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PSU begins Community Campaign
Tuesday, March 5, 2013 2:00 AM
Pittsburg, KS
Business leaders from across Crawford County came together at Pittsburg State University on March 5 to kick off PSU's annual Community Campaign. President Steve Scott said the event symbolized a relationship that extends back to 1907.
"It was community and university leaders who, in 1907, worked together to help secure state funding for the construction of what would become Russ Hall," Scott said. "They understood the power of community, and knew the transformational change that an institution like Pittsburg State would have upon the region."
The president said support for projects such as the Center for the Arts, the future indoor event center and an increasing number of scholarships are all evidence that the spirit of cooperation and partnership continues today.
In his remarks, President Scott paid homage to Pittsburg Community Schools, USD 250, which was recognized as the recipient of the 2013 Rex W. Crowley Outstanding Partner in Progress Award. The award recognizes a member of the Pittsburg community who has been an outstanding partner with the University. It is named for Rex W. Crowley, a well-known figure in the local banking community for many years and a volunteer and friend of the university.
Scott noted the long partnership between the district and the university, citing statistics that showed that in the past seven years, USD 250 has hosted more than 90 percent of PSU's undergraduate practicum students in the areas of reading, ESOL and special education and approximately 15 percent of PSU's student teachers.
In addition, members of the USD 250 faculty and staff have conducted workshops for PSU students in classroom management, taught PSU courses as adjuncts and have served on advisory boards for undergraduate and graduate level programs.
In return, PSU faculty members have conducted workshops and professional development opportunities for USD 250 educators. Pittsburg State also offers an Early Career Teacher Academy that helps mentor first- and second-year teachers, a workshop in which USD 250 has participated every year.
"It's clear that Pittsburg State University has a wonderful working relationship with USD 250," Scott said.
Superintendent Destry Brown accepted the award for the district.
The Community Campaign began with the merger of the PSU Endowment Association and the PSU Foundation in 1985. Funds raised through the campaign support scholarships, academic programs and other university needs. This year's Community Campaign co-chairpersons are Kim Clark, co-owner of Little Shop of Flowers; and Paul Christman, president of Community National Bank and Trust.
Christman said the generosity of the community never ceased to amaze him and he said support for the university was a benefit for the community.
"This helps not just Pittsburg State University," Christman said. "it is helping our own community and our own economy. We truly depend on each other."

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Archive - Apr 2008 - Article
April 16th
Who's No. 1: Rose or Beasley?
By Aran Smith
Last year the Greg Oden vs. Kevin Durant debate began midway through the season and turned into the biggest hoops discussion of the year, raging all the way to draft night with the Trail Blazers ultimately taking the big man out of Ohio State with the top pick.
April 15th
Euroleague Stock Watch: Quarterfinal Round
By Simon Dresden
And the there were four. From the quarterfinal on the teams are paired in do or die series depending on their results from the pre rounds group phase. The winners of those series are then participants for the Final Four event in Madrid next month.
April 14th
2008 Portsmouth Invitational Tournament: Top Prospects
By Borko Popic
April 13th
Stock Watch: National Championship
Stock Watch: National Championship
By Aran Smith
After taking a week to digest the final game and speaking with NBA scouts about the top prospects, here's a look at who helped and hurt themselves in last Monday's National Championship game.
2008 Portsmouth Invitational Tournament: Day 4
By Borko Popic
Day 4-April 12, 2008
Game 9- 7th Place Game
Cherry, Bekaert & Holland 94 – Holiday Inn Portsmouth 80
In the toilet-bowl game, CB&H were finally able to get into the win column. Being down by 6, they caught fire in the second half, and cruised to an easy victory against the winless Holiday Inn Portsmouth team.
Cherry, Bakaert & Hollan
April 12th
Sophomore Review
By Ryan Reed
The Jump. That is what GM's expect from their sophomore studs. As rookies, they are given the benefit of the doubt. It's the first time through everything. The travel, the money, the expectations, the League. By their second year, they are expected to produce. With this in mind, let's take a look at the players who successfully made The Jump this season.
[img_assist|nid=3347|title=Rudy Gay - Icon SMI|desc=|link=none|align=right|width=300|height=451]Rudy Gay, Memphis Grizzlies
April 11th
2008 Portsmouth Invitational Tournament: Day 3
By Borko Popic
Day 3-April 11, 2008
Game 6- Consolation Game
Norfolk Sports Club 89 - Cherry, Bekaert & Holland 88
Two losing teams from the previous day met in the early matchup. A fairly exciting game that went down the wire, where Chris Lofton hit a tough 3 point shot to give his squad a 1 point victory.
Norfolk Sports Club
April 10th
2008 Portsmouth Invitational Tournament: Day 2
By Borko Popic
Day 2-April 10, 2008
Game 3- Consolation Game
Sales System 92 - Holiday Inn-Portsmouth 84
The early game of the day allowed for a second chance to see some of the players from last night. A poor shooting performance by both teams, Sales System took the early lead, and had no troubles closing the game out.
Sales System
2008 Hoop Summit: Analyzing the World Team
By Simon Dresden
The 2008 Nike Hoops Summit game will take place on Saturday, April 12, at the Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon. The game will be shown on Fox Sports Net at will tip-off at 4:00 p.m. (EST). The following is an analysis of the World Select Team.
Serge Ibaka 6-10 PF Congo
April 9th
2008 Portsmouth Invitational Tournament: Day 1
By Borko Popic
Day 1-Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Game 1
Tidewater Sealants 99 - Holiday Inn-Portsmouth 81


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Go to Tokyo, it is said, and you'll see the future.
The idea may hold true if you visit the Japanese capital's neon-lit Ginza district, where futuristic fashionistas use cutting-edge technology. But the future doesn't look so bright if applied to measures of the Japanese economy, where quarterly gross domestic product (GDP), released yesterday, shrank 3.5 per cent on an annualised basis, the weakest result since last year's devastating tsunami.
In Europe, the situation looks similarly dire. German GDP figures will be released on Thursday night, and analysts, on average, believe the powerhouse economy will barely manage growth of 0.1 per cent. Greece's latest austerity budget all but guarantees another year of contraction for Europe's sickest state, and the pain in Spain, of course, continues to reign.
Notwithstanding growth in China and the United States (something largely dependent on artificial fiscal and monetary stimulus) all this begs the question: where should you put your money in a world that lacks aggregate economic expansion, where the market for gold and precious metals looks overdone and cash is likely to earn ever-diminishing returns?
But it also begs another question: where to invest if this no or low-growth environment is here to stay? Should we continue to embrace the next emerging markets?
Institutional investors who once looked at India and China are now looking to Africa; soon they'll have to find somewhere undiscovered. Should we chase the next tech stock? With Apple shares down more than 20 per cent from their September peak, Wall Street is looking for the next low-hanging fruit; will there be another Facebook? Or should we take up a new paradigm entirely? If we're facing a post-growth world in economics, should investing be post-growth as well?
Obviously, this is problematic – an investment without growth must mean an investment without gain.
But just as Japan hasn't fallen to bits despite a largely static GDP over the past 20 years (indeed, on measures such as life expectancy, per capita income and housing affordability, life has improved greatly) an investment made without the expectation of growth can still produce a healthy and reliable return.
More to the point, however, investing without growth as the sole objective can mean a more holistic focus on other measures, just as post-growth economics shifts the imperative from quantitative expansion to qualitative development.
By looking at an investment, such as a share, from the perspective of its leverage, its revenue history or its operating cash flows, one needn't get caught up in the hype of forward earnings projections that doesn't just characterise speculative bubbles, but describes the core of mainstream investment thinking.
While we often hear of social and environmental factors expressed as part of a triple-bottom-line, they should more appropriately be classed as part of a company's assets and liabilities, rather than nebulous outputs on a periodic income statement.
After all, just as there are sustainable limits to the world's natural resources, there are sustainable limits to a company's balance sheet before it becomes overextended. A business's social, environmental or cultural capital may appear as intangible items under current linear accounting standards. But in a potential post-growth world, these properties deserve further consideration, because a post-growth world is likely to price such business qualities.
And correct pricing is what is required. Just as polluters are unlikely to reduce emissions without an imposed cost, investors are unlikely to reward virtue without a tangible reward derived from an agreed valuation. Carbon is the most noticeable market for such environmental assets, but attempts have been made to cost and trade water, bio-diversity and even cultural heritage.
We all know, for instance, that clean lakes, healthy forests and historic buildings are valuable. Pricing these may seem distasteful, but they will never be protected by altruism alone.
Although pricing is chiefly the prerogative of regulators, markets are springing up to make these intangibles tangible and to reward investors and enterprises, public and private, that place value on them. Fascinating innovations are occurring in the world of "impact investing" too, where investments are explicitly made to create social as well as economic good.
Impact investing was this week forecast to double in Britain, where pioneering work has been done.
It ranges from social bonds (in which, for example, investors can pay prisons to improve rehabilitation efforts and earn a cut of the savings from reduced recidivism) to micro loans and now micro equity (in which tiny third-world start-ups can be financed through debt or risk).
There is also the philanthro-capitalism of entrepreneurs such as Richard Branson or Dick Smith, and "B" or "Benefit Corporations" of various US states, which have social or environmental objectives hardwired into their articles of association.
Impact investing is estimated by JPMorgan and the Rockefeller Foundation to increase ten-fold over the next decade. As a sector, it promises an exponential growth curve, yet it is also entirely post-growth in ethos and outlook.
But just as policymakers need new measurements to wean themselves off GDP, which is based on transactions and little else, investors ultimately need accounting that better values non-financial factors.
What the eventual alternatives to raw profit-and-loss are in the investment world is as yet unknown, but moves to embrace post-GDP measures economically such as the UN's human development index, Bhutan's gross national happiness index or the EU and Canada's genuine progress indicator, [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genuine-progress-indicator] offer hope.
Now that would represent genuine progress and a financial future worth getting excited about.
Michael Feller is an investment strategist at Macro Investor, Australia's leading independent investment newsletter covering stocks, trades, property and fixed interest. A free 21 day trial is available.
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When I was a little girl, I had a problem with nosebleeds. It wasn't enough that I already socially maimed, being weird and half-feral and creepily thin and of a kind of fish flavored superimmigrant stock that even being born here had no effect on, I also had to profusely bleed from my nose without warning or reason, bloodying polyester hand-me-downs and dresses my mom made and orange berets that made me look like a little decorative pumpkin and buster brown shoes and small desk/chair combinations and jungle gyms and brown paper bag covered school books and even other children(!).
Now I realize it was because even then my sinuses were dry and worn out and inflamed from the monstrous amount of dust I would breathe in at the constantly under construction site of my ancestral home, but doctors in the 70s didn't really think about the dangers of dust, and we had limited money for office visits and preventive medication. It wouldn't be until I was well into my adulthood that I would discover neti pots and the sinu-pulse and inhalers and nasal steroids and blessed loratadine and develop a passionate love-hate relationship with prednisone.
So for most of my formative years, I just bled out of my fucking face. I could tell when it was starting, the copper penny itchy trickle that would start down the back of my throat first. I could taste it and I could smell it and I knew it was happening again and I couldn't do anything to stop it. I would optimistically try to just tilt my head back and allow the blood to just flow uninterrupted down my throat, and if I looked in the mirror I could see the back of my mouth fill with red, my tongue brown from the saliva mixing with it. my vision was good enough then that I could see clots develop and slip thickly down into my gullet, and I swallowed them anxiously, not wanting anyone to have witnessed yet again my bloody wet masses of elementary school paper towels, which had a texture so rough that if you blew your nose on them, they would take your whole face off with it.
There was also the option of putting cotton balls up your nose too, but these were as useless as slim regular tampons, as I would come to find as a teenager. I bleed out of my body hard, whatever hole it happens to be. Maybe because I am more alive than everyone else.
My mother wept about it and teachers were concerned but not all that concerned because back then bodily fluids weren't as atomically taboo as they are now and so it was less of a biohazard and more of a bio-hassle and finally the doctor said that it was due to chocolate, which was odd because as a child I barely consumed it, yet the restriction from what would become my favorite food of all sealed my devotion to it. how could the delicious extract from a glorious bean, mixed with milk and sugar and nuts and caramels and toffees and whatever other fantastic substance wreak such havoc on my nostrils? It seemed impossible and terrible and when I was first told I was forbidden to eat chocolate I couldn't believe it.
I'd stand outside of a candy shop about a block from school on the other side of an ominous intersection where an older girl from my school had been killed in a car accident. It was an unguarded crosswalk with no stoplight and poor visibility with bushes on the street that were exactly a 10 year old girl's height and so it was a very real death trap for underage pedestrians. Still, I would make that perilous journey at least once a day so I could look at the ever-changing seasonal variety of chocolates. In spring there would be valentines, huge heart shaped boxes filled with luscious assortments for new and old lovers and the forgotten lonely who I suspected would have the plush velvety organs mailed to themselves, and then fat foil covered eggs and hollow bunnies for easter. in winter there would be chocolate logs or yuletide logs and chocolate coated gingerbread men. I would stare at the forbidden sweets in the window, leering at the candies through the glass wishing I could talk to the chocolates on a phone, like I was long overdue for a conjugal visit yet had no luck with the appeals process.
The white chocolates my mother bought me as a kind of apologia were unimpressive. There was nothing to them. I felt no passion for the vapid buttery sugar. it was lifeless and drab and meaningless to me. it wasn't chocolate as far as I was concerned. It didn't fill my wanting mouth with deep pleasure and satiety. The sweetness was empty and bland, barely warranting the title of 'chocolate' at all in its moniker. I still think white chocolate is bullshit, although I now acknowledge that it can have its (sparse) merits, especially if combined with some sort of truffle, or used in a sauce, but in general, I am still married to the hard stuff, dark chocolate, with a cocoa content of over 85% – yeah I am hardcore.
Taking away the chocolate as a child didn't cure me of my nosebleeds, which eventually faded as I got older and changed schools and started to have friends and bad grades, but it did make me addicted to the stuff, and I recently procured a bar of 99% – a Lindt rarity, with almost no sugar cut with it, virtually unstepped on, like hard white or china white or ice or that kind of smoke-able crystal meth that makes people go crazy and lose their teeth. The 99% tasted exactly like the beginning of the nosebleeds of my youth. Go figure.


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BBC America Orders Second Season of RIPPER STREET Coming in 2014
BBC America co-production Ripper Street has been ordered for eight more episodes, with the second season set to premiere in 2014. Ripper Street is produced for BBC ONE by Tiger Aspect Productions, Lookout Point and BBC AMERICA. The gripping series instantly struck a chord with audiences and critics alike, with The Hollywood Reporter saying it's a "well-acted, well-written and compelling mystery series" and the Los Angeles Times saying it "opens with chilling promise and ends on a decidedly modern note."With stellar performances from the three leads Matthew Macfadyen, Jerome Flynn and Adam Rothenberg, writer Richard Warlow has created an extraordinary series set in the East End of London in 1889, during the aftermath of the "Ripper" murders. The second episode premiered on BBC America this past weekend and new episodes will premiere on Saturdays at 9:00pm ET/PT.Ben Stephenson, Controller, BBC Drama Commissioning says: "Quality and ambition run through Ripper Street, from Richard Warlow's original scripts, the incredible cast and the captivating direction. All combine to create a period series with a modern and gripping edge that will return for a second series in 2014." Creator and writer Richard Warlow says: "I am enormously grateful to have been given the opportunity to return to 'H' Division once more and will be working tirelessly to ensure that those who have joined us each week will find ever more compelling crime-fighting thrills down on Ripper Street the second time around. The series will move forward into the 1890s; the death rattle of a century coming to a close, the labor pains of a modern world on the rise. It is this sense of climax and calamity that, week by week, our heroes will confront with conviction and heroism."BBC AMERICA's SVP of Programming, Richard De Croce said: "Ripper Street on BBC America has just begun, with an additional six more episodes featuring great guest stars and powerful performances ahead this season. We're looking forward to exploring more of Victorian London in season 2."Simon Vaughan, Lookout Point says: "Partnering with BBC America was always our ideal scenario and it has proven to be a wonderful decision. They have given the series an amazing launch in America and we are delighted to be moving into series 2 together." Will Gould, Head of Drama Tiger Aspect Productions says: "We're absolutely thrilled that Richard Warlow will be taking us on another Unforgettable walk on the wild side of 1890s Whitechapel. Series two will again explore the dark and extraordinary secrets of the Victorian world, and will further mine the hopes and hidden complexities of our heroes."The second season was commissioned by Danny Cohen, Controller BBC ONE and Ben Stephenson, Controller of BBC Drama Commissioning. Ripper Street is executive produced for Tiger Aspect by Will Gould, Richard Warlow and for Lookout Point by Simon Vaughan. Polly Hill executive produces for the BBC. Shooting will commence in the spring for transmission in 2014. The series is distributed internationally by BBC Worldwide.BBC AMERICA delivers U.S. audiences high-quality, innovative and intelligent programming. Established in 1998, it has been the launch pad for talent embraced by American mainstream pop culture, including Ricky Gervais, Gordon Ramsay, Graham Norton, and successful programming formats including ground-breaking non-scripted television like Top Gear and top-rated science-fiction like Doctor Who. Owned by BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, BBC America has attracted both critical acclaim and major awards including an Emmy, five Golden Globe and ten Peabody Awards. The channel attracts one of cable's most affluent and educated audiences and is available on cable and satellite TV in more than 80.7 million homes. It broadcasts in both standard and high-definition, with content available On Demand across all major digital platforms. Online, www.bbcamerica.com is the place to go to dig deeper into pop culture with a British twist.


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Hydrochloric Acid
[Note: People should use discretion in taking HCl, as its intake when there is already normal or excessive stomach acid production or gastritis may increase the risk of gastric irritation or ulcer development.]
The parietal cells of the stomach produce HCl and secrete it primarily in response to ingested protein or fat. Stress also may stimulate acid output. When we eat more frequently than required by the body or overconsume fats and proteins, acid production begins to decrease. Decreased HCl production may lead to poor digestion, with symptoms such as gas, bloating, and discomfort after rich meals. An HCl supplement may improve digestion of meals containing protein and/or fat, though not for foods such as rice and vegetables, which are largely carbohydrate and thus need less HCl for digestion.
Hydrochloric acid is available primarily as betaine hydrochloride. When a 5–10 grain (1 grain = 64 mg.) tablet is taken before, during, or after meals, it should help proteins break down into peptides and amino acids and fats into triglycerides. Glutamic acid hydrochloride is used sometimes in formulas, but this amino acid is only mildly acidic and does not work as well as betaine hydrochloride. Betaine may be used alone, in supplements, or along with pepsin or other digestive agents.
The use of HCl support is part of the antiaging process in this book, provided, of course, that HCl production is low. A Heidelberg capsule, gastric pH test (which directly measures stomach pH) can be done to verify a low or high acidity; then, a supplement can be administered to see what effect it has on stomach pH. One reason that stress can cause more rapid aging is that it diminishes HCl production and weakens digestion. It is the low-grade, long-term, emotionally oriented life stress that is more the culprit here. Stress in intense worriers or high-achieving businesspersons is associated more with HCl hypersecretion and peptic ulcer disease (at least initially).
Low HCl production is associated with many problems. Iron deficiency anemia, owing to poor iron absorption, and osteoporosis, resulting in part from decreased calcium absorption, are two important problems. General allergies and, specifically, food allergies are correlated with low HCl. Poor food breakdown and the "leaky gut" syndrome are associated with food allergies (see Allergy program in Chapter 17). More than half the people with gallstones show decreased HCl secretion compared with gallstone-free patients. Diabetics have lower secretion, as do people with eczema, psoriasis, seborrheic dermatitis, vitiligo, and tooth and periodontal disease. With low stomach acid levels, there can be an increase in bacteria, yeasts, and parasites growing in the intestines.
"But I don't want to take this forever," state many patients. We can correct our low stomach acid by eating a balanced diet of wholesome foods and by reducing our daily levels of stress. Niacin, vitamin B3, stimulates HCl production. This can be taken before meals, as can magnesium chloride and pyridoxal-5-phosphate (the active form of vitamin B6) to help stimulate the body's own HCl. I have suggested drinking the juice of half a lemon squeezed in water or a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar in a glass of warm water 20–30 minutes before meals with some success. Rosemary, ginger, cumin, or orange peel, used to make tea and drunk before meals, can also be helpful.
I have come to believe that the digestive tract and its function may be the single most important body component determining health and disease. Maintaining normal digestion, assimilation, and elimination is a necessity, and when these functions are faulty, we may not be aware that these dysfunctions are contributing to so many other problems. Another key digestive factor is that HCl is a stimulus to pancreatic secretions, containing the majority of enzymes that actively break down foods. The poor digestion of proteins, fats, and carbohydrates then further contributes to poor assimilation and nutritional problems. Thus, when they are needed, supplemental support of digestive enzymes may be even more important than HCl.


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TODAY's Al Roker takes a look at a slow-moving storm set to hit the Northeast this week, bringing coastal wind gusts up to 55 mph, 2-4 inches of rain and dumping heavy snow in the mountains.
Updated at 6:26 p.m. ET: NEW YORK -- A week after Superstorm Sandy ravaged the New Jersey and New York coast lines, another challenge loomed Monday for the region: a slow-moving nor'easter, capable of delivering punishing amounts of wind, rain and snow.
"Though this storm will not have near the magnitude of the impact Sandy had, the combination of rain, wind and snow will add insult to injury for the recovery process along the East Coast," The Weather Channel's Chris Dolce reported.
Starting in Florida Tuesday morning, the storm will move up the East Coast and into the Carolinas late in the day, TODAY Show Chief Meteorologist Al Roker said. By Wednesday morning, the storm will move into New Jersey with strong onshore wind gusts of more than 50 miles per hour and waves measuring 10 to 20 feet high. The storm could bring 2 to 4 inches of rainfall in the area as it makes its way into New England Thursday.
Full coverage of Sandy's aftermath
"Normally we wouldn't worry about it, but this is a potentially dangerous storm only because when we're talking about tides of 4 to 5 feet when you have almost no beaches and no dunes, that could be big problems all along the areas already affected by Sandy, and it may bring some more power lines down," Roker said.
Behind the rain will be more cold air, Roker said, which means there is the potential for heavy amounts of snow in the White and Green Mountains in New England all the way back down to areas in West Virginia.
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Residents of Rockaway, N.Y., stay warm by a fire during near-freezing temperatures on Sunday.
While more than a million people remained without power Monday, life was expected to return slowly to normal for many in the region ahead of the nor'easter. Still, a shortage of gas and overwhelmed transit systems remain problems.
The good news in New York City was that, unlike last week, service on key subway lines connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn under the East River was restored Monday, but sizeable legs of the region's public transportation network were still hobbled by storm. People stood for an hour or more on train platforms or street corners in New Jersey, Long Island and Connecticut waiting for trains and buses, only to find many of them already too crowded to board, Reuters reported.
Service on many rail and bus lines was reduced and the subway was running at about 80 percent of its normal service.
The commute from New Jersey was particularly trying.
As a Northeast Corridor Line train on the NJ Transit network pulled into Newark, passengers wondered aloud how the hundreds of passengers who crowded the platform would squeeze into the already-packed train.
A conductor banged on the window, signaling passengers to squeeze together more than they already were. "Move in! It's gonna be a tight fit," another conductor yelled. Still, there was no room for about half of the passengers in Newark.
"I'm taking Amtrak back this afternoon, so I don't have to deal with this," said Gabrielle Nader, a 27-year-old human resources professional who boarded in Trenton. "It's worse than a subway."
Nader, from northeast Philadelphia, said she had already made Amtrak reservations through Wednesday.
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Problems getting fuel
Sandy — which killed more than 100 people in 10 states, caused massive power outages and left tens of thousands in need of emergency housing —disrupted supply to many gas stations, leading New Jersey to enforce odd-even rationing for motorists.
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Local residents salvage food from bags thrown out of a flooded store on Coney Island on Sunday.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie tried to reassure people that refineries and pipelines were back online and gas was being delivered. "We do not have a fuel shortage," he said at a news conference on Sunday.
Fuel shortage expected to last for days, Cuomo says
There was no rationing in New York City, where the search for gas became a maddening scavenger hunt over the weekend.
Manhattan doorman Iver Sanchez, who lives in Queens, waited at an Upper West Side gas station for three hours and still had a long line of cars ahead of him.
"If I don't get gas today, I won't be able to get any for the rest of the week," he said.
In the Bronx, a Citgo station had received gas early Saturday evening, but within seven hours had run through a supply which usually lasts two to three days, said gas attendant Nagi Singh.
"A lot of people were angry with me," he said.
Cops: 2 arrested over alleged gas hoarding
New York City has spent $85.4 million so far on emergency contracts in response to Sandy, city Comptroller John Liu said on Monday. The repair of damaged beaches, from Manhattan to Coney Island and the Rockaways, was the single highest item, totaling nearly $30.4 million so far.
"Together, we have made a lot of progress, but we know the road ahead will be long and recovery will take time," Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said during a visit to New York on Monday.
In New Jersey, Monday promised to begin the return to some everyday activities. About half the school districts reported they will reopen and New Jersey Transit said it would have more train and bus service restored in time for the workweek. Philadelphia's transit authority loaned 31 buses that New Jersey Transit planned to use to support shuttle service for commuters traveling to New York City.
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Superstorm Sandy made landfall Monday evening on a destructive and deadly path across the Northeast.
The challenges were more severe for tens of thousands of people unable to return to their homes and many more than that living without power or heat. Some 1.35 million homes and businesses remained in the dark on Monday due to damages from the storm, down by about 500,000 from Sunday, the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability said.
Bloomberg said Sunday that 30,000 to 40,000 people in New York City were in need of shelter, including 20,000 in public housing. The Federal Emergency Management Agency said it has already dispensed close to $200 million in emergency housing assistance.
Temperatures will remain chilly in the days ahead, according to The Weather Channel. Highs in the 40s or low 50s will be commonplace through Wednesday. Some interior and New England locations may not get out of the 30s, it said.
Concerns are also growing that voters displaced by Sandy will not get to polling stations on Election Day on Tuesday. Scores of voting centers were rendered useless by the record surge of seawater in New York and New Jersey.
New Jersey has said it will allow people displaced by the storm to vote by email. In New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order allowing displaced voters to cast ballots by affidavit at any polling site they can reach Tuesday. Both states are normally easy wins for the Democrats.
In Highlands, a blue collar fishing town, 1,200 homes were flooded, including the mayor's. The federal government has pledged to pay for housing in the region. Meanwhile in New York, transit returns on line. NBC's Michelle Franzen reports.
NBC News staff, The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.
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In so many ways, they don't come any better than Cox
Even before Churchill toked on his stogey and flashed the victory sign, winners were associated with cigars. The Babe posed with one on numerous occasions, George Burns took his first puff before he met Gracie in 1923. Durocher loved a good heater while he was the Dodgers' manager/shortstop in the late 1930s. A cigar was as much a part of Groucho's shtick as those heavy-duty eyebrows.
Over more recent decades, we have seen Fidel Castro, JFK, comedian Alan King, Michael Jordan, Columbo, Charlie Sheen, Mike Ditka, Ringo, Luis Tiant, LeRoy Neiman and Sharon Stone relaxing with 'gars between their index and middle fingers.
Even before Churchill toked on his stogey and flashed the victory sign, winners were associated with cigars. The Babe posed with one on numerous occasions, George Burns took his first puff before he met Gracie in 1923. Durocher loved a good heater while he was the Dodgers' manager/shortstop in the late 1930s. A cigar was as much a part of Groucho's shtick as those heavy-duty eyebrows.
Over more recent decades, we have seen Fidel Castro, JFK, comedian Alan King, Michael Jordan, Columbo, Charlie Sheen, Mike Ditka, Ringo, Luis Tiant, LeRoy Neiman and Sharon Stone relaxing with 'gars between their index and middle fingers.
And, of course, Red Auerbach famously and routinely fired up whenever his Celtics had victory in hand.
Bobby Cox smokes cigars, too. But for years, he lit up before games. Now that's confidence. Victory certainly wasn't secure in those pregame hours, but, chances are, a division championship was. Indeed, few folks would have questioned Cox's wisdom had he smoked one cigar just before the Braves' Opening Day engagement and let it stand for 162 games, because for the better part of 21 baseball summers, his team's place in the postseason was almost assured.
Instead, Cox's practice was to arrive at the ballpark -- home or away -- before noon for a night game and burn a few before the first pitch. The Braves manager would walk down the ramp at Turner Field at about 3:30 p.m. or so and take a seat in his second office, a cubbyhole that had been intended for an alternate purpose and is still known as "Bobby's Room." Within a minute, white smoke and that strangely inviting aroma would waft into the runway. It was the scent of success.
Few are more familiar with that scent or success than Cox. The teams of his second tour with the Braves stand among the most accomplished in the game's history. They were phenomenally consistent, winning division championships in assembly-line fashion from 1991 through 2005. Only a players' strike and cancelation of the 1994 postseason denied the Braves; no opponent did.
Cox's teams always had outstanding starting pitching, several special position players, a few pretty effective coaches and an ingredient unavailable to other clubs -- a driven father figure who wore No. 6 and expressions of consternation while watching his teams steamroll opponents. It was Cox who sat in dugouts with a borderline sourpuss expression with his arms folded across his chest as if he were miffed, Cox who continually removed his cap, ran his fingers though his hair as if he were approaching desperation and then replaced the cap.
And most of the time, Cox's guys were winning.
It is an image that stays with us even now, 3 1/2 years after Cox abdicated his position to one of his apprentices, Fredi Gonzalez, an image we undoubtedly will see often this weekend with reports and retrospectives about the three former managers being inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Come Sunday afternoon, Cox, his cigar-smoking Yankees counterpart Joe Torre and Tony La Russa will increase Cooperstown's manager roster to 23.
The three will be the first managers inducted since Whitey Herzog was enshrined in 2010. Hall of Fame coverage begins at noon ET with MLB Tonight live from Cooperstown on MLB Network and simulcast on MLB.com and the At Bat app, with the induction ceremony beginning at 1:30 p.m.
The three of them went about their jobs differently. Cox managed the players, La Russa managed the game and Torre tried to manage his owner. Each method worked. The Hall's 2014 managerial hat-trick members combined for 7,558 victories -- after Connie Mack and John McGraw, the winningest managers of all-time are La Russa (2,728), Cox (2,504) and Torre (2,326) -- made 45 playoff appearances, won 17 pennants and eight World Series.
Cox's teams -- don't overlook the Blue Jays of 1985 -- were responsible for 15 postseason appearances, five pennants and one World Series championship and for encroaching on the college football autumns in the South.
Not that anyone begrudged Cox his time in the spotlight. The city embraced him as much as his players did, and his players held him in the highest esteem.
Now 73, Cox has spent 41 years at the big league level, two -- 1968-69 -- as a bad-kneed third baseman with the Yankees, 1977 as a coach with the Yankees, 1978-81 as the Braves' manager, 1982-85 as the Blue Jays' manager, and October 1985 through June 22, 1990 as the Braves' general manager before he moved back to the dugout. He retired after the 2010 season.
In 1991, the first full season of his second tour as the Braves' manager, his team executed a worst-to-first renaissance and played in one of the seminal World Series of all-time, losing to the Twins in seven games. The Braves' World Series success came four years later against the Indians.
They played in the World Series in 1991, '92, '95, '96 and '99.
Along the way, Cox was voted Manager of the Year four times, once with the Jays, established a Braves franchise record for most managerial victories (2,058) and became the fourth manager to win at least 2,000 games with one club. Mack (Athletics), McGraw (Giants) and Walter Alston (Dodgers) are the others.
Cox's successes as a player were substantially more modest. He spent five years in the Dodgers' farm system before being selected by the Chicago Cubs in the November 1964 Minor League Draft. Cox was acquired by the Braves in a 1966 trade. After playing for their Triple-A affiliate in Richmond in 1967, he was traded to the Yankees.
Cox's time with the Yankees began inauspiciously. When he arrived in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for 1968 Spring Training, the club had no hotel accommodations for him. So Cox and his family slept on the beach. But later that spring, he beat out Mike Ferraro, the Yankees' outstanding Spring Training rookie, for the third-base assignment.
Cox played in 135 games, starting 129, but hit poorly -- .229 with 41 RBIs. The following year, he played in merely 85 games, batting .215. But it was in those seasons in the Bronx, the first with Mickey Mantle as a teammate, the second with him as a coach, that Cox played for Ralph Houk, the man who inspired him to consider managing.
Houk was Cox's favorite, an avid cigar smoker as well. Through the years, Cox regularly referenced his only big league manager. When a New York columnist wrote about Houk at his death in 2010, Cox requested a copy of the column. And he kept it.
Houk was renowned as a "player's manager." Cox developed a greater reputation in that regard.
"I always say Bobby 'allowed' us to win," Chipper Jones said about Cox in spring 2011. "I've never played for anyone else, so if there's a difference, I can't tell. But I know I've had it good.
"Players who come here and guys who leave us and go to other teams tell me all the time, 'There's no one like Bobby.' And I'm not going to challenge that."
Cox was a father figure for sure and in more ways than one. He once benched center fielder Andruw Jones for not hustling. Jones nearly cried.
"I felt like I'd been benched by my father," he said. "I didn't want to let either down."
Cox was strongly influenced by Houk, "The Major." He once acknowledged hating an opposing manager "because Houk told me to."
Cox's on-field demeanor mirrored that of his hero. Houk was fiery and confrontational with umpires. As a man intent on protecting his players, he was one of the first dirt kickers. Cox made less dust, and he was generally well-liked by the game's lawmen. Nonetheless, they ejected him 158 times, a big league record. Cox led his league in ejections 13 times and yet was seen as an agreeable sort.
It's been a rewarding life for Cox. Simplified, it's been about smoking cigars, working his farm, earning ejections, winning more than 2,500 baseball games and untold friends and being one of the most pleasant people on the planet.
Cox is generous with his time and his money, he throws no stones -- not even at umpires -- listens well and directs with a firm, hardly oppressive hand. He gets what he seeks. John Smoltz characterizes Cox as a "sweet and tolerant man who deserves all the success he's had."
Said Smoltz: "We don't have the careers we've had without Bobby's hands on the [steering] wheel. They couldn't have a legitimate Baseball Hall of Fame without him in it. We're all thrilled for him getting in."
Marty Noble is a columnist for MLB.com.


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Deron Williams, NBA point guard and savior of ironic sport liking, just inked a new contract to stay with the Brooklyn Nets. Well, inked is the wrong word as Williams actually signed his 5 year $98 million contract on an iPad. With his finger.
This is what Williams, who's in Vegas for Team USA Basketball training, had to say about signing his deal on Twitter (the guy is just all technology friendly!):
I wonder if Williams specifically wanted to sign his deal on an iPad over a stack of papers or if that's just how $100 million contracts are signed these days. I wonder if he gets to keep the iPad. I wonder if he thinks the rumored iPad mini or a Nexus 7 or a Kindle Fire would be just as good for contract signing. Also, taking a look at his signature on the iPad, I'd have to say he did a pretty good job with just his finger. Who needs a stylus, right? [@DeronWilliams]
Update: For those curious, Deron Williams apparently used the free app Sign Now to sign his iPad contract with a lot of zeros. [@darrenrovell]


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One dress for 30 days
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Jess Harvey, a senior at Goessel High School normally wears jeans and T-shirts, sweats, or basketball shoes, but for the month of March, she has donned a simple black and white dress. She plans to wear the dress for the entire month hoping to draw attention to human sex trafficking, the topic of her school I-search project.
"It's getting a lot of attention," she said. "People who know me notice right away. Everybody reacts about the same way: 'What? You are wearing the same dress every day for a month?'"
Harvey said she uses the dress topic to visit with people about human trafficking in the United States.
"When I started looking into this, I was shocked to learn that Wichita is one of the top cities in the U.S. that has this problem," she said. "Human trafficking, especially when humans sell other humans for sex, is a horrible problem and no one wants to talk about it. It's very uncomfortable, but it is going on right here, in the state of Kansas."
Harvey, who has an interest in psychology and sociology and hopes to pursue education in that direction in college next year, said she heard about the "One dress for 30 days" project from her friend Brittny Czarnowsky.
"We are actually doing this together," Harvey said. "She is a student at Barkley College near Havilland, and she is wearing a dress for the month of March like I am. We keep in touch every day by texting and compare our experiences and what people are saying."
Harvey said Czarnowsky even lent her the dress she chose to wear for the month.
"I am just not much of a dress wearer usually," she said. "I didn't even really have anything that would work. I've had to learn how to sit properly and walk differently, and sometimes it's cold, but this has been a good experience so far."
In addition to coping with the busy schedule of a high school senior, Harvey has to work her dress-wearing project around her job at Bethesda Home, where she works in the kitchen and the coffee shop.
"I have to wear pants for my uniform at work, so that is one time I don't wear the dress," she said. "Otherwise I wear it every day, all day, except for sleeping, showering, and when I have to wash it, of course."
She said several friends were considering joining in her awareness project, including her sister who was upset she did not tell her from the start.
"My sister wants to do it at her college, and some of my friends are thinking about it," Harvey said. "But they don't want to wear a dress. They are trying to think of some other way to draw attention and start conversations about the problem."
Though wearing a dress everyday was a radical change for Harvey, she said the best part was not having to decide what to wear every day to school.
"Really it has simplified my life a lot," she said. "I have extra time in the morning to sleep because I always know what I am going to wear when I get up in the morning."
Harvey keeps daily notes about her conversations with people on human sex trafficking. She plans to use the information in her research paper, which is due before graduation in May. She said she would likely go back to her usual attire of jeans, shorts, and sweats, when the month of March ends.
"At the end of each day, I just can't wait to get back into my sweats," she said. "This is just a bit abnormal for me."


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Snooki moves out of the shore house to be on her own and Deena struggles without her meatball. Mike deals with the downside of his recovery after receiving treatment from a doctor.
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Jenni plans a surprise birthday party for Roger that goes south. Deena auditions Danny to be a meatball. The roommates finds themselves in the middle of a big brawl at the club and one of them gets caught in the melee.
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Photos courtesy Tom Cotter.
The man who painted the first Cobra and built the Monkeemobile, customizing legend Dean Jeffries, has died at the age of 80.
As confirmed by Tom Cotter, who wrote Dean Jeffries: 50 Fabulous Years in Hot Rods, Racing & Film, Jeffries died in his sleep Sunday night. He had suffered from a number of maladies and mishaps over the years, including cancer and a fall from a ladder that put him into a coma, but as Cotter said, "he always bounced back from them" and Jeffries's family had been working with the legend to bring more of his vehicles back into the spotlight in recent years.
Born in February 1933 in Lynwood, California, Jeffries dreamed of attending the Art Center in Pasadena, but instead of doing well in school he gravitated toward cars, learning from his mechanic father and from his neighbor, Troy Ruttman. While with the Army in Germany he learned the art of pinstriping from a German furniture and piano striper, and upon returning to California, he continued to learn the art from Kenneth "Von Dutch" Howard, leading to a job as George Barris's in-house pinstriper. Along the way, he learned how to shape metal, as well, and began to take the customization of his clients' cars further; during that time, he not only striped James Dean's infamous Porsche 550 Spyder with the nickname "Li'l Bastard," but also built Chili Catallo's 1932 Ford three-window coupe, the one that the Beach Boys used on the cover of their Little Deuce Coupe album.
Perhaps the most widely circulated photo of Dean Jeffries, featuring his 1947 Mercury convertible.
As Jeffries told the story of the first Shelby Cobra to Cotter, he agreed to paint the car as a favor, sympathizing with Shelby's effort to get the car done on a budget of next to nothing. "The body was a disaster, all heliarced and torched up. I had only three days from start to finish. I asked Shelby what color he wanted, and he said, 'Any color you want.' So, not knowing if it was right or wrong, I painted it pearl yellow because I had heard on TV that yellow stood out the best." Shelby would later return the favor by providing Jeffries with a Weber-topped 289-cu.in. Ford V-8 and four-speed transmission for Jeffries's Mantaray, an asymmetrical single-seater based on a 1939 Maserati 8CTF Grand Prix chassis.
Exposure from the Mantaray – and Jeffries's new shop in Hollywood – attracted plenty of celebrity clientele and paved the way for jobs creating and customizing cars for the movies and for the stars, including the aforementioned Monkeemobile, the Chrysler Imperial-based Black Beauty from The Green Hornet television series, and the Landmaster from Damnation Alley. He didn't restrict himself to Hollywood cars, however: He designed and manufactured the Kyote Volkswagen-based dune buggies and built a number of custom and concept cars for Ford, including a gullwing-door show car called the Cougar and the Falcon Python show car.
Jeffries working on a Jaguar E-type that he restyled to look more like a Shelby Cobra.
Jeffries also worked for a while as a stuntman, but most people perhaps know of him today if not through his cars then through his feud with George Barris, brought on by Barris's habit of taking credit for Jeffries's work throughout the years. "He couldn't put a dent into something, never mind taking one out, but he's a hell of a promoter, believe me," Jeffries told Cotter. Barris retorted that he couldn't "control what magazines write and who they list as the designer and builder."
Though he maintained his shop on Cahuenga Boulevard – and held on to many of his most famous cars – until the end, Cotter wrote in Jeffries's biography that the legendary customizer began to slow down about five years ago, after the death of his wife, Row. Still, Cotter came away impressed with Jeffries. "He was an amazing human being and a complex thinker," Cotter said. "While he was very self-conscious about his lack of a high-school education, if you needed to send a rocket to the moon with only $9,000, he would somehow find a way to get it done."
Cotter said that the Jeffries family is planning a memorial celebration for his friends and fans at a later date. For more information, visit DeanJeffries.com.
UPDATE (8.May 2013): Ryan at the Jalopy Journal started a photo thread dedicated to Dean Jeffries and the cars he built.
The Mantaray used to be on display at The Petersen on the Streetscape. The story I heard was that Mr. Petersen and Dean Jeffries were long time friends. The Mantaray was sitting at Dean's shop under a tarp and Mr. Petersen called him and said the car deserved to be on public display and he wanted it on display in his museum. It was fun to see kids who toured the museum gravitate towards that car with it's cool bubble top and sensual curves. And the adults really enjoyed it as well.
A couple of years ago, Dean took it on tour and it hasn't been back since. The red '59 Cadillac convertible they put in its place doesn't hold a candle to Mantaray.
The Mantaray can be seen in action in the 1964 movie "Bikini Beach." If you can suffer through the typical Franike and Annette story (God rest her soul) you'll see a lot of great period cars. In one scene the Mantaray is actually towing a trailer with a slingshot dragster on it. Don Rickles, of all people plays the owner of a bar and drag strip.
Heard rumor of his passing a day or two ago. Always impressed by his creations and genuine talent.
The Python mentioned in the article was a mid 60's Ford Falcon. I remember somebody in the nearby town of Tipton, IN (where well known show car builder Steve Tansey was from and still resides) owned that for a while in the 80's. It had been hit in front and a stock doghouse replaced the highly customized one. Wonder if its still hidden away in a garage there?
One of the guys I looked up to as I grew up around cars in the 50's and 60's. A great loss, but he left plenty for us who survive him to remember him by. A really great man has checked out and thousands in the wonderful world of creative customization will miss him.
Growing up in the Valley, and commuting to Hollywood, I'll always remember seeing his shop on Cahuenga Blvd, just off of the freeway, easily visible, and distinguished by having the Monkeemobile parked outside for years.
I always enjoyed driving by his shop and looking at what was left outside sitting in the sun, knowing the cars in the shop must have been been really something. Now I wish I had stopped.
Wow! Sad…I idolized his awesome and wild paint jobs I'd see in hot rod magazines as a kid. I used to draw cars and put wild stripes and crazy looking color schemes on them with crayons and dream I was building creations for him and Barris.
I always thought the Monkeemobile was what the GTO should have looked like. I'd watch the Monkees every week, just so I could see the car.
He was a master at everything he touched….he surely will be missed by many, but Alvin said it best, he left a legacy for future customizers and idolizers, such as myself, to inspire for generations to come.
Godspeed, Mr. Jeffries…….He's probably pinstriping something for Carroll Shelby or Mickey Thompson, as we speak!
Met him a couple of times and had some interesting conversations while he showed me around his shop.
He seemed to be quite the gentleman, soft-spoken, and a very capable and hard-working craftsman. He seemed was timeless and relatively unaffected by age.
RIP, Mr. Jeffries.
Many good memories of his great customs and trend setting work. RIP
PS: 'featuring his 47 Mercury.' Spoken like a true car guy 🙂
Great artist w/ great designs…..would have loved to see more pix of his cars in the article!!! Thanks Anyway for the article.
The hot rod world has lost a real talent! Jeffries was a real influence on me as a teenager. That lead photo of him striping a Moon disc led me to do the same to the ones on my mildly customized '53 Ford convertible, and an earlier photo of him flame painting a car on the cover of Motor Trend Magazine encouraged me to do a similar flame job on my '49 Chevy! He was a man of so many talents – not mentioned in the article is the many years he spent painting race cars at the Indianapolis 500, as a friend of Troy Ruttman and A.J. Foyt. I encourage all to get and read Tom Cotter's great book about Jeffries. RIP Dean
Dean will certainly be missed. His skill & accomplishments won't be. He certainly is one of the Kings of Kustomizers!
That didn't sound right- His skills & accomplishments will always be remembered!
Very well said…no matter how it was worded! I agree wholeheartedly!
I do the same thing, sometimes I forget to proofread before posting…..
Hemmings has no provision to edit our own comments….Hint, hint, wink, wink…Daniel?
I'm certainly willing to make requested changes. Allowing everybody to edit their own comments opens up a huge vulnerability to spam.
I had thought about asking Dan about this, but calling to mind the mixture of stupidity and downright filth I have seen on other blogs I think that the Hemmings approach makes for a better forum, even with the odd typo or miss spelling.
Carry on with the work, boys!
I did my junior year of high school in Hollywood and used to stop in at Dean's shop after school to see what he was up to (1962-63). He was always friendly and helpful…even to a kid on a motor scooter. Many years later I visited his shop on Cahuenga and he was just as nice and friendly as ever. He told great stories and was very modest, but justifiably proud of his accomplishments.
The Mantaray, which was really his signature car was built on the chassis of a wrecked pre-war Maserati GP car that was in his father in laws garage. When talking about the car a few years ago, he said that in retrospect he felt awful about "destroying" an incredibly valuable vintage race car….but at the time, it was just an old wrecked and no longer competitive. There are other pre-war Maserati GP cars, there is only one Mantaray. I think he made the right decision.
He was a talented man, a real car enthusiast, and a very nice person to speak with. I'm glad I had the chance to meet him.
Always glanced over on the 405 FRWY just to check out his shop with his cars out side. He sure will be missed
Not the 405, the 101 between Hollywood and the Valley.
I stopped to visit a few weeks ago before I left LA to relocate to North Carolina, first time I had seen him in a few years. He was friendly but I could tell he was hurting. We had done numerous articles and TV spots with him over the years, he was a great guy and a strong influence in my taste in cars over the years.
Travel well, DJ!
Ill say a small prayer for Dean as I go by his landmark building on Cahuenga
Pass in the Hollywood Hills. He was also very instrumental in bringing metal flake paint into the mainstream of customizing.
Very sad news indeed. Dean was always a great hero of mine.
As for the poster who mentioned glancing off of the 405 (San Diego) Freeway to see Dean's cars… that would be a neat trick. Suspect he meant glancing off of the 101 Hollywood Freeway on the western side of the freeway and not far from Universal City, etc.
If I recall correctly, Dean also did The Spinner–the fabulous flying car for the sci-fi icon classic, "Blade Runner." If I recall, I think Syd Mead designed The Spinner and Dean Jeffries actually built about three different versions of the car–at least one of which was drivable. He also made several other futuristic cars for the movie. Dean also made the wild tri-wheeled survival vehicles in another sci-fi movie with George Peppard and Jan-Michael Vincent. One of these huge vehicles was usually still sitting outside of Dean's shop and yes, indeed could be seen from the 101 Hollywood Freeway for many years.
His passing is a great loss. Rest in peace, Dean.
Always admired his work. It's not about what you have while you're here. It's what you leave behind…
Those two B/W fotos are about as iconic as you can get – they alone are a great memento of the man, and deeply nostalgic of his time on earth.
[About the '47 Mercury – that's one car photo I didn't mind being blocked!]
Jefferies had more talent than Barris could ever buy…. RIP !
So True About " What you Leave Behind " , Sadly another Original Leaves the Stage .
Jefferies was the true "King of Kustomizers" A real craftsman. Didn't have to bluster, bullshit and take credit for other people's work to get recognized.
His work did the talking.
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I lived in Woodland Hills as a teen and drove by Deans shop alot. Also hung around Barris's shop in North Hollywood. Ironic as it seems now, some friends of mine rented a house in Calabasas and all the doors and cabinets and everything was pinstriped. Later found out it was Von Dutchs old house and shop in the garage. I miss all the cool stuff from back then that we took for granted. I loved seeing the Monkeemobile facing the 101 for years. Seems I remember Barris did take a lot of credit for things. Now if you go online, it says he restored or refreshed these cars. George will be at Route 66 in San Bernardino in September. Will be fun to see what he has to say. Dean will be missed!
God rest you Dean, all your work will be remembered………as to Barris & Route 66 has been cancled as San Berdo in bankrupt, 66 may still happen in Ontario this year
The Alexander Brothers of Detroit did the intitial build on Clarence "Chili" Catallo's '32 3-window Ford. Barris' shop later did the top chop, other features and paint on the car, according to magazine features of the day and later reference works.
He pinstriped my Olds powered 46 Mercury coupe. Dean Jefferies was indeed one of the finest "car artists" that ever lived. RIP sir.
I don't remember seeing the Monkeemobile out front, but for years I would see the Landmaster from "Damnation Alley" parked there, one time getting out to take pics of it from the other side of the fence!
Yes, "Damnation Alley" with George Peppard and Jan-Michael Vincent is the last movie I mentioned in my post where I wrote about the vehicle (Landmaster) sitting out front of Dean's shop off of the 101 Hollywood Freeway for many years.
In the movie there were two of these vehicles, but I only saw one in real life. And like you, I don't remember seeing the Monkeemobile ever sitting out in front of the shop for more than a day.
I got to see two versions of The Spinner up close and personal when I accidentally drove past the Bradbury Building in downtown L.A. late one night and they were actually filming "Blade Runner" and I came back on subsequent nights to see more. One of The Spinners was beautifully finished and everything appeared to actually work (except for the flying part). The monitor lit up and the controls lit up and the power "Lambo doors" actually worked! I also saw Harrison Ford's future car used in the tunnel scene and it really was drivable. Dean did an amazing job on this project… and he had to because director Ridley Scott demanded the ultimate in reality on this movie…which is what made it all so believable.
I love that top picture of Jeffries — the intensity of his expression conveys just how he took his art. RIP.
RIP Dean,
You were just too cool for school!
Sad news about Dean Jeffries. My favorite car of his was "The Black Beauty" from "The Green Hornet" TV show. On the subject of the "Monkeemobile", I met Geoge Barris a few years ago at the SEMA automotive show in Las Vegas a few years ago, at the unveiling of the newly restored "Monkeemobile". George claimed that he originally did the car and he owned the car. This claim had already been confirmed to me by the pinstriper who did the original "Batmobile" whom I met a couple of years before that. He was working for Barris when they dug the Lincoln Futura out of the mud in Barris' backlot to create the "Batmobile". He was also there when the Major Nelson 1966 GTO used in the "I Dream of Jeanie" TV show was delivered to Barris to be turned into the "Monkeemobile". At the SEMA show, "Batmobile #2" was parked next to the "Monkeemobile", as it had been restored a year earlier. Both cars had been restored by the same body shop near Sacramento, California.
Nice to hear all the people that will miss Dean. I sure do. I met Dean when he got into doing stunts . His forte was driving and setting up the cars to be used in the Tv and movies he was hired for. I had the honor and priviledge to assist him in these projects. And also I consider myself as being probably his best friend.
I ,as far as I know, was probably the last person to see and visit with Dean the day before he died. I saw that day he wasn't feeling too well and offered to go get the Rescue guys across the street. But he refused and said he was just tired and needed to rest so I left. I did call him that night at home to see how he was and he was Ok then . The next I heard he had passed. RIP—Deano
I had talked to Dean in 2011 as I had found a 60's custom Indian vertical twin motorcycle with a painted and pin striped tank with Jeffries and Hollywood signature at the aft end of the tank. When we talked by phone he told me "I painted a few motorcikles and that is the correct signature for then". Has anyone else seen a motorcycle painted by Dean Jeffries or have an idea how many he had painted? He was an easy person to talk with and meet by telephone and we spent over 40 minutes talking. RIP, Dean.
Dean had a talent that is rare.
What he created was stunning and legendary.
Dean will always be loved and his work will last forever.
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CHARLOTTE � In the NFL, injuries creating opportunities is so common it�s perhaps the league�s most used clich� besides, �playing them one at a time.�
But on Sunday, Carolina Panthers fans, players and staff are sure glad offseason wide receiver free agent acquisition Domenik Hixon took advantage of his opportunity.
Hixon caught a 14-yard game-winning TD pass from Cam Newton with 23 seconds left in Sunday�s 17-13 win over New Orleans that clinched Carolina a playoff berth and moved them within a victory at Atlanta next week of the NFC South Division championship.
�I just wanted to show these guys how happy I am that they�ve stayed with me,� said Hixon, who had been limited to one game in the preseason and 13 in the regular season due to a hamstring injury he suffered in training camp. �I just thank God for the opportunity I got today.�
Hixon�s chance came after star receiver Steve Smith injured his left knee early in Sunday�s game. A free agent signee from the New York Giants in the offseason, Hixon had caught three passes for 44 yards in his lone preseason game and had caught only three passes for 21 yards in the regular season, the last catch for nine coming at San Francisco on Nov. 10.
But Hixon caught one pass in the second quarter and then the game-winner later on Sunday.
�I�m very happy for him,� Panthers coach Ron Rivera said of Hixon. �Domenik comes in and works hard every day. The tough part for him is he plays the same position as Steve Smith.�
On Sunday, Hixon got a chance and drew high praise from the player he replaced.
�This receiving corps is considered to not have any depth,� Smith said. �But when asked upon, guys step up and make plays.�
Smith injury: Smith injured the PCL of his left knee on the Panthers� second series of the game. He went to the locker room to receive treatment, then returned to the game in the second quarter only to leave after one play.
�When I planted to jump for the ball, I felt a pop,� Smith said of the third down pass incompletion from Newton that sailed by him on a third-and-six play from the Carolina 15 in the first quarter. �I am told that it is nothing. But it doesn�t feel like nothing.�
Smith, who caught a 44-yard pass on the first drive to extend his streak to 106 games with at least one reception, said he�ll have a MRI performed on his knee Monday to determine the severity of his injury.
Real double trouble?: Luke Kuechly and Thomas Davis didn�t make every tackle the Panthers made on Sunday.
It just seemed that way, as the pair combined for 38 of the 88 total tackles the team had.
Kuechly�s 24 tackles � nine solo stops and 15 assists � were the most by an individual in a NFL game since 2007. And Davis had 14 tackles � nine solo stops and four assists.
Also, Kuechly intercepted one pass, had a pass deflection and a tackle for loss and Davis intercepted one pass, had two tackles for losses and had a pass deflection.
�I�m very partial, but I think they�re one of the best 1-2 tandems on linebacker in the league,� Rivera said of his linebacker duo. �And they had great games today.�
Large crowd: Rivera said the crowd was overwhelming on Sunday, especially since most stayed despite a downpour that hit early in the second half.
�I�ll tell you what, the fans were unbelievable,� he said.
From a numbers perspective, the 73,825 tickets distributed meant it was the 10th-largest home crowd in team history.
The largest came at Clemson in 1995 when the 76,136 came to see the defending Super Bowl champion San Francisco 49ers, with the 74,225 who came to the New England Patriots home game earlier this season the largest at Bank of America Stadium, which opened in 1996.
Pass rush: Carolina finished with six total quarterback sacks for 42 yards in losses against New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees. It tied for the most sacks suffered in a game by Brees, with the previous times happening in 2003 and 2011.
Greg Hardy led the effort. Playing across from rookie Terron Armstead, who was making his first NFL start, Hardy had three sacks in addition to playing a role in two false start penalties on Armstead.
Captain Munnerlyn (1), Quintin Mikell (1), Mike Mitchell (1-2) and Mario Addison (1-2) also got into the pass rush attack for Carolina.
Panthers inactives: Wide receivers Tavarres King and Marvin McNutt, cornerback Josh Norman, running back Jonathan Stewart, linebacker Dan Connor, offensive tackle Travis Bond and defensive end Wes Horton were inactive for Sunday�s game.
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2013 Carolina Panthers schedule
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Sept. 8, Seattle (L 7-12)
Sept. 15, at Buffalo (L 23-24)
Sept. 22, N.Y. Giants (W 38-0)
Sept. 29, BYE
Oct. 6, at Arizona (L 6-22)
Oct. 13, at Minnesota (W 35-10)
Oct. 20, St. Louis (W 30-15)
Oct. 24, at Tampa Bay (W 31-13)
Nov. 3, Atlanta (W 34-10)
Nov. 10, at San Francisco (W 10-9)
Nov. 18, New England (W 24-20)
Nov. 24, at Miami (W 20-16)
Dec. 1, Tampa Bay (W 27-6)
Dec. 8, at New Orleans (L 13-31)
Dec. 15, N.Y. Jets (W 30-20)
Dec. 22, New Orleans (W 17-13)
Dec. 29, at Atlanta, 1 p.m.
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Jan. 11-12, Divisional playoffs
Jan. 19, Conference championships
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Johnny Manziel has been blessed with a variety of talents that have helped him develop into the front-runner for the 2012 Heisman Trophy.
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The Kerrville Tivy product also has an advantage helping him capture the appeal of college football fans during his redshirt freshman season. It certainly has only added to his aura that his "Johnny Football" nickname has captivated the nation.
Manziel's moniker is a throwback to the golden era of college football, where having a distinctive nickname helped boost the appeal of players.
Athletes such as Davey "Slingshot" O'Brien, the 1938 Heisman winner from TCU, or Tom "Old 98" Harmon, the 1940 winner from Michigan, started the tradition.
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Alan "The Horse" Ameche, the 1954 winner, was christened because of his bullish running style. Ernie Davis, the 1961 victor, was called "The Elmira Express" because he grew up in Elmira, N.Y. Earl Campbell was known as "The Tyler Rose" after the floral arrangements famous in his hometown when he won in 1977.
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In a crowded, tight competition between Manziel, Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein and Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o, being called "Johnny Football" doesn't hurt.
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Manziel deserves to be a Heisman finalist. His victory over then-No. 1 Alabama, capped by his touchdown pass after juggling the center snap, has resonated with the nation and the Heisman electorate.
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Amy, the bride, has recently opened her own event planning and design firm after moving to San Francisco after she married Osamu. Before that she was a planner for Yifat Oren which may look familiar…because, I just connected the dots, ironically, Amy actually helped her old friend/co-worker, Stephanie Cove, out with the wedding we featured just two days ago (scroll down to the Harbor Island wedding posts), and Stephanie returned the favor by helping Amy at her own wedding. Small world. Anyway! Amy also was kind enough to write to us about some things she learned when it was her turn to be the bride. I especially love what she has to say about traditions….
Having a background in events, I was already very familiar with planning weddings. So the actual planning and design was very natural for me, and something I enjoyed. The tough part was reconciling the fact that I've never been able to picture myself as a bride, and I especially have never been able to envision my family in a traditional reception. So I had to figure out a way to celebrate this meaningful life event in a way that stayed true to my personality. I wanted something in-between going to the courthouse and a grand old wedding.
For the wedding, I thought about each component and how it would work in my situation. If it felt forced or awkward to me, I got rid of it. So instead of bridesmaids or groomsmen, Osamu and I had both sets of brothers and parents walk down the aisle. Instead of an officiant we didn't know, we had a close friend conduct the ceremony. Instead of reading our vows to each other during the wedding, we read them a few weeks later as we sat in the dirt and buried our time capsule. Instead of a first dance, we showed a "first video" — which involved dancing, but also showed us dressed up as our infamous Halloween alter-egos, the Karate Kid & Mr. Miyagi. Instead of a plated dinner, we had a casual family-style meal with bottles of sangria on the table.
So, it's kind of a timeless lesson that we all know deep-down…but I did learn that staying true to yourself is tough to do (especially in situations where there are expected norms), but ultimately can lead to something really authentic and special.
Photographer: Gia Canali // Event Planning & Design: Bride-Amy Kaneko Events // Venue: SmogShoppe // Florist: GD Designers // Catering: Auntie Em's Kitchen // Rentals: Classic Party Rentals // Officiant: friend & author, Vasugi Ganeshananthan // Ceremony Music: EspiMusic // Reception Music: DJ Crash via Dubgypsy // Bride's Dress: J. Crew "Orion" gown // Groom's Suit: Hugo Boss // Bride's Hair: Salon DNA // Bride's Earrings: Borrowed from mom
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This is so spectacular with the succelents displayed in a circular fashion and the bouquet is breath taking!
great job beautiful..
Amy is Awesome. Hire her.
I'm a sucker for succulents! :)
what a gorgeous wedding, loving all the details! This wedding is being bookmarked as we speak!
the bride looks absolutely stunning!
I like how they have thought out of the box regarding their wedding details. It's very unique and so cool of them to do all those things not following the standard wedding elements and rituals. :)Anyway, I super love her bouquet and her gown is very simple yet so elegant!
To me this is the perfect wedding, the location, the personalization, and the dress looks stunning on her.
Gorgeous! I love the ring of flowers where the ceremony took place. Thank you so much for sharing these photos!
These photos are gorgeous! What a beautiful wedding :)
Every time I see photos from the Smogg Shoppe I fall in love! If only I lived in California…
{what a beautiful wedding}
Those succulents make my heart go pitter-patter!!!
Amy! I just love your gorgeous wedding. As a long time Once Wed reader and fellow YOA alum ('04), I was so delighted to see these photos from your event when I pulled up Once Wed today! Best of luck to you with your company!
I LOOOOOVE the dress, very simple but soooo glamour!
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