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Street Corner - June 2014
2014 AMSOIL/STREET RODDER Road Tour Schedule
Ladies and Gentlemen Start Your Engines
We're revving up for another amazing summer of cross-country cruising as the 2014 AMSOIL/STREET RODDERRoad Tours get ready to hit the highway. Join the fun by registering on the Road Tour 2014 section of the STREET RODDER website at streetrodder.com or by calling Jerry Dixey at the Road Tour toll-free hotline, (800) 664-1362.
The Roadtrippers.com Triple Crown Challenge is back for 2014. This year the Challenge includes the first three tours of the summer. All drivers who complete these three tours will receive a commemorative Roadtrippers.com Triple Crown Challenge jacket for their efforts.
The Vintage Air Tour
June 7-15
Vintage Air, San Antonio, Texas, to the 50th L.A. Roadsters Show, Pomona, California
Jack Chisenhall and Rick Love from Vintage Air lead the Tour to this Father's Day classic. It begins June 8 with a visit to the Alamo. Then it's northwest to Pomona with a stop at Hill's Hot Rods in Lubbock, Texas, and the Unser Racing Museum in Albuquerque, plus a beautiful drive from Flagstaff to Prescott, Arizona, and a visit to the shop of Jackie Howerton.
The MSRA Back to the 50's Weekend Tour
June 13-22
The 50th L.A. Roadsters Show, Pomona, California, to Back to the 50's, St. Paul, Minnesota
Las Vegas will be our first night stop after leaving Pomona on June 15. Highlights include Speedway Motors in Lincoln, Nebraska, home of the Smith Collection Museum of American Speed, and Bowman's Real Hot Rods and the auto collection of Larry Olson in Brandon.
The Aeromotive Tour
June 20-29
Back to the 50's, St. Paul, Minnesota, to the NSRA Rocky Mountain Nationals, Pueblo, Colorado
We head south after the car show on Sunday. The folks at Aeromotive are planning a party for us at their Kansas City area facility on Monday evening. On Tuesday we will roll toward the Rockies with stops in Wichita and Dodge City, Kansas, on our way to Pueblo.
The Eastwood Summer Classic Tour
July 18-26
The Syracuse Nationals, Syracuse, New York, to the Eastwood Summer Classic, Pottstown, Pennsylvania
We will spend a day in Massachusetts visiting shops on our way to the Eastwood Summer Classic car show. Highlights along the way include shops in New York, plus Competition Specialties, Extreme Machine Unlimited, and Factory Five Racing in the Boston area.
The Autopalooza.org Tour
August 9-16
A Week on Woodward Avenue near Detroit, Michigan
The Shades of the Past Tour
August 30-September 6
The 60th NHRA U.S. Nationals, Indianapolis, Indiana, to Shades of the Past, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
Indianapolis' famous Labor Day drag race is the starting point for our tour from Indy to the popular Shades of the Past Rod Run. On Friday of Labor Day weekend we will be in Auburn, Indiana, to tour museums, auctions, and flea markets.
The Dynamat Tour
September 5-14
Shades of the Past, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, to the NSRA Nationals North Plus, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Some great car collections and street rod shops in the Ohio area will highlight our ride to Kalamazoo. Before we get to Michigan, we will be making stops in Cincinnati, Columbus, and Youngstown, Ohio, including Flaming River's facility near Cleveland.
The Sherm's Custom Plating Tour
October 31-November 8
Sherm's Custom Plating, Sacramento, California, to the SEMA Show, Las Vegas, Nevada
We're going back to SEMA! We'll start in Sacramento and head to Las Vegas for the SEMA Show. The fun begins at Sherm's Custom Plating and Flowmaster's huge manufacturing facilities. We'll see Gene Winfield's shop, some private collections, and other locations on the way to Las Vegas and the largest auto industry show on earth.
SROY Earns Sweet Swag
Being selected as STREET RODDER magazine's Street Rod of the Year, presented by Painless Performance Products, is a pretty big honor. We like to think so, anyway. But in addition to the glory that comes with being chosen from the 2013 STREET RODDERTop 100 winners of the year (and from literally thousands of cars that we see at the car shows where our Top 100 program takes place), the annual winner is treated to some nice prizes. Our 2013 SROY winner was the 1964 Fairlane built by Rutterz Rodz in Bristol, Tennessee, and owned by Doyle Thomas of Longview, Texas. The extraordinary Fairlane was featured in the Apr. 2014 issue. As the winner of STREET RODDER's most prestigious award, Thomas has received a pair of unique prizes. One is a custom trophy, created from an air cleaner and decorated with the image of his car. The other is a personalized one-of-a-kind varsity letterman-style jacket stitched with his name, award title, and the Top 100 logo.
The 2014 STREET RODDER magazine Top 100 program, again presented by Painless Performance Products, is already underway. We will be selecting 10 cars from 10 different events throughout the season. For the schedule of events, visit our website at streetrodder.com.
Brian Brennan Added to GNRS Hall of Fame
Perhaps you're wondering why Brian Brennan, Editorial Director of this very magazine, was photographed standing behind a microphone at the 2014 Grand National Roadster Show. No, he's not singing the national anthem. He is addressing the 300-plus people in attendance at the luncheon where he was inducted into the GNRS Hall of Fame. The special event was held on Saturday during the Roadster Show festivities at the Fairplex in Pomona, California, site of the show since 2004.
The Grand National Roadster Show Hall of Fame was established in 1960 to recognize the builders, promoters, and journalists who have made an outstanding influential contribution to the GNRS and, by extension, to our hobby. Inductees are selected by the Hall of Fame members, who comprise the biggest names in street rodding. In addition to Brian Brennan, there were three other honorees for 2014: GNRS owner John Buck, hot rod and engine builder Jim Gonsalves, and Penny Pichette of West Coast Kustoms.
Slick Vic from Steve's
Traditional style with updated performance. Sounds like a pretty good way to build a street car. The guys at Steve's Auto Restorations (SAR) in Portland, Oregon, have applied that technique to everything they've built, including this in-progress 1951 Ford Victoria. Eric Black's illustration shows the body customized with a 1955 Crown Vic roof. The car will ride on an Art Morrison chassis with Schott Wheels. A Ford Boss 302 Coyote engine and TREMEC six-speed will provide forward (and reverse) motion. Plans for the interior include leather trim and contemporary creature comforts. Keep up to date with build photos on the SAR website at stevesautorestorations.com.
Just Friends
As we reported in the March issue, David Mayeur of Ponchatoula, Louisiana, was the winner of the 1932 Ford roadster giveaway prize at the 2013 Shades of the Past Car Show in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. In the photo, David is posing with Bobby Alloway and a young man named Knox, who was misidentified as David's son. Knox was chosen to draw the winning ticket and is not related to David. We apologize to our readers—and to the families involved—for any confusion.


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Assault Rifle Decks – AR Soloist
I've gotten a lot of positive feedback about my AR Soloist deck; while it's a fairly simple build from the start, some folks have asked how to build it up from the first ability point. I'm happy to oblige. This deck starts to do its job right out of the gate, making it excellent for newbies just getting started as well as experienced players looking to turn the harder missions easy. In any case, read through the cut for the essential guide to building the AR Soloist deck.

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Occasions and other occurrences hosted by Isabel Lewis
June 24, 2016–July 17, 2016, Dia Chelsea
Dia commissioned Isabel Lewis to realize her signature occasions over four consecutive weekends between Friday, June 24, and Sunday, July 17, 2016. Lewis's occasions are hosted on Friday evenings at Dia:Chelsea in New York City and continue on Saturday and Sunday afternoons at Scenic Hudson's Long Dock Park located adjacent to Dia:Beacon in Beacon, New York.
Lewis—who started her practice as a choreographer—has been investigating the role of artist as host since 2009. Guided by the expanded field of aesthetics, her occasions heighten the whole human sensorium while reorienting the body to its environment. Exploring modes of connection and attention, Lewis shapes a sensorial experience that responds to the energies of her guests. Her occasions investigate how the subtle introduction of a word, sound, movement, or scent can shift perception, redirect flow, and awaken the importance of being together.
The Friday evening occasions take place in a postindustrial building, where Lewis has designed an environment that integrates scent-scapes and wire-woven plant sculptures, composing a network of spaces in which guests can interact, explore, and relax. On these evenings, the oration and music take cues from Kizomba, a sensuous and slow partner dance that originated in Portuguese-speaking Africa.
On Saturdays and Sundays, the weekend continues with a Metro-North train ride along the Hudson River. Inspired by the serenity of the landscape, Lewis has composed a mixtape to accompany the journey. When the train arrives in Beacon, guests are guided to Scenic Hudson's Long Dock Park, where Lewis's outdoor composition engages the local ecology. Visitors are welcome to join the artist for conversation and contemplation, and to engage in dancing, listening, or simply coexisting.
All of the occasions offer an open score, during which guests may freely enter, exit, and revisit.
Dia Art Foundation, MTA Arts & Design, Metro-North Railroad, and Isabel Lewis collaborated to make a digital mixtape composed by the artist that accompanies the commute from Grand Central Terminal to Beacon.
This program is supported in part by Dia's Director's Council and the New York State Council on the Arts, a State agency.
Isabel Lewis
Isabel Lewis is of Dominican and American origin and was raised in southwestern Florida. From 2004 to 2009 she lived in New York City and presented commissioned dance work at the Dance Theater Workshop, Danspace Project at St. Mark's Church, Kitchen, Movement Research at Judson Church, New Museum of Contemporary Art, and Performance Space 122. In 2009 she moved to Berlin and began to explore a practice that negotiates different genres and contexts. Drawing from her background in choreography and literary criticism, Lewis uses the occasions to investigate both the role of the artist and the role of the host. Occasions have been presented by the Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Frieze London, Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, Kunsthalle Basel, Liverpool Biennial, and Tanz Im August Berlin.


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GDN Business Profile: Spiritually Inspired and Socially Innovative Housing Projectby GDN Shared Post August 7, 2010
In May of 2010, in Wilmington, NC, Mr. Vincent Burgess, Pres. of Kingdom Builders, Inc., a non-profit, housing development company unveiled his first affordable housing unit in a ceremony before family, friends and the general public.
The housing unit was a retrofitted cargo container that was turned into a one-bedroom apartment. Mr. Burgess, a licensed contractor, recognized the need for a more affordable housing option while working with another non-profit, whose mission was to help ex-offenders successfully transition back into society.
Kingdom builders, Inc. was started in 2009 with a mission of providing affordable housing to people with limited income. The homes had hard-wood floors, stainless steel appliances and other features that made a beautiful living space affordable.
The first cargo unit was developed to be a model for public viewing. This attractive air-conditioned unit has a small front porch, a full sized door into a fully functional retrofitted kitchen – then comes the full bathroom with a shower. There is a cozy living room with a sofa bed too. The living room looks out through a standard sized sliding glass door onto a sturdy patio.
Starting out with a world of faith and very little money, it took a crew of four, and three financial backers, several months to bring this project to completion. However, Mr. Burgess says that a similar model could be constructed in a matter of days. He said the hardest part of doing this project, was finding the container at the right price, waiting on the finances and getting the additional materials, that were eventually donated by friends, co-laborers in the industry and other supporters who believed in his vision.
The container size is 8'x40′. The estimated cost of a retrofitted container apartment is between $22,000.00 & $25,000.00 depending upon whether the owne r has a lot or needs to buy one.
It will rent for approximately $400.00 monthly as compared to a comparable size efficiency apartment that would rent for approximately $600.00 and up. When you add in the savings from heating and cooling cost you have quite an affordable option for a segment of an underserved market.
The next project is the development of eight units on a 70'x90′ lot. Ordinarily, such a lot would only hold two standard size apartments. He is being encouraged and supported by the City of Wilmington because he has numerous lots too small for traditional houses but more than adequate for his designs.
When asked what was the greatest lesson learned from this project, Mr. Burgess replied: "Never give up." He gives the credit to God, and his wife for inspiring him to keep working on this project until it was completed.
Persons interested in renting, building, donating or investing, call 910-409-6166.


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Biography of Clarence E. Gurnee
T/Sgt, Gunner B25 "Little Joe", 448th Bomb Squadron, 321st Bomb Group, 12th Air Force, U.S.A.A.F.
See Article "Stand Aside Boss" written by: Col. R. Knapp, 321st Group Commander and later 57th Bomb Wing Commander. This article appears in the Fall, 1990 issue Vol. XXIV, No. 3
The following is my dad's (Clarence E. "Shine" Gurnee, Tech Sgt., 321st, 448th, B25J "Little Joe") writing about his own experiences:
This article covers "skip bombing missions" on enemy shipping.
The 321st group trained for months to develop the art of low level skip bombing. We trained at Eglin Field (Navy Base) with torpedoes, but they were too big for our bomb bay and meant we would have to fly with the bomb bay doors open. This was not practical, since the open doors would greatly reduce our air speed.
The decision was made before going overseas to go with six 500 pound demolition bombs with a one second delay. It was the pilot's responsibility to drop the bombs as close to the hull of the vessel at "the point" of climbing over the hull. He "salvoed" (all at once) the bomb load.
This method of attacking shipping - if you could make the bomb run - was highly successful. You had to fly on "the deck" (as low to the water as possible). The props actually sprayed water on my turret dome. This was necessary to aid in the bomb run and to minimize enemy fighters from diving on us. They would not follow us in on the "bomb run" for fear of being hit by their own flak.
I made two skip bombing missions - both low level. It seems Colonel Knapp "picked on" the 448th squadron to fly the low element.
Most of the German convoys coming from Italy had (flak barges) Seibel ferries lashed to the hulls of the vessels. These flak barges had the guns so mounted as to get minus deflection. This allowed them to shoot into the water (and track your flight) hoping you would hit the "water spouts" going at an air speed of 275 mph. All the vessels had both 20mm and 88mm deck guns. So now you and twelve /B-25's at 8,000 feet (with 25 P-38 fighter escort) approach the convoy.
The date is 03-29-1943, and Rommel badly needs supplies and reinforcements. Our briefing tells us where the convoy is headed and about 60 - ME 109's are flying cover for the convoy.
This was the fifth mission for us and the first sea sweep. We left our base at Ain Melia, Algeria, at 10:00 hours and not much conversation took place once we were airborne.
It seemed only a short time from take-off when the convoy was sighted. The high level group was over the convoy and drawing considerable flak and attention from the ME-109's. As we neared the first ship (a huge troopship), I heard our pilot, Lt. Sinclair, say to Lt. Ole Veum (lead ship), "Let's both take this one". Lt. Stewart (in a third plane) peeled off from us to attack a smaller ship.
Then, all hell broke loose - fighters being shot down and falling around us. Tracers and huge water spouts were "popping up" as we started our bomb run. As Lt. Stewart's plane (named "Trouble") started his bomb run, the plane hit a water spout and literally disintegrated before our eyes.
We continued the bomb run. Both Veum's plane and ours pulled up over the hull and dropped our bomb loads. As the bombs were released, we actually lifted up in the air several feet. As we flew over the deck (between the masts), I could see the flak barges, men on the deck, tanks, trucks, gunners, etc. "Eye to eye", as Colonel Knapp claims he would like to see the enemy.
Almost immediately after passing over the ship (from my turret) you could see a big blast at the mid-section of the ship. Debris was flying all over the sky as the ship was sinking. It was then heard Lt. Sinclair ask about damage to "Little (Lil') Joe". You couldn't believe a plane could take such damage and still fly.
We had taken an 88mm shell at close range (it didn't explode) that passed just outside the engine nacelle on the Co-pilot's side and left a big hole in the wing and tore away the right rudder. On the pilot's side, an 88mm shell passed through the wing between the engine and fuselage. Both Lt. Sinclair and Lt. Cassels (co-pilot) got blisters on their hands trying to keep Little Joe from going into the sea. We thought about "ditching" her, but the pilots nursed the plane home, over 200 miles.
When we landed, the ground crews were ecstatic. Ole Veum saw our plight and thought we were mince-meat for the ME-109's fighters, but they never followed up. Those ground crew guys really sweated it out waiting for our return. Later, the guys dug out several small flak shell fragments elsewhere in the plane's fuselage, with the words "Krupp works" on the pieces.
We lost two planes in our low level of six. None were lost in the high level. A co-pilot (Lt. Welton) from Oshkosh, Wisconsin, on Stewart's crew, was killed. It was his first mission. The troop ship had 5,000 Germans and their equipment on it, according to our intelligence reports. Overall, three ships were sunk on this raid. The high level sunk a merchant vessel and the other three low level planes sunk a cruiser, but we lost a plane in this encounter. The convoy was completely destroyed in follow-up attacks by the Mitchells, two days later.
One week later, we were scheduled for another low element sea sweep. Needless to say, everyone "sweated out" being the low level flight when sea sweeps were scheduled. We didn't sleep at all the night before the mission. Little Joe was grounded for a month for repairs and we were sick about flying a different plane. But, we made the mission. This convoy was not heavily armed and our P-38 escort cleaned up on the ME-109's. In fact, the P-38's strafed the Seibel ferries and deck guns. That's air superiority for you.
Little Joe got patched up and had over 80 missions on it before I left on 01-19-1944. Other crews used our plane until replacements came over.
----- Clarence Gurnee
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2011 Pirates Season Tickets Arrive
The 2011 is getting close, as my Season Tickets have arrived.
This year I will only hold season tickets to the Pirates. Last year, I was a 20 game Cleveland Indians season ticket holder, and a 13 game Cincinnati Reds season ticket holder. I decided not to renew either of those plans. I've also decreased my Pittsburgh Pirates season ticket account from three tickets per game to two tickets per game.
Here is the booklet cover design for the 2011 season:
The 2011 season tickets feature four players: Andrew McCutchen, Neil Walker, Pedro Alvarez, and Jose Tabata – the core four young players. I like the design. Last year's featured Zach Duke, Charlie Morton, Andy LaRoche, Garrett Jones, Andrew McCutchen, and Ross Ohlendorf. Each player took up one ticket on an uncut sheet of six. The tickets looked good, but Andrew McCutchen was the only player that had a decent season of the six. Now, a look at the tickets:
Andrew McCutchen:
Neil Walker:
Pedro Alvarez:
Jose Tabata:
Also, in the package was my 2011 Pirates season ticket card:
The card is key for me, as it allows for me to get in early for batting practice. I'll need it, since I want to trade in many of my season tickets for give away games and use the free tickets that my girlfriend gets each game from the Pirates as my game entry tickets.
Also included was a letter from Frank Coonelly. Previous letters focused on all of the improvements that the team had made during the off-season. They often predicted a return to glory, etc. Well, coming off of a 105 loss season, this letter basically stated that we play the Orioles in Interleague play, and thank you for coming back.
Dear Erik Jabs,
Enclosed you will find your season tickets for the 2011 season. Opening Day is almost upon us and we are anxious to get the 2011 season started.
On behalf of the Pirates organization, I want to express our sincere thanks for your support. Your loyalty to and faith in the organization make every member of the Club even more determined to perform at a very high level, both on the field and in every other aspect of our relationship to you. You deserve nothing less from us.
As you know, we have an outstanding home schedule this season, including Interleague series against the Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers. In addition, we have many terrific promotions on the schedule in 2011, highlighted by the 40th anniversary celebration of the 1971 World Series Championship when we host another exciting Interleague series against the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday June 21st.
As always, if you have any questions about your tickets, your account or anything as it related to the Pirates, please do not hesitate to contact your account representative.
Again, thank you for choosing to get on board for the 2011 season of Pittsburgh Pirates baseball, and I look forward to seeing you at PNC Park on Thursday April 7th at 1:35 pm for the Home Opener against the Colorado Rockies.
Frank Coonelly
The letter barely makes me excited for the outlook of the team for the 2011 season. I am very excited though, as I am planning on attending many games at PNC Park again this year, as well as making road trips to Washington, Cleveland, Chicago, Cincinnati, and Milwaukee, with possibly a few more cities.
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levynagy wrote:Read all this thread and follow my posts in there and you will be good to go: viewtopic.php?f=136&t=92991&start=100 And have an awesome New Year!
vital5050 wrote:BTW. i have a problem on my association game. rookies that where generated by the computer is bug. there are rookies on other teams who are supposed to be drafted until next season and they have 0/expired contracts. how can i get rid of them?
vital5050 wrote:Oh my! good idea! does this mean i need to start a new association game? thanks!
vital5050 wrote:hmmm.. why are the new players have wrong portraits and no head and white arms? how can i fix? i love your roster!
vital5050 wrote:the patch works! yea there are some missing but still ok. i will just edit the player rating
OMG! i downloaded the barclays center patch in this forum and installed it. but when im playing the nets home game, my game crashes!
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vital5050 wrote:another problem is every time i created a team the players names were mixed up. like i duplicate deron williams after i press ok he will give me a player named deron mason?, lol. just the names, the players cf, rating every thing is fine, only their names always got mixed up. how to fix?
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22 February 2013 | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau
SHL invests $40 mn in production facilities
Singapore: Taiwan-based drug delivery firm, SHL is planning to expand its production facilities with an investment of $40 million. SHL will invest primarily in molding, material handling, assembly and automation capabilities.
Production will be ramped up at several facilities in Taiwan, Taoyuan One and various NanKan sites. Increased capacity will allow SHL the flexibility to provide higher quantities of devices each month. In addition to auto injectors, SHL produce pen injectors, infusors and inhaler systems. The company now has well over 2,200 staff globally and will be hiring several hundred new employees in Taiwan this year.
CEO Roger Samuelsson commented, "Five years ago I signed a letter of intent with the Taiwan government promising to invest $100 Million here. We kept our promise and even completed that investment early. Now we will spend another $40 Million 2013. Our auto injector business is one of the key drivers to this expansion of production capacity. Our customers are bringing more biologics to market and SHL is going to ensure that we meet their needs."
"In the current climate, technologies that enable remote monitoring of patients and support the delivery of better health outcomes, for less cost and with less wastage, are extremely important. Nexus6 also provides a unique supporting technology for asthma clinical trials," he added.


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Stanley's books focus primarily on personal development and lifestyle enhancement.
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Grieving military families will get an additional measure of protection from protesters as a new bill is expected to be signed into law Aug. 14 at the Illinois State Fair.
Sponsored by State Rep. Kay Hatcher, R-Yorkville, House Bill 180 expands the perimeter of privacy protecting grieving families from protesters to 300 feet from 200 feet. It also prohibits protests from 30 minutes before the funeral begins to 30 minutes after the service ends.
Hatcher said in a prepared statement that the bill was a simple issue of respect and consideration owed to families saying goodbye to a loved one.
Ed Yohnka, spokesman for the American Civil Liberties Union, said the new law would still be unconstitutional.
"The problem is, in this instance, that this is essentially a ban on images and words that folks like the Westboro Baptist Church use when they protest across the street from funerals," Yohnka said. "We believe it is an erroneous interpretation of the 'fighting words' doctrine."
First Amendment free speech rights do not give someone the right to say something that is known to provoke violence, the basis of the "fighting words" doctrine, he said.
"Whatever one thinks of the views of the Westboro Baptist Church, they are often silent in protest and hold up signs in a public place, in public space that does not rise to the threshold of 'fighting words,' " Yohnka said.
Ron Singer, Fourth Ward Alderman in Geneva and a Korean War veteran, said he felt comfortable with the direction of Hatcher's legislation.
"I have attended a great number of those funerals of veterans and even if it's not a veteran, I think the family should be given that sense of privacy and respect," Singer said.
"I would think it [the law] would protect the First Amendment. It's going to be interesting to see if this will be adjudicated."
Veronica Storck, deputy assistant state captain for the Illinois Patriot Guard, said the legislation was welcome.
"I think it's fantastic," Storck said. "We don't see near as much protesters as we used to. Anything that can keep them back from that family, we are absolutely 100 percent for."
The patriot guard began attending funerals of soldiers to protect protesters from the Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas.
Bill would allow more protection at military funerals; ACLU says it's unconstitutional
Grieving military families will get an additional measure of protection from protesters as a new bill is expected to be signed into law Aug. 14 at the Illinois State Fair.


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Posted: May 26, 2013
by Kevin Rhoads, Harvard head coach for men's and women's golf
In the past couple of weeks the Harvard Men's and Women's golf teams concluded their 2012-2013 campaign. The men wrapped up their year at the Ivy Championships in Maryland and the women at NCAA Regionals in Palo Alto, California. It was a season of transition and growth, adversity and progress.
2012-2013 Men's Team Final Notes:
On the men's side, the season started out with a change in the head coaching position and coaching structure. Every coach asks unique things of their players and brings their own style to the team. It takes time to internalize those changes and reconcile them with existing strong points of both individual team members and the team itself. In addition to the coaching change, the team faced the loss of two of their historic top performers to graduation, the loss of one of their starters to a wrist injury for the spring season, and the normal ins and outs of being an in-season student-athlete at Harvard.
During the year, the men showed flashes of brilliance, incredible work ethic, and a desire to improve. "Talent" can be defined as the ability to respond to effort. Their hard work and desire will likely pay dividends soon. Luckily the team loses no one to graduation. Combining the progress made by this season's team with the influx of three strong recruits arriving in September, I'm looking forward to a strong season next year.
2012-2013 Women's Team Final Notes:
The women's team also experienced some uncharacteristic challenges. They met adversity head on. They had to deal with the new coaching dynamic – sharing their head coach and the addition of Claire Sheldon as the assistant coach. Injury prevented two of the five team members from practicing at even close to ideal capacity and a third went through some technique transition.
This was our most talented top-5 that we have had on the women's team and that showed in the fall with a dramatic improvement in team scoring average. Despite huge work and dedication from each team member, carrying only five players created a few challenges. The smaller team took away the dynamic of internal pressure during qualifying and added pressure on everyone to travel. Despite those hurdles, the team was able to win their second Ivy Championship in a row and fourth in six years – a good indication that what they work on and how they work on it has been very successful.
Similar to the men, the ladies team will remain fully intact next year and will add some strong new players.
Closing Thoughts:
The goals for all team members in the program are as follows:
- That they know and understand themselves, their golf games, and the modes in which they perform their best – their Ideal Performance State
- That they work to produce the controllable factors of those states every time they practice, every time they play a qualifying round, and every time they play a tournament round.
We as a program will continue to work to be the best we can be both in the classroom and on the course, applying lessons learned in both areas.
One final time for the year, I'd like to thank all of the team members, the parents and families of the team members, and all of the Friends of Harvard golf for all of their efforts, support, and generosity over the course of the year. We'll look forward to getting back to work in the fall.


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Theater review by Raven Snook. Baruch Performing Arts Center (see Off Broadway). Music by Dov Seltzer. Book and lyrics by Itzik Manger, Shmuel Bunim, Haim Hefer and Seltzer. Dir. Motl Didner. With ensemble cast. 1hr 30mins. No intermission.
The Jewish holiday of Purim passed in February, but you can still celebrate at the Folksbiene Yiddish Theatre's carnival-themed musical, which relates the biblical story of Esther through the words of celebrated 20th-century Yiddish poet Itzik Manger. Originally produced on Broadway in the late '60s, this revival integrates elements of circus, puppetry and commedia dell'arte—thanks to Circus Amok and Great Small Works vet Jenny Romaine, who designed the sets and costumes, and lends the company some much-needed cool cred.
Like most Folksbiene fare, the show is performed in the not-quite-dead-but-gravely-ill language of Yiddish (thankfully for English speakers, the supertitles are in verse, not a literal translation). However, this Purim Spiel—which giddily recounts how the nubile Queen Esther (Stacey Harris) saved the Jews from extinction with proletarian revolution undertones—boasts a freshness and vitality the almost-100-year-old troupe often lacks.
The nine-member cast—led by Tony nominee Stephen Mo Hanan as the fakakta king—sing and shtick their tuchuses off in multiple roles. Standouts include Andrew Keltz as Esther's jilted beau and tailor Fastrigosse (a character invented by Manger as a bit of an inside joke since the author was known as "a master tailor of the written word") and the lovely Rebecca Keren as executed Queen Vashti. But the real star may be the rousing klezmer band: Its music is so gleeful it shakes any of the genre's mothballs right off.—Raven Snook
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December 2011 Hometown Hot Rodding
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1971 Buick Riviera
Ron Daugherty Pocatello, ID
Ron Daugherty is quick to point out that the rare one-of-a-kind Buick Riviera boat-tail only appeared in 1971 and 1972. The premium-level Buick achieved mixed reviews within GM and with customers in general, but Ron says owners of these unique cars should feel lucky as the boat-tail Riv almost didn't make it beyond the prototype stage. Fortunately, the Riviera was scheduled for production for two years, after which the distinctive shape dissolved into history. Riviera expert Ron says most boat tails found homes in the northeast between New York and Chicago, and weren't produced long enough to spread throughout the United States. We're not sure about that one, since we've certainly seen them all over, but there could be some truth to the claim.
Ron's painstakingly accurate '71 Riviera restoration was mostly undertaken between 1997 and 2002, but continues today. The personal luxury coupe is largely stock, with its cornucopia of factory amenities intact and working with Swiss watch precision. (Sorry smokers, the original hidden ashtray has been removed!) Don't think, however, that Ron is satisfied to ride glassy-eyed in the slow lane. This Champagne Pearl Beige sled packs an intercooled P-1SC ProCharger that feeds a nearly stock Buick 455ci for around 550 hp. The car has also been lowered 2.5 inches (on QA1 adjustable shocks) for a sleeker look.
1964 Chevrolet Bel Air
Butch Grooms Morristown, TN
Flipping hamburgers at a local drive-in while in high school enabled Butch Grooms to purchase a '64 Chevy Impala. But after several years of running it to death and rebuilding, Butch traded it off in the early '80s. At the time, Butch had no idea how influential that Impala was; with each passing year, he missed it more and more. Then in 2005, this '64 Bel Air showed up. It was a post car, and just begging to be redone. Not too long after this juncture, Butch's sister, June, died, imparting a new sense of importance to the Bel Air. This Chevy was built in June of 1964—the same as the birth of his sister! After June died in November of 2006, the two-door sedan acquired the same nickname as Butch's sis: "JuneBug."
Butch tells us the Bel Air's engine is a 300hp 327ci small-block that powers a three-speed automatic and a factory Positraction rearend. He credits Rick Michaels of White Pine, Tennessee, for accomplishing the frame-up resto and mile-deep Bahama Blue metallic and pearl white paint. Fullsize Chevy aficionados take note: Butch kept the Bel Air look with the double taillights and sedan roof, but added every chrome piece or accessory that could be had in 1964, thereby elevating it to the Impala look. Johnny Stines, a local icon, stitched the interior in white vinyl, recreating the sedan stitching and blue carpet to keep the plain Bel Air look. The end result is an Impala/Bel Air mix named JuneBug that Butch's sister would be proud of.
1969 Dodge Coronet
Jeff Clise Denton, MD
Jeff Clise purchased his '69 Dodge Coronet just before entering his junior year of high school in 1976. Back in those days, nobody had any idea how valuable the late-'60s Chrysler B-Bodies would become—they were just used cars filtering into the secondary market. But as we know, all that changed. Jeff got married in 1985 after finishing college, then started his business and a family. After 25 years of the car sitting in storage, he finally brought the car to The Hot Rod Garage in Denton, Maryland, for a complete rebuild.
The car is now equipped to perform light-years ahead of its OEM configuration, and takes advantage of a modern-handling Reilly Motorsports front suspension, 13-inch brakes, power rack-and-pinion steering, and custom-built 17-inch Magnum 500 wheels. Jeff hasn't neglected the engine compartment either: a 472ci Ray Barton Hemi with two four-barrel carbs provides angry quantities of torque to a 518 overdrive transmission and a narrowed Dana 60 rear. Indoors, the attitude is a bit more restrained with a fresh black leather interior, cruise control, and crisp, cool air conditioning. Being a Mopar, it's only natural that it wear one of Ma Chrysler's outrageous colors, so a custom pearl version of Sublime Green was laid onto the steel, followed by the Coronet's trademark Superbee stripes, and six coats of clear.
Jeff's elated to have the Coronet back on the road after 25 years, and he recently realized his dream by unveiling it at the Goodguys Nationals in Columbus, Ohio. Jeff gives kudos to Ray Bartlett and the rest of the crew at The Hot Rod Garage for helping his fantasy become reality!
1968 Chevy Camaro
Jay Fredericks Almonte, Ontario, Canada
Ten years ago, Jay Fredericks' wife found this '68 Camaro under a pile of snow just outside of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Jay writes: "I brought my dad to look at it with me the next day. When we picked it up it had been turned into a stereo competition car, very poorly I might add." The body was good to go, but the interior metalwork was totally shot. Jay and his dad spent the next couple of years tearing it apart and cleaning the underside of the car, all with the anticipation of the much cooler performance goodies that were to come. It took another couple of years before Jay found the money to do the job the way he wanted. The list of upgrades includes an LS6 powerplant from a '02 Z06, a T56 six-speed with a Pro 5.0 shifter and LS7 clutch assembly with full hydraulic linkage, a 12-bolt rearend with 4.10 gears, QA1 shocks, Hotchkis drop leaves in the rear, Eibach springs in front with SSBC drop spindles, SSBC four-wheel disc brake conversion, 18-inch Foose Monterrey wheels with Nitto NT555 tires, and Global West control arms.
After 10 years of moving the car around and finally getting the job done, Jay says it's very nice to just get out and drive! Says Jay: "I would like to thank my dad for all the hard work he has put into this car over the years. Without him it just wouldn't have been possible."


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The City of Taylor Treasurer's office is essentially the tax collection arm of the City. It is responsible for collecting all monies payable to the City of Taylor including taxes, water bills, licenses, and permit fees at the cashier's window, located off of the Pine Street (west) entrance to City Hall.
ATM Now Available in City Hall Atrium
An ATM is now located in the City Hall Atrium, just steps away from the Cashier's Window at the Treasurer's Office. The Treasurer's Office is located adjacent to the Pine Street entrance to the building.
Foreclosure Prevention
The Michigan Homeowner Assistance Nonprofit Housing Corporation (MHA) in collaboration with the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA), received federal funds in 2010 from the U.S. Department of the Treasury to help Michigan take a step forward through a comprehensive, statewide strategy that is aimed at helping homeowners prevent foreclosure and stabilize communities. To find out more about the program, view the Step Forward Michigan website.
Drop Box
For your convenience, there is a drop box located at the Pine Street entrance to City Hall for payments that don't require a receipt. (Your cancelled check will serve as a receipt.)
Online Payments
Personal property taxes and water bills may be paid online for an additional fee using the Official Payments Service.
Wayne County Kiosk Program
Wayne County Treasurer's Office is accepting payments for delinquent taxes on the all-new DTE Kiosk Network. Taxpayers can make payments and look up account details, research tax information, pay with check, cash or credit card -- and also pay your DTE Energy bills. The kiosks are located in Rite-Aid stores and several other locations throughout metro-Detroit, including the Rite-Aid store at 5811 Telegraph Road near Van Born. Although the majority of the 21 kiosks are currently located in Detroit, the network will be expanding. In addition, you can go to the Wayne County Treasurer's site for a list of locations. To learn more about the kiosk program, view the Wayne County Treasurer website.


text: This Presidents' Day, join us in celebrating our two heads of state that are now residing in the Gray's Reef exhibit at our Washington, DC, venue. Two adorable baby loggerhead sea turtles, named Jimmy and Teddy, came to their new temporary home in the nation's capital from the North Carolina Aquarium, which is leading an effort to help rebuild sea turtle populations. The two turtles are named after presidents Jimmy Carter and Teddy Roosevelt. Roosevelt was well known for his conservation role while president; he greatly expanded the National Parks System. The National Aquarium's freshwater gallery represents many of our National Parks today. Similarly, President Jimmy Carter designated Gray's Reef, in the southeastern United States, as a National Marine Sanctuary. A Gray's Reef exhibit is also represented at the Aquarium, and is the current home for the loggerheads. Sea turtles have a challenging life. Weighing just 20 grams at birth, they face many natural predators both on the sandy beaches where they are hatched and in the oceans where they will dwell when they get older. Loggerheads were once actively hunted for their eggs and meat, and still are in some places of the world. Because of their low survival rate, they have been classified as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. In order to help save these magnificent animals from extinction, we participate in the North Carolina Aquarium's program that gives baby sea turtles a better chance at survival. Through this program, sea turtle hatchlings spend time in aquariums where they can safely grow. Once they are given a clean bill of health and an extra boost of nutrition, they are released back to the ocean. The turtles were hatched on September 1 in North Carolina, and were brought to the Aquarium in mid-November. They have already tripled their weight since they arrived! The turtles now weigh more than 350 grams each. It is estimated that they will weigh around 1,500 grams (a little over 3 pounds) by fall when they will be returned to North Carolina for release into the ocean. Eventually, these turtles could weigh up to 200 pounds! Under the Aquarium's care, the turtles are measured monthly and will undergo exams with X-rays and blood work at 6 months old and 1 year old. The staff is also monitoring their calcium levels to ensure healthy shell growth. They are pole fed by the staff, who have noticed that the turtles love to steal food from the fish. They are very quick and love diving to the bottom to pick up leftovers that the fish don't eat. Next time you are visiting Washington, DC, stop in to see our adorable heads of state, and salute two presidents who contributed so much to the conservation of some of the most precious habitats our great country has to offer! Tags: animal-babies, animal-rescue, aquarium, Conservation, endangered-sea-turtles, loggerhead-sea-turtle, national-aquarium-2, sea-turtle, sea-turtles, turtles, washington-dc Categories: Animals, Conservation Previous Post Next Post


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AboutSF at Nerd Nite - Lawrence
On 16 Dec, 2015 By Adam Mills 0 Comments
This past Wednesday, the Lawrence chapter of Nerd Nite put on a spectacular round of presentations devoted to a franchise near and dear to (or disliked by) many in the science fiction community: Star Wars. With The Force Awakens coming to theaters in less than a week(!), many have been chomping at the bit and looking at both prospective new installments, prognosticating what's to come, and looking back on the older films, once again assessing their place in SF and movie history.