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It seems so simple at first: Buy a car, bolt on some goodies, go fast. Yet for some reason, it often doesn't work that way. Either you can't decide where to spend your limited funds, or you actually get to raid the speed shop only to find that the car doesn't respond the way you'd hoped. So what then? Give up? Get a night job to buy more parts? Buy a Honda?
The answers are no, no, and, anything but that! Don't sweat it-we've compiled a basic plan to get you from ground zero to a respectable level of performance without freaking out and not getting inside the engine. It's not specific to any one type of car, but the relevant facts are there-you just have to do some additional research to fill in the specifics for your particular machine.
ExhaustThe very first thing we'd recommend improving on any car or truck would be the exhaust system. This is an area where virtually all production-based cars can stand major improvement. Obviously if you're considering a set of headers you should also upgrade your exhaust system, but exhaust upgrades can benefit cars without headers as well. A hard and fast rule is to always eliminate as much of the exhaust restriction as possible while still retaining decent sound-muffling.
First, the basics: If you're running a V-8 engine in a conventional car through a stock single exhaust and you want to make power throughout the rpm range, you need to go with duals. Even a stock small-block will pick up some power throughout the rpm range with a basic system using a pair of decent performance mufflers. Although it's all the rage to put enormous pipes on musclecars today, most small-blocks from the '60s to the '80s breathed into 2-inch systems, and that's what their manifold outlets are sized for. You can step up to 211/44 if your exhaust guy has skills, and they'll work well later on with headers. A 211/42-inch system from stock manifolds will also work, but they'll work even better when you add headers later on. Also keep in mind that most replacement pipes are compression-bent or "crush-bent," meaning the machine that shapes them can't prevent the inside of the bends from collapsing a bit. This can seriously hinder flow in particularly tight bends by reducing the internal cross-sectional flow area-in essence making them smaller inside.
Fortunately, the aftermarket has greatly expanded its offerings for mandrel-bent systems, so that for most popular (and even not-so-popular) cars you can simply buy a kit. You'll still need to have the muffler shop create pipes to connect to your manifolds, but this may be the excuse you've been searching for to get those headers.
As far as tube sizing, dual 3-inch systems are really intended for healthy big-blocks. The rule of diminishing returns definitely applies to exhaust systems, so the gains you got going from a single system to 211/44-inch duals won't be repeated when your 300hp small-block is blowing into 3-inch pipes with race mufflers. A mandrel-bent 211/42-inch system will be more than enough for most street small-blocks. Also remember that any 3-inch system will be loud-very loud.
Selecting mufflers is difficult since the catalog can't tell you what they sound like, although more and more muffler manufacturers are loading sound bites on their Web sites. Another alternative is to scope out appealing tones at cruise nights and shows, and then inquire with car owners to find out what they're using and how satisfied they are. Remember that high-flow, race-oriented mufflers are loud, and that much of that noise will wind up inside the car with you, often as a maddening resonance.
Most of this applies to late-model vehicles as well, though some of these cars-Camaros and Firebirds in particular and most trucks-have to run single systems. For these situations, a large single pipe can usually provide ample flow; 3-inch F-body after-cat systems are quite common, and 4-inch pipes are also available for hairier combinations. Ditching catalytic converters was the norm in the '70s and '80s, but it really isn't necessary anymore. Even the factory cats from the last decade usually flow so well that they only hinder performance slightly, if at all. Aftermarket cats have shown that even highly modified engines can live with smog controls without major sacrifices. Staying legal no longer equates to low performance.
One of the classic modifications of hot rodding involves installing tubular exhaust headers in place of the factory cast-iron manifolds. As most of us know, one of the most rudimentary rules of rodding states that the easier it is for the exhaust gases to get out, the more power the engine can make. So, obviously the part of the exhaust system that attaches directly to the engine is the most critical.
Back in the day, choosing headers was fairly simple. You bought a set of full-length tubes that merged with a four-into-one collector and joined the exhaust tubing with a flat flange that used a gasket. Those sorts of headers remain the mainstay of the genre, but you also have to be concerned with primary tube diameter and collector diameter. An alternative to a full-length header is a "shorty" design. Of course, the shorties were initially designed for late-model vehicles where emissions are a concern, so that the catalytic converters and other smog devices could remain intact and in their original locations. In recent years, some header manufacturers have found that a shorter header can be advantageous in a non-smog application, particularly if ground clearance is an issue. Most of these headers are considered 31/44-length, as they're longer than smog-legal shorties, but don't extend all the way to the vehicle's toe-board like a full-length design. Usually, 31/44-length headers position the collector at about a 45-degree angle to the ground, terminating in the area of the oil pan flange. Dyno-testing has shown that despite their abbreviated dimensions, 31/44-length headers can actually make more horsepower than comparable full-length tubes, but often deliver significantly less peak torque.
Which headers you choose will obviously have a lot to do with the car you're building. For late-model stuff that is still subject to smog laws and tests, certified shorty headers with an exemption number are the way to go. For other cars, the intended use is more of an issue. For example, installing a set of full-length tubes with 2-inch primaries and a 4-inch collector on a 300hp small-block for street cruising will prove to be an expensive lesson in overkill. Be realistic about your car's potential and recognize that if you go to the track twice a year, it might not be worth dragging full-competition tubes across every driveway and speed-bump you encounter in your daily travels.
Conversely, if you have a high-compression big-block with a big cam, don't cheap out on the entry-level bargain tubes if you're looking for a significant performance gain.
Intake Manifolds
This is another area that has become far more complicated than it might have been 20 years ago. But the upside is that research and development of aftermarket manifold offerings has taken great strides since the early '80s, so the benefits of upgrading are better than ever.
For the carbureted crowd, this leads us right to the age-old debate over single-plane versus dual-plane. Back in the '70s, some of the aftermarket intake manifold manufacturers tried to bridge the gap between the two by creating street-oriented single-plane intakes, but in recent years, the better option for the street/strip small-block set seems to be track-oriented dual-planes. That may sound like an oxymoron of sorts, but manifolds like Edelbrock's Performer RPM series offer the benefits of low-end power and smooth low-rpm operation typically associated with dual-planes with the added advantage of high-rpm flow characteristics to keep performance engines happy all the way to 6,500 rpm. Dyno testing has shown time and again that these designs work, and the most recent addition of the Edelbrock Air-Gap design, for example, separates the intake runners from the manifold's floor to keep heat from the engine's crankcase away from the intake charge like single-plane intakes have been doing for years.
Of course, the RPM series can only go so far, so when it comes time for a truly healthy engine that will see regular track use, a good high-rise single-plane still makes sense. Modern single-plane intakes are able to support the high-flow capabilities of modern performance cylinder heads, and often minimize the sacrifices to the low-end normally associated with these designs. It seems that 600-plus-hp engines are no longer that uncommon, and while much of this can be attributed to modern cylinder head port technology, a good deal of credit should also go to the intake manifolds that support those killer heads.
We can't ignore fuel-injected performance cars, since this has been the norm from Detroit for nearly 20 years. Plus, the level of performance from late-model cars running engines like GM's LS1 is astounding, particularly when you consider how streetable most can remain. Again, the aftermarket has stepped up to offer improved manifolds for most popular EFI applications, eliminating a major obstacle to ultra-high-performance EFI engines. In fact, there are so many offerings for some of the most popular applications that builders of cars like the 5.0L Mustang have to make careful choices in much the same way carbureted builders do to ensure that they don't over or under do it. The long runners of intake manifolds found on 5.0L Mustangs and TPI Chevys are made that way to take advantage of ram tuning. The length of the runners is specifically sized to coincide with cam timing to take advantage of intake charge pulses so that low-end torque is enhanced. However, these same longer runners usually sacrifice upper-rpm performance. Larger runners often boost output, but short-runner, box-plenum intakes on otherwise stock engines can make for sluggish low-end performance. As usual, the "bigger is better" approach is not advisable for stock or mild engines. Typically, a stock or mild EFI engine that originally had long runners will benefit from a manifold with similar-length runners that feature a larger cross-sectional area for increased flow while maintaining low-rpm velocity. Once you upgrade your heads and cam, you may be ready for something more serious.
For those running carbs, the choices are vast. However, just as with most aspects of your engine, the biggest, baddest aftermarket piece is not going to be the one for your mildly tweaked street cruiser. Stock two-barrel carbs are like running at part-throttle with a real induction setup, and the myths about superior fuel economy have long been proven erroneous. A well-tuned four-barrel will increase performance and economy, but selecting the right carb and setting it up properly seem to be elusive to many novice rodders.
Mild small-blocks really don't need much more than 600-625 cfm. If you have plans for a bigger cam, better heads, and maybe more compression, you might step up to a bigger carb, but be realistic. Your stock 350 will run with a 750 double-pumper, but it might be happier with a 650-cfm carb. Even the larger carb's idle circuit will most likely be rich to the point that no amount of fiddling with the mixture adjustment screws will get it right. An experienced carb wizard could remedy this, but why go through the hassle when what you really need is a smaller unit? Generally, the classic "double-pumper" mechanical secondary carbs are not necessary, nor advisable, for mild small-blocks with automatic transmissions and stock torque converters. You'll just be dumping extra fuel that your engine can't use.
Instead, select from the array of carbs in the 625-to-650-cfm range that use vacuum-actuated secondaries, and start reading up on carb tuning. You may not need to turn a single adjustment screw, but it pays to know what you're dealing with and how to use it.
By the way, if your car already has a four-barrel, or you can get your hands on a factory-type setup to install, don't assume that original equipment can't offer solid performance. Factory quads like the Quadrajet, Thermoquad, and earlier Carter AFB models can all be tuned to support stout street engines.
Ignition systems have come a long way since the early days of the musclecar, and many of the factory electronic systems from the mid-'70s are still in favor today. There really isn't any reason to be running breaker points any longer, since they limit the output of the ignition system and require frequent maintenance. Most of the engines we deal with can be retrofitted with a factory-style electronic system from a later model, often using brand-new components either from the OE manufacturer or the aftermarket. A sound alternative is available in the form of electronic conversion kits that can fit into original breaker-point distributors, such as those from Pertronix, Crane, and M&H Electric. The retrofit kits should not be seen as a compromise, as testing has proven their competence. The only possible problem may lie with prior wear to the bushings in the stock distributor.
The quality of your tune-up parts is still a critical issue, even with a strong ignition, and the most commonly faulty element is the spark-plug wires. Even on late-model vehicles where spark plugs seem to last indefinitely, plug wires still deteriorate with use and time. Even a brand-new set of carbon-core resistance wires suffer from high internal resistance. This means less voltage and current at the spark plug and a weaker spark. Resistance testing with an ohmmeter usually reveals the true capabilities of plug wires-look for no more than 100 to 200 ohms per foot as a standard. The best wires are the spiral-wound plug wires from companies like ACCEL, Crane, Moroso, MSD, Taylor, and many others. These are the only plug wires you should consider.
Once you're running electronic ignition through sound equipment, you may want to consider another upgrade to some form of ignition system booster, such as the capacitive discharge units offered by Crane, Jacobs, Mallory, MSD, Pertronix, and others. Some of these companies offer the additional benefit of multi-spark discharge below 3,000 rpm. This means that for every firing of each cylinder, there are actually several sparks to ensure that the mixture lights off completely. Note that while these systems offer real advantages, stock engines won't show as much benefit as more highly modified engines. It all comes back to cylinder pressure. However, once you enter the realm of power-adders, like nitrous and forced induction, a high-output ignition becomes a requirement.
Torque Converters
If your car has an automatic trans, chances are good that you're giving up some quarter-mile performance through that stock torque converter. Most factory-spec converters are designed to stall at a fairly low rpm, usually between 1,500 and 1,800 rpm. This is done to maximize the efficiency by reducing the slippage for a street-driven engine. But the negative effect is that the engine must begin to accelerate the vehicle at well below its torque peak. Aftermarket torque converters are tuned to offer higher-rpm stall speeds, starting just above stock and continuing right on up the tach. This allows the engine to reach its power peak before the drivetrain is loaded and makes for more dramatic launching, which should hopefully translate into quicker 60-foot times, and therefore, quicker e.t.'s.
Stock converters for V-8-powered cars usually measure around 12 inches in diameter, and the mildest aftermarket converters are often based on the same units. However, the more competition-oriented converters are generally smaller, measuring in at 9 or 10 inches. The smaller diameter means less surface area on the internal vanes of the converter, which in turn means that more rpm is required to "lock up" the unit. The added bonus is less rotating mass, which allows the engine to accelerate more quickly. A full-race 9-inch converter with a stall rpm of around 4,500 can launch a properly setup drag car as violently as a side-stepped clutch in a manual trans car, but the converter actually offers an additional benefit of a more cushioned "hit," meaning that the drivetrain is coupled a little less harshly, and that can enhance traction at the drive wheels.
Of course, we once again have to caution against reaching for the full-race stuff for the street. A small-diameter, high-stall converter is always very inefficient at low rpm, which means that when you're cruising down the street, or even on the highway, your converter is slipping significantly. This requires higher engine rpm to maintain cruise speed along with building lots of additional heat in the transmission. Since race converters aren't intended for prolonged use, particularly if it involves low-rpm, the manufacturers aren't typically concerned with this heat buildup, but it will kill your trans in short order if not properly managed on the street. Keep in mind also that the 60-foot capability of the 300hp engine in the car you drive to work, or even the car you occasionally take out from cruising, shouldn't be your primary concern. Street cars can benefit at the strip from converters that stall around 2,200-2,800 rpm without creating too much negative side effect, but an external trans cooler should be considered mandatory.
An added benefit of many late-model vehicles is a lock-up torque converter, which can provide direct drive, much like a manual transmission's clutch, when activated. Transmissions that use this feature, like the GM TH700-R4 and TH200-4R, can be fitted with aftermarket performance lock-up converters that will provide higher stall while maintaining the lock-up feature to enhance the strip performance of street cars without killing fuel economy.
Conversations regarding improved braking used to be an afterthought when discussing classic musclecars. Fortunately, the popularity of Pro Touring-style cars has brought brake upgrades to the forefront for many car crafters. What's more, these upgrades are no longer limited to assembling factory-style front discs on '60s-era cars. Instead, those same cars can often be retrofitted with modern high-performance brakes at all corners. In fact, even late-model vehicles can often be treated to upgraded braking thanks to a hearty aftermarket for stopping hardware.
Where you start will obviously depend on what you're driving, and what type of brakes it already has. If you're one of those guys still cruising around with four-wheel drums and a single-circuit master cylinder, you won't believe the difference a properly designed and installed front disc brake system can make. For some cars, front discs were optional and can often be retrofitted either with used parts or with new hardware from aftermarket suppliers like Master Power Brakes or Stainless Steel Brakes. Some vehicles were never offered with discs, but for many of the popular applications, retro-fit disc kits are also available. But you may want to skip over the stock '70s-era stuff and go for something a little more contemporary-like the PBR-based systems offered by Baer Racing for many classics and musclecars. Wilwood offers its own version of updated braking with four-piston aluminum calipers and lightweight rotors as well.
Maybe you drive a fourth-gen Camaro or late-model Mustang GT. Both came with very capable four-wheel discs from the factory, but both could be even better. Again, the aftermarket can help to take braking to the next level. Don't overlook the potential improvements just from higher-quality rotors and high-performance pads.
For any of the vehicles mentioned, it should be noted that very often, modern high-performance brakes will require large-diameter wheel/tire combos to clear the hardware. For example, if you install a 13-inch brake kit on the front of your '69 Camaro, don't expect to bolt the 15-inch Rally wheels back on. Depending on the parts used, even 16-inchers may not fit. This can also affect the kind of rear tire and wheel package for dragstrip use as well, necessitating a 16-inch rear wheel and tire for dragstrip jaunts. So once again, research is vital to the success of the project prior to making any purchases. Keep in mind also that full-race brake pads are really not advisable for street use, as the hardcore stuff typically requires a certain level of heat to function. This means that at low temps, there may be little friction, and therefore, little braking. Trust us, it'll make you pucker if you're not prepared. Be real about the use of your car, and remember that there's no shame in swapping pads in the pits at the road course-in fact, it's pretty typical.


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Government spying: Get used to it
June 19, 2013
It has recently been reported that our government now keeps track of all our telephone use. They keep records of the numbers we call, the time we call, and how long we talk....
Majoritarian seems to have a double standard when it comes to "protecting America". He has a problem with government apparently spying and tracking records to possibly stop terrorists. But in an article regarding the DMV requirements, he had no problem with their strict requirements to renew or obtain a license. If you think that making it harder to obtain a legal license is a good way to keep the country safe from terrorists as you stated before, wouldn't this also help prevent terrorist attacks?
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Wow - I go away for a little while and come back, and the first thing I see is ContraryOne showing how much of an idiot he still is. Some things never change.
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Didn't the liberals of past decades scream about the freedoms that were in THE PROCESS of being taken away by McCarthy's & Nixon's "Enemies Lists" ?? Is Contrary1 pretending those protests didn't happen? Or maybe those cries of "The Man is OPPRESSING me!" throught he Woodstock Era were just the paranoid delusions that resulted from hippies using all those drugs & becoming irrationally paranoid?
Maybe Obama will regret legalizing marijuana, because it's primarily used by libs, and using it results in fear of & distrust of THE GOVERNMENT...
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I always knew and understood con was a partisan in moderate apparel,but not to the extent as he truly is. Holy geez.
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Contrary - "...we are not almost a police state, we are not on our way to becoming a police state."
That is a matter of "opinion" ! That is why the letter appears in the opinion section of the paper. You have yours and the writer has his. You're both entitled to that. Just the same, your trying to imply that the writer claims we are a police state by listing attributes of police states does not comport with what the writer said - and you were the one who said "words have meanings".
Practice what you preach !
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You can insert all the qualifiers and adjectives you want, but that does mitigate the fact that the US is nowhere near a police state, we are not almost a police state, we are not on our way to becoming a police state. Such talk is nonsense.
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Contrary - "Words have meanings."
Indeed they do ! The writer uses the term police state three times and precedes it each time with the words "become" or "becoming". Those words have a meaning. You can look them up in a dictionary. Better yet, look at the philosophical concept of "becoming" - as old as philosophy itself.
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"We are becoming a police state, get used to it."
I will agree with the former, but will not concede the latter.
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All the data is buried deep in a server farm. It is only accessed when there is a reason, and with a court order.
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Police state? Really? You guys pervert the English language.
"The inhabitants of a police state experience restrictions on their mobility, and on their freedom to express or communicate political or other views, which are subject to police monitoring or enforcement. Political control may be exerted by means of a secret police force which operates outside the boundaries normally imposed by a constitutional state."
"The South African apartheid system was generally considered to have been a police state..." "The Soviet Union and its many satellite states, including North Korea and East Germany, were notorious for their extensive and repressive police and intelligence services." ", a dictatorship, was, at least initially, brought into being through a nominal democracy, yet exerted repressive controls over its people."
Words have meanings.
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While the state's top court placed another stamp of approval on 3-year-old Veronica's adoption, a campaign to thwart the move gained steam Wednesday.
Brushing off challenges, the S.C. Supreme Court asked that attorneys in the custody battle honor its request for her adoption by a James Island couple to be finalized.
But attorneys and advocates for Dusten Brown, the toddler's father who has been caring for Veronica in Oklahoma, said they're not giving up. The court's order amounted to a civil rights violation, some said, and enforcing it in Oklahoma could be troublesome.
The justices' 3-2 decision denied Brown's requests for a hearing to determine whether a custody switch would be in the girl's best interests. The court issued a similar order last week, but Brown's attorneys asked it to reconsider.
The final order plowed a path for Charleston County Family Court to approve a plan detailing how Veronica would return to Matt and Melanie Capobianco and to dispose of any motions that would further delay the adoption.
But attorneys for Brown said it also opened a door for more appeals, possibly to the U.S. Supreme Court, on questions of jurisdiction and due process.
"The (S.C.) Supreme Court has ruled that Veronica's interests don't matter," Brown said on today's Commentary page. "As a father who wants to protect his daughter, I cannot accept that."
The Capobiancos were not prepared to comment Wednesday, their spokeswoman, Jessica Munday, said.
Lori Alvino McGill, the Washington attorney for Veronica's birth mother, praised the court order for putting an end to a legal "circus."
'Best interest'
Because the court ruled not to allow the hearing, the National Congress of American Indians vowed to sue for alleged due process violations. It's standard procedure in any custody dispute, it said in a statement, and the court shouldn't make a ruling based on facts that are two years old.
"Veronica now faces the prospect of being removed from her Cherokee family, without a formal consideration of her needs, her culture and her well-being," Jacqueline Pata, the organization's executive director, said. "This ... represents a grave threat to all children in adoption proceedings."
Brown's attorneys and the Cherokee Nation had mounted an effort to transfer the case to Oklahoma state or tribal courts because that's where Veronica lives. They said the Indian Child Welfare Act still applied because the toddler has Cherokee blood.
The federal law is meant to keep Indian children with their native people. A Cherokee Nation member, Brown invoked it in 2011 to halt the Capobiancos' adoption, but the U.S. Supreme Court said last month that it didn't apply to the father because Veronica had never lived with him. Brown countered that he wanted to marry the girl's mother, Christy Maldonado, who rejected him, and that he never wanted to give up his rights as a parent.
Since the ruling in Washington, Brown, his wife and parents filed petitions in Oklahoma to adopt Veronica, arguing that the ICWA gave them preference. But the South Carolina court said those filings at the "midnight hour" were too late. The relatives hadn't expressed such interest when the Capobiancos were trying to adopt Veronica in 2009, the court said.
Maldonado has said she never wanted anyone but the Capobiancos to care for her daughter.
"Christy is looking forward to supporting the Capobiancos in the coming days as they prepare to welcome Veronica back home," her attorney, Alvino McGill, said. "We are gratified to see that the (court) has shut down this circus."
But Jason Aamodt, a law professor at Oklahoma's University of Tulsa, said the ICWA should still apply to the case because of Veronica's heritage. Like state laws, the ICWA contains provisions stating that a custody determination should be a child's best interest.
"What's in the best interest of the child has always been the only thing that resolves a custody case," Aamodt said. "Will this (ruling) break up that policy?"
'Finality' near?
Brown's attorneys plan to file for emergency relief from the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that South Carolina's court wrongly applied its ruling, which could prevent a prompt custody switch. They also want to ask the high court, which doesn't reconvene until Oct. 7, to hear the case again.
Shannon Jones, Brown's attorney in Charleston, said the Family Court judge's hands are likely tied by the state high court's order that the adoption be finalized.
A better chance for Brown to foil the adoption could be to challenge South Carolina's jurisdiction. Jones said such challenges can be raised at any point during a legal case.
"It's not the first time an injustice has occurred," Jones said. "The courts still have the opportunity to do the right thing ... to sincerely consider this child's best interest."
Everyone involved in the dispute, including the Capobiancos, was in Oklahoma when the couple filed for adoption in South Carolina, the attorney noted. Removing the child to a state with fewer laws preventing the adoption of Indian children, she said, amounted to a "kidnapping."
At the time, Brown had not heard about the adoption proceeding.
But because Brown didn't express an interest in Veronica sooner, the S.C. Supreme Court said the Capobiancos didn't need his permission to adopt the newborn. Without the federal "impediment" of the ICWA, state laws were on the Capobiancos' side, Chief Justice Jean Toal and justices John W. Kittredge and Kaye G. Hearn said last week.
The adoption also is in Veronica's best interests, the justices added, mentioning the couple's intentions to teach the girl about her Indian heritage. The transition plan for the custody switch that the James Island couple drafted is "thoughtful," the justices added.
Justices Costa M. Pleicones and Donald W. Beatty disagreed, saying they would grant further hearings.
If the adoption is finalized, Brown's parental rights would effectively be terminated.
"It is our fervent hope that the parties will work together in good faith and place the best interest and welfare of (Veronica) above their own desires," the chief justice wrote in the order. "This case has reached finality. … That finality should be honored."
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text: Meta Battle Subway PokeBase - Pokemon Q&A Login Register All Activity Questions Unanswered Tags Users Ask a Question Rules Chat What is a good moveset for Leafeon? 3 votes A good Eeveelotion, although it has many weaknesses. Mine knows: Leaf Blade: Good power, high accuracy, good chance for a critical hit, STAB. Aerial Ace: Decent power, doesn't miss, used to deal with Bug types. Dig: Good power, high accuracy, dodges the enemies attacks, used to deal with Fire and Poison types. Iron Tail: High power, good chance to lower defense, used to deal with Ice types. Leafeon Learnset movesets leafeon asked Jul 29, 2010 by trachy edited Jul 1, 2011 by DarkTyphlosion Pretty Offensive commented Jul 18, 2015 by KirbyMasterEX Please log in or register to add a comment. Please log in or register to answer this question. 13 Answers 3 votes Gen V Leafeon (F) @ Life Orb Trait: Chlorophyll EVs: 236 Atk / 252 Def / 20 Spd Impish Nature (+Def, -SAtk) Leaf Blade Swords Dance X-Scissor Synthesis answered Jun 23, 2011 by trachy Very nice set, i would however go with jolly max speed. commented Sep 3, 2011 by Hex dont really like this moveset. it doesn't have sunny day so it defeats the purpose of having synthesis and chlorophyll. commented Feb 19, 2015 by flam3zxx3 Please log in or register to add a comment. 1 vote Here is an excellent physical moveset for Leafeon, and ill give you a staller one too(it can easily be used as either 1!). Physical Sweeper: Swords Dance is a must. If you have a chance to double already high attack, always take it. This Makes Easy Sweeping. Next, is Leaf Blade, for some STAB. Then Return, for a move that affects alot of types. If the happiness isnt much, Iron Tail, Strength, Aerial Ace, and Dig are all respective moves for this slot. Finally Finish with another one of the moves I listed in the last sentence, for whatever the heck you want. Now For The Staller: In This Case, Toxic Is a must(must I say why?). Next, is Double Team(since it cant learn Light Screen, it need s a way to be defensive). Next, You Can add Grasswhistle or Flash. Flash for more defenses, and Grasswhistle to stop the opponet from attack, while toxic destroys them. Finally, add Leaf Blade(for STAB and you might need a backup damage dealing move). Hope This Helps!:) answered Jul 29, 2010 by Swampert You can't have sleep and poisened at the same time commented Jan 20, 2013 by pogo Please log in or register to add a comment. 1 vote Interesting, everyone says Swords Dance, all I see is Curse. :D Physical Bulky Leafeon: Leafeon (M) @ Leftovers Trait: Leaf Guard EVs: 120 HP / 252 Atk / 136 SDef Brave Nature (+Atk, -Spd) - Leaf Blade - X-Scissor - Synthesis / Baton Pass - Curse This guy is especially fun on Drought teams, as it won't get status conditions and it will recover 2/3 from Synthesis, but can be useful on any UU team as well. Leafeon makes for a great user of Curse, it's speed isn't really great to begin with, it doesn't go over 328 ever, so sweeping would be difficult with the 100 base speed sweepers around. I say forget Swords Dance and make this guy Bulky as well as offensive. Leaf Blade gives STAB, X-Scissor gives better coverage, and Synthesis is for recovery, especially nice in the sun. Baton Pass can be used instead of Synthesis, if rather than recovering, you would prefer to give the Curse boosts to another fresher teammate to abuse. EVs give 301 HP, max attack and 200 SpDef, not really great, but Def is getting boosted by Curse, so investment there is essentially pointless. answered Sep 3, 2011 by Heinz_Ketchum Most people use Swords dance because they also use Chloryphyll on a drought or sunny day team commented Aug 22 by DoPeTitan Please log in or register to add a comment. 1 vote Ivy (Leafeon) (F) @ Choice Scarf Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SpAtk) Trait: Leaf Guard/Chlorophyll EVs: 252 Atk / 8 HP / 124 Def / 124 Spd -Leaf Blade -Iron Tail -Double Edge -X-Scissor Leaf Blade is obvious. Iron Tail is your Ice Coverage. Double Edge is neutral, and there are a lack of alternatives. X-Scissor is Your Psychic and Dark coverage. Scarf Leafeon is awesome. answered Sep 15, 2012 by [MEGA]StellarLucario edited Sep 19, 2012 by [MEGA]StellarLucario don't like this one either it has useless ability needs sunny day. commented Feb 19, 2015 by flam3zxx3 Please log in or register to add a comment. 1 vote Leafeon (F) @ Life Orb Trait: Chlorophyll EVs: 252 Atk / 180 Def / 76 Spd Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk) - Swords Dance - Leaf Blade - X-Scissor - Synthesis answered Mar 25, 2013 by alexander757575 Please log in or register to add a comment. 0 votes Nature Jolly, Evs 252 attack 252 speed 4hp Leaf Blade(Manditory STAB) S-dance(Boost already amazing attack) Synthesis(Invinci-sweeper) Return/aerial ace(Super strong move or coverage of bugs) Sweeper is the best option for him becuase he has too many weaknesses and no way of covering them to be a tank so he is a bulky sweeper. answered Feb 19, 2011 by Speed freak Please log in or register to add a comment. 0 votes This is the set that I use. ONE MAN ARMY Leafeon @ heat rock Ability: Leaf Guard Nature: Modest Stats: HP 248, Attack 247, Defense 300, Sp.Atk 170, Sp.Def 171, Speed 224 Sunny Day: Activates Leaf Guard, makes Solarbeam only take 1 turn, Synthesis heals A LOT. Solarbeam: 1 turn with Sunny Day STAB. Synthesis: With that relatively low HP, it heals lot's with Sunny Day. Aerial Ace: When you've taken advantage of Sunny Day enough, sweep the rest of the team. OK, I know that it doesn't have the best of stats, but it's the best that I could come up with. answered Jul 9, 2012 by Ice SpAtk is not it's greatest quality, so Solarbeam is not the best. Leaf Blade is a better option. commented Jul 9, 2012 by 5th of November so ur gonne sweep them with a 170 spatk attack solar beam.. and sweep them with a modest nature leafeon with aerial ace... with calculations u can say that leaf blade is a whole lot better... commented May 5, 2014 by dizzyheads solar beam doesn't benefit from it's high attack instead it takes from special attack which is very low 65 base i believe. commented Feb 19, 2015 by flam3zxx3 Please log in or register to add a comment. 0 votes Leafeon "Battle Set" Leaf Blade - Synthesis - X-Scissor - Dig/Aerial Ace answered Jul 11, 2012 by Sakuralili Please log in or register to add a comment. 0 votes Can you say support? Layla (Leafeon) (F) @ Leftovers Trait: Leaf Guard EVs: 252 Def / 252 HP / 4 Atk Impish Nature IVs: NaN SAtk - Leaf Blade - Substitute - Synthesis - Heal Bell I'll just give a little backstory as to why I made mine be this. My teams always have too many Ground weaknesses or too little resistances. As most Ground moves are physical, I figure this guy is perfect to take EQs with, and with that defense stat he can be a very formidable wall. Leaf Blade is for STAB, and as it's the only attacking move, may as well make it a high critical hit-chance one. Substitute is for possible Haunter switch-ins, so you can still get off a Leaf Blade or Synthesis, depending which you need more. Finally Heal Bell for maximum supporting capabilities. Yawn could be used too, but I prefer ridding status off of my sweepers. answered Jul 7, 2013 by Skreetsha edited Jul 7, 2013 by Skreetsha leaf guard and sythesis become useless without sunny day commented Feb 19, 2015 by flam3zxx3 not synthesis but totally leaf guard. Also 1 attack move?! commented Jul 18, 2015 by KirbyMasterEX Please log in or register to add a comment. 0 votes This is the moveset I had in Gen IV, so it might be outdated, but it definitely works well. - Sunny Day: No charge required for Solar Beam - Synthesis: Good healing move - Solar Beam: Good STAB move, needs no charge with a sunny day set up - Energy Ball: Another good STAB move answered Aug 6, 2014 by Rackpal#1 You must include all 4 moves. commented Aug 6, 2014 by Sir Terlor Fixed that commented Aug 6, 2014 by Rackpal#1 Why Solar Beam and Energy Ball, with it's pathetic SpAtk, you should go with Leaf blade due to it's naturally high Atk, and the stab will be the same. commented Sep 1, 2014 by ItzPaulie energy ball and solar beam become useless with it's base 65 special attack. commented Feb 19, 2015 by flam3zxx3 Please log in or register to add a comment. 0 votes Leafeon (M) @ Lum Berry Ability : Chlorophyll EVs : 252 Atk / 252 Def / 4 HP Nature : Adamant Leaf Blade Swords Dance Synthesis Sunny Day I guess this is a sweeper set, but it will only work against a physical attacker. Chlorophyll boosts speed by a lot in the sun, while the sun also powers up how much synthesis heals you. Swords Dance plus Leaf Blade totally destroys. Don't set up too early though! answered Jan 29, 2015 by Archeops Please log in or register to add a comment. 0 votes Leafeon moveset: Leaf blade Aerial ace Dig Swords dance answered Jul 10 by Otakufan375 Please log in or register to add a comment. 0 votes Leafelollz @Leftovers Impish nature 252 Def, 101 Hp, 100 Atk, 55 Spd Trait: Leaf Guard Toxic Protect Sunny day Leaf blade Stall your foes into madness with Leafelollz! A toxic staller set that isn't wrecked by taunt or torment! Toxic is a must, Protect for your Leftovers, Sunny day and Leaf Guard shut down other toxic stallers or para/sleep hacks and Leaf blade for raw damage and to not be wrecked by taunt / torment. answered Aug 22 by DoPeTitan Please log in or register to add a comment. Related questions What is a good moveset for leafeon for this team? 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So after having snow on Tuesday and a low of zero degrees, today was a summery 22 degrees. Hey, are wildly varying temperatures a sign of global warming? Good thing there isn't a scientific consensus on that, otherwise I might be worried. Heh heh. Anyway, the great thing about tonight's dish is that it features green onions from our garden! Woot, woot! Our first produce of the season! There is nothing more satisfying than growing your own food. It also has another seitan experiment--beef-like seitan strips. I would like to fool around with the recipe a bit, but it was good enough to post and the boys really loved it.
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Historical Traditions of Business and Entrepreneurship
An introduction to business as an area of study and to the educational
goals of the Gore School of Business. Through explorations of disparate
world historical events, students are guided in developing a view as to
how and why traditional practices of business have developed. Students
develop an appreciation and understanding of the historical origins of
modern business practices (e.g., accounting, management, marketing, finance)
and how they apply to the modern world.
Principles of Management
Examines the concepts and influences operating in business organizations,
the functions of managers in that setting, and the managerial role in
non-business organizations. Emphasizes historical foundations of management
and principles of management theory and how theory is practiced. Contemporary
examples are used to illustrate/demonstrate fundamental precepts. Prerequisite:
Operations Management
Examines production/operations as the third aspect of the finance, marketing,
and conversion triad. The course is important to the understanding of
the assembly of materials and ideas in creating a product or service.
Prerequisites: MGMT 305, MATH 150.
Business and Employment Law
Discusses current legal problems confronting business and the legal aspect
of decision-making. Develops an understanding of legal principles and
the process of legal reasoning and proceedings, particularly as they pertain
to business. Defines the responsibilities of business to consumers and
the public. Provides a basic understanding of three legal areas: (1) introduction
to the U.S. legal system, (2) broad understanding of contract law, and
(3) broad understanding of forms of business organizations (sole proprietorship,
partnerships, and corporations). Prerequisite: MGMT 305, MATH 141.
Directed Studies
A tutorial-based course used only for student-initiated proposals for
intensive individual study of topics not otherwise offered in the Management
Program. Prerequisites: MGMT 305; junior or senior standing and consent
of instructor and school dean.
Special Topics in Management
Explores threats and opportunities, legislative, cultural, economic,
and technological considerations in business today and their impact on
current and long-term decisions. A changing title course in contemporary
business problems and issues. Prerequisites vary with course content.
Organizational Behavior
The study of macro-organization theory or structure of organizations,
their components, dynamics, and behavioral aspects with respect to their
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MGMT 305. Same as PSYC 433.
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with current best practices in their field. Credit is based on the number
of hours at the job site and the nature of the learning objectives. Monthly
class sessions reinforce the student learning objectives, and allow interns
to compare their experiences with other interns. Prerequisites: MGMT 305;
junior or senior standing (transfer students must complete a minimum of
15 Westminster credit hours); completion of the Career Center Internship
Workshop; and approvals from the Gore School of Business Practice Experience
Coordinator and the Career Center Internship Coordinator.
Management Practicum
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project. The project addresses a real issue of concern to a client company
(or non-profit organization), requires extensive research, and results
in a formal oral presentation and written report to the company. Students
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senior standing.
Professional Portfolio
The Professional Portfolio is designed for mid-career professionals.
The class gives students the opportunity to assess their interests and
skills, design a career plan, and create a portfolio, which documents
what they have to offer to an organization in an appropriate field. Students
must have at least five years of professional or managerial experience
to enroll in this class. Prerequisites: MGMT 305; junior or senior standing;
and approval of the Gore School of Business Experience/Practice Coordinator.
Change in Organizations
A comprehensive look at the change process in organizations. This course
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implementation of strategy rather than the formulation of strategy. The
emphasis is on developing an understanding of multiple change models instead
of focusing on a single model. This approach demands a systems perspective
and the assumption that change is continuous. In addition, characteristics
of successful and unsuccessful change are discussed. The overall objective
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organizational change. Prerequisite: MGMT 305 or MGMT 433.
Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship
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development, analyzing and securing financing from multiple sources and
at different life-cycle states, the role of the owner in various stages
of the firm life-cycle, the various post-establishment ownership and exit
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to review successful and unsuccessful entrepreneurial enterprises. Prerequisites:
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and development function in integration of the operative areas of the
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Baseball was invented in the United States, but the World Baseball Classic has been dominated by Japan.
U.S. manager Joe Torre has taken a different approach in the WBC�s third edition this year. Rather than stock his entire roster with high-profile stars, he�s got a basic starting nine with utility players, three catchers and 15 pitchers filling out the 28-man group.
�I think it�s advantageous. I think you need role players,� said Milwaukee outfielder Ryan Braun, who was part of the 2009 team that made it to the semifinals. �You look at regular teams throughout the course of the season, those role players are instrumental in teams finding a way to win games. It�s certainly important to have versatility.�
The Americans went through their only pre-tournament workout Monday, a light, two-hour session at Salt River Fields, the spring training home of Arizona and Colorado.
They have exhibition against the Chicago White Sox and Rockies before their opener Friday against Mexico at Chase Field, which could draw an enthusiastic and not necessarily pro-U.S. crowd.
Although the team includes Braun, New York Mets third baseman David Wright and New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira, Torre chose only one player at each infield position.
Philadelphia�s Jimmy Rollins is at shortstop, and Cincinnati�s Brandon Phillips will play second. Their backups are Arizona�s Willie Bloomquist and Tampa Bay�s Ben Zobrist with Minnesota catcher Joe Mauer expected to fill in some at first base as well as a designated hitter. The outfielders are Braun, Baltimore�s Adam Jones and Miami�s Giancarlo Stanton of Miami, with Boston�s Shane Victorino another option.
The other catchers are Milwaukee�s Jonathan Lucroy and Toronto�s J.P. Arencibia, who gets to catch knuckleballer R.A. Dickey � his new teammate on the Blue Jays � in Friday night�s opener.
Under pitch-count rules, starters can�t throw more than 65 pitches in opening round games.
The Americans� group also includes Canada and Italy. After round-robin play concludes with the Canada-U.S. game Sunday, the top two nations advance to the second round in Florida. The semifinals and finals will be held the next week in San Francisco.
Texiera called the competition �an exhibition.�
�While we want to win, the important thing is to put on a great tournament for everyone to enjoy it, for the fans to enjoy it,� he said. �It doesn�t mean we don�t want to win it.�
Japan won the first two WBC titles. While American fans may not be watching intensely, Braun said players should expect heated competition.
�It�s certainly challenging,� he said. �I know the last time I played just the atmosphere, the environment, felt like the intensity of a playoff game.�
Torre, an MLB executive vice president, wouldn�t announce starting pitchers other than Dickey, although he pointed out Texas� Derek Holland is starting Tuesday�s exhibition against the White Sox. That puts Holland in line to start Sunday.
Wright said that players went through their offseason preparation with the knowledge they would need to be in shape for the WBC.
�The four or five games I�ve been in, I�ve tried to play into the sixth or seventh inning each time,� he said. �Just kind of speeding up the process, playing a few more innings earlier in the spring than I normally would, and obviously getting those extra at-bats is important to get ready.�
Several players mentioned their motivation is to become the first U.S. squad to gain the title.
�We�re all here to win it, and we all have gotten ourselves to the point where we can go out there as if it�s Game 7 of the World Series,� Atlanta closer Craig Kimbrel said. �We�re out there to win. We�re going to put it all on the line. That�s what we�re here to do. We�re not here to show up and just play and say we played for Team USA. We�re here to say �We played for Team USA and we won.� I had that feeling in the clubhouse that that�s what we�re all here to do.�


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The stumbling block to Heidelberg's win hopes was plain to see on the stat sheet, but coach Anthony Gholson knew it all too well after watching it occur.
The Student Princes committed only three more turnovers (21) and made just one less 3-pointer (4) than John Carroll, while taking seven more shots from the field (62) and making four more (28) than the Blue Streaks.
And while turnovers topping 20 is a concern, Gholson's biggest worry came from the least-defended shot on the court in what ended as an 84-77 Ohio Athletic Conference loss.
"Our Achilles' heel is hopefully things we can control: turn the ball over and free throw shooting. You can't miss 18 free throws and win this game. If we just go 70 percent from the free throw line, we win this game. They made 30 free throws. They shot 38 free throws, we shot 35. That's the difference in the game, right there," Gholson said. "If we shoot 70 percent, we win that basketball game.
"It's concentration," he said. "That's all it is, is concentration."
The 70 percent adds up to an extra seven foul shot makes, good enough to push Heidelberg's point total past John Carroll by one had they been made. The Student Princes (4-2, 0-1 OAC) could have especially used that in the second half, ending just 9 of 19 at the line in final 20 minutes while watching a halftime lead disappear and never return.
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John Carroll 83,
Heidelberg 77
JCU (3-2, 1-0): Ryan Angers 0-11-11; William Starks 2-0-4; Kyle Hubbard 7-9-23; David Hendrickson 5-4-15; Kenny Janz 1-0-2; Danny Wallack 5-3-16; Kyle Pisco 0-2-2; Talib Booker 0-0-0; Michael Whalen 0-0-0; Ryan Farragher 1-1-4; Jordan Murphy 2-0-4; Simon Kucharewicz 0-0-0; Kyle Morris 0-0-0; Jake Hollinger 1-0-2
Heidelberg (4-2, 0-1): Dane Givner 5-2-15; Lee Renner 1-0-2; Cortey Edwards 2-0-4; Jackson Blue 2-1-5; Nate Davis 7-2-17; Cody Blizzard 5-2-12; Quintin Aden Jr. 1-2-4; Mike Petrie 2-2-6; Ishaam Smith Jr. 0-2-2; Ricky Slaughter 2-3-7; Josh Pollner 1-1-3
Halftime: Heidelberg, 38-36.
Field goals: JCU 24-55; Heidelberg 28-62.
3-point goals: JCU 5-19 (Wallack 3, Hendrickson, Farragher); Heidelberg 4-9 (Givner 3, Davis).
Foul shots: JCU 30-38; Heidelberg 17-35.
Rebounds: JCU 31 (Janz 7); Heidelberg 33 (Davis 10).
Turnovers: JCU 18; Heidelberg 21.
Assists: JCU 6 (Wallack 2, Farragher 2); Heidelberg 14 (Givner 5).
"That was a focus thing, missed assignments. It was one of those things. We talk about focus, fight and finish, and we didn't have either," Gholson said. "We didn't have focus. The only thing we had out of those three things was the fight. We fought. We didn't focus, and we didn't finish."
That started late in the first half.
Dane Givner's layup put the Student Princes up 38-29 with 1:45 to go, but John Carroll closed out the final 90 seconds on a 7-0 run, sandwiching Jordan Murphy's jumper and layup around Danny Wallack's 3-pointer to make it 38-36.
Momentum went back and forth for most of the second half, with a Wallack 3-pointer putting the Blue Streaks up 46-44 with 15:10 to play.
Heidelberg never retook the lead, though it did force a tie (54-54) with 9:32 left on a Nate Davis layup.
But a Wallack trey 14 seconds later put John Carroll (3-1, 1-0) up for good.
The lead grew to nine four separate times after that, ballooning to 12 (77-65) on two Ryan Angers foul shots with 1:14 left.
Heidelberg doubled up John Carroll 12-6 from there, cutting the deficit to 81-77 on Givner's 3-pointer with 13 seconds to go, but couldn't get any closer.
"A lot of big plays, a lot of athletic plays, I thought, were made," John Carroll coach Mike Moran said. "We caught fire a little bit from the perimeter in the second half, and I think that was the difference in the game.
"If it would have went another two minutes, the way they started drilling it, ... I don't know what would have happened," he said. "Thank God that clock ran out."
Davis led Heidelberg with 17 points, 10 rebounds and three steals. Givner ended with 15 points and five assists and Cody Blizzard scored 12 points.
"I expected us to win this basketball game. I felt we were the better basketball team, from 1 through 10," Gholson said. "They have a few players that are special, and I think we do, too, and they go tit for tat. But from the free throw line, we just didn't get it done.
"The outcome was not what I expected, but the effort was what I expected," he said. "We played hard."
Kyle Hubbard's 23 points led four double-digit scorers for John Carroll. Wallack tallied 16 points, David Henderson had 15 and Angers went 11 of 12 at the line - part of his team's 30-of-38 showing overall - for all of his points.


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Like many divorces, this one began with small tiffs that escalated.
After years of arguing over theology and administrative control, disputes among Episcopalians boiled over in 2012 when the local bishop and a majority of parishes left the national church.
The aftermath flows Tuesday into the courtroom of a circuit judge in St. George who will decide the future of more than $500 million in church property - although her ruling is likely to be appealed.
As the much-anticipated trial begins, two men will be in court, each in Anglican bishop purple, each claiming to be the rightful leader of the Diocese of South Carolina.
Circuit Judge Diane Goodstein will decide which group is the real Diocese of South Carolina: the one that remains part of the national Episcopal Church, or the one that existed before the national church and now wants to be independent from it?
Much is at earthly stake.
The lawsuit affects more than $500 million in properties that include some of the nation's most historic and renowned church buildings. Among colonial congregations whose properties are at play: St. Michael's and St. Philip's in downtown Charleston, Christ Church in Mount Pleasant, Old St. Andrew's in West Ashley and St. Helena's in Beaufort.
And the $500 million estimate comprises only the insured value of the buildings - not the land that 70 congregations' properties sit on, some of which include centuries of grave markers and the loved ones resting beneath.
Also at stake is the beloved St. Christopher Camp and Conference Center on Seabrook Island where for 75 years campers have discovered Christ and forged lifelong friendships along 314 acres of beach, marsh and woods.
But this dispute isn't just about land and buildings.
Something priceless also is at stake in the lawsuit, filed by the Diocese of South Carolina against its once-ecclesiastical brethren. That is the sentimental value of space in which generations of families have worshipped, taken communion, baptized children, married those children and bid final farewell to their dead.
"The biggest issue isn't the insured value but the ministerial value of the property," said the Rev. Canon Jim Lewis, who serves as canon to Bishop Mark Lawrence.
Lawrence and most parishes in the Diocese of South Carolina, which spans the coastal half of the state, left The Episcopal Church in 2012. The Episcopal Church is the U.S. province of the global Anglican Communion.
The diocese and its parishes then filed the lawsuit in January 2013 against The Episcopal Church to retain control of diocesan property, names and seal. Goodstein issued a restraining order that has since allowed Lawrence's group to continue using the diocese's property and identity.
However, 27 local parishes and missions that remain with the national church, temporarily calling themselves The Episcopal Church in South Carolina, argue that the diocese is a "subordinate unit of the Church," their legal response says. That group is now led by Bishop Charles vonRosenberg.
South Carolina is one of five dioceses nationwide that have separated from The Episcopal Church at least partly over scriptural interpretations. Lawrence supports a traditional reading of Scripture.
In recent years The Episcopal Church has ordained gay bishops and voted to allow the blessing of same-sex unions, among a host of comments and actions that have generated tremendous theological debate.
The dioceses that left are seeking other ways to align with the global Anglican Communion and are tied up in similar ongoing lawsuits.
Essentially, the local legal arguments come down to which trumps the other: national church law or state corporate law.
Lawrence's group argues the diocese is a South Carolina corporation, so issues should be settled by state law. The Episcopal Church argues that under the First Amendment, church issues should be settled by church law.
Until the breakup, local Episcopalians relied on Lawrence and other diocesan leaders to protect property and uphold doctrine, spokeswoman Holly Behre said.
"They were supposed to be shepherds of the church for all of us. That they can just go and leave doesn't make sense to a lot of people," Behre said.
The Episcopal Church and vonRosenberg's local diocese argue that the church is a hierarchical institution that controls its property. People can leave the church, but a geographic unit like a diocese cannot.
"This diocese, its name and its assets are things that belong to all of us together, as Episcopalians. We believe they were meant to be held and used for the benefit of the church, not taken out of the church and used to set up a new denomination," Behre said.
However, Lawrence's group contends the Diocese of South Carolina predates the national church, which it voluntarily joined - and voluntarily can leave. In 1789, the Diocese of South Carolina was one of nine founding dioceses of The Episcopal Church.
They argue that the national church tried to remove their duly elected bishop, prompting their departure.
Meanwhile, vonRosenberg's diocese had sought to get Lawrence, Lewis and two other priests added individually to the lawsuit. The four took actions to "withdraw" the diocese from The Episcopal Church in violation of state law, court filing allege.
The state Court of Appeals dismissed that petition last week, and Goodstein ordered the trial to begin Tuesday.
Reach Jennifer Hawes at 937-5563 or follow her on Twitter at @JenBerryHawes.
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Before director David Cronenberg's new movie about a young, rich financier, Cosmopolis, was unveiled at the Cannes Film Festival, its star, Robert Pattinson, did a little revelation of his own – though, apparently, not as much as his director had requested.
In an interview for Metro France that quickly got picked up around the festival, the Twilight star, 26, was quoted as saying, "Five minutes before we filmed, David told me, 'I want to see the bottom of your balls on the top of the frame.' At the moment, I reminded myself that I would do anything for him. So I went back to see him and told him that wouldn't happen."
And how did the filmmaker of The Fly, Scanner, Eastern Promises and A Dangerous Method react to his leading man's decision?
"He took it really well," Pattinson is quoted as saying. "At the start, it's a very bizarre scene that you won't see again in another movie, I promise."
As it was, the actor admitted at the press conference after the Cannes screening that he was already anxious about making the sexy and (at-times) violent movie – to the point that he wasn't sure he could pull off the role.
"I spent two weeks in a hotel room worrying and confusing myself," Pattinson said.
The London-born-and bred heartthrob also said he disagreed with some critics who found the movie, based on the novel by Don DeLillo and set for the most part in a limo while Pattinson's character tries to go get a haircut, to be about the end of the world.
"I think it's a very hopeful movie," he countered. "Maybe I'm just a depressive, but I think the world needs to be washed and cleaned every once in a while."
Meanwhile, Pattinson and his real-life girlfriend, Kristen Stewart, who both have films in festival competition, arrived in Cannes this week and have been seen sneaking kisses on the Croisette.
Wednesday night, Pattinson attended the red-carpet premiere of Stewart's film, On the Road, while she is as expected to accompany him at Friday night's official screening of Cosmopolis.
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Adam M. Fink, 9, of Tyrone went to heaven to be with the angels on Saturday at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville.
He was born in Altoona, son of Terry and Marie (Nearhoof) Fink.
Surviving are his parents; a brother, Matthew; and grandmothers, Donna Nearhoof and Shirley Fink, both of Tyrone. Adam was a fourth-grade student at Tyrone Elementary School and a member of Christ United Methodist Church. He was an avid sports fan and enjoyed spending time with his brother, his friends and his dog.
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It was 1:10 a.m. Tuesday morning, June 21, when I got into bed. Sally was getting ready to come to bed. She joined me and I rolled over to give her a good night kiss.
"You've had a hard day," I said.
Suddenly I felt as though my legs had gone to sleep. I tried to get to the edge of the bed where I could stand to get relief. As I reached the edge of the bed, I lost control of my muscular action and slid onto the floor.
I felt as if a wave or a force of some sort had gone through my body instantaneously.
I cried out to Sally that something was wrong. She said later that she could not understand the words I was saying. I thought I was saying, "I think it is a stroke. We need to call 911." It was clear in my mind.
She was thinking the same thing and dialed 911.
The ambulance arrived seven minutes later. The EMTs quickly assessed the situation and determined they would need two more people to help move me down our narrow, winding stairs. A second ambulance arrived. The four EMTs comfortably and professionally moved me down the stairs and directly to Trumbull Memorial Hospital.
After about an hour and a half of testing and observation, during which I felt no pain, I was sent by helicopter to Cleveland Clinic. The ride was noisy but reasonably comfortable. The attendants paid close attention to me and I could see scattered lights out the windows. It was an interesting adventure, though I'd rather have had it some other way.
In the meantime, Sally was driving through the night, repeatedly dialing our son to tell him what was happening. He finally woke to hear the phone and swiftly dressed and sped up the road to Cleveland, where we all met in the clinic emergency room.
A short time later, our daughter-in-law, who is a nurse at the clinic, joined us there, too. It was comforting to have her special knowledge in addition to that of the staff who were attending to me.
During the next couple of days, I received a myriad of tests, including an MRI, a CT scan and a sonogram. We consulted with neurologists daily.
Although I intended to participate in my own recuperation as much as possible, I found myself questioning, suspicious and noncompliant when it came to an electroencephalogram with dozens of attachments to my scalp. It seemed like voodoo to me.
The symptoms I was apparently faced with included distortion of my speech, temporary double vision, loss of function of my right hand, arm, leg and foot, and temporary aphasia. The diagnosis was lacunar stroke. That meant clots in tiny vessels deep in my brain.
Sally slept in a chair in my room the whole time I was at the clinic. During the long nights of fitful sleep, she was beside me. Her comforting reassurance and prayers were vital to my progress.
Sometime during the second or third day at the clinic, I became profoundly depressed, cried and felt sorry for myself. "Life won't be worth living. I have no future."
These things went through my mind over and over again until finally I came to the conclusion that I would end this despondency and fight the best I could to overcome this challenge. I was determined to put on a happy face. It would be simple enough to say, "Hi, hello, good morning," to the people I met in the hallways rather than to pass these strangers by unrecognized.
As I am moving through the rest of my recovery, with the help of family, church members and friends, I have fortunately been able to maintain a positive outlook toward the future.
From that first ambulance ride in June to the present, I have had rehabilitation as an in-patient, an out-patient and at home with Hillside Hospital, Lake Vista Rehab Center and Senior Independence home therapy. We are fortunate to have these professional people and services in our community and the resources necessary to support them.
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Cinebarre kicked off the summer with a Blue Hawaiian Luau featuring a live performance by David Maraks of the Beach Boys and Dean Torrence of Jan and Dean and the Surf City Allstars on June 8. The concert was followed by an outdoor screening of the Elvis Presley movie "Blue Hawaii."
Concert-goers wore their favorite Hawaiian shirts. There was a limbo contest, a "Wipe Out" drum contest, a hula hoop challenge and an air guitar contest in which the winner received an autographed Stratocaster.
Adults played beer pong and kids enjoyed a dunking booth, a bounce house and corn pone games.
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Terry George, superintendent of Randolph County schools, thanked Elkins Rotary Club members for their support of education Monday while providing an update on the county school system....
Did Mr. George explain why the Board of Education is in debt for almost a million dollars? No? Not surprised...
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The holidays just would not be the same without a slice of Grandma's cinnamon swirl raisin bread for breakfast or a few of your aunt's snowball cookies during a family gabfest or whatever family recipe is a traditional must-have on your holiday table.
And so the Life Department is serving up another year of holiday recipes from local readers that will hopefully tempt your tastebuds enough to get you in the kitchen to have a go at these favorite picks and possibly start a new family tradition of your own.
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Gladys Campbell of Hollidaysburg makes her Peanut Butter Fudge recipe for the holidays.
For the first course, let's take a look at what Lois Bishop of Cresson has cooking - Cranberry Salad.
"I grew up with this recipe when I was a child," she writes. "I was born in 1928, and it was my mother's original recipe. She made it up herself. I've been making it ever since. I hope you enjoy."
Cranberry Salad
2 cups raw cranberries put through food mill
1 cup sugar over them; let stand 1 hour
1 cup chopped celery
1/2 cup walnuts (chopped)
1 orange, juice and skin, ground
1 small can crushed pineapple
1 small (3-ounce) box lemon Jello
Put cranberries through a food mill, put sugar over them and let stand for an hour. Drain the pineapple.
Bring the pineapple juice to a boil and pour over lemon Jello. Mix in all the other ingredients - cranberries, celery, walnuts, orange and pineapple.
Chill until set.
Now to warm up a bit, Blair County Alternate Dairy Princess and Central High School student Katherine Orczeck, 17, of Roaring Spring offers up a Butternut Bisque recipe from her aunt.
"Winter is right around the corner; soon, more snow will be falling. To keep warm, healthy, and your bones strong, try this creamy winter soup," she wrote.
Orczek and fellow recipe submitter, Blair County Dairy Promotion member Jean Sollenberger of Curryville, are promoting the dairy industry, Sollenberger said.
"I personally haven't made this recipe, but my aunt makes it every year for Thanksgiving," Orczeck said. "I enjoy this recipe because of its creamy, flavorful taste. It has become a staple at Thanksgiving, just like stuffing and mashed potatoes."
Butternut Bisque
2 medium carrots, sliced
2 celery ribs with leaves, chopped
2 medium leeks (white portion only), sliced
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced
1/4 cup butter
2 pounds butternut squash, peeled, seeded, and cubed (about 6 cups)
2 cans (14 1/2 ounces each) chicken broth
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 cup half and half cream
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon white pepper
1/2 cup chopped pecans, toasted
In a large saucepan, saute carrots, celery, leeks and jalapeno in butter for 10 minutes. Add the squash, broth, and ginger; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer until squash is tender, about 25 minutes. Cool until lukewarm.
In a blender or food processor, puree squash mixture in small batches until smooth; return to pan. Add cream, salt, and pepper; mix well. Heat through but do not boil. Garnish with pecans.
Serves 8.
No time to heat up the oven? Then Sollenberger has a recipe for you.
"This is a recipe handed down to me from my mother," she wrote. "I have never tried to bake a cheesecake since this recipe is so easy to do. I love the taste of lemon, but you can use other flavors of Jello.
"The dairy in the recipe is an easy way for anyone who does not like dairy to get the bone-building calcium found in dairy products."
No Bake Cheese Cake
1 can evaporated milk
1 large package lemon Jello
8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
1 1/2 cups boiling water
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup sugar
Put 1 can evaporated milk in refrigerator to chill, or in the freezer to get icy.
Mix 1 large package lemon jello with 1 1/2 cups boiling water and let cool, but not set.
Mix cream cheese, vanilla and sugar until creamy in medium-size mixing bowl. Add cooled Jello.
In a large mixing bowl beat evaporated milk until thick, add the cream cheese/jello mixture.
Pour into graham cracker crusts. Makes a 13 by 9 by 2 cake pan or three graham cracker pie crusts.
Top with additional graham cracker crumbs.
Chill before serving.
Not much can compete with a pierogi when it comes to a hearty potato dish that can be served as a main course or on the side.
Anna Noel of Duncansville has a recipe to satisfy.
"I've been making pierogi for 78 years, but this recipe is one my son got in a restaurant in New York 14 years ago. The sour cream you can't taste, but it keeps the dough off your hands. Enjoy," Noel wrote.
Pierogi dough
6 cups flour
3 eggs
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 cup sour cream
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon salt
Mix milk, sour cream, eggs and butter well and pour into flour.
Mix together and knead a few minutes. If dough is sticky, add a little more flour.
Roll dough and cut to size - I use a tuna can to get correct size. Fill with about a tablespoon of desired filling - mashed potatoes and cheddar cheese or cabbage or sauerkraut - and seal with a dab of water on edges. Use fork to press around edges.
Drop in salted, boiling water and cook approximately 10 minutes.
After cooking, I put them gently in a pot that has butter in it and take them out and place them on a cookie sheet. I slice onions and heat them in a skillet to serve with them.
The next dish feeds a craving for the flavonoids residing in dark chocolate, Susan Rentz of Duncansville said of her Mashed Potato Cake recipe. She said the recipe came from her father's stepmother.
Mashed Potato Cake
2 cups sugar
1 cup shortening
4 eggs
1 cup mashed potatoes
2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda (dissolved in sour milk)
1/2 cup sour milk
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon allspice
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 1/2 ounces dark chocolate, melted
1 cup nuts
Cream sugar and shortening. Add eggs and beat thoroughly. Add mashed potatoes and beat again. Add remaining ingredients keeping nuts until last.
Bake in tube pan at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 1 hour.
Cook's note: You can use buttermilk in place of sour milk, or put 2 tablespoons of vinegar in 1/2 cup of milk. Let stand a few minutes then dissolve baking soda in it.
Next up is a Peanut Butter Fudge recipe from Gladys Campbell of Hollidaysburg who has been whipping up batches of the confection for years.
"I have been making this for about 55 years. A friend told me about it," Campbell wrote. "When my kids were in the Duncansville grade school, they had a fun frolick every October. They would get donations of things by going around town, then whatever they got was passed out to the mothers to make the items - my dining room table would be full of peanut butter fudge the day before to sell for PTA. I just made 15 pounds in September for a family reunion. I am 83 years young."
Peanut Butter Fudge
5 cups granulated sugar
1 can Pet brand evaporated milk
16 ounces jar smooth peanut butter
1 stick magarine
13 ounce-jar marshmallow creme
Cook's note: Use Pet brand only for evaporated milk
Grease a 9-by-13-inch pan and a 4-by-8 -inch pan.
Mix together sugar, Pet milk and margarine in a dutch oven. Bring to a boil. Continue to boil for seven minutes, stirring constantly.
Remove from heat and add marshmallow and penaut butter, mixing well by hand until blended. Pour into greased pans and cool at room temperature. Cut into one-inch squares.
Finally, for those who cannot indulge in sugar-filled pleasures for health reasons, JoAnn Kuzak Gremillion of Cresson developed a diabetic-friendly recipe for Polish Nut Roll.
Kuzak Gremillion, 71, a disabled senoior citizen who is 100 percent Polish and served nine years in the U.S. Navy, said she has been making the nut roll for several years.
Polish Nut Roll for Diabetics
1 1/2 cups milk
1 cake of yeast
1 1/2 sticks of butter
4 eggs
5 1/2 cups of flour
Nut filling
1 pound shelled nuts (ground up, but still coarse)
1/2 cup diabetic sugar (such as Splenda)
3/4 cup water and milk
1/4 stick butter
Scald 1 1/2 cups milk and cool. Mix milk with yeast, 1 1/2 stick of butter, eggs and flour.
Knead very well. Cover and let raise for 1 1/2 hours in a warm place.
Cut dough into five pieces and then roll it out.
Put on a cookie sheet.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. While oven is heating, bring sugar, water and milk and 1/4 stick of butter to a boil. Gradually add the nuts.
Paint dough with beaten egg and water. Prick with a fork. Add nut filling and roll up.
Bake for about 30 minutes or until golden brown.
Makes about 5 rolls.
Mirror Staff Writer Amanda Gabeletto is at 949-7030.


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8 Vintage Ads Ripped Directly from Your Nightmares
With the right lighting and soundtrack, the most innocuous things in the world are the most sinister. For example, it's dusk and you see a solitary kid rocking slowly on a squeaky swing set. Do you think, "Aww, how cute!" or do you run because you know a Dementor will be there at any moment? Probably the latter. When advertisers created the following ads, they probably had no idea they were actually making horror movie posters.
#8. The Future's So Bright, You'll Not Want to Go There
If ad campaigns were people, this one would be sweating profusely, wringing his hands, and yelling, "It's not what it looks like, I swear!" And then he'd commit suicide. Because what it looks like is a nightmare future where children sunbathe in the nude under the intimate supervision of Dr. Horrible ... all thanks to dehydrated milk. For the benefit of our blind friends, let's do a quick breakdown of all that's wrong with this Cocomalt ad. In this one image we have:
- A flock of topless toddlers.
- An army line of dark-skinned diaper-clad children marching through the frozen tundra. OR an army line of children wearing black morphsuits.
- One happy child playing in the surf, tank top askew to reveal a nipple.
- Two TOTALLY nude boys bathing under a sunlamp and the glare of a grown man staring at their bottom parts.
Next time you're having a heated holiday argument with your grandparents (because you're awful ... who argues with their grandparents?), just remind them how OK past generations were with child nudity and you'll win. After all, Shirley Temple, Jodie Foster, the Olsen twins, and the Ubu dog all started their careers in various states of undress. But even if we sweep the specter of child nakedness into the Things We Dare Not Talk About Containment Unit, there's still a whole lot of scary going on with this ad. Like the fact that every kid minus Happy Nipples looks like an eyeless robot. Or if you look hard enough, the sun lamp isn't a lamp at all, but a giant spiked German helmet from World War I.
It's not until you read the text that you figure out what's going on here. Before our elders discovered the dangers of overexposure to UV rays or pedophilia, winter and sunless days were considered the enemy of good health. As if the season of winter were personally murdering kids on the daily.
No wonder so many kids turned hobo during the Great Depression ... roofs were the worst. Ovaltinish Cocomalt, with its infusion of vitamin D, was the perfect substitute for sunshine and clothes. But they couldn't just show a kid drinking some Cocomalt and being healthy -- they needed to show what Cocomalt represented. Thus the collage of nude sunbathers and Mr. Voyeur. COCOMALT: Just what the most awful pediatrician in town ordered.
#7. Roger Sterling Has Got Your Kid
Listen up, sweater makers. It's not hard to sell your wares. Illustrate a happy family sitting by the fire, drinking hot cocoa. Draw snow. Better yet, give us Bill Cosby. Our imaginations will do the rest. Here's a quick mock up of a sweater ad I just wrote.
Try to evoke "cozy" and "warm" and "snuggy huggy." It's not hard. People love sweaters. Do you know what people don't love? Old men creeping at the window. Imagine you're in your living room, you hear a rap on the glass, and this is what you see. Either this man is taunting you as he prepares to steal your child or this is the last thing your eyes behold before these two break into your house and eat your face off.
It's especially bad if you look beyond your future killers to the unearthly sky behind them. It's not black, like the night sky, or light blue, like the day sky. There are no stars, no moon, no streetlights, no passing airplanes. It's an unearthly steel color, as if these two are the harbingers of a new world order, one where up is down and sweaters are the garments of choice for a new race of people eaters. Either that, or that gift behind Junior's back is The Watchtower and you've already made eye contact. You have no choice but to open the door. Again, not the best way to advertise sweaters!
#6. Decapitation Is Sexy
Here's a fun secret: Every little girl wants to play with a giant severed Barbie head. Don't act shocked. Here's one that kids of the '70s played with:
YIKES. My bad. That is definitely Cher waiting for someone to work their beauty magic on her face, hair, and clavicle area. Here's what they look like now:
When real girls from the '60s and '70s wanted to do their impossibly springy curls, they used actual tape to fasten their hair in place. The same tape could also double as tape for wrapping presents or tightening double chins. When Scotch Tape wanted to advertise their brand of hair-curling tape, they took their cue from decapitated dolls that girls love to play with. Which is how we ended up with a woman's head mounted on a fancy roll of toilet paper. Maybe she represents the consumer, who wants to look like a bodiless doll. Correction: dolly. The ad definitely says "dolly." Do you want to look like a Christmas dolly? Scotch Curling Tape thinks you do, so they took it upon themselves to humanize severed doll heads. It's weird and misguided, but whatever, Scotch Tape. You do what you've got to do to get eyes on your product. We could have done without the extra neck inches, though.
Record scratch. What is this????
At the altar of the Severed One are two tiny, cowering, fully bodied dolls, clearly terrorized by the head who is now their master. From here, they kind of look Japanese, so I'm not sure if this was some kind of message about American imperialism or nuclear energy turning heads into hot air balloons or what. All I know is that what started as an ill-advised campaign turned into a menacing warning that nobody gets.
#5. The Nitty Gritty Dirty Whiskey Ad
Hey, hey you. You there. Come here. You smell nice. What's that? Charlie? Jovan? White Shoulders? Chantilly? Chanel? Soft & Dri? Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. You like whiskey? Sure you do. I said COME CLOSER. Want some of my Dick whiskey? Get it? Get it? Sorry, George DICKEL whiskey. Here, I got you your own glass. This one. Not that one. This one. Here. Drink it. Drink it. Drink it. That's not the glass I fixed special for you. Put it down. Drink this one. This one. Here. This one. No? Then go to hell. Dick Dhiskey.