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the toughest firm to work in was the boss' firm. i have mentioned this before but it was difficult to avoid his wrath. generally you were placed in charge of his firm only as the most senior registrar in the department. this gave me a good few years to observe how the other guys presented their cases to him in the morning meeting and to learn from their mistakes. one thing about the boss is he was an exception to the general rule of consultants not coming out to help in theater at night. if you called him, he would come. this sounds good, but the down side is that it was not all that much fun to operate with him. he demanded dead silence and always operated himself, seldom letting his junior at the knife which meant he didn't teach too well. i learned a lot from him as far as technique is concerned but it was mostly through observation rather than through tuition. so, in summary, it was not ideal to call him out at night. quite frankly it was a pain in the neck.
but there was another side to phoning the boss at night. as a junior i often observed a hapless registrar presenting a difficult case to the prof the next morning and facing all forms of the proverbial sh!tstorm for not phoning the prof. it didn't matter if he had single handedly raised the patient from the dead or broken down the gates of hades to claim his patient back. if he hadn't called the boss it simply wasn't good enough. and yet, without fail, the registrars endured this tirade rather than endure the prof coming out at night. i wondered if there was a happy middle ground somewhere. it didn't take long for me to find it.
basically the prof was a surgeon and therefore had a very fragile ego. it wasn't that he wanted his sleep to be interrupted to come out in the early hours and operate. he just wanted to be acknowledged as the guy in charge. he didn't want to be surprised the next morning with weird and wonderful stories of heroism, especially when he was not the hero. i understood this and worked with it. in the end it was all about timing.
a good example of how it went when i finally worked it to a fine art is illustrated quite well by a case i still remember.
the patient was the victim of severe blunt abdominal trauma. from the first moment it was clear he was in deep trouble. there was no question about doing a ct scan or not. he was simply too unstable. to go via scan would be to lose precious time which he could ill afford. we had to get him to theater as fast as possible and that is what we did.
after opening the abdomen i was confronted with a massive amount of blood. it was the sort of thing we sometimes do see but it is always a tense situation. i went through the motions and quickly identified the liver as the source of the bleeding. segments six and seven had been totally crushed and had been pretty much ripped off the rest of the liver. being astute as i am i quickly realised this was not good. i must admit there were a few subtle hints like the anaesthetist shouting that the patient was almost in exitus and my house doctor's wide eyes. but the absolute giveaway was when the house doctor spoke.
"aren't you going to call the prof?" he asked.
"do you want the prof here?" i retorted.
"of course not but you know what he is going to say tomorrow morning if you don't call him!" i smiled.
"watch and learn my young paduwan. watch and learn."
i then deftly whipped out the damaged segments of the liver, controlled the bleeding and started rinsing the abdomen. the anaesthetist was looking less tense so i assumed i was on the right track. i then turned to the house doctor.
"it is time." i then turned to the floor nurse. "please get the prof on the phone for me." soon after she was holding the phone to my ear.
"sorry to bother you so late at night prof, but i just wanted to let you know about this patient i'm operating. he had a liver laceration. there wasn't time to call earlier because he was unstable and we were rushing him to theater but i thought i should tell you how it's going. i have the bleeding under control now."
"sounds good. do you need me to come in?"
"not now prof. everything seems ok now, but thank you for offering." the house doctor stared in amazement. i knew the hero worship would come later.
the next morning, in the presence of all the registrars and house doctors i was required to present the night's activities. when i started on the patient in question i could see some of the registrars' ears perk up. i think some of them might even have been delighting in what they saw as my inevitable misery. as i got to the bit about the liver looking like mince soup, the prof intervened.
"yes, bongi phoned me about this case. i advised him how to get the bleeding under control. the patient is fine now. well done bongi." the expression on the face of the house doctor was unmistakable. it was indeed hero worship. who could blame him?


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The day started out with me swinging by PNC Park.
I looked in the Left Field gate at 10:30 am and didn't see any signs of cages or screens. There would be no batting practice – understandable, since last night's game didn't end until around 11:15 PM.
So, I went home and checked the weather for Baltimore. It was looking a little iffy.
Game: 5 balls (1 hit, 1 device, 3 found)
Season: 379 balls (193 hit, 84 thrown, 44 device, 49 found)
Games: 58 games
Average: 6.53 balls per game
2010 Game Balls: 5
Career: 957 balls
Streak: 154 consecutive games attended with at least 1 ball snagged.
Attendance: 13,467

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According to the OPD:
Today the City of Oakland facilitated marches, demonstrations and protests of various kinds at locations throughout the City. The City of Oakland is committed to facilitating peaceful expressions of free speech rights, and protecting personal safety and property; however we have continuously stated that we will not tolerate destruction or violence.
Today's strategy focused on swiftly addressing any criminal behavior that would
damage property or jeopardize public or officer safety. Officers were able to
identify specific individuals in the crowd committing unlawful acts and quickly
arrest them so the demonstration could continue peacefully.
Given the anticipated size of the crowd, mutual aid was called early in the day to
enhance OPD staffing.
Protests started at 7 am with about 45 people boarding buses heading to ferry
stations throughout the Bay Area. Meanwhile, protesters set up a series of marches, pickets and blockades at locations throughout the downtown area.
Around 11 am, groups converged in Frank H. Ogawa Plaza before splintering into two groups that headed northbound on Broadway, where some isolated incidents of vandalism occurred.
At about 12:30 this afternoon, a large crowd assembled at 14th and Broadway and
some protesters began throwing objects at officers who were attempting to make
an arrest. The crowd surrounded the officers and small amounts of gas were
deployed on three occasions in limited areas to disperse the specific small groups
of people who were committing the violent acts.
As of 2 pm, a crowd of about 400 had assembled at 14th and Broadway and in
Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, then headed to Fruitvale to join a permitted march. That
march began at 3 pm and grew to about 3,500 people who eventually converged at
Frank H. Ogawa Plaza in the early evening. By about 8 pm, most of the crowd had
peacefully dispersed; about 300 – 500 people remained.
Starting at about 8:30 pm, OPD issued two dispersal orders to clear the area at 14th and Broadway, 15th and Broadway/Telegraph, and Frank H. Ogawa Plaza. The
orders came shortly after OPD had attempted to arrest an individual. A crowd of
about 300 people surged forward and began throwing bottles and other objects.
Although most of the demonstrators heeded the dispersal order, a group of about
60 people splintered off in about a dozen groups, running through the Plaza and
northbound on Telegraph Avenue and Broadway.
OPD's focus tonight is to keep the groups from reorganizing, and to minimize
vandalism and damage to public and private property.
· 25 arrests confirmed (1 felony arrest for an assault on an officer; 2 felony
arson arrests, including an arsonist who burned a police vehicle)
Preliminary Vandalism/Damage Assessment
Earlier today:
· Minor vandalism/graffiti at Bank of America at Kaiser Center
· Vandalism at Bank of the West (2127 Broadway)
· OPD van had windows broken
· News media vehicle had tires punctured
Following 8:30 pm dispersal orders:
· Fire reported at 19th and Broadway
· Windows broken at Wells Fargo Bank (20th and Franklin)
· OPD car on fire in 1300 block of Franklin
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852 million people use tobacco products worldwide
Despite efforts to control the use of tobacco, it is still consumed by 852 million people worldwide, according to US researchers.
Writing in The Lancet, Gary Giovino and his team from the University of Buffalo found that around 661 million people currently smoke, while 247 million use smokeless tobacco products.
The situation is particularly acute in developing nations, where roughly half of adult men use tobacco.
Meanwhile, quit rates were found to be relatively low in the majority of the countries included in the study.
Smoking causes over a dozen types of cancer, as well as emphysema, heart disease and stroke.
After reviewing Global Adult Tobacco Surveys conducted between 2008 and 2010, the research team compared tobacco usage trends in developed nations like the US and UK, along with 14 less affluent regions.
21 per cent of UK women smoked, as did 16 per cent of women in the US. But overall the study showed that men were more likely to smoke than their female counterparts.
When all the countries were combined, 41 per cent of men smoked compared to just five per cent of women.
China had the largest population of tobacco users overall - 301 million - while the figure in India stood at around 275 million.
In terms of quitting tobacco habits, the research team discovered that people in the UK, the US, Brazil and Uruguay were most likely to give up tobacco. More than 35 per cent of people in these countries reported that they had quit their habit.
In comparison, less than 20 per cent of smokers in China, India, Egypt, Bangladesh and Russia said they had quit.
Commenting on the findings, Mr Giovino said: "Although 1.1 billion people have been covered by the adoption of the most effective tobacco control policies since 2008, 83 per cent of the world's population are not covered by two or more of these policies."
He added: "Our findings come at a crucial point in tobacco control, several years after the ratification of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) and reinforce the need for effective tobacco control."
Hazel Nunn, Cancer Research UK's head of health information, said: "In a week when the Australian High Court has backed its government's decision to remove branding on tobacco packets, these figures provide a stark reminder as to the global scale of the tobacco problem.
"Success in reducing smoking rates in countries like Australia and the UK means the tobacco industry needs to look elsewhere to maintain customer levels and their profits. The huge numbers of smokers worldwide casts a looming shadow of ill-health as the effects of smoking will take hold over the coming years," she added.
"Smoking causes death, disease and disability - it kills half of all long-term smokers. Without continued efforts to reduce smoking rates, the shadow cast by tobacco will continue to devastate many millions of lives."
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- Giovino, G.A., Mirza, S.A., Samet, J.M., Gupta, P.C., Jarvis, M.J., Bhala, N., Peto, R., Zatonski, W., Hsia, J., Morton, J. & (2012). Tobacco use in 3 billion individuals from 16 countries: an analysis of nationally representative cross-sectional household surveys, The Lancet, 380 (9842) 679. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61085-X


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Entertainment Weekly had a spread in their July 2008 issue featuring a cover with Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart. They also had photos from a photoshoot done by Jeff Riedel previously along with an article about the Twilight movie.[1] On November 8, 2008 EW released their 'Twilight Photo Album', which featured outtakes from the previous photo shoot.[2] The November 14, 2008 issue of Entertainment Weekly displayed Twilight on its cover for a second time, with three different covers featuring Rob and Kristen.[3] Three weeks later, the December 5 issue featured Rob on the cover once again.[4] On February 12, 2009, EW released another spread with Rob and Kristen on the cover. The article discussed Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke's book called Twilight: Director's Notebook and featured two preview pages from the book.[5] The stars of New Moon were featured on the magazine's cover in August and November 2009. In June 2010, the stars of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse were featured on the cover, and in addition, star portraits were taken and added to the webiste. In May 2011, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner were on two seperate covers (Stewart and Pattinson; Lautner alone) for the Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 special. In August 2011, Stewart and Pattinson were featured on the cover again, in Breaking Dawn - Part 1. Other stills from the movie were also featured in the issue. On June 12, 2012 the Facebook page for EW revealed a new promotional image from Breaking Dawn - Part 2 that included Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Mackenzie Foy as Bella Swan, Edward Cullen, and Renesmee Cullen. On August 7, 2012, an image of Bella and Edward was featured on the cover for the week in Breaking Dawn - Part 2.
- ↑ 'Twilight': Inside the First Stephenie Meyer Movie
- ↑ Twilight Photo Album
- ↑ MTV Movies Team (2008-11-07). 'Twilight' Times Three! Which 'Entertainment Weekly' Cover Do You Prefer?. MTV. Retrieved on 2009-02-13.
- ↑ Entertainment Weekly Magazine Archive | Issue #1024
- ↑ 'Twilight' Diary: Exclusive Sneak Peek!
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Governor Nathan Deal and LTG (Ret.) Claude M. Kicklighter, Director of the Vietnam War Commemoration, stand for the pledge of allegiance during the Governor of Georgia's 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War ceremony at the State Capitol.
Photo courtesy of Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class David P. Coleman
By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Adam Stapleton
ATLANTA – Members of the United States of America Vietnam War Commemoration program gathered in the state capitol building to accept Gov. Nathan Deal's proclamation in honor of the 50th Vietnam War Commemoration, Sept. 19.
Following a speech highlighting and thanking the dedication of several attendees in their mission to honor and remember the sacrifices of veterans of the Vietnam War, Deal proclaimed Sept. 19, 2013, through Nov. 11, 2025, as the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War in Georgia.
The proclamation marks the state's official partnership with the 50th Anniversary Commemoration, a Department of Defense initiative started in 2008.
"Congress passed the law that authorized the DoD to organize and support events like this across this great land," said 50th Vietnam War Commemoration Director U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Claude M. Kicklighter, retired, "to assist a grateful nation in thanking and honoring our Vietnam veterans and their families."
Kicklighter went on to express the importance of honoring the veterans of a conflict that have, in the past, received a less-than-warm welcome home.
"By becoming a commemorative partner, Governor Deal and this great state joins the nation in turning back the pages of history and righting a wrong that should not have occurred 50 years ago," said the Georgia native, who is but one of the estimated 245,000 Georgians who served in the historically controversial war.
Other speakers at the commemoration ceremony included Pete Wheeler, Georgia Department of Veterans Service Commissioner and Joanne Shirley, Vice chairman of the National League of Families of the POW/MIA, who spoke on behalf of the families of those who served and sacrificed during the Vietnam War.
"Just to be able to unite with people who understand the same thing that you're going through is huge," said Shirley, whose older brother, U.S. Air Force Maj. Bobby Jones, has been missing in action since 1972. "It's not just about Bobby, it's about everybody who has a loved one that's missing, it's about never forgetting."
The ceremony culminated with Kicklighter presenting the Governor with a commemorative partner flag and certificate to officiate the partnership.
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A. Barangays.
One must first disabuse one's present-day mindset about the barangay. The barangay we have today, even its name, is a Marcos creation, amending as he did the previous name barrio. But the original barangay, which the Spanish colonizers had adapted, was a group of persons formed for the purpose of tax/tribute collection. This barangay was not defined by territorial limits, and so a single cabeza de barangay may have jurisdiction over individuals who resided in different places. Likewise, one place may have many cabezas over its residents and, obviously, could be said to have as many barangays therein. Again, the old barangay was not a single place but a group of persons.
An example to illustrate this point would be the question: "Kang kinsa kang barangay?" (To whose barangay do you belong?). Not "taga-diin kang barangay?" (In what barangay do you live?).
Anyway, many of our present-day barangays started only as a locality or a settlement of a group of people—the term village is often used. Again, they were not called barangays then, not even barrios yet. They were just inhabited places or settlements (lugar de Bolinauan, lugar de Sangat, lugar de Cogon, etc.) in the town. But later on, probably in the 1840s, or a little earlier, some "lugar" also came to be referred to as barrios (barrio de Bacsiji, de Daanglungsod, etc.). But even then, it seemed these barrios still had no administrative functions, and it was still the cabezas de barangay who held the authority, but not one cabeza, one barrio (see first paragraph).
And then, around the 1870s church records showed that barangays were now numbered. Maybe the numbering was already some sort of geographical subdivision also, and thus the cabeza would not have to go from one end of Carcar to the other to fulfill his duties and his "area" was now just a neighborhood. There were 60-plus barangays of that period that grew to more than a hundred (maybe 200) barangays by 1880s, and that meant that the barangay then was much smaller in area than the 15 we have at present, and thus they would have been easier to administer, not only in area but more so in accessibility for the cabezas.
I have seen records of other parishes in Cebu and they too had numbered barangays, maybe around the same period, too.
And also some time after that, probably late in the Spanish era and towards the American, the Barrio was established by incorporating a contiguous group of these barangays into one (consequently also, the composite places came to be called sitios). This barrio now, as an administrative subdivision, had a territorial character and its headman, the teniente del barrio, was leader over the entire territory. Very much what we have today.
But to the names. Sometimes, the new barrio took the name of the biggest of the places (which also became its center, although that became very much a function of community politics) but sometimes, too, as we shall see, an entirely new name was given to this new territory, this new barrio.


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|MLBPA Press Release
What: The Players Trusts City Clinics program is a grassroots campaign developed by and featuring the active participation of current Major Leaguers to promote the game of baseball to underprivileged children, ages 6-16, in select cities across the country.
When: Friday, July 9, 2010 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. ET
Phillies players scheduled to arrive 11:45 a.m.
Where: Richie Ashburn Field at FDR Park, Pattison Ave. and So. Broad St., Philadelphia, PA
The Players Trust enjoys the support of the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Associations Legends for Youth program in hosting its City Clinics. Children participating in these free clinics receive hands-on instruction from current and former big leaguers in areas such as base running, pitching, hitting, throwing and fielding. During each three-hour session, City Clinics attendees also participate in a question and answer session with active and former players, and receive free T-shirts, autographs and refreshments.
The Major League Baseball Players Trust is a charitable foundation created by the players to help those in need. Through the Players Trust, active Major Leaguers contribute their time, money and celebrity to call attention to important issues affecting those in need and to help encourage others to get involved in their own communities.
The City Clinics program is underwritten by Majestic Athletic, a division of VF Imagewear, Inc..
For additional information about the Players Trust, please visit www.MLBPLAYERS.com. Also, visit the Players Trust channel on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/user/MLBPlayersTrust
About the MLBPAA and its Legends for Youth Program
Celebrating its 28th year in existence, the Alumni Association is a nonprofit organization that was formed to promote the game of baseball, raise money for charity, inspire and educate youth through positive sport images.
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U.S. drones last week targeted and wounded two leaders of al-Shabab, a Somalian Islamist group affiliated with al-Qaeda, the Washington Post reports. That makes Somalia the sixth predominantly Muslim country in which the U.S. has used drones.
Al-Shabab has been fighting the Somalian government since 2006. The U.S. accuses it of working with al-Qaeda to plan attacks outside Somalian territory. It is blamed for an attack in Uganda last summer that killed 76 people, including one American.
The Obama administration has sharply increased the use of military drones in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The U.S. is also using them against Qaeda-affiliated militants in Yemen and the Qaddafi regime in Libya.
Although the American military has executed previous special forces operations in Somalia in the last few years, this is reportedly the first time drones have been used in that country.


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He Ain't Give You None (Morrison)
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Spanish Rose (Morrison)
Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye) (Farrell / Russell)
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Who Drove the Red Sports Car? (Morrison)
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Beside You (Morrison)
It's All Right (Morrison)
Madame George (Morrison)
Send Your Mind (Morrison)
The Smile You Smile (Morrison)
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Brown Eyed Girl (Morrison)
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The Future of Brick and Mortar/
As we prepare for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, I think a lot about the future of the physical retail landscape. As I walk around my neighborhood in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, I count every storefront whose products or services could be better delivered over the internet.
The count is unfortunately high. Pretty much anywhere you buy items that aren't food, you could probably get them cheaper on the web, with a wider selection. Left and right, small retailers are closing their doors.
Storefront real estate's saving grace? ATM Locations. The number of ATM and banking locations in NYC has exploded in recent years--but you have to believe that this growth can't continue. What happens when we wind up going all digital with our in person transactions via our phones, keyfobs, or just using credit cards via Square--or when Simple is our bank of choice?
Have we reached "Peak ATM?"
And when we do, what happens to the real estate footprint that ATMs and bank locations take up?
More and more, the kinds of things that are succeeding in the retail world are experiential. Storefronts are transitioning from places you buy things, to places you do things.
While other fro-yo chains close, 16 Handles is growing--because it's more fun and engaging. You create your own dessert versus paying for someone else to give you standard items. Cycling studios like SoulCycle are thriving and yoga centers are popping up left and right. In Bay Ridge, The Art Room is a store front fine arts school for kids and represents the tip of the iceberg in storefront education centers. Perhaps the most widely known example that touches the tech community is General Assembly--almost 30,000 square feet. As GA creates code, places like 3rd Ward and TechShop are accessible member-based workshops for creators that work other mediums as well, like wood and metal. Story is a 2000 square foot retail space with "a point of view" that is part store, part event, rotating on a regular basis to feature different themes.
Some etailers, like Bonobos and Warby Parker, use physical retail locations as displays and showrooms for otherwise online distribution.
As this trend moves forward, it will be interesting to see how online services connect people to their physical environments. Loosecubes, a network for desk space, wound up getting outpaced by the underlying availibility of coworking spaces themselves--when there's one on seemingly every corner, you no longer have trouble finding availability. That doesn't mean you won't find other attempts at solving other aspects of the online/offline connection. I wouldn't be surprised if Meetup.com starts thinking about community centers for hosting Meetups--the Knights of Columbus/VFW 2.0.
One thing that is undoubtedly true is that we all want to pull away from the computer once in a while--and empty storefronts will inspire innovation, as well as present an economic challenge for real estate owners. I'll be excited to see the same spaces that were distrupted by internet distribution get reinvented by hybrid models and more engaging places for people to connect.


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Country singer LeAnn Rimes is working on turning her obsession with bikinis into a business venture with plans to launch her own swimwear collection.
The "Blue" hit maker is known for showing off her toned figure in sexy beachwear and she admits she would love the opportunity to test her design skills.
In an interview with FoxNews.com, she reveals she has been thinking of entering the bikini fashion industry for some time, and adds, "I've been researching that a little bit more as we speak.
"I've worn so many bikinis that I know what works and what doesn't. I know what I like and I know what's missing in the marketplace. We shall see! I hope that it comes to fruition."
Discussing her vision for the line, she continues, "I'm an earthly girl. I love very natural colors – nudes and golds. Beautiful, feminine and classy. …
"I think the biggest misconception about bikinis is that if you're heavier, that you need to wear more coverage on your butt. It looks horrible on any woman. The skimpier the bottoms, the better your butt looks! If you look at pictures of women with bikinis that cover the whole butt, it just looks frumpy. Flaunt what you've got!"


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The Pannan Power Plant in Pan county, Liupanshui, Guizhou province, sits in a small valley. Its coal ash disposal site is located in Zhaluji village. Zhaluji's fields on the valley floor have already been buried by coal ash, but the villagers still plant crops on the mountain slopes. Several seepage wells have been built for drainage purposes, discharging ash slurry directly into the Xiangshui River. Phase 1 of the coal ash dam covers more than 133 hectares, but Zhaluji village resident Zhou Yixian told Greenpeace that the power plant has already begun building Phase 2 and 3 "right in the valley behind our home, where on the mountain we have a primary school."
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Events and Pop-Ups Are a Boon to Troubled Retail Real Estate—and Vice Versa
The recession has brought a flurry of "For Lease" signs to the windows of Los Angeles retail spaces, which have been vacated with particular urgency in high-rent districts like Melrose Place, Robertson Boulevard, and Sunset Boulevard. But the bad news for real estate could be buoyed by corporate event and pop-up hosts using those same spaces—and likewise some hosts are finding that a vacant retail space can be an efficient and attractive venue choice.
"[The high retail vacancy is] definitely encouraging me, with any event, to walk around an area I like and look at all the retail spaces as a first protocol," said Harrison & Shriftman national creative director Ryan Jordan, who recently chose vacant retail and parking structures for the likes of Allergan's Latisse launch, and a launch for Russian designer Kira Plastinina (whose line filed for bankruptcy just months after its U.S. debut). "They're a lot more cost effective, and it definitely increases your bargaining power, since they're already vacant—in New York, Miami, L.A.—everywhere."
The Beverly Center, which occasionally hosts its own promotional events, is actively shopping for corporate event and pop-up hosts. "I've been talking to New Beauty magazine about doing a pop-up store [out of which the magazine would offer relevant] seminars, maybe for a month or a couple of months. We've been talking to Los Angeles magazine about doing the same thing for the tastemakers issue. Also we've been working with [an animal rescue] organization to do animal adoptions [out of the space formerly occupied by a] pet store, since their lease expired, which would allow us to lease the space later," said Steve Valentine, a publicist for the mall (which may be facing a significant new PR problem after the murder of a young rapper in daylight there on Monday).
Vacant retail space can make for a good deal for short-term renters. Matt Stoelt, whose Stoelt Productions currently has a temporary gym for Reebok installed on La Brea, said, "[Landlords] have accepted our offers for like $0.30 on the dollar for what it would cost to rent it [over a longer term]. We've gone out and gotten incredible huge spaces [that would have otherwise been] way out of our budget range. As far as the Reebok space, how great is it for the landlord who currently has three brokers marketing his space, and still no renters, that we're going to stay and pay rent? Retail is on its knees, and the event industry is helping to offset the losses."
A commercial property on a desirable street in West Hollywood might range from $2 to $4 per square foot for a five-year lease with options, said David Moskowitz, the head of commercial real estate for the Hollywood Hills area office of KW Commercial, a division of Keller Williams Realty. He also noted that a space on prime Melrose Place might fetch $8. Although Moskowitz has not been approached to negotiate a short-term event-related lease, he thinks the prospect is smart for both potential parties and said that with the vacancy rate so high, "People are making deals." A 7,500-square-foot space on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood that would typically go for $30,000 per month ($4 per square foot) for a traditional long-term lease might be had for little more than a third of that sum for a single month's rental, one event planner reported after research for the same purpose.
For Latisse's complicated build-out, Harrison & Shriftman's Jordan was able to negotiate a five-day rate in the vacant space for the same price as a three-day booking fee at a traditional venue for load-in, the event, and breakdown. "Brokers are extremely competitive, and [the longer time frame] made the event run much smoother," said Jordan, who also enjoys the creativity and brand-building potential a blank-slate space affords. "You're able to create something that's far more on brand, a lot more custom. And it's a space nobody knows as an event space."
Other pop-ups—like Kitson's temporary outlet store on the Third Street Promenade—are making use of retail space to liquidate the merchandise from shops in other high-rent districts (or to liquidate merchandise altogether). The House of Campari will reprise its presence in L.A. with a pop-up launching late next week and running through June 14 that will take over the former Lord's space on Beverly Boulevard. And the phenomenon goes beyond Los Angeles, too: In Miami, Johnnie Walker Blue Label set up a temporary bottle-engraving lounge at one of the area's most expensive shopping centers, the Village of Merrick Park mall, for the holidays.
Of course, not every landlord is eager for the opportunity. "[Event rentals are] something we would not consider and we haven't," said Francis Montgomery, president of Montgomery Management, which manages the high-rent Sunset Plaza complex in West Hollywood. "We consider Sunset Plaza a cut above that sort of marketing. We have about three or four out of 45 vacant, but I think it's always good to have an empty space so you have a lot of people coming to talk to you."
A walk down Sunset Boulevard in recent weeks would seem to suggest a more significant vacancy rate, and Y-3 has set up a pop-up just to the east at 8570 Sunset, in a complex known as the Sunset. "Some [owners] do keep their game face on—they always [claim to] have a deal pending," said Stoelt.
"It is something that we would be open to, but we currently have no vacancies that would be big enough to accommodate an event situation," said Maureen Pollack, the director of marketing for Beverly Hills' chichi Two Rodeo shopping street—apparently a fortunate exception to the trend.
Event producers may provide more than a short-term cash infusion for owners of vacant buildings. Some also provide capital improvements through their event builds. "We did a lot of tenant improvement to [the landlord's space] for [the Reebok] event," said Stoelt, who had previously worked in the same space—which has remained vacant—for a M.A.C. event during a Paper magazine event series. "We leveled an unlevel floor with 4,000 square feet of brand-new laminate floor that's going to be left behind. We also carpeted and did work on the second floor, put in track lighting, and carpeted the stairs. The landlord was open to cost sharing as well. It's a win-win, a huge win for everybody. We took a space that was not ready to walk in and rent—and we made it that."
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Here's a research article on the foreign assembly plants: http://www.camaros.org/foreign.shtmlWe're always looking for more data on any car from these plants or more information about the plants to help make a better article. Thanks!
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Photoshop (actions) Madness
Yes 'Actions' madness! The more we search for great actions the more we find. These actions automate many of the techniques readers ask about. Try : * Retro Actions 2 * IR Effect Look * Photo retouch actions * The return of Black & White * Gum Bichromate Prints from the 19th century * Floating Lineart April 14, 2011


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Magnets could help rid oceans of microplastics
Monday - An army of tiny magnetic coils could dissolve microplastics from water, and possibly help us clean up waterways and oceans.
MAKING WAVES: Female crews to chart oceans' plastic crisis
17 Jul 19 - More than 300 women will join a round-the-world voyage launching in October to highlight the devastating impact of plastic pollution in the oceans.
Climate changes drive plankton towards poles
24 May 19 - Communities of zooplankton microscopic drifting animals that underpin marine ecosystems are migrating poleward in response to climate change, a study finds.
Warming hits ocean species hardest
29 Apr 19 - Populations of fish, molluscs and other marine animals are disappearing at twice the rate of land-based species, new research shows.
MARINE MESSAGE: From under the sea, a president's plea
16 Apr 19 - The Seychelles president has made a plea for stronger protection of the beating blue heart of our planet, in a speech delivered from deep below the oceans surface.
Heatwaves sweeping oceans like wildfires
5 Mar 19 - Extreme ocean temperatures destroy kelp, seagrass and corals with alarming impacts for humanity.
Deep waters become 'ultimate sink' for plastic
1 Mar 19 - The worlds deepest ocean trenches are becoming the ultimate sink for plastic waste, according to a study that reveals contamination of animals even in these dark, remote regions of the planet.
Major study changes view of vital Atlantic conveyor belt
5 Feb 19 - An international research programme has uncovered data that could transform scientists understanding of the Atlantic Ocean current a circulation pattern that plays a central role in determining...
Industrial fishing ushers the albatross closer to extinction
1 Feb 19 - Industrial fishing vessels that accidentally kill tens of thousands of albatrosses each year routinely ignore regulations designed to save the birds from extinction, according to research.
Shellfish under threat as seas become more acidic
31 Jan 19 - Growing acidification of the oceans is becoming a serious problem for the production of shellfish around the world.
Our oceans head into another heatwave
24 Jan 19 - Marine heatwave conditions are already occurring in parts of the Tasman Sea and the ocean around New Zealand and looking to become the new normal.
In a warming world, bigger waves pack a stronger punch
24 Jan 19 - Ocean waves are now hitting harder than ever. As the world warms, they gain in energy, impact and height.
Our oceans broke heat records in 2018
23 Jan 19 - Rising temperatures can be charted back to the late 1950s, and the past five years were the five hottest on record.
Mishap forces Pacific garbage patch swimmer to give up
28 Nov 18 - A plastics-pollution campaigner has given up his attempt to swim across the Pacific - a trip that was to take him through 1600km of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
Oceans could be facing mass extinctions
22 Nov 18 - The worlds oceans have lost more than 2 per cent of their dissolved oxygen reservoir over the past five decades.
Plastics pollution on our beaches is becoming a pain
6 Nov 18 - Plastic rubbish on New Zealand beaches is not only hurting wildlife, its hurting us, too.
Ocean-sweeper targets plastic waste in Caribbean
29 Oct 18 - SodaStream has announced the launch of its massive ocean-sweeper, a contraption designed to dismantle plastic waste patches in marine waters.
Ocean warming hits highest recorded level
25 Oct 18 - Ocean heat content set a record in the first half of 2018, with more warmth in the oceans than at any time since records began in 1940.
Campaign aims to name plastic polluters
19 Sep 18 - A global call has gone out to combat plastic pollution with plans to name and shame the most pervasive polluting companies.
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At church a few weeks ago my cousin gave Kallie this denim jacket. I thought it looked great with her dress so I convinced Kallie to let me curl her hair (it was just wavy) and take some pictures. She really doesn't like doing this. She was a good sport, and the whole event took less than an hour.
Dress-Homemade by Meemaa, Denim Jacket- Hand-me-down Cherokee
What a pretty girl!
This is her STOP TAKING PICTURES face!
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So, when I arrived home today, there was this lovely box from my Field Notes Colors Subscription waiting for me - the Field Notes "National Crop Edition".
I hadn't read about this edition prior to opening it, so I was quite surprised at what was included in this thoughtful package. Living in rural Minnesota, I felt a bit of pride for our rich agricultural industry as I went through the contents.
First, you get this cool little Field Notes crop patch, which includes the six crops represented in the notebooks.
Looks pretty cool, right? I think I might affix this to my hiking bag, or maybe the cargo pants I use for yard work.
Ok. Now for the notebooks. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.
As you can see, the colors of the notebooks match each crop, plus you get little tidbits of information on the back cover.
Underneath all of the notebooks, tucked in the bottom of the box, was this crop map. I think it's interesting to consider how each of these crops has had a profound impact on the history, economies, lifestyle, and the migration of people throughout U.S. History.
Of the different Field Notes releases that I've seen, this one is my favorite. I think it is one the most thoughtful set of notebooks I have seen, though much of this may be my appreciation for the agricultural history of the U.S. At any rate, I loved receiving it, and I recommend getting your hands on a set, especially if you have some green thumbs/farmers in the family that might like to receive it as a gift.


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Lines of shoppers snaked around Volusia Mall shortly before it opened at midnight on Thursday, but crowds were relatively light in Palm Coast and Southeast Volusia.
Lines of shoppers snaked around Volusia Mall shortly before it opened at midnight on Thursday, and outside the mall's food court entrance, the queue stretched from the doors to the far side of the Applebee's.
Shree Rao was one of about a hundred people waiting outside the mall's entrance near Sears about an hour before the shopping center opened. She said she was hoping to get a few discounted items for her home.
Rao said she's no stranger to pre-sale lines.
"Sadly, I've done this before," she said.
Yet, the allure of saving big on necessities for the house — and the occasional discounted gift for her sister — keeps her coming back to Black Friday events.
However, Rao has her limits. She said she doesn't think she'll be waiting in line next year if the mall and other stores open even earlier on Thanksgiving.
"I think Thanksgiving should be more family-oriented," she said. "I like my Thanksgiving the way it is."
Amelia Broxton of Daytona Beach was already in shopping mode as she waited outside Volusia Mall. She had been to Kmart earlier in the day and was ready to see what kind of deals on clothing she could get at the mall retailers.
"I wanted to come because I've been before," Broxton said of why she went to the midnight mall opening. "And, I wanted to get those sales."
Inside the mall, Daytona Beach resident Marshall Tucker waited in a line in Sears' electronics department for a door-buster sale on televisions to begin. It was 10:45 p.m., and Tucker still had more than five hours until the 4 a.m. sale began. He'd been waiting since 6 p.m.
"It's worth it," Marshall said.
He had his eye on a deeply discounted high-definition television. He had hoped to pick up a model that was on sale when Sears opened at 8 p.m., but he arrived too late to secure one. So, he queued up for a television that was to go on sale at 4 a.m.
Farther back in line, a frustrated Terry Laughlin tried to get the attention of a Sears employee.
The Daytona Beach resident arrived at Sears at 8 p.m. hoping to snag the same model television Marshall was after. She said was upset because she couldn't get a straight answer on how many televisions were available.
"I don't want to wait until 3 (a.m.) just to learn there isn't one left," Laughlin said. "It's not like there are 100 of us here."
Many of the other approximately 15 people in line shared Laughlin's sentiment.
Outside of the Best Buy on West International Speedway Boulevard at 5:30 a.m., local residents told stories of success and defeat in the face of Black Friday. Donna Rice, a Palm Coast resident, said she had been out shopping since midnight. "It was long and tiring," she said.
Rice said she started her trek midnight at Walmart, then made her way to Kohl's before a last-ditch effort at finding sale items at Best Buy.
Rice said the time and effort of shopping was worth it, "I got some good deals and I got all my Christmas shopping done."
Others left the store empty-handed, like Maigan Graham, who said she could not find the sales she was hoping for. "I'm looking for a MacBook laptop," Graham said. "But I'm not really finding those on sale."
One mother-daughter pair used Black Friday as an early-morning bonding experience. Helene Dusselaar, a New Smyrna Beach resident and native of the Netherlands, said she arrived at Best Buy at 5 a.m. and didn't think the lines were unbearable, especially because many stores had midnight openings. Best Buy opened at midnight.
When asked what stores the pair traveled to, Dusselaar's daughter smiled and responded, "We went everywhere!"
Amy and Paul Woodard, a Port Orange couple expecting their second child, left Best Buy with a 40-inch LCD television.
A pregnant Mrs. Woodard said the couple's Black Friday plans began as a trip to find a crib for the baby, but ended in a purchase of the television. She said the couple started their trip at Babies"R"Us, and came to Best Buy to see what they could find.
"This is my first Black Friday," she said. "I don't know if I'll be doing this again."
Crowds were light at many Palm Coast stores Friday morning and some customers said they had been out since Thursday night and were already wrapping up their shopping. Shoppers trickled into Target in Palm Coast during the early morning hours, but employees said crowds were heavy the night before.
About 5:30 a.m. Friday, Lillian DeCamillo of Palm Coast passed through the check-out line with her daughter Dawn West of Orlando and niece Katrina Klaus and nephew Charlie Klaus of New York. The group started shopping at 11:30 Thursday night.
"After dinner we go through the flyers and see where the best deals are and plan the best strategy of where we're going to go first," DeCamillo said.
They planned to visit Books-A-Million and Michaels and end their shopping trip with a stop at PetSmart, which opened at 7 a.m.
Katrina Klaus said she snatched up a $125 cashmere sweater for $35 at Kohl's and a $100 pair of boots for $39 at Bealls. She estimated she'd saved about $200 by starting her shopping early.
Across town at Walmart, Susan Paulsen of Palm Coast browsed in the electronics department with her 15-year-old daughter Lauren. Paulsen was pleased to find two 32-inch TVs on sale for $198, but also had one disappointment.
"I wanted to get a laptop but the kind I wanted was already sold out," she said.
Paulsen, who started her shopping about 5 a.m. Friday morning, said she wasn't expecting the "mellow" atmosphere she found at Walmart.
"I was so surprised when we got here--there was no line out front," she said.
Crowds were also light down the street at Kohl's. Laura Rausch of Palm Coast pushed her cart through the girls' section. She shopped for clothing and toys for her daughters, who will turn 8 and 10 next month, and said she'd likely pick up a few gifts for her husband.
"I have no desire to stand in a line," Rausch said. "It just seems silly to come at midnight when I can get the same deals at 6 a.m."
A seasoned Black Friday shopper, Rausch arrived at Kohl's at 5:45 a.m. and said she planned to get "more than half" of her holiday shopping done Friday.
"There's always last-minute 'I want' and 'I'd really like' things but the big stuff will be taken care of," she said.
Many early-morning shoppers said they liked Friday's laid-back shopping experience, but Cori Vincent said she missed the crowds as she walked through the junior's department at the Kohl's with her mother Barb Curcio and Curcio's sister-in-law Mary Ann Curcio.
"I think it's just exciting," Vincent said about the busy holiday shopping days.
Vincent, a Palm Coast resident, has shopped on Black Friday for more than a decade, and lamented there wasn't any Christmas music playing over the speakers. After leaving Kohl's, Vincent said the group planned to eat leftover turkey sandwiches and watch her 13-year-old daughter put up the Christmas tree.
Outside the New Smyrna Beach Walmart on State Road 44, at 6 a.m. there were only a smattering of cars in the parking lot as dawn's light brightened the horizon, but still bargain hunters seemed pleased with their purchases.
"I saved about $100," said Heather Smith-Knuth as she loaded an air hockey table into her car.
While the lack of "hustle and bustle" disappointed the 45-year-old New Smyrna Beach resident, she said she found everything she had been looking for.
"This is a tradition," Smith-Knuth said of the early morning, day after Thanksgiving, shopping time.
Store personnel declined to comment on Black Friday activities, which began at midnight. They referred questions to corporate officials.
Heather Zucker, of Edgewater said her morning started about 5 a.m. up the road at Big Lots.
"I wanted to get a little shopping in before I go to work," she said walking toward her car in the Walmart parking lot, a new sewing machine in her cart. "I told my boss I would be in at 8:30 a.m."
Ralph Johnson said that the early morning hour didn't bother him.
"I am usually up early talking with a friend from up north on AOL, but he is out shopping," the Edgewater resident said.
Like many of the people who skipped a warm bed for some pre-Christmas bargains, Johnson seemed satisfied with his purchase.
"You can't buy a cartridge for what they were selling the printer for," he said of his acquisition of a new computer printer. "I saved around $50 bucks."
At 8:20 a.m., at the Kohl's in the West Volusia Towne Centre in Orange City, the parking lot had open spaces.
The store had been open since midnight, but a regular flow of shoppers were coming in and out.
There were lots of clearance and sale signs on the clothes racks and counters. The jewelry counter was busy as was the linen section, and the toy section was picked over.
Outside the store, three ladies had finished shopping and were loading their cars. Lissia Billingsley from Tampa was visiting Debbie Hollard for the holiday.
"We were out a bit last night, then went home and this is our second stop this morning. We went to Big Lots in DeLand first," Billingsley said. The pair left the house 6 a.m.
"Last year we went out all night long, but it's just too hard. We have found this morning that even sleeping and getting up, we have found the same sales as the crazy midnight deals. It's been really nice," she said.
Annie Martin, Mark Johnson and Bob Koslow contributed to this report.


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Naomi Watts Holds Hands With Her Main Men as Award Season Approaches
Naomi Watts was out in her NYC neighborhood yesterday, strolling hand in hand with her two young sons. The actress toted a bag from Duane Reade as she pounded the pavement with Sasha and Kai Schreiber.
Naomi is back home after making a quick pre-Thanksgiving trip to London to premiere her latest film. Naomi stars opposite Ewan McGregor in The Impossible, and the upcoming movie — along with their individual performances — is already getting early Oscar-season buzz. The film tells the true story of a family vacationing in Thailand just before the 2004 tsunami struck and opens in the US on Dec. 21. Naomi will portray yet another real-life character in 2013, when her Princess Diana movie is expected to hit theaters. She spent much of the Summer in England shooting the drama, which chronicles the last two years of the beloved royal's life, and made a stunning physical transformation to take on the role.


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We take the wraps off the 11 hottest muscle cars being built in the pro shops right now.
Just as a company's fiscal year can run on whatever arbitrary 12-month cycle they deem appropriate to their line of business, many hot rod shops also do not follow the traditional Gregorian calendar as the rest of us. Instead, they tend to run their high-level projects on their own time line that concludes somewhere around the SEMA Show. Sometimes the night before. That means they'll typically turn their attention to the next big project right after they touch down back at the shop. That's why as soon as the dust settled after SEMA, we immediately started touching base with major shops all around the country to find out what they had brewing for their top projects in 2013.
While we found plenty of the usually suspect car models like Camaros and Mustangs, we were pleasantly surprised to see some off-the-radar unique platforms slated for high-end builds. How does a '71 Pantera, '57 Saratoga, '70 240Z, or a '72 Gremlin sound to you? Sounds like the kind of creativity we live for!
Unfortunately another theme we run across perennially is shady shops delivering shoddy workmanship while billing top dollar. There are plenty of shops that want your money and will make all the promises under the sun to get it, so it's more important than ever to do your homework before entrusting a shop with your car. If you're on the hunt for a good shop for your next project, any one of these shops is a safe bet. There's a reason that these guys have been doing this for a long time, and it's because they're at the top of their game. Of course you can always dispense with the trouble of paying a shop altogether by just building it yourself, and you'll have a head start on your own creation by mining ideas from these cutting-edge pro projects already underway!
1969 Corvette
Alloway's Hot Rod Shop
Think back to your high school days; there was always that one dude who had the hottest car in the parking lot that every other guy drooled over and dreamed about. Maybe you were lucky enough to be that guy, but most us just had to live with our envy. For Doyle Thomas, the car belonged to a friend of his: a triple-black '69 Corvette convertible. And you know how they always say a hot car can get you hot girls? Apparently that Vette was the last bit of persuasion Thomas' friend needed to get a date with one of the best looking girls at school that he'd been pursuing. Yeah, Thomas was in love with that Vette and swore that he would have one just like it one day.
Apparently that impression ruined him for life; Thomas currently has 14 Corvettes in his fleet, but until recently there was a glaring gap in the roll call. Finally, about three years back Thomas decided it was time to build that first love. Like most Corvette guys, Thomas had been much into factory-correct restos, but after seeing the '62 Corvette Bobby Alloway built a couple of years back, his mind was switched. That car set the Vette world on notice by basically being a perfected vision of a stock-style Corvette on the outside, but with a modern chassis, suspension, and drivetrain. Thomas had never seen a third-gen Vette taken to that level, so he decided his first dream car would be the one to set the bar.
The cool thing about third-gen Corvettes is that they are still relatively inexpensive in small-block form, plus they represented cutting-edge styling and performance for their day. C3 Vette street machines are a growing trend, and fortunately the prices on decent starter cars are still on the ground floor. Thomas' '69, however, will be putting them in the spotlight very soon!
By The Numbers
1969 Corvette
Engine: undetermined big-block Chevy with throttle body–style EFI
Trans: Tremec TKO five-speed
Rearend: undetermined aftermarket 9-inch rear
Suspension: custom Art Morrison chassis with C6 front and rear suspension
Brakes: 13-inch Wilwood brakes
Wheels & Tires: one-off Alloway 17×7 & 20×10 wheels
Contact: Alloway's Hot Rod Shop; www.AllowaysRodShop.com
1969 Camaro
D&Z Customs
D&Z Customs
Back in 1967 while he was in college, Ray Norlin walked into a Chevy dealership and laid eyes on the very first Z/28 Camaro he'd ever seen. His jaw dropped, he turned to a salesman, and asked, "What's that?" The salesman replied, "That's Chevy's new hot rod." Indeed it was, and Ray knew he had to have one. Not that day though—college came first. Matter of fact, a lot of things came first: career, marriage, kids, and all those other important parts of life. Though he had a few Camaros in the meantime, it wasn't until 28 years later that Ray got the first-gen he really wanted. Rather than a '67, he went for a '69, since the revised body lines had replaced the '67's in his mind.
Originally he wasn't quite sure what direction to take with it. Ray had always been a drag racing fan, but after he saw some friends autocrossing, that looked like the fun he wanted. Of course to be even remotely competitive, he needed to upgrade the drivetrain and suspension. "I'm not a serious racer," Ray says, "but I don't want to come in last either." In a perfect world, he would have loved to build the car himself, but life was still too busy. "I realized if I ever wanted to finish and enjoy this car, I needed some help." Randy Johnson at D&Z Customs has a reputation of building no-nonsense Pro Touring cars that handle; he's a hard-core track rat, and has spent just as much time on the high speed turns of a road course as he has behind a welder. That's why Ray chose him to be his guiding hand in transforming the '69 into a Pro Touring car, which includes a slew of Anvil Auto's carbon-fiber body parts, some Cerullo seats, a Detroit Speed & Engineering dash insert, Auto Meter gauges, Phantom Works Touch-N-Go system, a Vintage Air Gen IV Magnum A/C system, an ididit tilt steering column, and a RideTech TigerCage.
By The Numbers
1969 Camaro
Engine: Wegner Automotive-built 441ci LS7 with 849 hp/804 lb-ft Magnuson 2300 supercharger, Hedman Hustler 2-inch primary long-tube headers, Champ oil pan, Canton Accusump, Wegner Automotive accessory drive, Speartech wire harness, computer tuning by West Bend Dyno Tuning
Trans: Tremec T56 Magnum six-speed with Quick Time bell housing, Centerforce DYAD twin-disc clutch
Rearend: undecided
Suspension: Heidts Pro-G frame with splined sway bar up front, Heidts Pro-G IRS in the rear
Brakes: Wilwood 13-inch 6-piston front brakes, Wilwood 10.25-inch 4-piston in the rear
Wheels & Tires: 18×9 & 19×12 Forgeline FS3P wheels with 275/35R18 & 335/30R19 Nitto NT05 tires
Contact: D&Z Customs; 262-347-9741; www.DandZCustoms.com
1969 Camaro
Detroit Speed & Engineering
There are a lot of black first-gen Camaros that have been in film and television over the decades, but for a certain generation there is one that always comes to mind: The one that lived under a cover in John Cusack's driveway for most of the 1985 movie Better Off Dead. When the cover is finally yanked and a pristine black '67 Camaro is revealed, it was the inspiration for a whole new generation of would-be gearheads. That image stuck with a lot of kids—one of which was Angelo Vespi. He knew right then that one day he was going to have one.
Years later when he finally had a '69 Camaro ready to build, he hoped to send it to Detroit Speed & Engineering. Unfortunately, at the time DSE was backlogged with demand and the wait time for a project like Angelo's was roughly two years. Instead, Angelo decided to buy all of the parts from DSE, but work with a local shop to get the car built. Two years into the project, however, progress was inexcusable slow. As luck would have it, right about that time DSE had some openings, so Angelo had the Camaro shipped to them right away. But, that's when the real bad news started rolling in. Turns out that the Camaro was extremely rough with lots of rust and body damage masked by really bad metalwork. It was way too much to fix, so the body was sold to a racer and a different shell was procured.
Since he had to wait so long, Angelo decided to go all-out; he and DSE collaborated with artists Carter Hickman and Eric Brockmeyer to create what they hope will be a serious contender for the 2013 Goodguys Street Machine of the Year award. We're digging the handbuilt hood, lower valence, cowl, tucked bumpers, and functional quarter-panel gills. After that, Angelo plans to attend a driving school to better learn how to wring it out on the autocross track.
By The Numbers
1969 Camaro
Engine: 427ci LS, 800hp Mast Motorsports X-block with Mast Black Label TVS 2300 supercharger
Trans: Tremec TKO600 five-speed connected to a Dynotech driveshaft
Rearend: 12-bolt with 3.90 gears
Suspension: DSE hydroformed subframe with tubular control arms and DSE/JRi coilovers up front; DSE Deep Tubs and QuadraLink with DSE/JRi coilovers in the rear
Brakes: Baer 6P 6-piston calipers on 14-inch rotors front and rear
Wheels & Tires: 18×9.5 & 19×12 wheels with 275/35R18 & 345/30R18 Michelin Pilot Sport tires
Contact: Detroit Speed & Engineering; 704-662-3272; www.DetroitSpeed.com
1957 Chrysler Saratoga
Hot Rod Chassis & Cycle
There aren't many people who would ponder a pre-'64 Mopar when choosing a car for a high-end Pro Touring hot rod, but for Steve Southwell, those flamboyant '50s Mopars are the Mopars. It all started back when he was 14 and had a paper route. Of all the cars sitting in driveways, it was always the Mopars of that Virgil Exner "Forward Look" era that got him excited.
Initially for this project Southwell wanted a '50s Chrysler 300, but the market on those is fairly pricey even for project cars. "I really wanted to do a great big '50s boat," Southwell says, "but as a restomod underneath."
While on his search, he ran across two Mopars up for sale as a package: a '57 New Yorker and a '57 Saratoga. The owner had planned to combine the two cars into one good restoration, but both cars ended up being far too rough. That wasn't a problem for Southwell, since prodigious cutting and custom parts were part of his plan. That's good, because after dipping the cars there wasn't much left of either of them. The New Yorker was far worse, so the Saratoga got the nod for the build.
While the Saratoga is eventually going to benefit from a custom unibody chassis and performance suspension designed and built by Hot Rod Chassis & Cycle (HRC&C), the style of the Saratoga will stay very traditional, since Southwell loves attending shows that only allow pre-'64 hot rods and customs. Just like traditional customizers, HRC&C plans to incorporate a lot of Chrysler elements from different models such as pivoting seats from a '60 Adventurer, some cross-ram induction pieces, and an original push-button shifter connected to a modern trans.
By The Numbers
1957 Chrysler Saratoga
Engine: 383ci Chrysler Sonoramic Commando with EFI on original cross-ram intake
Trans: Bowler Performance 4L60E with custom adapter plate
Rearend: HRC&C 9-inch housing with Moser axles, 3.50 gears
Suspension: HRC&C custom unibody chassis with HRC&C-designed coilover front suspension and four-link rear. RideTech triple-adjustable coilovers all around
Brakes: 14- and 12-inch Raybestos
Wheels & Tires: custom 19×9.5 & 19×12, designed to look like '58 Imperial wheels with 275/35R19 & 345/30R19 Nitto Invo tires
Contact: Hot Rod Chassis & Cycle; 630-458-0808; www.HotRodChassisAndCycle.com
1966 Chevy II Nova
Nostalgic Auto Body
The hot rod and muscle car hobby is a hard one to resist, especially if you find yourself immersed in it and hanging out with some of the big names in the industry and their test cars. Businessman Dave Rybacki ventured into the restoration market with his last company, and quickly got absorbed in the world of modernized and Pro Touring muscle cars at Goodguys shows around the country. He quickly made friends with the owners of some of the big shops and parts manufacturers, and got to ride along in some of their test cars on the autocross course. That's all it took to fully convert him. It was time for him to build a car of his own.
Though he previously had an off-road Jeep, Dave had never owned a muscle car of any type before. The car that really struck him was Detroit Speed & Engineering's Chevy II test car, so he decided to seek one out one for himself. The search eventually led him to a barn in Southern Illinois and a rickety '66 Nova with no floors and shoddily tacked together conduit holding it together. From there it went straight to Nostalgic Auto Body in Island Lake, Illinois, where fabricator Joe Miller is doing all of the metalwork on the car, and will also probably end up painting the car as well. Currently, the Chevy II is at Schwartz Performance getting its new chassis installed, as well as a custom exhaust and a rollcage.
By The Numbers
1966 Chevy II Nova
Engine: 675hp Schwartz LS7 with ARP bolts, COMP Cams custom grind cam, Patriot dual valvesprings with titanium retainers, ported stock heads, stock dry-sump oiling
Trans: Tremec T56 six-speed
Rearend: Moser full-floating 9-inch housing with nodular third member, Wavetrac diff, 3.73 gears, 31-spline axles
Suspension: Schwartz Chassis with RideTech triple-adjustable coilovers
Brakes: Baer 6R 6-piston calipers and 14-inch, rotors front and rear
Wheels & Tires: 18×10 & 18×12 HRE C93 wheels with titanium hardware
Contact: Nostalgic Auto Body; 847-487-8883
1970 Datsun 240Z
Performance Restorations
"This breaks all of our building rules here. We just don't do Japanese cars," Brent Jarvis said about this 240Z going together at Performance Restorations. "But when one of your best friends asks you, you say 'yes,' and give it the best you have. So this is a first for our shop and it should turn out to be quite a cool, fun, fast car when done." Brent's friend, Jim Campagna, has had the Z since he was a young man, but once he got married and had kids, it was put into storage. The plan was to eventually bring it back as a father-son project, but unfortunately the gearhead gene skipped a generation and his son doesn't have the same interest in cars that dad does. So now that the kids are away in school, dad is doing it for himself.
While it may not be his usual cup of tea, it's not too hard to like the formula: a pocket-sized 2,400-pound car with a great chassis and suspension. Toss in a reliable 500hp LS engine underhood, and you've got a recipe for some really fun, fast handling track action. You didn't think Brent would keep the original six in it, did you? The aluminum LS engine is actually lighter than the old iron straight-six.
Styling wise, the Z is being accented with vintage flares, front air dam, headlamp covers, and rear wing to give it a classic road race look. The flares will be molded in rather than bolted on as they were 40 years ago. Campagna is a very experienced race driver, so the Z will be giving muscle cars fits on the autocross, the road course, and speed-stop challenges.
By The Numbers
1970 Datsun 240Z
Engine: 500hp LS2
Trans: Tremec T56 six-speed
Rearend: Q45 Infiniti with 3:45 gears
Suspension: Arizona Z Cars suspension with single lower control arm, double-adjustable coilover struts, and custom adjustable swing arm sway bar in the front; Arizona Z Cars suspension with custom halfshafts, single lower control arms, double-adjustable coilover struts, and custom adjustable swing arm sway bar in the rear.
Brakes: 13-inch drilled and slotted rotors on all four corners with race-spec Wilwood 6-piston calipers in front, 4-piston calipers in the rear
Wheels & Tires: 17×9.5 & 18×11 Forgeline DE3P wheels with 255/40R17 & 295/35R18 Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 tires
Contact: Performance Restorations; 847-566-7469; www.PerformanceRestorations.com
1970 Ford Mustang
Pure Vision Design
One of Steve Strope's favorite design directions is to cross elements from different vehicles of the same era, and just by looking at the Tavis Highlander illustration, Ford nuts probably already see the vintage GT40 design cues. But for those of you who need a little refresher course in GT40, here is the basic rundown.
While GT40s ran small-blocks and 427 FEs, Strope opted for Jon Kaase Racing's new 520ci all-aluminum Boss '9 with their new eight-stack EFI injection. The idea behind the Kaase Boss '9 is that it resembles the Ford big-block racing engines of the 1960s while bringing more power and driveability. It also reduces weight on the nose significantly. The future owner—who insists on his privacy—is a successful high-level businessman who is a part-time racer, so no ordinary transmission will do. Taking the grunt from Kaase's Boss will be Keisler Automotive's new dog box clutchless six-speed manual. Continuing with the vintage race theme, the stripe patterns are modeled after the original GT40's hood and rocker stripe package, like the Ford lettering in the rocker stripe just behind the door of the GT40. Recognize those wheels GT40 enthusiasts? Most GT40s ran Halibrand wheels, but Strope opted to work with EVOD Industries to recreate the Gulf Racing GT40's six-spoke wheels with three-blade spinners in an 18-inch diameter. And the color? Why Gurney Blue, of course.
By The Numbers
1970 Ford Mustang
Engine: 520ci all-aluminum Kaase Boss '9 with Kaase eight-stack EFI injection
Trans: dog-box clutchless six-speed
Rearend: Heidts PRO-G IRS
Suspension: JME Enterprises billet aluminum cradle, control arms, and spindles with in-board cantilever-style pushrod-activated JRi coilover shocks and Hyperco springs in front. Heidts PRO-G IRS with JRi coilover shocks and Hyperco springs in the rear.
Brakes: 14-inch Baer Brakes with 6S 6-piston calipers
Wheels & Tires: Gulf Racing GT40-style six-spoke wheels with three-blade spinners by EVOD Industries
Contact: Pure Vision Design; 805-522-2232; www.PureVisionDesign.com
1971 Plymouth 'Cuda
Rad Rides By Troy
This one is a real horror story, and proof that sometimes it's just best to go back to the original source when you want to emulate a high-end show car. Back in 1971 when the movie Vanishing Point debuted, Roger Byrd's father had a Challenger very similar to Kowalski's that the local drive-in theater borrowed to get moviegoers revved up. That mental pic of people crowding around his dad's car stuck with the younger Byrd. Years later when his chiropractic career was doing well and he was contemplating getting a Viper, that image of vintage Mopar muscle crept back in. Rather than a Challenger, though, Roger opted for a 'Cuda convertible.
He took the rolling shell to a builder in Southern Florida with dreams of building a 'Cuda badder than Sick Fish, the '70 'Cuda built by Rad Rides for Joe Rogan. Well, unfortunately the only part they got right was "bad." The 'Cuda was originally slated to debut in Chrysler's booth at the 2007 SEMA show, but when Roger arrived he was told that it had been turned away since it was hastily thrown together and incomplete. Back to the shop it went. In 2009, it did make the SEMA show, but ran and drove so poorly that Roger only racked up 70 miles on it.
Thoroughly through with that shop, Roger contacted Troy Trepanier at Rad Rides to rescue the 'Cuda. Unfortunately what Troy found was a carved up car full of filler, a poorly designed and installed suspension, and an engine with washed cylinders. After stripping the paint, every single panel except one doorskin had to be replaced.
Roger was so disgusted he didn't even bother to call Troy for a year, preferring just to let his crew work. Now eight years into a project that was supposed to only take two years, Roger is starting to get reenergized since the end is in sight. He should finally be driving "Whiplash" by this spring.
By The Numbers
1971 Plymouth 'Cuda
Engine: 850hp 572ci Ray Barton Hemi, Big Stuff 3 ECU
Trans: Bowler TKO 600
Rearend: Dana 60, Eaton posi, 3.50 gears
Suspension: Magnum Force front, DSE QuadraLink in the rear
Brakes: Wilwood; 13-inch rotors with 6-piston calipers in front, 12-inch rotors with 4-piston calipers in rear
Wheels & Tires: 18×8 & 20×10 Billet Specialties
Contact: Rad Rides; 815-468-2590; www.RadRides.com
1971 Pantera
This one is kind of a sad story, but thanks to the Ringbrothers, Jim and Mike; it will have a happy ending. Randy Brickle had never had a hot rod project, but a friend of his had a Pantera, and apparently going for a few rides in it left quite an impression on him. That semi-exotic DeTomaso body became his dream car and he began looking around for one of his own.
Unfortunately, Randy was diagnosed with cancer and was unable to work on his Pantera as planned. He sent it to a shop to have the work completed, and long story short, a great deal of money was spent with not much result. Even worse, Randy died during the process.
Looking for a trustworthy shop to finish the car, his wife, Cheryl, was referred to Ringbrothers by a friend. After picking the Pantera up and discovering the overall poor shape of the body and the shoddy workmanship, Mike and Jim initially tried to dissuade Cheryl from sinking more money into the car. That wasn't an option for Cheryl though; it had to be completed. She gave them a budget cap, and mandated that the finished color be yellow, but other than that Mike and Jim had free rein.
Since it was way too rough to go back stock, Mike and Jim created a plan that would create a gorgeous Pantera that will do justice to Randy's memory, while still being something that she will be able to sell later. This one isn't a keeper for her; it's just the fulfillment of her husband's dream.
For their perfected Pantera, Mike and Jim worked with the Roadster Shop to create a custom front and rear suspension for better handling, and are swapping to LS3 power. The body mods will be fairly subtle with small wheel flares and custom rocker panels with brake cooling ducts.
By The Numbers
1971 DeTomaso Pantera
Engine: 500hp Wegner Motorsports LS3
Trans & rearend: ZF six-speed transaxle with custom adapter plate
Suspension: Roadster Shop custom tubular control arms with C6 spindles and coilovers up front, Roadster Shop IRS with Porsche driveshafts in the rear
Brakes: Baer 15-inch rotors with 4-piston calipers in front, Baer 14-inch rotors with 4-piston calipers in rear
Wheels: HRE 18×10 and 19×12, Nitto Invo 275/35R18 and 335/30R19
Contact: Ringbrothers; 608-588-7399; www.Ringbrothers.com
1966 Chevy II Nova
Route 66 Motorsports
Putting together one high-end muscle car takes a monumental amount of time; putting together five at once is practically a full-time job. Kevin Garrison has found the answer, though: he set up a one-man fab and body shop and has an employee whose whole job is just to help Kevin get his projects completed. Man, do we love this idea.
This '66 Chevy II didn't originally start with a plan, Kevin just happened to run across it as an unfinished basket case project for a great deal. He scooped it up, fully certain that he'd figure what to do with it soon. No doubt influenced by the sudden surge of Chevy II handling and performance parts that have become available on the market, he decided that the direction for this '66 would be full-on Pro Touring. He touched base with Route 66 Motorsports with a rough outline of what he wanted: a red Chevy II with 18-inch Boze Alloy Mesh wheels. Other than that and a few other minor points, Kevin let the Route 66 crew have free rein to create a head-turner. When we spoke to them in December, the fast-approaching deadline for the debut was the Indy World of Wheels show in February. After that, Kevin said he plans to attend several Goodguys shows. Hopefully, we'll convince him to stretch the '66 out a bit on the autocross at least once or twice.
By The Numbers
1966 Chevy II Nova
Engine: 585hp LS3 with FAST LSX-R intake, COMP Cams cam
Trans: Coan 4L65E with 2,800-stall converter
Rearend: full-floating 9-inch with 3.70 gears and 31-spline axles
Suspension: Schwartz Performance full chassis
Brakes: 6-piston Wilwood calipers on 13-inch rotors, front and rear
Wheels & Tires: 18×8 & 18×12 Boze Alloy wheels with 255/40R18 & 335/30R18 BFGoodrich tires
Contact: Route 66 Motorsports; 815-462-0090; www.RT66Motorsports.com
1972 AMC Gremlin
Schwartz Performance
There are few cars in the pantheon of automotive oddities that get as much ridicule as the Gremlin. Well, maybe the Pacer, but either way it's high on the list. Despite that, Jeff Schwartz and the guys at Schwartz Performance are bound and determined to make this one Gremlin that haunts the nightmares of autocrossers.
"Why a Gremlin?" you might ask. We posed that question to owner Mark Ifen and he told us that he'd actually autocrossed one back in the early '80s and it handled surprisingly well thanks to a good weight bias because of the relatively long nose. Unfortunately, the strut rod–style front suspension meant that there really wasn't much he could do to tune it.
Years later in 2008, Mark decided he'd like to have another Gremmy, and ran across a clean one in South Carolina that was up for auction on eBay. Originally a yellow six-cylinder automatic base model with tan guts, somewhere along the line a mild 360ci Mopar V-8 had been swapped in. Mark figured it would make a fun cruiser, and perhaps a surprise for a few unsuspecting muscle cars.
Nevertheless, Mark's buddy Jeff had other ideas when he saw the new acquisition. After the demise of Jeff's brown Vega, he really wanted something unique again. After taking a few measurements, Jeff confirmed that with a few mounting point mods and 4 inches taken out of the middle, one of his chassis for first-gen Camaros would fit. To get the right stance and grip, Jeff decided to channel the body down over the rails and raise the front wheelwells about 4 inches to clear at least 275-series tires.
By The Numbers
1972 AMC Gremlin
Engine: 360ci AMC with Edelbrock aluminum heads
Trans: mildly built Turbo 350 three-speed automatic
Rearend: Moser full-floating 9-inch housing with nodular third member, Wavetrac LSD diff, 3.50 gears, 31-spline axles
Suspension: Schwartz Camaro chassis, modified to fit Gremlin, RideTech triple-adjustable coilovers, front and rear
Brakes: Baer 6P 6-piston calipers on 14-inch rotors, front and rear
Wheels & Tires: 18×12 & 18×10 SSR wheels with 275/35R18 & 335/30R18 tires
Contact: Schwartz Performance; 815-206-2230; www.SchwartzPerformance.com


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Around 20 per cent of the first floor was filled with smoke.
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