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In an inauguration filled with firsts, local gays and lesbians also have their notable moments in the spotlight as Barack Obama is sworn in as president.
"It's historic," Jeff Buhrman says of the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington's upcoming gig, performing Jan. 18 for President-elect Obama during opening ceremonies at the Lincoln Memorial of the days-long series of events marking the Inauguration.
Two days later, members of the D.C. Different Drummers will also make history as part of the 155 members of the Lesbian and Gay Band Association performing in the Presidential Inauguration Parade.
"This is the first time there's going to be a real focus on a gay band, from an international perspective," says DCDD trombone player David McBee.
While members of the DCDD have performed as pre-parade entertainment during both Bill Clinton inaugurations, Jan. 20 will mark the first time the band marches in the actual Inauguration Parade.
"We're really excited that we're representing GLBT people from around the country in this parade."
Members of DCDD joining the LGBA contingent, an international coalition of GLBT concert and marching bands, have U.S. military orders to follow. Musical selection must be screened. The gait of marching steps is dictated with military precision. Still, DCDD Marching Band Director Zachary Parker says it's a small price to pay to be included in arguably one of the most important parades in history.
"If I were running the show, I'd make it a little more relaxed, but unfortunately with the guidelines that we've been given, there are certain things we have to do."
But even the strict guidelines can't subdue the spirit of the performers, Parker says.
"We're still going to be gay and fabulous and all that other stuff as well."
Gay and fabulous may be easy to pull off thanks to band members' outfits, including silver baseball jackets that Parker hopes will stand out among the other bands' traditional attire.
"Since we're from all over the country, with the LGBA… we had to really try to work to find [music] that would represent all of us," adds Parker.
If music and attire aren't enough to "gay up" the performance, the color guard marching with LGBA plans to carry an American rainbow flag, says McBee: "Pretty much everyone understands what that means."
It certainly doesn't mean that style will win out over substance.
"This is not a Pride parade with drag queens in the backs of cars and whatever else," he says with a laugh. "Our focus is going to be performing well."
While only 22 DCDD members have been selected to march, Parker notes that the whole organization is chipping in.
"There are tons of people who, unfortunately, were not selected to be in the parade, who are opening their homes to visitors and helping us during rehearsals."
Similarly, with the GMCW at the Lincoln Memorial opening ceremonies, the chorus had to whittle down their 225 singers to a select 100 to perform in the show, to be broadcast later that day on HBO.
While there's always the possibility of a change in the opening lineup, the GMCW is the only gay chorus performing at the Sunday ceremony.
"GMCW is honored and proud to represent the 200-plus choruses in the gay and lesbian choral movement," Buhrman says. "We take immense symbolic satisfaction in the fact that we will sing at the Lincoln Memorial, where so many others have spoken and sung to achieve equality."


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Sanford Health Spring Intern - LEAD - HOSA Admin in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Job Title: Spring Intern | LEAD - HOSA Admin | Sioux Falls
City: Sioux Falls
State: SD
Department : HR Academic Affairs - Intern Program
Job Schedule: Part Time
Shift: Days
Hours Per Shift: Other
Contribute to Sanford operations and processes while obtaining first hand experiences that align with the mission, vision, and values of the organization. Work collaboratively with organization leadership, enhancing knowledge and skills and improving the delivery of quality healthcare. Assist in the completion of projects and administrative duties while developing skills related to the assigned function and/or location. Attend training and development opportunities, learning about various processes and functions within the organization.
• Create multiple email list serves for follow up on SD HOSA members.
• Mine through current data pertaining to student interests and health pathways.
• Participate in event planning for annual State Leadership Conference.
• Help organize college/career fair at annual State Leadership Conference.
• Engage in coordinating academic breakout sessions at the annual State Leadership Conference.
• Maintain and continuously improve our social media outreach.
• Construct binders/folders for competitive events at our annual State Leadership Conference.
• Research avenues of resources available for our HOSA members.
Demonstrates an ability to meet own responsibilities. Describes opportunities for taking initiative in the organization. Demonstrates the ability to respond to change. Demonstrates an expectation that there will be ongoing shifts in demands and priorities. Identifies tasks or outputs that require accuracy and detail-level attention. Delivers formal and informal stand-up presentations or demos to audiences of all kinds. Demonstrates the ability to speak, write and present clearly. Demonstrates a basic understanding of organizational project management practices and tools. Researches business related data and generates and interprets basic analytics. Collaborates with departmental associates and management.
The student intern will work directly with South Dakota HOSA staff regarding list-serve creation, data-mining, and follow-up surveys. Employee will also be responsible for mining recent data concerning our future health professions members. In addition, the intern will help plan, coordinate, and market our annual State Leadership Conference.
• Current enrollment or recent graduate of an Associate's or Bachelor's degree program from an accredited college or university.
• Must have the ability to collaborate and work in a team setting.
• Must be able to demonstrate knowledge and skill using Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Must be familiar with utilizing social media outlets (ie: Twitter/Instagram)
• Must be a college student aiming to earn a Bachelor's Degree in a pre-professional health program, English, or Mathematics.
• Must be able to commit to the hours scheduled during the 12-week internship.
• Must have strong communication skills.
• Knowledge of healthcare industry preferred. Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products.
About Sanford Health:
At Sanford Health, we are dedicated to the work of health and healing.
Every day, we show that commitment by delivering the highest quality of care to the communities we serve.
We are leaders in health care and strive to provide patients across the region with convenient access to expert medical care, leading-edge technologies and world-class facilities.
In addition to strong clinical care, we are also committed to research, education and community growth.
We engage in medical research to not only discover innovative ways to provide care, but also cures for common diseases.
We continuously seek new ways to achieve our vision of improving the human condition here in your community, across the region and around the world.
The entire team at Sanford Health recognizes the value of healthy families and communities.
We continue to gain momentum and expand our reach. Together, we can make a positive difference now, and in the future.
Sanford is an EEO/AA Employer M/F/Disability/Vet.
If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application,
please call 1-877-673-0854 or send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com .
City: Sioux Falls
State: SD
Job Function: Student Services
Job Schedule: Part Time
Shift: Days
Req Number: WD16619
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Be(-say-do-)have Yourself!
If you are (Being) different, chances are you will Say something different that will have you Do something different so that you can Have something different.
I am delighted that John La Valle has allowed me to post the article below from his monthly newsletter for 'The Society of Neuro Linguistic Programming' Practitioners and Trainers'.
John is the President of the society of NLP
It fascinates me how people are steered and even stuck, by the words they use in grammatical structures that they, themselves, chose!
Their own language gets in their way!
structured to impede – structured for failure
When coaching, I aim to move the client's reasoning out of the way.
I indirectly challenge the accuracy of their memories,
increase the amount of words that I use to describe their issue and then
agree with them a new way to summarise their issue.
The greater choice of words used in better grammatical structures, the greater the possibility. Behaviour changes, the foundation is established and the work can begin.
Just my personal preference.
In his article John explains how nominalisations impact us and he offers a way out of the trap.
I believe that Nominalisation is the most damaging aspect of all people's stories. I describe it as the knock out punch that renders them unconscious.
I just had to ask John if I could post his article and he agreed.
Over to John:
I WROTE MOST OF this a few years ago at this time and have decided to rewrite it, add a little here and there because of its popularity.
WHAT IS IT THAT has people "make" New Year Resolutions and then "break" them? We have a local pub here that has a "Break Your New Year's Resolutions Early – Why Wait?" party on December 30 each year. It kind of adds something to the ritual.
THE WORD *RESOLUTION* itself is a nominalization, a verb formed into a noun. It comes from the word "resolve", which means to solve, again!! And so many people get into a pattern of re-solving old problems and then not re-solving them because they then turn the process into an event, a static event. How about EVOLUTIONS?!! Evolving continuously, doing new things, get a new look, a new walk, a new talk, a new anything!!
INSTEAD OF MAKING "Resolutions", how about setting up new directions in which you want to be going this coming year, both personally and professionally? Now is the time to invest in yourself! The future economic predictions are that those most skilled, most savvy, most knowledgeable, are to be in the lead! The smart ones are making investments now, even in themselves!
TAKE SOME GOALS, activities, behaviours that you want to be doing, and see yourself doing those in your future, just starting in the next few moments. If you're going to put those pictures into your future, be sure they're of behaviours – YOURS – that's you doing them, dissociate so you can see yourself doing them, then associate so you'll know what you'll be seeing, hearing, feeling, smelling, tasting. Then dissociate, see yourself doing them!! It's in your language, too.
REMEMBER, IT'S ONE THING to have goals that are outside of yourself, like that red *Testosterosa*, but without the behaviours, you may not know how to go about getting one, or even earning the money to get one. Remember to keep YOUR goals behaviour-driven. That material thing is just the outcome of the outcome, it's the reward for doing certain behaviours!!
And Have A Great 2013! and Beyond!
©2013 John La Valle


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Sculptor Teresita Fernández creates work in response to nature. Reminiscent of clouds, rainstorms, waterfalls, and stars in the night sky, Fernández's mercurial forms shimmer, float, and undulate before our eyes. The artist is interested in generating an intimate experience with each of her installations. As she has put it, "What I'm after is a lingering, ephemeral engagement. Slow, quiet, and with enough depth kinesthetically to be recalled by the viewer after the work is no longer in front of them."
Robert Lazzarini is best known for his sculptures of common objects in which detailed craftsmanship is combined with precise illusionistic distortion. Scaled to the size of the original object and using the same materials, Lazzarini creates versions of guns, knives, brass knuckles, chairs, telephones, telephone booths, and skulls, among other things. Factuality is a theme that runs throughout his imagery, as is visual perception and how that perception is constructed in both the mind of the viewer and in the physical world.
Since Ruscha's first road trip from Oklahoma City to Los Angeles in 1956, the artist has continued to engage the images he has encountered along the roads of the western United States. This multimedia presentation features some of his most iconic paintings, including two large-scale works from the 1960s, Standard Station, Amarillo, Texas (1963) and Standard Station with Ten-Cent Western Being Torn in Half (1964). The exhibition marks the first time these two paintings will be reunited in over three decades.
Erik Parker has described his work as "fragmented samples of our culture." A Texas native, Parker is known for his figurative paintings of disembodied, twisted heads that ooze vivid color and recede into themselves as much as they explode outwardly into the space around them.
Born in 1943 at Fort Worth's Harris Hospital, Vernon Fisher is one of Texas's most internationally recognized artists. He has lived and worked in Fort Worth since 1977. Fisher received a BA in English literature from Hardin-Simmons University in 1967 and an MFA from the University of Illinois in 1969. Influenced by artists such as Edward Ruscha and John Baldessari, Fisher constructs visual narratives, combining images and language in a wide range of media.
American-born artist Ben Jones' work investigates new methods of pictorial storytelling in the digital age. An interdisciplinary artist working in video, sculpture, painting, light painting and drawing, his artworks and installations evoke environments and themes both familiar and bizarre.
Gabriel Acevedo Velarde is a multicultural, multimedia artist who creates narratives in which autobiography, history and fiction are intertwined. The artist was born in Lima, Peru; received his BFA in Puebla, Mexico; attended film school in Mexico City; and currently lives in Berlin, Germany. Having these different cultural viewpoints has informed his perspective on how individuality is created in a global society. His experimental videos and installations explore the notion of identity and its evolution through the use of social parables.
Andy Warhol: The Last Decade features nearly 50 works by Warhol and examines how he simultaneously worked with the screened image and pursued a reinvention of painting in his late work. Created amidst the bustle of Warhol's Pop celebrity, the works included illustrate the artist's vitality, energy, and renewed spirit of experimentation. During those final years, Warhol produced more works, in a greater number of series, than at any other time.
The work of Norwegian-born Gardar Eide Einarsson often explores the complex relationship between individuals and institutions, and the painful limits of transgressing society-imposed boundaries.
The artist also has an interest in commonly used graphics and signs and how we collectively read and relate to them. Logo, 2008, for example, is an eerie black-and-white representation of the HSBC bank's logo, conveying a dark and apt take on the banking industry.
Susan Rothenberg and Michael Auping, the Chief Curator at the Modern, have identified a select group of paintings—from the early horse paintings of the mid-1970s, to her most recent body of work, which explores a number of central motifs that have occurred throughout her 35-year career.


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Metro: Filles du Calvaire (line 8)
This trendy concept beauty and nail bar is favoured amongst the Marais' trendiest fashionistas and it promises an extra special experience you'll want to share with all the girls in your life! In addition to the traditional manicures and pedicures, Gloss-Up organises a range of special events for groups.
If you love some of INSPIRELLE's portraits and Paris photos, turn to professional photographer Alexis Duclos. One of our most fervent supporters, Alexis is an experienced award-winning photographer and video cameraman who can capture your individual and family portraits for business or personal use as well as produce corporate videos to enhance your company websites.
To consult his versatile work visit his website: http://www.alexisduclos.com
The American School of Paris (ASP) in Saint Cloud, a western suburb of Paris, is a great place for families to find innovative activities and holiday camps in English. Through its Extension Program the private, international school opens its world-class facilities to external students aged 4 to 18 during school vacations as well as Wednesdays and Saturdays throughout the school year.
Camps and year-round activities led in English include basketball, tennis, soccer, coding, science, fashion design, filmmaking, theatre and more. Kids looking to improve their English skills have a choice of English immersion classes and even intensive workshops to prepare for the English BAC exam or the SAT American college entrance exam. At ASP, there's bound to be a camp or workshop right for your child.
Check out their WEBSITE for all the details!
Metro: Filles du Calvaire (line 8)
A small Mexican restaurant in the third arrondissement where the lack of space (and maybe the strength of the frozen margaritas) means that you naturally get to know your neighbor. There is even a small speakeasy hidden at the back of the restaurant behind a white, unmarked door.
Homesick Brits love this popular, English style bakery-cafe with four establishments around Paris serving a wide variety of homemade cakes, scones, quiches and fresh bread. A favorite treat is the carrot cake with icing made from organic quality ingredients. They also serve organic salads and soups and brunch on weekends. The original Rose Bakery is located on the rue des Martyrs in the 9th arrondissement, a street made popular by its numerous resident artisans and specialty shops.
For more brunch recommendations, read our article: "15 Best Weekend Brunches in and Around Paris"
Metro: Filles du Calvaire (line 8), Oberkampf (lines 5 and 9)
For a traditional circus, the Cirque d'Hiver is an institution in Paris. Watch lions and tigers, elephants and clowns in an authentic, round, high-top arena. The Bouglione Circus has been dazzling audiences with its shows for over 170 years and brings you new thematic shows each season.
You can also rent out their space for medium to large-scale private events such as corporate parties, meetings and concerts.
Check out more family activity ideas in our guide to 15 Indoor Activities for Children in Paris on Rainy Days!
A concept store created by the founders of the BONPOINT, the children's fashion label, launched in 2009 to fill a need in Paris to bring together the best of the world of fashion, design, and household goods in one place. A real "destination" store, it includes a Used Book Café with 10,000 books to choose from, a cinema café with a classic film projected on the wall, and a lunch canteen offering a balanced and healthy lunch everyday.
Metro: République (lines 3, 5, 8, 9 and 11)
Missing those tea and crumpets from back home? Located on the east side of Paris, this specialty grocery store offers more than 800 products not only from the British isles, but also some well-liked yearned for American specialities. The boutique was established in 1993 and now offers online shopping, too.
Metro: République (lines 3,5,8,9,11)
Once you step into the exotic surroundings of Les Cents Ciels, with it's sensual ambiance and Moroccan décor, you'll be transported to a land of "The Hundred Skies". At this traditional hammam, every detail ensures your complete relaxation and serenity. Bliss out and try one of their Rituels du Hammam packages, which allow you access to their steamy hammam, sauna and pool for about one hour before your treatment.
Metro: Arts et Métiers (lines 3 and 11)
It's not often that you walk into a restaurant that looks like you're in a shabby chic, Parisian apartment; but when you do, you're in for a real treat. Here, you'll find guests drinking, dining and flirting in the bedroom, living room, dining room or boudoir, making themselves quite literally "at home". There's even a Ping-Pong table and a smoking room hidden behind a mirrored wardrobe… très chic.
Metro: Arts et Métiers (line 3)
A wonderful little museum exhibiting over 2,400 inventions, from scientific instruments to energy to communication and transportation. Guided tours and numerous demonstrations and workshops are organized regularly throughout the year.
Metro: Rambuteau (line 11)
Make a dream come true for doll lovers by taking them to the Musée de la Poupée in the Marais. Imagine finding over 500 of the finest French dolls, from 1800 to today, on display in their best finery and accessories! Admire the furnished miniature dollhouses. From baby dolls to Barbie, learn about the evolution of the doll and understand why she is your little girl's eternal best friend.
As mentioned in our Guide to After School and Weekend Activities and 15 Indoor Activities for Children in Paris on Rainy Days!
Metro: Goncourt (line 11), République (lines 3,5,8,9,11)
Soya is a BIO Cantine that offers a great selection of vegetarian, vegan and gluten free food.
Read full review here of gluten-free bakeries in Paris by INSPIRELLE contributor Chloe Martin.
Metro: Parmentier (line 3), Oberkampf (lines 5 and 9)
Another hip and must-visit gluten free bakery in the 11th arrondissement of Paris. Their pastries are to die for and you just have to try their famous rectangular bread!
Read full review here of gluten-free bakeries in Paris by INSPIRELLE contributor Chloe Martin.
Metro: Hôtel de Ville (line 2)
If you are looking for an artisanal ice cream shop that still makes ice cream by hand and is run by one of the best ice cream craftsmen in France, then Une Glace à Paris is the place for you! With flavors like Smoked Vanilla Bean from India, Avocado, Baba au Rhum and Thé Vert Matcha, one has a hard time choosing !
Metro: Hôtel de Ville (line 1)
The Centre Danse du Marais offers over 40 different dance disciplines for children and adults, from beginners to the most advanced dancers. Choose from Classical ballet, African, Bollywood, Balinese, Belly dancing, Tap, Flamenco, Salsa, Tango, Hip Hop, Martial arts, Pilates, Yoga and much more. English is spoken.
Get more ideas about after-school and weekend activities in our ultimate guide to kid's activities!
Metro: Chemin Vert (line 8), Bastille (line 1, 5 and 8), Bréguet Sabin (line 5)
Part of the family of Viva Fiesta stores, this location offers 150m² of pure fantasy when it comes to finding your favorite disguise. Whether it's for that special adults only soirée or your child's birthday party, you'll find plenty of options here. Order online for home delivery (4.99€, or free for purchases over 40€) or pick-up in the store.
Founded in 1995 by Françoise Dorget in the Marais district, Caravane's collection are a mix of bohemian and modern. The furniture along with the lighting, handcrafted objects and textiles are a source of inspiration for everyday interiors.
An authentic American diner serving breakfast all day, juicy hamburgers, homemade chile con carne, bagels, and much more!
READ MORE IN OUR "Top 15 Weekend Brunches in and Around Paris" article!
Metro: Chemin Vert (line 8) Bastille (lines 1, 5 and 8)
A one-stop shop for all your child's birthday party supplies and costumes. This store is 100% dedicated to children's-themed parties. From Snow White and Cinderella to Spiderman or Ninja Turtles, they have something to suit almost any children's theme. Visit this Paris location or order everything online!
Metro: Saint Paul (line 1)
Hand rolled ice cream is the new trend in ice cream and a fun experience on a hot day! Ice Roll has developed a special chilled plate to which they add your favorite base before forming it into ice cream before your eyes! The neat thing is that it is scraped into curls before being placed in a cup for a really beautiful design — then, you have a choice of any toppings you'd like.


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Manage sites in the new SharePoint admin center
The Active sites page of the new SharePoint admin center lets you view the SharePoint sites in your organization (including the new communication sites and sites that belong to Office 365 groups). It also lets you sort and filter sites, search for a site, and create new sites.
The Active sites page lists the root website for each site collection. Subsites aren't included in the list.
Some functionality is introduced gradually to organizations that have opted in to the Targeted release option in Office 365. This means that you may not yet see this feature or it may look different than what is described in this article.
To manage sites in the new SharePoint admin center, go to the current SharePoint admin center, select "Open it now" in the upper right, and then select Active sites. For info about the new SharePoint admin center, see Get started with the new SharePoint admin center.
Create a site
Click Create.
Select to create a team site (which will create an Office 365 group) or a communication site. To create a classic site, or a new team site that doesn't include an Office 365 group, click Other options. For info about the new site templates, see Create a team site in SharePoint Online and Create a communication site in SharePoint Online.
Delete a site
Global admins and SharePoint admins can now delete sites that belong to an Office 365 group. Deleting these sites will delete the group and all its resources, including the Outlook mailbox and calendar, and any Teams channels.
In the left column, click to select a site.
Click Delete, and then click Delete to confirm.
You can recover deleted sites for 93 days. For more info, see Restore deleted sites. Note that deleted groups must be restored within 30 days.
Add or remove owners
In the left column, click to select a site.
Click Owners. For a group-connected team site, you can add and remove group owners. For other sites, you can change the primary admin and add and remove other admins. Note that if you remove a person as a primary admin, they will still be listed as an additional admin.
Change a site's hub site association
In the left column, click to select a site.
Click Hub site. The options that appear depend on whether the site you selected is registered as a hub site, or associated with a hub site. The hub site menu lets you register a site as a hub site, associate it with a hub site, change its hub site association, and unregister it as a hub site. More info about hub sites
Change the external sharing setting for a site
In the left column, click to select a site.
Click Sharing.
Select an option, and then click Save.
The options that are available depend on the organization-wide setting you've selected. The setting for a site can be more restrictive, but not more permissive.
View site details
To see more info about a site, click the site name to open the details pane.
Site insights in the details pane:
The number of page views in the last 30 days
The number of files viewed or edited in the last 30 days
The date of the last activity on the site
The number of files
The amount of storage used (this value doesn't include changes made within the last 24-48 hours)
All these insights are available as columns in the site list. For info about adding a column that doesn't appear, see Customize columns.
Site properties in the details pane:
The domain
A link to the site
The site template (also available as a column in the site list)
Hub site association
Whether the site belongs to an Office 365 group (also available as a column in the site list)
The site description if specified
The primary admin (also available as a column in the site list) and additional admins, with links to change the admins. If a site belongs to an Office 365 group, you can change the admins by changing the group owners.
The external sharing status (also available as a column in the site list)
Sort and filter the site list
Sorting and filtering the site list is just like sorting and filtering other lists in SharePoint.
Click the arrow next to the column header.
Select how you want to arrange the items. The options vary depending on the column. For example, you might have options to sort alphabetically, in numeric order, or chronologically.
If the column allows filtering, you'll see a "Filter by" option. Select the value or values that you want to show. Your selections will appear with a check mark beside them. To remove a selection, click that value again. To clear all filters on the column, select Clear filters.
Search for a site
You can search for a site by name, URL, primary admin, or template. To do this, enter keywords in the Search box and press Enter.
Search doesn't look in hub site display names for the keywords you enter.
All characters you enter are treated as part of the query. Search doesn't recognize operators or wildcards (*).
Export to CSV
To export your list of all sites as a .csv file that you can work with in Excel, click Export.
The Export command exports all sites and includes all columns, even if your current view is filtered.
Customize columns
Click the arrow next to any column header, and then select Customize columns.
Select and clear check boxes to show and hide columns.
Rearrange the columns by pointing to a column and clicking the up or down arrow to move the column up or down.
Switch views and create custom views
The new SharePoint admin center comes with a few built-in views: Office 365 group sites, Sites without a group, Largest sites, Least active sites, and Most popular shared sites. You can also create and save custom views.
Customize columns, sort, and filter your view the way you want. (Views that are filtered through search can't be saved.)
On the far right of the command bar, next to the Search box, click the View drop-down (the name changes depending on your current view).
Click Save view as.
In the Save as dialog box, enter a name for the view.
To set the view as default, in the View drop-down, click Set current view as default.
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1. Unless you're living below poverty level, the government won't pay a dime for long term care. What about Medicare? After a 3 day hospital stay, under recuperative circumstances, Medicare will pay some of your care costs for a limited amount of time, but only for short term, skilled nursing care.
2. In 2006, the national average cost for nursing homes was $195.00 per day. Assisted living costs average $188 per day. Can you afford to pay this price?
3. A Harvard University study showed that over 50% of all people entering a care situation are penniless within one year.
4. At age 65, women have a 50% chance of spending time in a nursing home. Men have a 33% chance. Woman generally outive men, and therefore can care for their husbands, if they are able. Many are not able ~ the stress of caregiving can be debilitating.
5. Few people would enjoy being on welfare if they knew what it meant. Medicaid is welfare. Trust me, you don't want to go on the dole, unless absolutely necessary. It's humiliating and Medicaid recipients are known to get lesser quality care.
6. Sure kids want to help, but would you honestly ask your children to work less hours or forfeit their jobs in order to care for you? You have done your best to give them a better lifestyle. Will you risk their lives now?
7. The longer you wait, the higher the premium costs.
8. Just as you can't buy fire insurance for a burning house, you can't buy long term care insurance once you've been diagnosed as a possible long term care risk. Get it while you can!
9. Long term care costs are expensive. Only those who can afford it get top-quality care.
10. Unless you are very wealthy or have good insurance, you will be dependent upon your family's care (if they can provide it) or at the mercy of governmental agencies. If you value your family, your estate, your independence and your freedom of choice, then be smart and prepare now.
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Long Term Care Insurance ~ The Short Overview
Long Term Care Insurance, also known as nursing home insurance, protects you and your loved ones, should you ever need extended care.
Many folks think Medicare, Medicaid or their medical health insurance will pay for Long Term Care. Not so.
Even though most people think they will not need long term care, the truth is that your chance of needing home care, assisted living or nursing home care is more than 50 percent.
People justify not getting long term care insurance by rationalizing that, "A family member will take care of me." Unfortunately, most people offer long term caregiving assistance without knowing what they are getting into. Caregiving is more stressful and exhausting than anyone realizes. We know, we're in the thick of it right now.
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PEL: Scranton could be looking at $18 million deficit, 117 percent tax hike in 2014
By Jim Lockwood (Staff Writer)
Published: July 21, 2013
Scranton taxpayers could face a 117 percent increase in taxes next year as the city's finances continue to spiral out of control.
A new analysis by the Pennsylvania Economy League projects an $18 million deficit for 2014, an amount so massive it outpaces the approximate $17 million the struggling city collects annually in just property taxes.
The property tax hike needed to balance the city budget, should a commuter tax fall through, would mean increasing the average Scranton taxpayer's bill from $506.98 to $1,100.14. That's based on land assessed at $2,398 and improvements assessed at $8,734.
PEL, the city's Act 47 recovery coordinator, detailed the worst-case-scenario estimate in a July 10 letter to the city. Councilman Bob McGoff mentioned during council's meeting Thursday that PEL projects a $15.4 million deficit for 2014.
However, that figure represents the city's structural deficit, or the difference between operating revenues and expenses. Add to that an expected $2.6 million increase in debt service next year stemming from the expected borrowing this year of $27.1 million and the deficit could rise to $18 million, said PEL Executive Director Gerald Cross.
The projection breaks down like this:
n A $15.4 million structural deficit would require a 70 percent tax hike to close;
n A $2.6 million increase in debt service would require a 17 percent tax increase; and
n A commuter-tax rejection by Lackawanna County Court, should that again occur, would require a 30 percent tax hike to make up for the loss of an estimated $4.2 million in commuter-tax revenue.
PEL prepared the projection as part of the city's effort to secure $27.1 million in a private-placement bond issuance through financial firm Janney Montgomery Scott. Unlike previous rounds of unfunded debt for which the city needed court approval, the city does not require court approval for the $27.1 million bond issuance because it included it in the 2013 budget, Mr. Cross said.
The $27.1 million in debt sought will pay:
$21 million in arbitration backpay awards overdue to the city's police and fire unions stemming from the 2011 landmark state Supreme Court ruling in the unions' favor;
$5.1 million increase in mandatory minimum pension contributions; and
$1 million for costs of issuance.
An independent audit of the backpay amount that is expected to peg it at $21 million has not yet been completed.
The city administration typically crafts a budget in the fall and it must be submitted by the mayor to council by Nov. 15.
The revised Act 47 recovery plan adopted last year by the mayor and council states numerous times that the city would replace any revenue that may not materialize with equivalent revenue, which likely would mean tax hikes and/or cuts. However, whether that will happen, and to what extent, remains to be seen.
Given that 2014 could have a $18 million deficit, is the revised recovery plan already failing?
"No," Mr. Cross said. "If you read the 2012 revised recovery plan, the goals the city set for itself were to reduce expenditures and create new sources of revenues. They've been successful in reducing expenditures and less successful in increasing revenues."
That's not to say all alternative revenues have not panned out, he said. For example, the city implemented a rental registration program and parking and amusement taxes. However, bigger ticket items failed to materialize, such as a commuter tax, a large increase in voluntary payments in lieu of taxes from nonprofit organizations and a 1 percent countywide sales tax that would benefit the city. As the county's largest municipality, Scranton would be the main beneficiary of a countywide sales tax, but it has not been enacted by the state Legislature and appears to be going nowhere in Harrisburg.
"The overall hit from the commuter tax, PILOTS, the sales tax (failing to come to fruition) have to be made up in 2014," Mr. Cross said. "The revised recovery plan anticipated the city would have to raise revenue to do this and the quickest way is to use (raise) the real estate tax. The revised recovery plan requires that shortfalls in revenue be made up through either revenue increases, expenditure decreases or a combination of both."
Council in the past balked at PEL recommendations for big tax increases. Though council members did not extensively discuss the PEL letter Thursday, council Finance Chairman Frank Joyce said after the meeting, "The tax increase they (PEL) recommend is far too expensive for taxpayers to handle."
Mr. Joyce suggested that perhaps the city could refinance debt to implement a financial maneuver called a "scoop," in which higher debt service payments due next year are scooped out of the budget and swapped with lower payments due in future years. The city implemented such a scoop for the 2013 budget by refinancing debt to have lower debt-service this year than it otherwise would have had, Mr. Joyce noted.
"The city's definitely going to need help," Mr. Joyce said. "Maybe we can refinance debt to lessen the tax impact through a scoop. It may be viewed by some as kicking the can down the road, but it may prove to the state that we need a (countywide) sales tax."
PEL's July 10 projection comes two months after PEL on May 22 gave an optimistic report that the city may end 2013 with a $356,000 surplus. However, that balanced budget is being achieving largely through borrowing and refinancing. PEL's May 22 review also carried caveats that 2014 could be far more challenging, and now PEL's July 10 letter begins to flesh out how deep the city's fiscal hole could be next year.
PEL's July 10 letter also includes the following:
n After reviewing figures through May, PEL projects that the city's 2013 budget could have a $181,000 deficit, rather than a $356,000 surplus as projected in May, due to revised lower estimates of real estate taxes, wage taxes, license and permits and departmental earnings. Although it's a deficit, a $181,000 shortfall essentially would still be akin to a balanced budget, Mr. McGoff noted.
n A $15.4 million structural deficit in 2014 could be reduced by commuter tax revenue of $4.2 million, if Lackawanna County Court allows the city to impose a 1 percent commuter tax in 2014 on earned income of nonresidents who work in the city. The city has not yet petitioned the court for a 2014 commuter tax. Last year, a panel of county judges rejected the city's request for a 1 percent commuter tax for 2013. It was initially estimated that a commuter tax would generate $4 million a year, but only $2.5 million in the first year due to a startup lag. Those estimates were revamped during commuter tax hearings in December to $6 million a year, but only $4.2 million in the first year of operation.
n The city in 2012 had $98.6 million in operating revenues, some $20 million of which came from a pair of unfunded-debt borrowing packages, and $91.1 million in operating expenses. The resulting $7.5 million surplus was wiped out by paying $7.3 million of the prior year's carryover deficit. That left a surplus of $208,000 for 2012.
n Operating revenues for 2013 are budgeted at $106 million, which includes $79.4 million in typical operating revenue and the $27.1 million bond issuance. Operating expenditures for 2013 are projected at $84.7 million. Spending the $27.1 million for the arbitration awards and pension increase would result in the $181,000 deficit, or essentially a balanced budget for 2013.
n Operating revenues for 2014 projected at $80.3 million and operating expenses projected at $95.7 million would result in a $15.4 million deficit.
n Though debt service on the $27.1 million bond issuance would cost $2.6 million next year, the city actually would have to set a millage rate for $2.9 million because the tax-collection rate is only around 90 percent. That $2.9 million increase would equate to a 17 percent tax hike.


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The 50 games so far at the FIFA U-20 World Cup 2013 in Turkey have produced exactly 149 goals, some of them breathtakingly good. They have been scored by a total of 96 different players, yet only an elite handful remain in the running for a very special individual award, the traditional adidas Golden Boot for the top scorer at the tournament. But who will succeed Henrique, winner of the prestigious award in Colombia two years ago with five goals in seven games for Brazil, the absent holders of the U-20 crown?
In the current contest, which ends this Saturday when France meet Uruguay in the Istanbul final, three players are level at the top of the goalscoring chart on five goals. Portugal's new attacking jewel Bruma is currently in first place because he only required 360 minutes on the field for his five goals. He is followed by Spain's Jese (429 minutes) and Ghana's Ebenezer Assifuah (496 minutes). However, the west African has a clear edge in the betting, because in contrast to the other two, his team are still in the tournament, with the Black Satellites primed to take on Iraq in the match for third place.
Sporting Lisbon prodigy Bruma is still only 18, but even before the tournament great things were predicted for the ruthless finisher. Nevertheless, the route to Turkey, where the Portuguese ultimately fell to Ghana in the last sixteen, was not particularly easy for him, as he recently revealed to FIFA.com: "The last few years have been important for my development. I didn't have the right attitude to begin with, but I think I've improved in that respect. All I wanted to do was dribble with the ball, do nutmegs and flick the ball over people's heads. Then I began to realise I had to take things more seriously." There is still a strong possibility of him coming away with a very big honour indeed, potential testimony to his perceptiveness and personal progress.
Assifuah could yet pip Bruma to the post. The 20-year-old, on the books with Liberty Professionals, is disappointed not to have reached the final with the 2009 champions, but is now hoping to make a winning contribution as the Ghanaians go for the consolation prize of third place. "My fellow countryman Dominic Adiyiah won the Golden Boot four years ago. I never expected to emulate that, but now I actually have the chance," he exclusively told FIFA.com, "I'm praying I can score again and win the award. Hopefully my team-mates will remember to think of me when we get near the opposing goal."
Assifuah is certainly a fair bet in the race for the accolade, but there are promising contenders outside the top three. Nicolas Lopez has four goals to his name and is hoping to build on that total, sealing team glory for Uruguay and the personal honour for himself. The same goes for France hitman Yaya Sanogo, who is level with Lopez on four goals. And further down the list, Iraq's Farhan Shakor and Sanogo's team-mate Florian Thauvin have both scored three times.
"If I won the Golden Boot, it would give me real joy and immense satisfaction. But it's not what I'm focusing on," the 20-year-old Sanogo told FIFA.com. "Scoring four goals at a World Cup already means a lot," the Auxerre man continued, "but it would be the icing on the cake if goals scored by me in the final meant France won the trophy."
Thauvin can afford to be far more relaxed about the race for the adidas Golden Boot, as the Bastia winger is not an out-and-out goalscorer. For all that, it was his brace that saw Les Bleuets past Ghana in the semi-finals and opened the door to possible glory. "But I'm not aiming for the individual award," he said, "the target is to win the World Cup. If I did happen to end as top scorer it would just be a bonus."
It remains to be seen who will go home with the prestgious adidas Golden Boot, following in the footsteps of the likes of Sergio Aguero (2007), Lionel Messi (2005) and Javier Saviola (2001). Tell us what you think and share your views with fans from all over the world. Simply add your comment at the bottom of the page.
And we'd also like you to take part in the FIFA.com poll for the best goal of the tournament. After the final, we'll present a shortlist of ten goals, and you can pick your favourite from that. So don't forget to come back to the official FIFA website and review the most spectacular goals from Turkey 2013.
To whet your appetite, why not take a look at our video of the all-time best goals in the history of the FIFA U-20 World Cup? Just follow the link in the right navigation and enjoy!


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NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass. -- The Beacons earned their first weekly conference honors of the season Monday, when junior Matt Consiglio (Southbury, Conn.) was recognized as the Player of the Week honors in the Little East Conference and sophomore Jamill Moquette (Boston, Mass.) was named the LEC Rookie of the Week.
Consiglio had a huge week, hitting .529 (9-for-17) and recorded nine RBIs to lead UMass Boston to a 5-1 week. The first baseman added a home run, three doubles and five runs scored to help UMass Boston get back over .500. Overall, he reached base 16 times in 24 trips to the plate, behind seven walks in six games.
In the team's weekend doubleheader sweep over conference foe Western Connecticut, Consiglio went a combined 5-for-9 (.560) and drove in five runs, while scoring five times, to help the Beacons to their first conference wins of the season. He reached base at least three times in all but one of the team's games and knotched multiple base hits in three of the team's final four games of the week.
Consiglio became the first Beacon to earn the award since Ryan Walsh earned the award April 25 of last year.
Moquette was just as impressive for the Beacons, as he hit .407 (11-for-27) for the week and knotched five RBIs in six games. He produced five extra-base hits for the weekend, including a double and a home run, while also stealing four bases for the Beacons.
In the team's sweep of Western Connecticut, Moquette went 4-for-9 with a double, home run, and two RBI to help UMass Boston to their first sweep over the Colonials since 2010. Moquette tallied multiple hits in five of the team's six games and recorded at least one hit in each of the team's contest.


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The FF completes the first stage of the FF Passion 4 Tour and made a child's wish come true
Cap d'Antibes, September 6th 2011 – Yesterday, the FF left Maranello on the start of a unique 4000 km journey. Over the next 15 days the new four-wheel drive four-seater from Maranello will cross Italy, France, Luxembourg and Belgium.
For 15 days a number of lucky journalists will drive the car covering six stages. A 4000 km trip designed to test the first 4RM system Ferrari in all types of conditions and through beautiful landscapes.
For the first FF Passion 4 Tour edition, Ferrari South West Europe chose as their partner Make-A-Wish France. The trip will help make wishes come true for a number of children. We feel proud to share this experience with them and Make-A-Wish France, a foundation which grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy.
To celebrate the end of the trip a cocktail followed by a charity auction will take place in Paris. All proceeds of this event will be donated to Make-A-Wish France.
Today the car arrived in Cap d'Antibes having made the first wish of this trip come true: Salvatore's dream. He sat in the FF and drove in Portofino for the first time in his life.
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Gary Haw and Hot Rods & Hobbies Combined the Movie-Car Vibe With Real-World Functionality for a High-Roller Canyon Carver.
The Hollywood movie-making machine has given us some of the most idealized and sought-after cars of all time. Sadly, outside of the "hero" cars, most movie cars are thrown-together rattraps that rarely hold up to the performance image they portray. Even most of the car stars in our greatest car-movie story ("Anarchy & Bedlam," Feb. '06) are glorified beyond realistic capabilities. Still, that doesn't keep guys from all walks of life from lusting after them. Even hilltop dwelling rich guys who can afford the finest steel on the automotive market want these celluloid dream cars.
When you picture the types of cars those guys would whisk through the hills and canyons of the legendary Malibu, California, they're typically high-end, high-dollar exotics, not vintage musclecars. But just because a guy's done well for himself doesn't necessarily mean European cars are his chariots of choice. Nevertheless, money has its perks, and Gary Haw's not hurting for toys to drive. His garage is inhabited by a Porsche Carrera GT and an F-150 Lightning, both of which he admits to pushing a little more aggressively than the law may like.
In other words, he's just another car guy who, like most of us, fell in love with a car on the screen and decided there had to be one in his garage. For Gary that car was Eleanor from Jerry Bruckheimer's remake of Gone in 60 Seconds. He didn't want a car with a passing resemblance, he wanted the real deal.
Noting the heavy demand and cash to be made, Texas-based Unique Performance began producing Mustangs based on Eleanor, while adding the company's own little touches. Carroll Shelby himself took note of the cars, and in 2002, he decided to team up with Unique to develop an authorized line of Shelby continuation cars using the Eleanor clones. Dubbed the GT500E, the car is visually identical to the movie car and is available in three different packages and power levels. All require a significant investment, as the base 302/325hp car with a 9-inch rear starts at $119,000, and the top-dog Super Snake with its 725hp, supercharged, all-aluminum 427 and Total Control Products independent rear suspension begins at a startling $214,000.
The parts list for the Unique Performance cars reads like a dream, and the car guy in Gary decided he had found the source for his Eleanor. Unfortunately, quite a few other people came to the same conclusion, and there was a rather lengthy wait. On top of that, Gary is someone who likes to be able to stop in occasionally and check on the progress of his car, but with more than 1,000 miles between him and Unique's shop, that wasn't practical.
Reasoning that any good hot-rod shop should be able to install the body kit and upgrades, Gary ordered up the full Eleanor kit from Unique and set about looking for a qualified shop to do the assembly. He was referred to Scott Bonowski at Hot Rods & Hobbies in Torrance, California, and after discussing what he wanted, a plan was agreed upon.
Beginning with a basic-but-clean '68 Mustang fastback and a stack of fiberglass parts, the crew at Hot Rods & Hobbies began to piece things together. When the assembly was complete, the car just didn't look the way Gary had visualized it. Even with Hot Rods & Hobbies' skillful trimming and careful fitting, "it just looked like a fastback with a bunch of fiberglass stuck to it." The parts are mostly cosmetic bolt-ons, but Gary wanted them to be fully integrated and completely functional, so the team went back to the drawing board.
After a thorough reassessment of what Gary wanted the Mustang to be, it became clear that just an Eleanor clone would not do, so a plan was hatched to build what they thought Eleanor should have been. Ironically, this meant scratching nearly all the original body kit off the list.
Getting a rendering of your envisioned project is a good idea, but Gary took it a step further and enlisted the aid of the original artist, Steve Stanford, who did the conceptual rendering for the movie Eleanor, to develop the right look and attitude for his car. The outcome was closer to what the artist had wanted Eleanor to be before Hollywood took over the idea and ran with it (or ruined it, depending on how you look at it), infused with a few touches to make the Mustang distinctive while still maintaining the Eleanor vibe. In the end, only the reworked front fascia and the decklid were retained from the original Eleanor kit. Everything else was handformed from sheetmetal by Hot Rods & Hobbies. The Shelby-style C-pillar scoop was dropped, and the factory vent louvers were replaced with handformed pieces inspired by a Ferrari 275 GTB. Rather than using fiberglass fender flares that did nothing for more tire clearance, Gary had the front fenders and quarter rear panels carefully cut and widened while preserving factory-appearing body lines, then custom steel flares were formed into the body.
In an effort to keep most of the Mustang's original chassis structure, Gary decided to preserve the factory architecture and take advantage of the leaps in aftermarket components designed for it. Since the Mustang wasn't an original big-block, and space was at a premium, a Coast High Performance 427ci Windsor was selected to put some respectable power between the Mustang's factory small-block shock towers.
Porsche drivers, they say, are fans of corners, and that's certainly true of Gary. He wanted to be able to drive the Mustang hard, so the supplier for the original Eleanor, Total Control Products, provided the front suspension, replacing the upper and lower control arms, strut rods, and spindles with new tubular pieces. Aldan coilovers take the place of the original coil springs, greatly increasing the load placed on the shock towers in hard cornering, so internal supports were welded in, and a Total Control Products shock tower brace ties everything together up top.
Kits exist to bolt the factory Ford SN-95 Cobra IRS into early Mustangs, and for simplicity's sake, that was the first choice for the rear. However, once everything was bolted in, the stance and fit just weren't optimum. So Hot Rods & Hobbies fabricated a new cradle that retained the stock mounting locations but lowered the stance and optimized the suspension geometry to make the IRS work like factory in the fastback.
Testing revealed the lateral stress exerted on the body from the new suspension resulted in noticeable flexing of the rear of the fastback's body. A rollcage hadn't been part of the plan but was necessary to strengthen the body. The rollcage, coupled with a matrix of subframe connectors, dramatically stiffened the chassis and let the suspension reach its full potential.
Let's fastforward through three years and countless hours of build time to 2006, when Helleanor rolls out of Hot Rods & Hobbies in full battle trim. Gary's very up front about the significant amount of money and time invested in Helleanor, but all that effort has brought forth a car that will run with the top-built musclecars out there. Staying true to our philosophy of track-testing cars whenever we get the opportunity, especially since Gary built Helleanor to drive hard, we made a date for the Streets of Willow course at Willow Springs Raceway. Of course it's always good to have a comparison benchmark to relate the numbers to, and since Gary has a Porsche Carrera GT, we convinced him to bring it along for the test. A '68 Mustang versus an '05 Porsche-is that a fair fight?
Not really. The Porsche is a race-car-inspired, $400,000-plus supercar that churns out 605 hp from a V-10 engine, hits 60 mph in less than four seconds, and tops out at more than two bills. It's a tall order to expect that kind of balanced performance from any musclecar. Helleanor is one bad '68 Mustang, packing about 520 hp, but it's still utilizing a largely stock, though highly tuned and updated, '60s musclecar chassis. It's also quite a bit heavier than the Porsche, weighing about 3,400 pounds compared with the Porsche's svelte 3,042 pounds. We never expected the Mustang to run with the German, but we wanted to show the comparison, since these are both cars Gary drives on a regular basis, and the total amount of money invested in each is not as far apart as you'd think.
That said, we were pleasantly surprised at how well Helleanor performed on the track. The chassis was very responsive and easy to push through the curves at Willow Springs, with decent acceleration on the straights. With Scott Bonowski at the wheel, Helleanor turned consistent 1.40 lap times, though we suspect there was a little more to be had with the right tires and a bit of practice behind the wheel. (The car was just finished, so we know he wasn't driving it at ten-tenths). Gary drove the Porsche to brutally consistent 1.30 laps, so it had a good 10-second lap-time advantage, which is pretty huge by anyone's definition.
Neither car was built for dazzling dragstrip performance as a primary goal, but we took them to LACR for a few heads-up comparison runs anyway. Unfortunately, the e.t.'s from both cars were a bit of a disappointment, largely due to poor launches and 60-foot times. Helleanor's best run of 13.55 at 110 mph came with a lethargic 2.346-second 60-foot time, and the Porsche's result was just as dismal, with a 12.92 at 123 with a 2.700-second 60-foot. Obviously, both cars are capable of much quicker times, as evidenced by the mph at the top of the track. Perhaps the $5,000 replacement cost of the Porsche's ceramic composite clutch had something to do with the feather-foot reaction times. As for Helleanor, with zero break-in and shakedown time on a long and expensive build, we understand the hesitation to push it to the limit … but then again, isn't that what this car was built for?
The Porsche did come out on top in both comparisons, but the goal was never to create a '68 Mustang that would outrun a Porsche. The goal was to create a top-notch musclecar that's more street than race and that will allow you to smile rather than grit your teeth when maneuvering at breakneck speeds on twisty roads. Perhaps the best testament is that Gary says he can't decide which one is more fun to drive. As Gary says, "The Porsche is an awesome machine, but there's just something pure about the Mustang." We completely agree.
Quick Inspection: '68 Ford Mustang
Gary Haw
Malibu, CA
Engine: A 427ci Windsor crate motor from Coast High Performance topped with AFR heads and ignited by an MSD ignition produces a nasty bark through the custom-fabricated exhaust system.
Power: The 520 hp pulls hard on the track but is quite streetable.
Transmission: A Tremec TKO five-speed easily handles the abuse Gary doles out regularly.
Rearend: Straight from a late-model Cobra Mustang, the centersection is an aluminum 8.8 with 3.55 gears.
Frame: The stock Mustang unibody was stiffened up with custom subframe connectors and chassis bracing, as well as boxing plates to tighten things up. A four-point rollcage with seat brace strengthens the rear of the fastback and eliminates suspension-induced flex.
Suspension: In front, the shock towers were left in place and braced internally to limit flex and increase load handling. Aldan coilovers connect to Total Control Products control arms. In the rear, an '03 Cobra IRS system was used, and all mounting points were upgraded with urethane bushings. The IRS retains stock mounting points, but a custom cradle was necessary to achieve the desired ride height and suspension geometry. Another set of Aldan coilovers takes the place of the stock springs and shocks.
Brakes: Baer brakes, the same as are used on GT500Es, measure 13 inches in the front, with PBR two-piston aluminum calipers, and 12-inch rotors are used in the rear, with PBR single-piston calipers.
Wheels: Gary wanted a vintage race vibe for the wheels but in a modern size, so PS Engineering 17x8s were selected for the front with 17×9.5-inchers out back.
Body: There are a lot of subtle body mods, but the look stays true to the original '68 Mustang fastback body lines. To accommodate the desired stance, the front fenders were widened and flared 1 inch, while the quarter-panels were widened 2 1/2 inches per side and flared. The front fascia, one of the few Eleanor pieces used, required significant modification to achieve the desired finish. A stock steel hood was stretched 4 inches and topped with a handmade, functional hoodscoop. The rockers were integrated into the body, and the exhaust exits through the rear of the rockers ahead of the wheelwell. The quarter-panel ducts are handformed pieces that direct air to the rear brakes.
Paint: Not Eleanor spec, but the PPG Titanium with Pearl Silver stripes fits the image.
Interior: The interior has a very '67 Mustang feel to it, although there isn't a single original piece used. Fast Ed's in Torrance, California, re-covered a set of Scat seats, but everything else was fabricated, including the aluminum dash inserts.


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If it rained on your parade on Easter Sunday, perhaps you were in Dolores Park for the aborted annual Hunky Jesus pageant in San Francisco, which was called off on account of rain.
But fear not: this force of nature is coming back -- and this time, it's indoors.
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence -- the makeup-and-habit-clad do-gooders who put on the annual Jesus show for charity -- are hosting a do-over of the annual Hunky Jesus Pageant on April 19 at the DNA Lounge, according to SF Weekly.
The action goes down from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. on April 19, with advance tickets onsale at dnalounge.com.
Tickets are on a sliding scale of $8 to $17 advance, or $10 to $20 the night of.
No one turned away for lack of funds -- or crowns of thorns.
For the uninitiated, the pageant consists of a parade of would-be Jesuses strutting their stuff. And the hunkiest is -- you guessed it -- crowned Hunky Jesus. Usually.


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TRY SOMETHING NEW Chapter 23: We're Doomed!
Tyler wants me to turn in my new column so he can go home. I have to write it first but he doesn't know that yet. I don't really know what to write about though because I mostly wanted to write about myself but Forbidden Planet is less excited about that. So after much arguing and fighting the lovely heads of Forbidden Planet have convinced me not to just rerun last weeks column where I fiercely recommended my book, TWELVE REASONS TO DIE #1, which is (still) on shelves now! So I am not going to mention TWELVE REASONS TO DIE #1. I am going to talk about a bunch of other books. Books I didn't write. Books I don't like as much as TWELVE REASONS TO DIE #1.
Oooh. Here is one I can support wholeheartedly! REGULAR SHOW #1 is out this week. Not only is it the very funny comic based on the very funny TV show, but if you are reading this on Wednesday (or have the ability to go back in time) the great Allison Strejlau, artist on The Regular Show comic will be signing at FORBIDDEN PLANET, starting at 6:30. I may bring doughnuts for Allison and maybe she would share with you. I may end up forgetting to bring donuts so don't make her feel bad if she doesn't have any to share. Also, the staff at Forbidden Planet tends to get all Gollum-y when there are sweets around so the do-nuts don't always make it to the signing. (Please don't go back in time just for the doenuts. That's not ok.) Anyway, even if you can't come to the signing buy the book. It is crazy and fun and weird. You could probably use those things in your life.
Forbidden Planet is a New York City comic book store and that is a heavy burden to bare sometimes. The Spirit is from here. Part of Maus take place here. The Avengers are from here. Part of Sandman takes place here. Cecil & Jordan are here. Jacques Tardi called New York his love. DMZ, Ultimatum, Watchmen, and countless other books attacked our city but never destroyed it. Ex Machina is about our mayor. Adrian Tomine sketches people on our subways. Frank Miller accosts poor people on our streets. Steve Ditko monitors all comings and goings from his secret lair. The ghost of Will Eisner haunts every inch of gentrified New York. Marvel is from here. DC is from here. Raw is from here. Valiant is from here. Archie is from here. Abrams is from here. There is an issue of The Authority that takes place in our very store for #$&@ sake. When you talk about New York you better do it with the gravitas it deserves. Charles Soule (27, Swamp Thing) has decided to throw his hat in the ring of New York stories and, thankfully for all involved, he comes out the other side unscathed. STRANGE ATTRACTORS is a beautiful, complex, and amazingly fun book about the mystical, mathematical, and all powerful forces that make up a city and the people who control and channel those forces. Equal parts Ex Machina, Sandman, and Planetary, this is one of those books that people will still be rereading, discussing and trying to better understand 10 years from now. If you want smart love letters to New York you have an awful lot to choose from, but this should be at the top of the heap.
INDESTRUCTIBLE HULK vol. 1 is out this week. Leinil Yu draws the hulk smashing stuff. That's all you need to know.
I talk a lot about how good the new Image books are. A lot of people are reading the obvious stuff by the big guys- Fatale, Manhattan Projects, Walking Dead, Saga, etc. Here's the thing, there are a lot of brilliant books that are flying under your radars and you should be picking them up without a doubt. HOAX HUNTERS vol 2 is out this week. On premise alone this book should be everyone's favorite. A team of paranormal investigators who use their "Mythbusters" type show to discredit these phenomena while secretly dealing with them off camera. So much fun and about as good an ensemble cast as a comic is likely to have, if you haven't grabbed HOAX HUNTERS do yourself a favor and pick up both trades this week. It was also just optioned by the suits in Hollywood so, much like Chew, 100 Bullets, and all the other in development tv/movie comics, you should expect everyone to be talking about this one in a few months. Most importantly though Hoax Hunters doesn't go where you expect it, which is the best praise I can give a book like this.
Image also has their 4th volume of the hilarious and tragic LIL' DEPRESSED BOY this week. Indie rock, unrequited crushes, and ragdoll of a guy make this book the heir apparent to the Scott Pilgrim throne. LIL' DEPRESSED BOY is one of those books that will mean the world to a few people and will be missed by most others. You should buy it and see if you are one of those people who it will mean the world to, because being the person who falls in love real hard is always the better person to be.
Completing the trilogy of great Image tpb's by their up and commers is PETER PANZERFAUST vol. 2. The little book that could, this book looked like it wouldn't make it past 12 issues when it started, couldn't find an audience, couldn't get attention, and then… Something! One of the most talked about books of 2013, this tale of Peter Pan and friends fighting Nazi's in WWII is a clever idea done well. There is not much more you can ask for out of a book. Smart and good? That should be enough for you.
Lastly, if I can't talk about my book TWELVE REASONS TO DIE #1 (on shelves now) I will talk about the reprint of FIVE GHOSTS #2. That's right. I am recommending a reprint. Why? I will give you 5 reasons because I am not very clever and the number 5 appears in the name of this book.
- One of the best books of the year, this is just classic pulp adventures, nastiness and all. There's nothing like it on shelves now and that is sad for us but great for Five Ghosts.
- It is definitely one of the hottest indie books of the last few years. Finding a copy of issue #1 or #2 is becoming a herculean task so get it while you can.
- Issue #3 comes out next week and ups the ante in every way. What was one of the best books of the year is about to become one of the best books of the last 10 years. Get on board now.
- The brand new S.M. Viduarri cover is amazing. It goes perfectly with Chris Mooneyham's moody and period appropriate interior art and Frank Barbiere's tense and creepy script.
- I WROTE THE BACKUP STORY!!! Ha! I tricked you! I got you excited about a book I am in without you even knowing it. Buy it for FIVE GHOSTS, stay for my 2 page story that begins here. Or just buy it for my story. I don't really care. Just buy it. Don't be a square.


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The latest from chromatic (emphasis mine):
(Think Python has better marketing? Guido announced Python 3000 before Larry announced Perl 6, and it still took the better part of eight years for the Python developers to produce Python 3, and people are still upset that Python 3 is a wholesale replacement for Python 2, and there's still a debate over when – and in some cases, if – major projects using Python will embrace Python 3 and abandon Python 2. Think about that.)"
Okay, I didn't see any regret for shafting Perl 5 for the last 10 years, but great! I'm so happy that the opposition made the same stupid mistake that we did. </sarcasm>


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Crime on State Patty's Day has dropped off significantly since 2011, as town-gown efforts ramped up to squelch the drinking event.
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Total crime and ordinance violations on State Patty's Day weekend as reported by the Penn State University Police Department and State College Police Department.
State Patty's Day weekend arrests and citations for recent years as reported by the State College Police Department, Penn State University Police Department, Centre County Alcohol Task Force and the borough's Department of Ordinance Enforcement & Public Health.


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- The Winter of our Discontent: 3 Months to Better Organization by DearMyrtle
- 7 Habits of Highly Effective Genealogists by DearMyrtle
Since I had gotten a free copy of RootsMagic 4 in my geneabloggers goodie bag (Thanks Thomas and Denise for putting those bags together! They were stocked with goodies galore!), I decided to stop by one of the classes put on about RootsMagic. I learned quite a bit and while I haven't decided if this is the absolute best genealogy program, I do like it so far.
Since we had some time between the lectures and the Geneablogger dinner, I decided to take a break, wander around the exhibit hall, and socialize. It was nice to have a moment to breathe and take in the fun day.
Then came dinner: FUN, FUN, FUN! I sat at a table next to Gini and her husband, Amy Coffin...and wait: across the table was Lisa Louise Cooke. I have to admit, I got a bit starry eyed when she sat down. It was a pleasure to meet her - and even more of a pleasure to find out how down to earth she was. She was bubbly, fun, and energetic. She was incredibly easy to talk to and it was almost as if we had known eachother forever!
It seemed as if for the first 20-30 minutes, everyone was just taking pictures and socializing:
The dinner was so much fun!!!! I had a blast! At the end of the dinner I went to my Aunt Caroline's house and knocked out! All-in-all, an eventful, fun, educational day!


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Icarus is a comic by Ryan Cody and is serialized here on Robot 6, with new pages every Monday, Wednesday & Friday. Comments welcome.
Ryan Cody is the creator, artist, writer, & colorist of ICARUS, a bi-monthly super-powered adventure/espionage book published through Super 75 Comics. Ryan's past projects include illustrating the graphic novel VILLAINS forViper
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Here is the latest progress photo of my 1942 R75.
I have a few more days worth of work, minor details, and it will be finished.
I'll have it at the MOA national, and intend to ride it around the rally on occasion, just for the fun of it. I posted another shot of the bike is posted in the vintage photo section.


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