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1971 Chevy Nova - The Sleeper
Just a Simple, 9-Second Street Small-Block Nova with a Squeeze of Nitrous
Sleepers are where you find them. Or, more often, where they find you. The '68-'72 Nova has become the most popular choice for sleeper status because it is one of the few remaining cars from the early '70s that can still be found for a decent price. Most of these cars are cruisers, but occasionally you will run across one that does much more than it appears-the sleeper. You may recall back in the April issue we featured Troy LaCrone's black 8-second Nova ("Back in Black"). That car was pretty radical. Before Troy put his spin on the bad-in-black Nova, the car used to sit on Tom Oermann's shop floor. That small-block was a bit too high strung for Tom, which begat his current X-Body adventure.
But just because Tom sold his 8-second car to buddy Troy doesn't mean Tom doesn't like to go fast. In fact, his move to the silver car is still quicker than most guys' 1,320-foot aspirations. This latest Nova is no slug when you consider its best pass to date is a 9.87 at 134.50 mph. What makes this Nova fun is that it garners very few second glances, and that's just how Tom likes it.
Pop the hood, and right away the bling-casters are unimpressed. Where's the monster-inch Rat motor with the fabricated valve covers and centrifugal blower? In its stead is a much more low-key small-block. It doesn't even have aluminum heads. The more knowledgeable will point to the Dart heads and acknowledge that when combined with a big cam and a good induction system, there's plenty of power potential in Tom's combination. Of course, there's also that telltale plate with the NOS Cheater solenoids. Tom doesn't try to hide it, but that doesn't mean it's there just for decoration, because he's got it dialed in for a serious, all-or-nothing 250hp shot. Tom's never had the engine on the dyno. According to him, "My car is my dyno." Because we were curious, we dialed up our handy power-speed calculator and with a race-ready 3,480-pound car with driver, a 134-mph trap speed equals something close to 700 flywheel horsepower. Not bad for an all-iron small-block.
All this didn't happen overnight. In fact, Tom's owned this car for more than 10 years. "I bought it from my neighbor back when you could get these cars for $600, complete with the Thrifty Six." Those days of cheap Novas are gone now, especially when you consider the car had only 54,000 original miles. The low mileage made the transition from caf cruiser to street sweeper much less of a struggle. Even the wheeltubs are stock width, despite the fact that Tom has stuffed 10-inch-wide Hoosier QuickTime Pro DOT tires under the back. "It's tight, but they don't rub."
Tom puts plenty of miles on the street with his Nova and has run up against his buddy Troy more than once. The last foray almost put the car into the guardrail, so now he prefers to hit the nitrous only on the track. The problem there is that sharp-eyed readers will notice there's no rollbar in the car. "I've got away with running low 10s a couple of times," Tom says in reference to the Nova's lack of safety equipment. But to keep running the car at the track, it's inevitable that there's interior tubing in this Nova's future.
Besides the emphasis on horsepower, the real secret behind Tom's very efficient elapsed time can be found in the rear springs and Calvert Racing CalTracs bars. Initially, Tom tried just the CalTracs bars with the stock multileaf rear-spring setup. "When we videotaped the launch, the car would hit the tires so hard it would actually compress the sidewall down to where the rim would almost touch the asphalt. Then it would push back, bounce the front-end, unload the rear, and spin the tires." After talking with Calvert owner John Calvert, Tom tried the new two-piece rear monoleaf spring system called the Split-Leaf Mono spring that comes in two overlapping pieces front to rear. By adding a stiffer front section, Tom was able to increase the compression stiffness to soften the initial hit on the rear tires. The new springs also increased ride height by 1 inch, which helped tire clearance. Tom went with John's suggestion for a shock as well, using a Rancho compression-adjustable shock, again to fine-tune the compression rate of the rear suspension. There's not even any preload in the system. With the rear suspension tuned and an original set of six-cylinder coil springs in the front with adjustable shocks, Tom's 60-foot times are not only quick at 1.37 seconds, but much more consistent as well. "It's great. It pulls the front wheels about 8-10 inches off the line and sets the front tires down so softly, I can't even feel it," Tom says. Tom may not feel it, but the victim in the lane next to him probably does.
Tech NotesWho: Tom OermannWhat: '71 NovaWhere: Tom's from Lonedell, Missouri, the Show Me State.
Short-block: Instead of massive inches, Tom relies on quality parts from a relatively small 383 with an internally balanced 3.75-inch stroke and only a 4.030-inch bore. Cola makes the 4340 steel crank while Eagle 5.7-inch H-beam rods take the pressure from a set of Ross forged pistons squeezing the air and fuel at 11:1. Lubrication is important when you spin a small-block up with this much power so Tom uses a full kick-out Milodon pan and pump assembly.
Camshaft: Tom tapped Lunati for the camshaft duties, using an oval-track-style roller for durability measuring 258/268 degrees of duration at 0.050-inch tappet lift with 0.600/0.618-inch lift with a 106 degree lobe-separation angle. There's also a Manley double roller chain involved with all this action and a set of 0.080-inch wall-thickness Comp Cams pushrods that make the connection between the roller followers and the rocker arms.
Heads: Big power also means big ports, so Tom chose a pair of 230cc Dart Iron Eagle heads fitted with 2.05/1.60-inch stainless steel valves and large 1.625-inch diameter K-Motion valvesprings with titanium retainers just to keep the weight manageable. Rather than rely on stud-mounted rockers, Tom opted for a Jesel 1.7:1 shaft rocker system to keep the valvetrain stable at higher engine speeds. Of course, the heads are not nearly stock, with full-race porting completed by Ron's Porting Service located in St. Charles, Missouri.
Induction: Nothing less than a big, single-plane Edelbrock Super Victor with an 850-cfm Barry Grant Demon carburetor forms the induction path and is the platform for a simple NOS Cheater system pumping 250 hp through a single-stage plate system
Exhaust: All that nitrous also demands a very efficient exhaust exit strategy consisting of a set of 171/48-inch Hooker Super Comp headers and pair of 3-inch Fowmaster Delta series mufflers.
Transmission: Tom grinds transmissions for a living, but that doesn't mean there's some wild, exotic gearbox behind his nitrous'd small-block. In keeping with his understated intentions, that's a simple Turbo 350 behind the 383 with stock ratios and an ATI 8-inch torque converter that spins up to 4,500 rpm before it launches the Nova.
Rearend: Tom started with a DTS custom 12-bolt, adding Strange 35-spline axles and a spool that spins with a set of Strange 4.11 gears connected by a Mark Williams aluminum driveshaft. There's also a TA Performance aluminum cover to help keep everything properly preloaded.
Rear suspension: When you make enough power to push a 3,280-pound missile into the high 9s at 134-plus miles per hour, you'd better make sure the chassis is up to the task. Tom added a set of frame connectors to stiffen the body and then added a set of those new Calvert Racing (calvertracing.com) Split-Leaf Mono springs that creates the opportunity to stiffen just the front-half spring section in comparison to the rear half. To these trick springs he also added CalTracs traction bars. Rounding out the package is a pair of Rancho adjustable shocks.
Front suspension: While the steering box and linkages are all vintage '70s, Tom retained the six-cylinder front coil springs to help in the business of weight transfer, damped with a pair of Competition Engineering adjustable front shocks. Tom has also retained the front sway bar, mainly to help the handling on the street, where the front springs and shocks make turning corners a bit of an adventure.
Wheels/Tires: The skinnies up front are a pair of Weld Draglite 15x5-inchers mounted with Mickey Thompson 27.5x4.5 tires while the rear sports a slightly wider package consisting of a pair of 15x10 Welds with Hoosier 28x11.5x15 gumballs.
Body: John Bardot of Luebbering, Missouri, laid down the Sikkens Mopar Bright Silver paint and, other than a mini-tubbing, the rest of this Nova is the way Chevrolet built it back in '71.
Cost: $20,000Performance: 9.87 at 134.50 mph, with a 1.37 60-foot time.


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The three took their families, including Kevin's wife Danielle and younger brother Frankie, out to celebrate their Radio City Music Hall concert.
"Tonight was 1 of my favorite nights ever!was emotional seeing all of the fans who have been waiting for our return Love you all! #JBisback," Joe tweeted.
Kevin told MTV, "It feels really good. It's been a long time coming. We've all been doing some individual stuff and on our own journeys, but now we're coming back together, and the [Radio City] show [was] kind of the kickoff to that."
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My sister is gloating. Last week, she won the big prize at her companys annual picnican IPad. I tried to be appropriately jealous, but device delirium is not in my combination of our DNA. Growing up in a time when cutting-edge technology was Atari Pong and the Swatch watch, my appreciation for laptops and Skype knows no bounds, but it seems to stop there. Just ask my non-texting, camera-lacking phone.
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After failing in March to persuade New York State's top court to overturn a state law that ties sales tax collection to in-state affiliate sites, online retailers Amazon.com Inc. and Overstock.com Inc. are seeking a better deal from the U.S. Supreme Court.
"New York's courts made a bad law that ignored the U.S. Supreme Court's precedent regarding retailers' responsibility in collecting sales, and we have a higher hope that Supreme Court justices will follow prior Supreme Court law," says Jonathan Johnson, executive vice chairman of Overstock. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1992 that states can require retailers to collect sales tax only when retailers have an in-state physical presence, such as stores or distribution centers.
Overstock filed a petition with the Supreme Court last Thursday, followed by a petition filed by Amazon on Friday. Both retailers want the high court to review a March 28, 2013, decision by the New York State Court of Appeals, the state's highest court, that upheld a lower court ruling in favor of the state's so-called Amazon Tax law. Technically speaking, each retailer has filed a petition for a "writ of certiorari," which is a request to have the high court review the lower court's ruling.
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Overall, we enjoyed the transatlantic cruise on the Voyager of the Seas very much and would do it again. In addition to the ships features and quality of service, we enjoyed traveling and sightseeing with passengers of a good range of ages ... Read More
Overall, we enjoyed the transatlantic cruise on the Voyager of the Seas very much and would do it again. In addition to the ships features and quality of service, we enjoyed traveling and sightseeing with passengers of a good range of ages (albeit skewed towards retirees), from a diverse group of backgrounds (ethnic, geographic, and political), and with a variety of family structures (couples with an elderly inlaw, newlyweds, and GLBT families alike).. A few areas for improvement are noted below. Embarkation Embarkation was smootheven better than our experience boarding the Majesty of the Seas at RC's homeport in Miami. The staff was friendly, the embarkation facility was comfortable, and the process was efficient. I especially appreciated that I wasn't feeling like the baggage handlers were pressuring passengers for a tipa situation that I felt when I embarked in Miami. All of our baggage arrived just a few hours later. Stateroom We did a guarantee rate, and was in an inside stateroom on deck six. The beds were comfortable and had enough blankets to keep us warm. Though we had requested that the beds be put together, we found it to be separated on our first day. We ended up rearranging the beds ourselves. Being relatively low and centered made the rocking less noticeable (good because I was prone to sea sickness). We packed light (considering it was a 15-night cruise) so there were adequate storage for both of us. However, some of the doors for the storage were beginning to get loose and sagged. It rarely felt crowded, even when we ordered room service. The cabin attendant was not as friendly as others we've had (though he wasn't unfriendly either), but he was responsive. When we asked for the clothes line to be replaced, it was done by the next time we were back. Also, when we asked him not to leave the lights on after making the bed, he made sure not to do so again. Shows We greatly enjoyed the performances by the ship's singers and dancers, as well as the performances by the ice skaters. The ice skaters were phenomenal and it was just amazing what they could do in such as small space (especially while the ship was rocking). We only wished that they had more musical reviews by the singers and dancers since they only did two. They did also perform during the parades, but it can be hard to see the performance because there usually were so many people in the Royal Promenade and the performers were usually on the bridge. Food As usual with Royal Caribbean, we liked the food on the ship. It wasn't the best that we've ever had, but it was very good for the price. And although we were on for 15 days, the food had enough variety that it didn't get old. We frequently indulged by having multiple desserts during dinner. On a typical day, we went to the Windjammer for breakfast and lunch, and then went to the dining room for dinner. We wished we knew how good the lunch options (especially the salad bar) was in the Carmen dining room sooner. The midnight buffet was not as impressive as past cruises I've been on (where they've done "chocolate extravaganzas"). However, I did appreciate that there were a lot of fruits, which made it healthier. One complaint is that the soft serve ice cream machines on deck twelve were frequently out of service (a significant problem since one of us has a sweet tooth for ice cream). Though we complained to the manager, he did not seem to really care and gave us a somewhat flippant response. During the 15-day cruise, the soft-serve ice cream was probably only available for a few days. We especially appreciated late night (up to 2 am) availability of the Cafe Promenade, which served pizza, sandwiches, fruit, and desserts. When we stayed up, this was a great place to get a small snack so we're not starving late at night. Activities Going on a transatlantic cruise, I thought that I may get boredI was wrong. There were plenty of activities on the ship and at the end of each day, we often wondered where all the time went. We worked out, played in the sports court, learned a dance, listened to lectures, ice skated, or mini-golfed when we were on the ship. As much as we can, we went to see Mimi (one of the lead singers) performshe just had such a great voice. Our one complaint would be the movies hosted in the screening roomthe facility was way too small and it was just too frequently packed. Though we tried a couple of times, we never were able to make it inside. It was surprising since the screening room was hard to find (just below La Scala). GLBT-Friendly Atmosphere There was a sizable contingent of GLBT passengers (and staff) who were all welcomed and made to feel at home on the ship. We were surprised how many passengers showed up for the FOD meetingsthere ended up being three different times to accommodate everyone's varying schedules and preferences. Other passengers were very welcoming and we had no problem presenting ourselves as a same-sex couple. Even during the dance lessons, we slow danced together and no one batted an eye. At Port We made a point to engage in sightseeing at each port. Not everyone does (we were guilty ourselves of having slept through a port on our last cruise). This time, we walked quite a bit around each of the cities (and helped burn off all the extra calories we were consuming). None of the ports were boring. The ship had ports of call in: Cartagena (Spain), Funchal (Madeira), Canary Islands, Nassau (Bahamas), Miami, and Galveston. Cartagena - a great city with very interesting old ruins. We highly recommend seeing the roman amphitheater and going to the old fort for great views of the city. A large family of peacocks also reside in the old forta nice treat if you've never seem peacocks. While docked, there was a renaissance fair going on, so we were also treated to medieval music and folks in period garb. Madeira - a great place to sample and buy Madeira. It was our first time trying Madeira and we found it to be robust and delicious. Well worth the time to sample and buy some to take home and enjoy. The honey cakes make for a good item to bring to the office. A little dry by the time we got back, but it was fine if you dunk it in a little coffee or milk. Canary Islands - We initially intended to the beaches, but we didn't end up spending too much time exploring the Canary Islands since it was somewhat rainy and cold. Here we found an interesting monastery that was celebrating its 500th anniversary by displaying art and antique instruments and tools. After a few hours, we went back to the ship and stayed (since there was a long walk back to the dock). Other guests told us later that the other side of the island was sunny and had amazing landscapes. I suppose we'll have to catch that next time we take this cruise. Nassau - We ended up visiting the straw market and snorkeling while in Nassau. We also recommend going up to the old fort, where you will be treated with a view Nassau's cruise docks. It's possible to walk to the fortplan for a 20 minute walk. Miami - Unfortunately, getting through customs was a big hassle and there was a lot of confusion because it was unclear if people who were staying on needed to fill out forms. We were givin conflicting instructions by members of the crew, but also saw customs officers giving conflicting instructions. Moreover, it was clear the two hadn't coordinated with each other. We were supposed to get off around 8:00 AM, but we didn't get out until 11:00 AM due to the confusion. Some friends of ours ended up being 4-hours delayed, so they stayed on. Galveston/Houston - We ended up signing up for the ship organized excursion for a tour of Galveston. During the excursion, we drove through parts of Galveston, saw the rocket center, and parts of Houston. Hurricane Ike had just hit a few months prior and it was clear that the community needed more help and had more work ahead of them to fully recover. At Sea Captain Patrick Dahlgren did a great job and made key decisions that made the 6-day voyage across the Atlantic more pleasant. A storm front in the northern Atlantic and we would have crossed through parts of it had we maintained our planned course. The Captain took us further south and because of that, we enjoyed relatively calm seas and warm weather that was conducive to relaxing on the ship's pools on deck 12. We definitely appreciate the Captain's decision for it made the cruise much more pleasurable. Activity-wise, I've explained what we ended up doing already. So I'll just leave this with a few suggestions: (1) participate in the Olympics - it was a good way to meet others and it's a lot of fun during the ocean crossing; (2) do the walk-a-mile - it's a nice workout, you get to enjoy the seascape, and you even get rewarded if you do it often enough; (3) wake up early - try to catch a sunrise and you'll be rewarded with a majestic view; and, (4) stay up late - go to the helipad in front of the ship late at night, and you can see so many stars. Also, note that during the ocean crossing, you'll gain an hour on most nights (at least going westward). So feel free to stay up a little, maybe go to the disco, and know that you'll get about an hour back anyway. Disembarkation Disembarkation was pretty easy, though expect to wait. Keep a book or a magazine with you to keep you entertained while you're waiting. And the airports are pretty far from Galveston so make arrangements for a shuttle ahead of time. Taxis can be very expensive. Read Less
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At this point, it's useless to compare buzzer-beaters. This one's the best, that one's the best, the one with the chunky Canadians is the best—it's all relative. But if you're a fan of unexpected end-of-game twists, graceful floaters from about 55 feet away, and jubilant hometown crowds, we recommend you watch the video above. Trevor Releford has a nifty trick he'd like to show you.
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Violent crime gets the bulk of attention in Baltimore, but the commissioner now has his eye on an additional target: the city's public places that have become too unsafe or too rowdy for people to enjoy.
Batts called the area around Lexington Market ground zero. He said a friend described the market area to him as scary. It was the first stop on Batts' campaign to make Baltimore a better-behaved, safer and friendlier city.
"The public places of Baltimore are being taken over by other people, and normal people don't feel safe. A lot of businesses here are saying this is one of the places to come eat, and I don't feel comfortable coming here. So, what I've told the organization is we are going to take back the public places of Baltimore," Batts told Miller.
A week ago, police started handing out fliers around the market, laying down the law that jaywalking, double parking and loitering are no longer OK.
"You have a lot of people lingering out here. You have opiate sales or drug sales out here. You have people getting methadone treatments who are on the nod at different bus stops. You have alcoholics who are laying on the street and on the curb," Batts said.
Two men learned the new rules as Miller did her interview on the street.
"We're not going to let you jaywalk, not going to allow you," Batts told them. "We're not going to allow you to park in front of fire hydrants."
Customers at the market are taking notice.
"Clean it up," one shopper said to Batts.
"We are going to do our best, ma'am," the police commissioner replied.
Batts' efforts comes from what he's seen, he said, in his first year as the city's police commissioner -- a city too tolerant of the reason some people come to Baltimore.
"They come here to party, and they are basically saying Baltimore is wide open. For college kids, you can go to Federal Hill and you can drink. I have gone up there at night, and we have people with open containers. We have young college kids that are intoxicated," Batts said. "You can go to the Preakness, and the joy about coming to the Preakness, for many, is you can go there and get drunk. Fourth of July, you can romp and stomp -- large groups of kids running around and taking over. We are going to stop that."
Batts blamed the rise in violent crime this year in part on vacancies in the Police Department. He said he wants officers to get better pay, but at the same time, the department has to get more efficient.
"We want you to come to Baltimore and have a pleasurable experience, but Baltimore is not going to be a wide-open town anymore," he said.


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Disciplining Yourself to Write an Essay on Discipline
An Essay on Discipline Must Address Various Perspectives of the Issue
Discipline is something which we are all educated on from the time we are able to understand the word "no". A small child learns that there are some things which he can and cannot do which are against the rules of proper upbringing. When we go to school we are taught discipline in another way. That is to respect and obey our teachers, obey the rules of the schools etc. We also learn to discipline our mind and body to concentrate instead of wandering around when we apply ourselves to stringent academic programs. With discipline and proper behaviour we are able to succeed in life. These are some of the elements which need to be considered when you write an essay on discipline.


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It's time for my first installment of Doug DeMuro: Safety Crusader, where I highlight all of today's pressing safety issues affecting you, a modern parent whose toddler spends each day discovering new and exciting ways to put himself in grave danger.
I haven't always been interested in safety. In fact, just a few short years ago, I owned a Lotus Elise, which is among the most dangerous cars manufactured in the modern era. Many people are surprised to discover how unsafe the Elise is, considering it shares its orange color with safety devices like the traffic cone. What they're forgetting is that it also shares the traffic cone's size.
Yes, the Elise can be pretty scary. You discover this every time you get inside one, when you go to give the door a nice, hearty tug, only to discover that a nice, hearty tug will detach the door from the car, pull it off its hinges, and send it flying into a field located somewhere in the American Midwest, where your toddler will find it and use it to put himself in grave danger. This happens because a Lotus Elise's door weighs about as much as a credit card, and you get the feeling it would provide similar protection in the event of a crash.
Unfortunately, things don't get much better once you're inside. Fire up the engine and you immediately realize that only two inches separate your head from camshafts, and cylinders, and manifolds, and various other extremely hot things that move incredibly fast. This isn't a problem in most mid-engine cars, but then you remember: those two inches were engineered by the British.
So then you get on the road and you're once again reminded of how fragile the Elise is when everything starts to squeak. Go over a bump? *Squeak!* Make a hard turn? *Squeak!* Park the car, turn it off, and walk into a store where you won't buy anything, because it's not like you could possibly fit it in your Elise? *Squeak!*
Of course, a lot of cars squeak. I once had a Volvo 850 Turbo, for instance, and it seemed like the factory's entire quality control process involved two Swedish kids jumping on the hood and trunk like inebriated Boston sports fans just to make sure the suspension squeaked enough. And believe me, it did.
But the Elise squeaks because it's primarily held together with epoxy, which is really just a fancy way of saying "glue." This means when you go to your Lotus dealer to complain that your Elise is squeaking too much, they consult Technical Service Bulletin 222-A, which states, and I am paraphrasing here: "Send the service department porter to Hobby Lobby for a little Elmer's."
So there are a lot of potentially unsafe things about the Elise. Those light doors. The epoxy-bonded chassis. The close proximity of the entire powertrain to your face.
But the most dangerous thing about the Elise? That would be lifted pickup trucks.
For those of you unfamiliar with lifted trucks, I must come right out and say: Ha ha ha! That's because you undoubtedly live in Europe, where you are subject to high taxes, tiny diesel hatchbacks, and that currency where you can spend your entire vacation budget in four days because it's easy to forget how much coins are worth. (I would never make this mistake, of course; I am way too intelligent. But I could see how it might happen, and on a completely unrelated note, I am very glad that Europe has a lot of ATMs.)
We Americans are very familiar with lifted pickup trucks, largely because we all know at least one person who has one. This is a person we would never invite to a party; a person whose lifted truck parked outside a restaurant we were considering would cause us to eat somewhere else. We don't like this person, but we know him, and we occasionally laugh about his Facebook statuses with our friends.
So why is a lifted pickup truck so dangerous? I'll tell you why.
Here's how it works: to create a lifted truck, you take a normal truck (which was developed for agricultural purposes but is now primarily used to see over minivans in traffic) and you put a "lift kit" on it. I am not an expert on lift kits, but based on my personal observation, they offer sizes like "six inches," or "eight inches," or "tall enough to provide storm shelter for a herd of Black Rhinoceros." That one's a big seller here in the South.
The result is simple: once the already-huge truck is lifted to an even huger height, it goes from "somewhat unsafe" to "incredibly scary." Not for the people in the truck, mind you. For the people in Lotus Elises, and – if the truck gets high enough – even for people in normal cars, whose head is now directly in line with the truck's front bumper.
When I worked at Porsche, German employees would visit and routinely muse at the height of these trucks. "Zis would never pass inspection in Germany!" they'd say. "How could zey ever be allowed to drive zese trucks?" (Note my liberal use of "z" instead of "th," which proves that I could not possibly be making up these German people.)
At this point, I would explain to my foreign colleagues that most US states don't have strict vehicle inspections. Yes, it's true that an automaker must sell a car with certain safety equipment by federal law – but then we, as Land-of-the-Free consumers, are allowed to a) immediately remove it, and b) lose it when it comes time to sell the car.
The result is that there are thousands of these lifted pickups cruising around with bumpers at eye-level for anyone driving a vehicle smaller than a midsize SUV. This is very dangerous, and I think you should send a letter about it to your Congressman, right after you get your toddler to stop sticking that fork in the electrical outlet.
@DougDeMuro is the author of Plays With Cars. He operates PlaysWithCars.com. He owned an E63 AMG wagon and once tried to evade police at the Tail of the Dragon using a pontoon boat. (It didn't work.) He worked as a manager for Porsche Cars North America before quitting to become a writer, largely because it meant he no longer had to wear pants. Also, he wrote this entire bio himself in the third person.


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A few months back, J took me to Hatfield's for a fantastic birthday dinner. When we were about to leave she told me she had one more gift. She presented me with an unsealed envelope. I opened it and found two photocopied menus from restaurants i had never heard of.
Me: "What do I do with these? We ordering delivery?"
J: "Pick one."
I looked closer at the info under the two restaurants and noticed that one was based in Seattle, the other one in Portland.
J: "They are both oyster restaurants. Choose one."
Me: "I think i'm going to have to go with Portland."
Why Portland? Maybe it's because of the strong influence of Indie music bands there? The large social movement of thirty-somethings escaping big urban monsters; seeking a new place to live and restart? The fine coffee, breweries and distilleries spread out all over the state? My coworker said, "If Silver Lake, Los Angeles was its own city, it would be like Portland."
But for whatever reason Portland is the way it is, it has claimed much attention in the culinary world in the last few years. I read a few articles recently in NY Times, GQ and Food & Wine... all had great things to say about the food of Portland.
And if that was not convincing enough to settle on Portland, I only needed to think about two gentleman in Portland that would ensure that Jeni and I ate well. These two guys are Ron of PDX Plate and Kevin of Guilty Carnivore. We have never met the Guilty Carnivore himself, but we DO know him through his 3+ years of writing. He is a man who loves to mix food and politics together and always seems to be in search of the ideal Vietnamese sandwich. And there's Ron, who some of you may know as SauceSupreme on Chowhound. An ex-Angeleno who moved to Portland for work and for the food. But his knowledge of food alone makes the "work" part a complete lie. After a few weeks of email correspondence with Ron, Kevin and another generous foodie by the name of Matt, we had the most important thing taken care of: the food itinerary. I have to say one of the best things about writing a food blog is having a connection to other bloggers anywhere in the world. And it is very likely they will do their best to make sure you enjoy your time.
Only $250 for a 2-hour flight to Portland, we arrived on an early Friday morning with nothing but duffle bags, hunger and sheer excitement. It was a different feeling entering a city much smaller in relation to New York or Chicago. But thanks to the internet, you can very much see what you're getting yourself into. We got out of the Portland airport (PDX) and hopped on a train into town.
As the train slowly slithered through the city, I could only think about one thing – green. Green as in true chlorophyll. I think the product designers of Glade bathroom spray cans based their artwork on the Portland scenery. I couldn't believe how green the trees and grass were and how clean and fresh the air felt. So THIS is what fresh air is SUPPOSED to feel like. Part of this is due to the bicycle as a common means for transportation. In LA, we have parking meters. In Portland, where there is a meter, there is a bike rack.
We got dumped off in the South West area of Portland - it's one of four quadrants in the city divided by a river and major bridge. Speaking of bridges, it IS known as Bridgetown – 12 to be exact! We stayed at the Ace Hotel franchise, which also has locations in Palm Springs, Seattle and New York. If Urban Outfitters were to have their own hotel, this would be it. It's a great combination of Pacific Northwest/wilderness chic and design. Not to mention very reasonable in price for a room that is decorated by individual artists.
We walked into the Ace and smiled upon seeing the lobby area with dark wood walls. A good 10-12 people sat on the couches and chairs reading their Mercury's and sipped quietly on what smelled like some of the best coffee ever. But I couldn't attest that as I don't drink much coffee – I prefer fun juice.
We checked in and J already knew what she wanted to do. That coffee we smelled earlier in the lobby was none other than Portland's favorite coffee shop, Stumptown Coffee Roasters. I put this next to Vietnamese iced coffee as my favorites. But for a coffee that was unaided by velvety condensed milk and a tiny drip press, this was some asskicking coffee. A few sips of this and I was awake. We sat over in the lobby, sipped on our asskicking coffee and people watched like the creepy tourists that we were.
10:32 am.
Our stomach rumbles and I rub my hands together. Time to start Ron's food tour.
Portland is a big breakfast town. Ron said that even if you served the shittiest breakfasts, you'd still be doing okay because people will still eat it – something to that extent. That is how Norm's and Denny's has survived for so long. He sent us out to a place in the Southeast that serves breakfast Scandinavian style. Whatever that meant, I hope it tasted better than Ikea's breakfast and didn't require me to walk 1.8 miles through a showroom just to get to the exit.
And here we are at Broder, which is known for danish pancakes called Æbleskiver, pronounced 'eh-bleh-skee-vah'. I was lucky enough to find someone on Yelp who previously typed out that Æ letter.
What is an Æbleskiver? Think ball-shaped pancakes similar to a beignets and Japan's takoyaki. Its cooked in a pan with seven round grooves. Like takoyaki, once the lower hemisphere of the batter is cooked, it is then flipped over with a skewer/needle and naturally molded into a round ball. Topped with powdered sugar and a trio of dipping sauces that includes lemon cream, lingonberry jam and maple syrup.
We both enjoyed these as they were very light and tasty. If you're near Solvang, you can stop over at the Solvang Restaurant for some Æbleskiver as well.
I saw people at neighboring tables ordering eggs baked in square skillets. I love square things. So Scandinavian to shape food into squares and present them to you in a grid layout. I had the farmer's special which included smoked trout and shallots. I am now wearing a "#1 Scandinavian Smoked Trout Fan" shirt – that's how awesome it was.
And what is there not to like about potato latkes charred perfectly for toothsome texture. Served with walnut bread.
After breakfast we headed back to the hotel, but not before seeing a bartender extracting fresh juice from an old-school juicer through the window of a neighboring bar/restaurant. One of the things Ron mentioned was the prevalence of stellar cocktail lounges in Portland. I told them that while we enjoy places in LA like The Association, The Varnish and Rivera – $12-15 for a drink can do damage to a wallet. Enter Clyde Common for the $5 happy hour and regularly priced $8 drinks. He also mentioned that $9 is what the best bar in town will charge, so if a bar charges $9.01 – you'd better taste that extra penny. And Clyde Common did not FAIL with their drinks.
One thing you'll notice in Portland is that quite a few respectable bars/lounges will display their Bohemian Absinthe fountain. This seems to be the trend of late for a drink that was brought to attention by artists and writers – Van Gogh for example. If taken as a shot, you could find yourself feeling very ill in the style of too much Jagermeister or Ouzo. Used in moderation as an aromatic, your cocktail is taken to another level. Thanks to John, the wonderful bartender at Clyde Common, for the conversations and cocktails.
A few hours later, it was time for dinner. One of the restaurants that caught our eye was a place in the Northeast called Beast, headed by a female chef named Naomi Pomeroy. She was most recently nominated as one of Food & Wine's Best New Chefs 2009, along with the two guys from LA's Animal. We made reservations a month back.
Me: "I'd like to make a reservation at 7:30."
Beast: "We only do two seatings. 6 pm or 8:45 pm."
Me: "Okay 6 pm then."
Not knowing why they only had two seatings, I just went ahead and picked 6 pm. I looked on their site and realized that the menu was what-you-see-is-what-you-get. Chef Pomeroy quotes: "SUBSTITUTIONS POLITELY DECLINED."
Our cab dropped us off in front of the cozy and quaint restaurant named Beast. What we thought would be a very strict dinner all of a sudden made sense once we stepped foot inside the square dining area no larger than a deluxe living room. On the left was a table for 8 and on the right, a table for 12-16. And right in the center was a large counter top covered in plates. This was HER kitchen AND dining area. Awesome.
We took a seat and watched as Pomeroy's sous chef plated salads on the counter top. Pomeroy, in a black top and black pin-striped apron, walked around her kitchen gracefully. Jeni and I felt relaxed because there was absolutely no kitchen havoc. Quite notably, a huge difference between a male and female chef's kitchen. Working in a restaurant before, I knew how noisy and stressful it could get. These two chefs could have been walking barefooted on glass, stacked dishes on their head, two monkeys climbing on their backs and still serve food with a smile.
We really loved the idea of sitting with other guests, a style of cuisine that could only come from someone who loves her home as much as her food. Another thing we loved about Pomeroy's restaurant was the clear view of her cookbooks perching on shelves. Whether or not they are put to use or merely restaurant fodder, we assumed that she is a humble and homey cook, not afraid to experiment or refer to the books in a pinch. I highly doubt any egotistic chef would display books for guests to scrutinize their level of experience. We introduced ourselves and sat patiently for the meal to start. If you really want to know, she enjoys Joy of Cooking, Judy Rodger's Zuni Cafe, Suzanne Goin's Sunday Supper at Lucques and Harold McGee's On Food and Cooking – all very solid cookbooks we could not live without.
And here's what Pomeroy served.
Chilled Fresh Shelled English Pea Soup
With english peas in season, you'll see this delicious ingredient everywhere. It's sweet, crunchy and can go well with salads, meats and of course soup. She pureed the peas with herbed creme fraiche/cream and served it quite cold. I really enjoyed this.
Spring Greens with Sauvignon Blanc Vinaigrette and Shaved Sheep's Milk Cheese
I loved the presentation of this – rustic and fresh. The shaving of cheese made it easier for it to melt on your tongue.
Shaved Fennel Salad & Charcuterie Plate
Wow. This plate had everything - variety, colors and pate-like objects. This was a fabulous carnival of hors d'oeurves. I think this is where Chef Pomeroy shines.
Steak Tartare & Quail Egg Toast - I read about this in a magazine and could not wait to try this out. A+ for the combination of two things I enjoy - quail eggs and steak tartare. I actually asked if I could 'buy' a few more of these but was POLITELY DECLINED. I had to try.
Pork Liver, Sour Cherry & Pistachio Pate - what I liked about this was not the usual mushiness of a pate. This was in fact more of a terrine/cake because I could taste all the texures. The pistachios still had a decent bite to it. Similar recipe found here.
Chicken Liver Mousse & Maple Candied Bacon - if I could eat this everyday I would. By far, the table's favorite on the charcuterie plate. The combination of creamy liver and candied bacon had a yin & yang relationship.
Foie Gras Bon Bon - our table considered this the 'dessert' of the charcuterie plate and it sure was. it was like a scoop of really savory buttery ice cream on top of shortbread.
Rabbit Saddles Stuffed with Brioche & Spring Vegetables and White Wine Braised Leeks with Prosecco Butter
Probably the best rabbit I have ever eaten. Flavorful seasoning on the skin, moist meat and crunchy vegetable filling. The leek was a bit strong on the wine but great in texture.
Selection of Steve's Cheese, Anise & Fleur de Sel Shortbread, Fruit & Hazelnuts
Whoever Steve is, nice job.
Whoever Steve is, nice job.
Brown Sugar & Cream Cheese Custard
What a great casual dinner this was. The food, the service and the fellow diners really helped us enjoy our first night in Portland. I would definitely come back and ask to put in a pre-order of those Quail Egg & Steak Tartare toasts.
Day one of four came to an end. We were too tired to go anywhere else and decided to call it night. Standing in the elevator, we noticed this sign. A simple reminder that because we would be eating a lot, we needed to do something about it or buy new jeans. To be continued...
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Every old house, every river, and every bend in the road in Florida has a story. Some are easy to learn about, others not so much. Understanding the history of a place becomes even more complicated when the place itself changes rapidly over a short period of time. The history of Camp Roosevelt south of Ocala is a case in point. In the space of a single decade, it served as an educational center for at least three separate federal programs, headquarters for workers building the Cross-Florida Barge Canal, and emergency housing for returning World War II veterans and their families.
The camp originated as a temporary home for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the large labor force it needed to build the Cross-Florida Barge Canal. This project had been a long time in the making. Even as far back as the 16th century when the Spanish had control of Florida, shippers and government officials had wished there was some way to shorten the lengthy and dangerous voyage necessary to sail around the Florida Straits. A number of ideas emerged for digging the canal, but the enormous expense of the project led private and public authorities to shy away from it.
Ironically, the arrival of the Great Depression gave the plan a boost off the drawing board and into action. Local politicians urged the federal government to take on the canal project as a federal relief program through the New Deal. The Franklin Roosevelt administration allocated funding for the project in September 1935 on this basis, and by the end of the month construction was underway to prepare for workers to arrive. The plans called for what amounted to a small city, complete with medical and recreational facilities, a dining hall, a post office, and headquarters buildings. The Army Corps of Engineers designated the site as "Camp Roosevelt" in honor of the President.
The camp's population quickly swelled with workers, but their stay was to be much shorter than planners had expected. Vocal opponents of the project in Central and South Florida argued that digging the deep canal would expose and contaminate the underground aquifer that contained their water supply. Sensing trouble, the Roosevelt administration quietly backed off of the project. Works Progress Administrator Harold Ickes dropped his support, and Congress failed to extend the original 1935 appropriation. In the summer of 1936, with only preliminary work complete in several locations along the proposed route, work came to a halt.
With no money to continue, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers prepared to close its operations at Camp Roosevelt. With these extensive facilities vacant, the Works Progress Administration sensed an opportunity to take over the site and use it for a good cause. The W.P.A., the University of Florida in Gainesville, and the Army Corps of Engineers reached an agreement whereby the University would operate Camp Roosevelt as a center for adult education. The University would be in charge of the program itself, whereas the W.P.A. would handle the business end of the camp. The Army Corps of Engineers would pay most of the utility bills. Less than three months from the end of the work on the barge canal, the University of Florida's adult education extension program was up and running at the camp. Major Bert Clair Riley, the university's dean of extension services, administered the program from Gainesville, while a series of local directors handled the day-to-day business on the ground.
At first, the extension program mainly offered short courses in subjects like model design, leathercraft, art appreciation and design, and training for W.P.A. administrators. Program leaders made bold plans to expand their reach to include short courses for civic officials, printers, real estate brokers, toymakers, and aviators. The University also offered more formal courses in subjects like English and History to aid those students who wished to continue their education at the university level.
Funding for the extension program, as with the canal and so many federal projects at this time, was temporary, and within a year the University of Florida had to decide whether it would continue the work. It did, in a way, but through a new partnership that changed the focus of the camp to more of a relief operation. The National Youth Administration, dreamed up by Eleanor Roosevelt as a way to offer federal relief to young women who could not join the Civilian Conservation Corps, teamed up with the vocational division of the Marion County school system and began running the camp. The camp's population consisted mainly of women, although men would later be admitted to the camp as well. Participants took classes for half the day, and worked on projects such as sewing, metalwork, or cosmetology for the remainder of the day. Typically, the students had had no more than a year or two of high school before entering Camp Roosevelt. By the time they completed the term, program administrators hoped to place them in their communities as secretaries, stenographers, library assistants, or other skilled workers.
As World War II approached, the camp's classes and activities became geared more toward defense work. Teenage boys too young to enter the military were admitted to the camp, and nursing, welding, woodwork, and signmaking replaced the more domestic skills that had been prevalent in earlier years.
Whether they came for the federal relief wages or to do defense work, Camp Roosevelt's residents were living in a difficult time. This did not, however, stop them from making the best of their situation and maintaining a healthy social atmosphere. The camp had a newsletter, the "Roosevelt Roundup," edited by the faculty and students. It had dances and athletic activities, and recreation leadership training was even offered as a course.
As the war continued, more and more of Camp Roosevelt's usual pool of residents became involved in formal defense work, and administrators decided to shut the camp down. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers retained the site and planned to keep it up, as plenty of enthusiasm still remained for resuming the Cross-Florida Barge Canal project. Before that could happen, however, a more pressing problem emerged for the camp to tackle.
As World War II came to a close, the young men and women who had left to join the military or serve in other defense capacities came home, looking to start new lives as adult civilians. This sudden surge triggered a dire shortage of adequate housing. Husbands and wives and sometimes children frequently found themselves living with other family members, not so much for lack of funds but simply for lack of available homes to buy or rent. Civic leaders scrambled for solutions, and in Marion County facilities like the small houses at Camp Roosevelt became an attractive option. The Ocala/Marion County Chamber of Commerce appealed to federal leaders, asking that the buildings at Camp Roosevelt be made available to provide housing for returning veterans. Washington complied, and soon former soldiers and their young families were moving into the buildings once occupied by canal workers and then residents of the W.P.A. and N.Y.A. relief programs. The federal government retained the right to move the new residents should the barge canal project regenerate, but by the time this happened some years later, the Army Corps of Engineers had determined it would not need the complex. It was declared surplus property, and eventually was sold piecemeal to private citizens.
Looking at this neighborhood, now called Roosevelt Village, its former roles during the Great Depression and World War II are not readily apparent. It just goes to show that no matter which direction you look in Florida, there's a story to be told.
What buildings or other spaces in your Florida town played a role in the Great Depression or World War II? Share with us by leaving a comment below. And don't forget that Florida Memory has a large number of photos from World War II-era Florida. Search the Florida Photographic Collection to find these historic images.


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I write a lot and I get very little time to read fanfiction these days. I keep up with my favourite writers and stories that aren't finished yet, but I just don't have time to read everything. I have some great fans and readers who let me know when they hit a fic that sounds very like one of mine.
In all honesty, there is not a lot I can do about it, but I do appreciate them notifying me and keeping watch on my behalf. I have heard of fanfic being copied word for word; even the summary and posted under another name on another site. That is clearly plagiarism and a campaign from the original writer's supporters got that one removed. But in a fanfic world where only the real author holds the rights, none of us have much defense.
It would be true irony for me to get upset about it, so I don't. But if I don't respond, then people assume that I don't know about it and they keep messaging me, to tell me about it.
I'm not well today and maybe I handled something badly, but I am not sure what else I could have done. I heard from a few sources about a fic that was very similar to one of mine. So, I read it.
Clearly some people must have spoken to the writer as well. If you are accused of copying someone's work, it's probably a bad idea to put up a message telling people to shove it up their ass. She did say that she had 'hardly read my story'. I'm not sure what that means. In any case, I replied to her message. Maybe I should have done so privately? But she had posted a public comment and that effectively called me out. She also mentioned me by name.
I was polite. Maybe too polite? She said she didn't know how it was like my work, so I listed it for her. Lol. That might have been a touch provocative, but a few of the items were very specific and quite rare. To see them all in one story did sound familiar. At least I avoided all discussions about asses and shoving.
And then I said that it was now a different story. I suggested that it was more like a fanfic and I clearly have no issues with fanfic.
I encouraged her to finish it and I made it very clear that I wasn't upset about it. I reminded her that she had fans who supported her and who wanted to read the end of her story. I assumed that if she got any further comments from people saying it was like my story, that she could just point at my response and say, 'MTR isn't worried about it'. And that would be the end of that.
What I didn't expect was a rampage.
She didn't respond to me. She deleted the story. She deleted all her stories. And then she deleted her account on that site. Then she went to another site where I am not a member and (I hear) raged about me, the people who told me about her fic, the organisers of the site etc. Picture me confused as Buffy would say.
I am not sure what I could have done differently. Maybe if I was completely well I would have handled it differently? I don't know. I suspect probably not.
I am very sad about the whole thing.
Sad that people who told me about it have been trashed, sad that the writer had such a knee jerk reaction, sad that her readers have been punished for all this and sad that the site and probably me, might be painted as the bad guys in this by the writer. As I said, I am not sure what else I could have done. I could have ignored it, I suppose, but why should I have to?
In fanfic we pay lip service; it's all we pay. Sometimes I have got an idea from someone's story and I will say that in mine and provide a link to their story. We say this really belongs to X and I am just borrowing it. So if you want to write an alternate universe or ending for one of my fanfic stories, go right ahead, but it would be polite to say it was mine and whoever really owns it, of course.
Maybe I shouldn't even be posting this, but … yeah… sad.


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The victim is this case had his credit card taken by a suspect at the Kinko's Fed Ex (650 Orchard Park Rd) West Seneca.
The resident reported finding a bicycle in their yard which
did not belong to them in the Indian Church Rd./ City Line are of the Town of West Seneca in mid August 2012. Upon
review of home security system it was discovered that a W/M possibly teen had dumped a bicycle and stolen a bicycle belonging to another resident of the area .
If you can identify or believe you may know the subject in the video Contact the West Seneca Police Detective Bureua @ 716-674-3154
Crimestopper Case #D49-11-109664
If you can Identify this suspect please Contact: WSPD CrimeStoppers
Crimestoppers West Seneca Police Case#D49-11-116870 larceny hardware store.
2-W/M' entered store multiple expensive tool kits. Larger suspect W/M approx.6'2" has tattoo Rt.Arm. Suspects Left scene in possibly gold/tan toyota camry.09/21/2011
WSPD Anonymous TipLine 716-675-8423
The curriculum for the DARE Middle School Program has also been updated. The program will still run for a ten week period but the lessons are tailored more to the needs of students today. Currently DARE officers in the middle school programs are Officer Jeff Coia and Officer Daniel Foster. The ten week program is offered at the two West Seneca Middle schools & also available to the middle school level grades of private schools as requested.


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A-Rod's attorneys, MLB to appear in NY court
NEW YORK (AP) — Attorneys for Alex Rodriguez will appear in a New York courtroom for an initial court conference in his lawsuit against Major League Baseball.
The New York Yankees third baseman is not expected at the meeting Thursday in Manhattan federal court.
Rodriguez was given a 211-game suspension by the league on Aug. 5 for alleged violations of baseball's drug agreement and labor contract.
He is challenging the suspension and has sued the league and Commissioner Bud Selig.
A-Rod claims he's the victim of a "witch hunt" aimed at destroying his reputation to make it appear baseball has cleaned up its act regarding performance-enhancing drugs.
MLB responded by calling Rodriguez's actions "desperate."
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NEW YORK, N.Y. — Larry Knight will follow in history's footsteps on Wednesday, Sept. 11.
He will follow in some mighty big footsteps, those belonging to great-grandfather Adelbert Knight.
In spring 1862, a 21-year-old Adelbert "Del" Knight left Lincolnville to join the 11th Infantry Regiment, United States Army. Writing with a small, tight cursive penmanship, he started keeping a diary on Dec. 11, two days before his outfit participated in the Battle of Fredericksburg in Virginia.
Adelbert Knight probably wrote with a quill pen, and before the war ended, he started a second diary, sending his first one home to his mother Julia. He fought with the 11th U.S. Infantry at Gettysburg in '63 and at the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Courthouse, and Cold Harbor in spring '64.
There his luck ran out, but his diary did not.
Captured at Cold Harbor, the unwounded Adelbert Knight shipped to Confederate prisons in Richmond, Va. and then at Andersonville, Ga. There he kept writing in his diary; his observations about the prisoners' diet (or lack thereof), the weather, and prison life offer startling insight to Camp Sumter, as the Andersonville prisoner-of-war camp was officially called.
Nine days after arriving in this infamous camp, Adelbert sold his pen and ink for bread.
Adelbert Knight survived Andersonville and later transferred to prisons in Savannah and Millen in Georgia; Florence, S.C.; and Salisbury N.C. He returned to Lincolnville, married and moved to Belfast and had a son, Burt Leroy, who moved to Manchester, Conn.
There Burt, a traffic manager at the historic Cheney Silk Mills, had a son, James Adelbert Knight, who was born in 1923. James Adelbert had a son, James Lawrence "Larry" Knight," in 1952; he graduated from Manchester High School in 1970. His mother, Bette, and brother, Craig, currently live in Eddington; Bette helped connect Larry with me at the Bangor Daily News after reading "Maine at War" columns in The Weekly, the publication that I edit.
When Larry was a Manchester HS senior, his English teacher "offered projects you take [at home] rather than going to class," Larry recalled. "It had to be something substantial."
His parents suggested that he transcribe Adelbert Knight's diaries, of which "I was aware of … when I was a child," he said. One diary was complete, the other was partially written, and Larry opted to transcribe the complete diary.
He did so page by page, day by day, on an Olympia manual typewriter. "Luckily I took typing when I was a sophomore. My father had the same teacher," he said.
The project took "weeks," Larry said. "At times it took longer to read it then to type it. I enjoyed doing it; it was a lot of fun."
He submitted his project, which received an "A." "The teacher was quite impressed," he recalled. "I don't think he expected what he got to read."
Larry possesses "the original typed pages"; album-mounted photocopies went to various relatives, including his mother, who shared her album with The Weekly. Larry has sent "a PDF of the whole document" to be catalogued by the Library of Congress.
Adelbert Knight's two diaries went into a safe-deposit box; during a recent Maine visit, Larry Knight invited me to examine them. Larger than an iPod, smaller than an iPad, the diaries are in excellent condition — and the story they tell is incredible.
His English project led Larry to develop a lifelong interest in the Civil War; he "connects with it" via Adelbert's involvement. "It's amazing that he (Adelbert) volunteered to go, that he was able to live through what he went through, to live through it so I can be alive now," Larry said.
He and his father visited Andersonville National Historic Site for his dad's 75th birthday in 1998. Touring the prison site, which seems gloomy even on a sunny day, left "me speechless, just the feeling I had of my great-grandfather being there and what he went through," Larry said. "It was very special."
He plans to return to Andersonville and the other prison camps later this year.
And next week Larry Knight and his son, Bryan Jonathan Knight (who lives in Manhattan), will recreate 9/11 on the streets of Manhattan. Their observance will not be tied to the 12th anniversary of the modern 9/11, however.
According to his diary, on Sept. 11, 1863, Adelbert Knight and the 11th U.S. Infantry broke camp in Manhattan at 7 p.m., marched from 71st Street south on 3rd Avenue to Broadway, then south to Canal Street, and then west to the docks, where the soldiers boarded a ship and later took train cars to Philadelphia.
The New York Draft Riots had subsided into history, so the soldiers were no longer needed to protect the city.
So this Wednesday, Sept 11, Larry and Bryan will follow Adelbert's route "at approximately the same time of day" along the same Manhattan streets. "Google Maps tells me the full walk from 71st and 3rd Avenue to the Hudson River (Canal Park) is 4.8 miles and should take approximately 90 minutes to walk," Larry indicated in a follow-up email.
For Larry, "the march" will be poignant, not only because "it will be 150 years to the day" since Adelbert "went that way," but because Larry might not have been alive, period in 2013.
Twelve years ago he worked for a Burlington, Mass. company that had an office about four blocks from the World Trade Center. Along with an NYC-based company engineer, "I was supposed to be in one of the towers on Sept. 11 [2001]" for a 9 a.m. meeting with Port Authority officials, Larry explained.
"I still have an audio of the voice mail from the guy calling from our New York office on Sept. 10 to see if I was coming" to the meeting, he recalled. "Luckily my boss told me not to go to that meeting.
"Our engineer was running late [on Sept. 11]. He was just entering the main door [of a World Trade Center tower] when the plane hit. Obviously he turned around and ran," Larry said.
"I am habitually early" for meetings, he commented. "I would've arrived at our office at 8 a.m. and said, 'Let's go.' We would've been up there" in the Port Authority offices "when that plane hit if I had been there."


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Florence & The Machine
We meet up with Florence last summer at Standon Calling, possibly one of the poshest and poorly attended Young Conservative's Outdoor Discos that I've ever been to. This is the kind of festival that when Super Fury Animals take to the stage on Sunday evening, there's roughly 400 people left on site. I say site, it was a sweeping expanse of back garden owned by Lord Such & Such, father to the Ra-Ra Rupert who'd organised the party.
Anyway, Florence. Clever girl. But offish, but I'll readily admit that I occasionally have that effect on people. What I regret the most is not getting her Old Man on camera. Picture this:
The day of filming finished, we decide to load up on contraband and give Friday night a tickle in the undergarments. Flo & The Mach's (now ex) tour manager gets himself comfy in the beige innards of our beautiful aluminium bullet bus and keeps us entertained with his 'brick through a window' banter. We laugh, we drink, we sneeze… it's jokes. Then, out of nowhere, this older gentleman in a kind of psychedelic Chairman Mao get up wanders in, his halo of white hair catching the lights of the leisure battery. He's wide eyed and looks like he may have escaped the attention of matron.
"Oh fellas, this is Florence's dad, say hello…"
"Hello Mr Machine"
"Oh guys, yah. Yah, yah, yah… this bus is bus is absolutely fntaaaastic. I love it!"
"Well thank you very much"
"You know, the middle classes are crying out for a bus like this. I should know, I'm as middle class as it gets and our bus is very, very bland".
We laughed a lot. A lot.
I saw him again recently at the Brit Awards launch party, where his daughter was given the full compliment of the Emperors New Clothes. He asked after the bus, then ummed and ahhed his way in to another conversation. Still, bloody good chap, what?


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silslendir necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 58 diseños de 22 diseñadores freelance.
Logo for exciting new European business covering the specialist market of (healing) crystals and all things spiritual. Font, images and precise colour up to your imagination.
Healings of Atlantis
Desired Color Scheme:
In the range dark blue to purple. The main website will have a dark blue background.
Desired Style:
Eye catching and positive to our impressive range and quality.
(See summary too.)
Accepted File Formats:
We are looking for an attractive logo to compliment our exciting range of products and services. The logo is for the website so needs to be eye catching. We aim to use the same or similar on our stationary so need to be able to edit the results.
We would like the words Healings of Atlantis included in an old style text (our ideas guru suggested Egyptian hieroglyphics but let your imagination run free). It is important that the text remains clearly understandable as it will be the basis of our new brand.
Background to be in the desired colour range of dark blues/purples.
We would like one long or several smaller images of different coloured crystals (our first guess was to appear below the words but let your imagination run free.) At this stage images of real quality crystals would seem the best fit (rather than say rounded stones).
[Our feedback might be difficult over the weekends but we will ensure all entries get responded to.]
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Cooling my heels in Phoenix, I've been trying to catch up with the latest on SB 1070, the new legislation that will turn Arizona's police officers into immigration officials, requiring them to check the citizenship of anyone they confront in the course of their duties.
The law makes violating federal immigration laws a state crime, if that makes any sense, and some fear it will lead to large scale profiling and deportations as Arizona takes into its own hands matters it feels the federal government isn't addressing.
Of course, the law applies to humans, and not dogs, but what if? What if the motivation for it — to keep undocumented foreigners from the shores of a country pretty much built by undocumented foreigners — was applied to the dog kingdom?
What if all the Irish setters –or at least those who lacked the proper paperwork — were sent back to Ireland; or if all the German shepherds were deported to Germany; or if Labrador retrievers, Tibetan Mastiffs, French poodles and Afghan hounds were all sent back to their place of origin?
The dog kingdom would be a much more boring place.
If all of them were required to live where they originated, we wouldn't have anywhere near the magnificent diversity of dog breeds — not to mention hybrids and mutts — that we enjoy today. It would be so long, Welsh Corgi; seeya, Belgian Malinois; goodbye, Bo, and all other Portuguese water dogs.
Go back to Rhodesia, you Ridgebacks.
Probably, in our haste, we'd even deport Great Danes to Denmark, even though the breed didn't originate there. (Once local law enforcement and state bureaucracies get involved, mistakes are bound to happen.) And, Siberian huskies, you don't even want to think about where you'd be banished to.
A valid argument can be made that Siberian huskies shouldn't be living in Arizona's heat in the first place – but banishing them, or pestering them for their paperwork so often they decide to leave, obviously isn't the solution.
If that were the case, I never would have met Sasha and Kodi, brother and sister huskies belonging to Sandy Fairall, who we hung out with yesterday at "Bark Place," the dog park at Quail Run Park in Mesa.
No pedigree is required to enter, and dogs of all sizes, shapes, backgrounds and colors were playing together nicely. No one was asking anyone else to leave, no one was questioning anyone else's pedigree, and everyone, dog and human, seemed happy to share the shady spots.
Sandy admits Phoenix is not an ideal locale for the cold weather dogs – something she's reminded of whenever she heads to the mountains in winter to let them experience their more natural surroundings and play in the snow.
But they seem to be thriving and happy to be here. They seem to have adjusted. They haven't taken anyone's job, committed any crimes or put undue strain on the health care system.
I say – paperwork or not — let them stay.


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Role Switching During a Database Mirroring Session
Within the context of a database mirroring session, the principal and mirror roles are typically interchangeable in a process known as role switching. In role switching, the mirror server acts as the failover partner for the principal server, taking over the principal role, recovering its copy of the database and bringing it online as the new principal database. The former principal server, when available, assumes the mirror role, and its database becomes the new mirror database. Potentially, the roles can switch back and forth either in response to multiple failures or for administrative purposes.
This topic assumes that you are familiar with the database mirroring operating modes. For more information, see Asynchronous Database Mirroring (High-Performance Mode) and Synchronous Database Mirroring (High-Safety Mode).
The following illustration shows mirroring partners, Partner_A and Partner_B, switching the principal and mirror roles over a series of automatic or manual failovers.
After a role switch, jobs that ran on the former principal database must be recreated on the new principal server to run there. For more information, see Managing Logins and Jobs After Role Switching (SQL Server).
Three types of role switching exist: automatic failover , manual failover, and forced service (with possible data loss). Support for each form depends on the operating mode of the session.
If you are unfamiliar with these operating modes, see Database Mirroring Sessions.
Manual failover
High-safety mode supports manual failover. Whenever the database is synchronized, the database owner can initiate a manual failover.
Manual failover is provided for administrative purposes. For more information, see Manual Failover.
Automatic failover
In the presence of a witness, high-safety mode supports automatic failover. Automatic failover occurs only on the loss of the principal server when the witness and mirror server are still connected to each other and the database is already synchronized. For more information, see Automatic Failover.
Force service (with possible data loss)
Forcing service is supported in high-safety mode when no witness is set and in high-performance mode. On the loss of the principal server, the database owner can make the database available by forcing service to the mirror server (with possible data loss).
We recommend that the WITNESS property be set to OFF in high-performance mode. Otherwise, to bring the database online, the mirror server must connected to the witness. For more information, see Forced Service (with Possible Data Loss).
The following table summarizes which forms of failover are supported under each of the operating modes.
High performance
High-safety mode without a witness
High-safety mode with a witness
Automatic failover
Manual failover
Forced service
After a role switch, certain metadata must exist on both partners to ensure that all of the database users can access the new principal database. In addition, backup jobs must be created on the new principal server, to ensure that the database continues to be backed up on its regular schedule. For more information, see Managing Logins and Jobs After Role Switching (SQL Server).
During a role switch, the amount of time that database mirroring will be out of service depends on the type of role switching and on the cause. For more information, see Estimating the Interruption of Service During Role Switching.
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Susie Wolff will this season become the first woman in 22 years to compete in a Formula One event.
Wolff will take part in two as-yet-unspecified first practice sessions as part of her expanded development driver role with Williams.
The 31-year-old Scot has played an integral part in the development of the last three Williams cars, including the FW36 that will take to the track in Melbourne for the Australian Grand Prix in less than three weeks' time.
Not since Giovanna Amati, who failed to qualify in the 1992 Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos for Brabham, has a woman taken part in an F1 event.
Speaking about her expanded role, Wolff said: "I'm grateful for the support and belief Williams continue to show in me, and 2014 promises to be a very important milestone in my career. My responsibilities within the team have steadily increased as I have proved myself, culminating in the opportunity to test the car at Silverstone and conduct straight line aero tests last season.
"Competing in two FP1 sessions, alongside an additional full test day, this season will be a big step and I am looking forward to the opportunity to get behind the wheel of the car on a grand prix weekend.
"It will be a great chance for me to continue assisting the team."
Williams' chief technical officer Pat Symonds believes Wolff has more than earned her chance.
Symonds said: "Susie has become a valued member of our driver line-up and 2014 will see her take on more responsibilities as we seek to make a strong step forward in performance.
"Susie has demonstrated a natural talent for developing a car and providing strong feedback and these sort of characteristics will be key this season as teams seek to quickly understand the radically overhauled 2014 cars."
The news of Wolff's F1 drive comes just 10 days after Sauber announced Simona De Silvestro would become an affiliated driver with the team, working her way towards gaining the necessary superlicence to compete in the sport.
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It was time to walk around and hit some of the tables. I saw a very interesting mix of vendors, including a Willy Wonka wannabe, and another nice gentleman who clearly believes that chocolate is aphrodisiac. Among the most unusual products I saw, there were some beauty products including a baby cleanser. There was some chocolate inspired art as well, like this wonderful photograph by April Banks.
Anita Chu was talking about her book Field Guide to Cookies so I went to listen to her presentation. It was nice to see in person the talented creator of Dessert First, one of my favorite baking blogs. Anita has a new candy book that is coming out soon, I can't wait to see it.
The most interesting chocolates where the ones that were fair trade, and single origin. I definitely have to learn more about all of this, especially of the countries that produce chocolate, what an immense variety of flavors.
By the time I went around two times I had probably ingested close to half a pound of chocolate, and I was feeling it. I decided to leave but first I stopped to say hi to Celia Sack of Omnivore, a small bookstore in San Francisco that specializes in hard to find cookbooks (I will visit it again because on my first visit I didn't get a chance to talk to Celia and savor it completely). On my way out I stopped at one of the best looking tables, set up by Neococoa, and I couldn't believe my fortune when I noticed the venerable Alice Medrich chatting with Neococoa's owner. I introduced myself to the person I consider the Bay Area Chocolate Guru and asked her if I could write about her recipes in this forum. Alice Medrich was very gracious and gave me permission to publish her recipes on my blog, so expect some of her recipes soon!
I am sure there were many vendors I missed, but the ones I truly enjoyed were:
Socola creates beautiful and delicious chocolate confections and is located in Oakland.
Poco Dolce makes very simply yet delicious chocolate tiles sprinkled with sea salt, an heavenly combination.
Chopita makes infused cocoa nibs and just introduced a hybrid chocolate/cocoa nib bar that is really flavorful and innovative.
Amano had a chocolate from Venezuela that has a smoky flavor that was very interesting.
TCHO has an interesting way to promote its chocolate, through a colorful flavor wheel.
Neococoa wins for taste and look, I would want to eat more of their delicious almond butter and smoked salt truffles.
It was a very pleasant visit and it gave me lots of food for thoughts, pun intended.


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AMA press release:
The American Motorcyclist Association is pleased to announce the 2013 dates for the country's premier annual celebration of vintage motorcycling. AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days will take place on July 19-21 at the world-class Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio.
"AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days is a yearly must-do for motorcyclists from the Midwest and beyond, so we wanted to get the 2013 date out with plenty of time for riders to make plans," said AMA President and CEO Rob Dingman. "AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days is unique in the world of motorcycling in that all makes and models of vintage bikes -- and all riders -- are celebrated in a three-day event that brings out the best of motorcycling. I hope to see you there."
Added Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course President Craig Rust: "This event has such a rich history, and over the years it has become a fan favorite. No other event on our schedule transforms the facility or uses the grounds like AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days. It truly is a unique event!"
A fundraiser for the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame, AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days features classic motorcycles of all makes and styles, and honors the riders who made them famous. Activities include the AMA Racing Vintage Grand Championships, which feature roadracing, motocross, hare scrambles, trials and dirt-track; North America's largest motorcycle swap meet; bike shows and awards; stunt shows; demo rides of current production bikes; and seminars on a number of topics by noted motorcycling experts.
All proceeds from AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days benefit the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame. The goal of the Hall of Fame, located on the AMA campus in Pickerington, Ohio, is to tell the stories and preserve the history of motorcycling's legends and heroes. For more information, call (614) 856-2222, or visit the Hall of Fame's website at www.motorcyclemuseum.org.