake. They should not go to NPP or CPP or NDC. I was the one who said no, so they should rather contact me."
He insisted that whether or not he is included in Wednesday's debate, he will not contact the IEA, saying "the IEA needs my services. Not [the other way round]. They need me, they don't pay me for coming to debate."
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Running backs are really overrated i dont see the problem with ballard and brown there not stars sure but really in this day and age you dont need a star runningback good to average ones can get the job done.
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Running backs are really overrated i dont see the problem with ballard and brown there not stars sure but really in this day and age you dont need a star runningback good to average ones can get the job done.
Counting down the days untill DJ Augustin's contract expires.
You think he will be available at 24?
Smothered Chicken!
Also with 2 WR's popularly ahead of Allen in Austin and Patterson, along with the fact none are can't miss stars I doubt that any WR goes in the top 10, maybe one in the top 15.
Why so SERIOUS
just wondering why you don't want that? dud has potential to be a shutdown corner and also fits demeanor that we are going for in our secondary, with the injury history that we have had in the past adding him would be a pretty solid decision, I personally prefer WR, but secondary would be next in this draft considering the talent that should be available at our pick.
Why so SERIOUS
I would be happy with the best player available regardless of position (except QB).
or TE
Counting down the days untill DJ Augustin's contract expires.
I'd still prioritize a guard over another RB. Ballard, Brown, and Carter are 3 fairly solid backs. We've upgraded the O line as well, so I'd like to see what they can do first. Ballard really impressed me and only looked gassed after receiving a heavy workload. He runs hard enough that I'm not willing to call him a #2 quite yet. With that being said, I wouldn't be upset nor surprised if the Colts used their #3 or #4 pick to get a guy like Monte Ball, Mike Gillislee, or maybe even Lattimore.
My take on the RB class this year is that it is well rounded, but underwhelming near the top. Sounds like an ideal situation for Grigs to nab someone late.
Even with our free agent moves I still hope OL is a priority in this draft. If we can come out with another guard that can slide in day one I think we will be in great shape. To me the RB position has become dime a dozen unless you can land a top tier guy like AD or Foster. I doubt we will get either one in this draft class.
The best thing about our free agency moves is it allows us to go BPA except for TE and QB with our first pick.
Honestly, I think WR still should be a priority. I like what Hilton did last season, but will he be able to be our number one WR? I would like to grab someone to groom behind Reggie and give Luck two young WRs to grow with him.


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Viewpoint: Give Your Equipment A Jolt Of Productivity
EP Editorial Staff | April 2, 2006
Often, unknowingly, companies may be producing at only half of their potential because of ineffective equipment performance.
The problem starts slowly. Companies may begin working around failed equipment and quality problems, believing it is the only way they can maintain production levels. Although they may start to fall behind in their output goals, some rationalize that shutting down for maintenance will make matters worse. If, however, failed equipment, minor stoppages and quality issues are the cause of reduced output, then maintenance– even with some downtime–is what's really required.
Improving equipment performance calls for Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) as part of a Lean Manufacturing strategy. Properly implemented, TPM can dramatically increase equipment productivity immediately,while, at the same time, it is reducing maintenance costs.
When TPM first began, it focused on transferring tasks from maintenance workers to machine operators. The thought was that giving operators minor maintenance tasks (i.e. filter changes, lubrication, etc.) would free up maintenance workers to do other things. This required significant training so operators could safely perform the tasks; that, in turn, led to increased cost and time for their companies, but greater responsibility for the operators. At the same time, maintenance workers' productivity decreased, from skills shortages, cutbacks, etc.
The original TPM concept didn't work well because it focused on tasks instead of on equipment productivity. In a typical maintenance department, 95 out of every 100 jobs are to repair equipment after it breaks down. In this reactive mode, maintenance personnel get pulled from one job to another, reducing their productivity even more. In a further effort to reduce costs, inventories of spare parts would be cut back, again decreasing maintenance and equipment productivity. Over time, without seeing major results, concepts like TPM tended to be phased out or dropped altogether.
During the past five years, though, the TPM philosophy has significantly evolved and companies using the new model find they are achieving tremendous results through improved equipment productivity. These companies work with TPM experts to focus on the Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) of a critical piece of equipment. Together, they carefully analyze data to detect trends in production stoppages. They clean and inspect the equipment, targeting areas identified by the data. They modify the equipment to control contamination and make it more accessible for maintenance. They develop lubrication standards, cleaning standards, daily operator PM standards, etc. By taking these basic steps, OEE can jump immediately from the typical average of 50% to 60-80%–sometimes in the first week.
Today's approach to TPM encourages valuable input from operators–the people closest to the machinery. As part of such a team, operators develop and modify the daily PM plan, giving them ownership of the solution and moving equipment performance to a higher level.
TPM data, however, comes from many sources other than operators: maintenance failure history, OEE observations, (observing equipment in operation, noting why it stops), safety data, quality data, 5'S evaluations, predictive tools, etc. So, even in just a few hours, a TPM team can learn a great amount about equipment condition. Their evaluations force these teams to quickly focus on equipment details (pressure gauges, grease fittings, air filters etc.) to rate performance and find opportunities for improvement.
Going forward, manufacturers would be well advised to view TPM as a powerful ongoing business practice–one so powerful that it can reduce overall maintenance costs by 10-15% while at the same time improving equipment productivity. MT
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I don't think Davis could coach a lick, and he made awful recruiting decisions. Look at his career path / lack of success after IU.
So I grudgingly grant that OlBlu has made one valid and fact-supported point. Maybe the first ever?
As to Haston going pro because RMK was not his coach, as Sollozzo noted, it was one whole year later. It was after he was named 1st team all Big 10 and 3rd team All-American. His stock was maxed out and he wisely jumped. He also excelled in NBA pre-draft camps, as I recall. I do not doubt that he maintained a friendship with Knight and may have even accepted advice from him to go pro. He certainly spoke out for Knight, along with Dane Fife, after the Ken Harvey incident. There was talk of a lot of kids transferring and Kirk could have done that, but he didn't.


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Certain Poor Shepherds, Scene 3: What friends are for
Part three of a seven-part holiday fiction
The story so far: Nora Gallagher, a grant-writer for a Philadelphia nonprofit who is struggling in her workplace and her love life, has just met an odd but intelligent old fellow who fascinates her.
"Stop, stop, stop!"
Julia Fideli waved her arms, and one by one the players in Green Country Town trailed off.
"OK, jabronis, I'm confused," Julia said. "What's the chord going into that third verse?"
"It's this," band mate Judd Marcum said, reeling it off on his Stratocaster.
"Got it," Julia said. "All right, let's do it one more time from the top and that should lock it."
Nora Gallagher smiled down at her keyboard, enjoying the blithe bossiness of Julia, her band mate, roommate and best friend. Nora took a swig from a big bottle of water, set it down on the window ledge behind her and awaited her next entrance.
Green Country Town had been a band for three years. They practiced two nights a week in a tight, grungy space on the second floor of a Delaware Avenue warehouse that looked like the set of a Quentin Tarantino movie.
Every once in a while, they got a decent gig, like Kungfu Necktie or Milkboy. When they did, the crowds seemed to like them. One time a reviewer in an alt-weekly had praised them by saying, "When was the last time you heard music so honest?"
Dan Slotnick, Nora's cubicle mate and best bud at work, never tired of teasing her about that one: "When was the last time anyone wrote a grant application so honest?"
The band finished another run through of the song they called "Spiderweb."
"Ewww, that got a little muddy," Judd said.
"Sorry," Nora said, "I kinda wonked it up bit on the bridge."
A grungy refuge
They'd been doing this a while, this band of five. By some miracle they still liked one another; could trade critiques with a minimum of attitude dancing.
As lead singer, Julia – a stout life force with black hair and nail polish – was full of gesture. Nora, on keyboard and backup vocals, was a study in minimalism, looking down as she played.
Inside, though, she reveled at how the band could weave its tapestries of sound, picking up on each other's subtle cues. Practice nights in this untidy cloister - with its detritus from a hundred hurried meals on the gray carpet, its stained, sagging ceiling panels, its instrument cases flung at odd angles against the far wall _ were like a holy refuge for her.
In this space, she could retreat from the pressures of work and the strains of dealing with her distant boyfriend, Greg.
They called it a night about 8:30.
"Think we're ready for Friday?" Nora asked Julia as they packed up their instruments.
"I've heard worse sessions," Julia said.
They walked side by side down the spookily unlit stairwell, then out into the frigid night on Delaware Avenue. The gaudy neon of a casino lit up the sky in the near distance. They got into Julia's ancient Buick LeSabre.
"So tell me again about this old guy you met, what was it, Tony Spaz?" Julia said as she coaxed the Buick's engine to life.
"Razz, Tony Razzolini. He's quite the character. Really, really smart, well-educated, but definitely a taco short of a combo plate. One second, he'll be sounding like an Ivy League prof, then a pun will pop into his head and he'll go off on these verbal riffs. For minutes, like you're not there. Then, bang, he's back in focus and talking to you about ... I don't know, Faulkner. It's like his consciousness is a balloon. Sometimes it gets loose and just floats around his brain, bumping up against his skull. Then he reached up and grabs it and brings it back down into the moment."
"You're sure he's harmless, this guy?"
"What kind of suburban mom question is that, Fideli?"
"Gallagher, just because you work with the sainted Louisa Cross doesn't mean you've got lifetime immunity from all the bad stuff this city has to offer. From what you've said, this guys sounds a little unstable. There's always a reason a guy that smart ends up broke and alone with a medicine chest full of Risperdal. And the story usually ain't pretty. I just don't want you to get hurt."
Greg gets a substitute
Thirty minutes later, Nora and Julia were sitting side by side on the huge couch that dominated the living room of the apartment they shared in Fishtown.
Nora and the couch had a fabled history together; it had originally sat in her dad's office in Center City, then she'd commandeered for her first off-campus apartment in Wellesley. The couch, unduly long, awkwardly lumpy, and covered in some nominally beige fabric, had followed her into five apartments since, much to the exasperation of friends who helped her move. She and Couch had seen a lot together.
Each woman was in pajama pants, a hoodie and fuzzy slippers; each had a laptop open on her lap. Julia was reading a blog about her beloved 76ers. Nora was on a favorite Web site, Zappos.com. At the nonprofit where she worked, More Than a Roof, every day was dress-down day, which suited Nora's consignment shop ethic just fine.
But footwear .... footwear was Nora's one fashion vice.
"I live for shoes," Nora announced.
"Yep, you're a regular Carrie Bradshaw," Julia said absently, chewing her lip over the troublesome puzzle of Andrew Bynum's knee.
"No, really, boots give life meaning."
"Well, maybe, if you've got cute, tiny feet like you, Gallagher. Not when you've got the clown flippers I've got."
Nora looked up from a slideshow of Frye boots:
"Hey, I just had a great idea."
"Uh-oh, here we go."
"No, really, Fideli. This is a super idea. Soooooo .... you know how I told you Greg won't be around at Christmas?"
"Yes, yes, the Packers tickets. Santa Maria! That boy deserves to be hung by this thumbs, you know that, right?"
"Uh-hunh. So, no Greg, but I still gotta go to my mom's Christmas Eve bash in Gladwyne. I need a wingman, so it occurred to me ..."
"Nora, sweetie, I love you but, no ... you know I have the Seven Fishes in South Philly."
"No, not you, silly. We don't allow Italians on the Main Line anyhow. I was thinking ... oh!"
Nora's phone had buzzed. A text from Greg:
Not still mad re: Pack Attack r u? B back for NY Eve, the real party! Nite. Got to get my zzzzzz. Got 8 am gig, panel at Rutgers.
Nora held up her phone to Julia: "Some guy named Bullman wants to know if I'm mad he's chosen a football game on the frozen tundra of Lambeau Field over mistletoe with me. What should I tell him?"
"I leave that up to you, except for this: The final words should be 'and the horse you rode in on.'"
"So subtle, Fideli. How about this ...? " Nora spoke as she typed: "Sweet dreams, scribe. I'll review my offers and let you know whether I'm available New Year's Eve."
"Oooo, good one, girl. Put some fear of the competition in him."
"If only ...."
"So you were saying, before the boy wonder of Secaucus interrupted...?"
"Oh, yeah. Anyway, since Bullman's seeking out his Cheesehead roots, I'm thinking why not take ... Tony Razz? I'll get him cleaned up and respectable. Me bringing him will baffle and annoy my mom, which is always good. And Tony'll have a great time talking novels and classical music with Raj."
Julia's eyes got wide: "Wait, I'll go get some Tylenol. You must be feverish, because ya sure are delusional. That's your big plan to get back at Greg – taking some smelly, drunken old coot out to Mill Creek Road? And your poor mother – the loveliest woman, yet you torment her."
"A) Nothing pleases my mother like me disappointing her. And B) How do you know he's a drunk?"
"Nora, Nora – again, when a guy as smart as this Tony Razz ends up as down and out as he is, the grape is involved. Trust me."
"You don't know that, Julia. You're making a lot of assumptions."
The long reach of the grape
At that moment, because the universe has a sense of humor, Nora's cell buzzed.
She didn't recognize the number, but it was a 215, not an 888, so she hit Answer.
"Hello, is this Nora Gallagher?"
"Yes. Who's this?"
"Sgt. Pilcher down at the Sixth District station. I have a gentleman here who says he knows you. Says you're his guardian ... guardian angel actually."
"Ahh, so you do know him, Tony Razzolini? I had my doubts."
"What's he done, officer?"
"His usual. Got drunk at a local bar, started getting loud and abusing the customers. Bartender called us, and Tony tried to smack the responding officer with one of his canes. He's here on public drunkenness and assaulting an officer. We're holding him so he can calm down and dry out. Tony Razz. ... What a pain in the butt this guy is. Miss, what're you doing tangled up with him?"
"He's ... we're friends, that's all."
"Well, if you want to come down here and pick him up, we'll release him to you. We got better things to do that to carry through on these penny-ante charges. He's all yours if you want him, but my advice would be to let him stew a bit longer."
"I'll be there in 30 minutes, officer .... What was your name again, I'm sorry."
"Sergeant. Sgt. Pilcher, ma'am. Well, suit yourself. We'll be here when you get here."
Tomorrow: Tony Razz takes a long walk to gratitude.
Listen to the radio play version of Certain Poor Shepherds, on WHYY-FM, at 10 p.m. Dec. 23, 1 p.m. Christmas Eve, 6 p.m. Christmas Day, or with the audio player above. Starring Marty Moss-Coane, Dave Heller and other members of the WHYY team.
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