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This essay examines the politics of The Laramie Project, focusing on its engagement with the politics of futurity, and, as a consequence, with its stance towards homosexuality, homophobia, and the cultural narrative of queer social negativity. How, in fact, does the piece renegotiate American community? And in what ways can a play that deals with both the brutal murder of a gay man and the homophobic sentiment of a Wyoming small-town community re-imagine the cultural representation of lesbian and gay identities and communities in the United States? It is the play's self-referential emphasis on performance that makes possible such an endeavor. Performance, and its temporal indeterminacy, its rootedness in a perpetual present, is crucial to both structure and content of The Laramie Project. Through thepolitics of performance, then, homophobia and queer social negativity are renegotiated both on a formal and thematic level, and the futurist script of American community is invested with more tolerant and more inclusive social meaning. (Abstract from: Lippert, Leopold. ""Life In The Memory Of One Who No Longer Lives": The Laramie Project And The Politics Of Performance." Anq 23.2 (2010): 86. Publisher Provided Full Text Searching File. Web. 16 July 2014.)
In many ways the Ethiopian famine of 1983-85 has served as a watershed with respect to humanitarian action. One of its lasting legacies has been the emergence of Band Aid and the subsequent increase in celebrity humanitarianism. A revisiting of the events of 1983-85 occurred in 2010 during a dispute in which it was alleged that a portion of the donations of Band Aid were spent on arms purchases. This paper takes this controversy as its starting point. It goes on to use the theoretical reflections of Giorgio Agamben to consider the dynamics that unfolded during the Ethiopian famine of 1983-85 and to analyse the underlying conceptualisation behind the emergence of Band Aid-type celebrity humanitarianism. The paper concludes with some wider thoughts on how the in essence antipolitical agenda of celebrity humanitarian action is transported into the everyday understanding of 'African disaster', resulting ultimately in the perpetuation of hegemonic control by the global North. (Abstract from: Müller, Tanja R. "'The Ethiopian Famine' Revisited: Band Aid And The Antipolitics Of Celebrity Humanitarian Action." Disasters 37.1 (2013): 61. Publisher Provided Full Text Searching File. Web. 22 July 2014.)
This paper describes a production of Moises Kaufman's The Laramie Project staged at a northeast public urban university and a related educational campaign. Project goals were to discourage homophobia, encourage dialogue, and increase visibility and acceptance of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered students. The project was produced by a coalition including student groups, academic departments, and administrative units. A variety of indices show the play was immediately successful for the audience and community and had a deeper impact on cast members and planners. Collaborative relationships spanning interpersonal, cultural, and political boundaries and the use of the arts for social change were key factors in the program's success. (Abstract from: Mulvey, Anne, and Charlotte Mandell. "Using The Arts To Challenge Hate, Create Community: Laramie Lives In Lowell." Journal Of Gay & Lesbian Psychotherapy 11.3/4 (2007): 121-141.Academic Search Complete. Web. 22 July 2014.)
Although many art therapists are proponents of social justice and advocate for their underserved clients, they may not think of art therapy as a change agent for communities or societal ills such as discrimination and inequality. In this paper a proposal to infuse art therapy with the political philosophies and practices of nonviolent resistance may bring to light how art therapists can be a tool for advancing both individual and community change. Social change begins with generating empathy for others. Reaching out to the community through facilitating art exhibits may be one way to heighten empathy for client-artists. Guided relational viewing is proposed as a theoretical principle to motivate art therapists to move from being a proponent of social justice to becoming an agent of social transformation. (Abstract from: Copyright 2011 by Florida State University Potash, J. (2011). Art therapist as intermediaries for social change Journal of Art for Life,2(1), 48-58.)
This article argues that modern art has always had a complex relationship to the idea of revolution, at the same time embodying and articulating a critique of modern capitalist society as well as consolidating the same society. From Romanticism onwards art has sought to transgress the discursive and institutional limits of the art institution and to transcend the separation of art and everyday life. Today much of what goes by the name of contemporary art is rarely able to continue this destructive project. A notable exception is the milieu that has published Tiqqun and L'Insurrection qui vient (The Coming Insurrection), combining elements from the revolutionary tradition as well as avant-garde art working towards a communisation of everyday life under conditions of spectacle. This article argues that modern art has always had a complex relationship to the idea of revolution, at the same time embodying and articulating a critique of modern capitalist society as well as consolidating the same society. From Romanticism onwards art has sought to transgress the discursive and institutional limits of the art institution and to transcend the separation of art and everyday life. Today much of what goes by the name of contemporary art is rarely able to continue this destructive project. A notable exception is the milieu that has published Tiqqun and L'Insurrection qui vient (The Coming Insurrection), combining elements from the revolutionary tradition as well as avant-garde art working towards a communisation of everyday life under conditions of spectacle. (Abstract from: Rasmussen, Mikkel Bolt. "Art, Revolution And Communisation." Third Text 26.2 (2012): 229. Publisher Provided Full Text Searching File. Web. 16 July 2014.)
This article examines Anglo-American news media through a discourse-theoretical framework to study first, how celebrities are constituted as gendered humanitarian subjects acting on behalf of African problems, and second, how the concept of 'Africa' is produced, not only as a place, but also as a purpose in the world system. The debate surrounding celebrities is at an impasse, where they are seen as either instrumental or detrimental to African development. To break this standoff, we begin by placing celebrities in their neo-colonial context. We argue that the legitimacy of Bono, Bob Geldof and Angelina Jolie as humanitarian actors is underpinned by particular reproductions of race, class and gender. They are positioned in a heteronormative world political framework in which celebrities recreate Africa and its proper place in the neoliberal international system through a performative perpetuation of historically embedded subjectivities. The analysis then turns to Madonna's Malawian adoption in 2006 as a case that does not entirely 'fit' and probes its subversive capacity. The article argues that the adoption controversy made visible the privileged, neo-colonial position from which celebrities, and western humanitarianism broadly speaking, happens, and gives rise to further questions pertaining to Africa's childlike position in the western imaginary. (Abstract from: REPO, JEMIMA, and RIINA YRJÖLÄ. "The Gender Politics Of Celebrity Humanitarianism In Africa." International Feminist Journal Of Politics 13.1 (2011): 44. Publisher Provided Full Text Searching File. Web. 16 July 2014.)
Since John Street's article on celebrity politics in 2004, the integral role of celebrities in contemporary humanitarian politics has been increasingly acknowledged in the study of international relations. However, as argued in this article, this research has been limited to analysing appearances rather than examining the aesthetics of celebrity representations and their 'thought worlds' that contribute also to the structures, relations and processes of world politics. This article addresses this dearth of critical attention and proposes an approach to engage with celebrity humanitarian imaginaries politically by turning to critical humanitarianism and cultural and post-colonial studies. It concludes that by failing to acknowledge the historicity, conditions and effects of celebrity humanitarian intelligibilities and imaginaries in a globalised world, research in this area is in danger of missing the very location of politics. What is called for is future research that broadens the understanding of this activity in world politics without closing the question of the political. (Abstract from: Yrjölä, Riina. "From Street Into The World: Towards A Politicised Reading Of Celebrity Humanitarianism." British Journal Of Politics & International Relations 14.3 (2012): 357. Publisher Provided Full Text Searching File. Web. 16 July 2014.)
Documentary film is over 100 years old and includes subgenres such as ethnography, historical film, docu-drama, propaganda, and advocacy videos. With numerous film archives, film festivals, special DVD issues of journals, inexpensive video recording and editing equipment, Internet distribution, and the phenomenal growth of archival Internet sites such as YouTube and Vimeo, there are now hundreds of millions of documentary films and videos available to the interested researcher. The author argues that the macromarketing field has greatly underutilized this vast resource and suggests examples of sources and uses for such material. The author also suggests some aids for acquiring critical visual literacy skills to inform such analyses. Just as we rely on our libraries and online access for books and print journals, we can readily do the same with documentary films. Such analytical projects can be presented as either video documentaries themselves, as text-based articles and books, or as multimedia combinations. Film, video, Internet, and television images arguably do more to influence public perceptions of marketing, consumption, and life than any other medium. There is thus a great opportunity to understand society through this window on the world. (Abstract from : Belk, Russell. "Examining Markets, Marketing, Consumers, And Society Through Documentary Films." Journal Of Macromarketing 31.4 (2011): 403. Publisher Provided Full Text Searching File. Web. 16 July 2014.)
The article presents an in-depth overview of the work of the U.S. folklorist and ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax in fostering multiculturalism and cultural pluralism through music appreciation during the mid-20th century. Focus is given to the vision and accomplishments of Lomax in the broadcasting of the CBS radio program "Folk Music of America," which exhibited folk music of several ethnic communities and highlighted their cultural contributions to American society and identity. The author concludes that Lomax's work during the 1930s and 1940s established the foundation for the larger multicultural agenda of the 1970s. (Abstract from Wiley Cox: DONALDSON, R. C. (2013). Broadcasting Diversity: Alan Lomax and Multiculturalism. Journal Of Popular Culture, 46(1), 59-78. doi:10.1111/jpcu.12016 )
Conventionalized images of wartime loss picture scripted, ceremonial events, such as flag-draped coffins off-loaded from planes or soldiers handing a triangular folded flag to grieving relatives saying, 'on behalf of a grateful nation.' In comparison, unconventionalized war photographs, such as battlefield pictures, present more chaotic, less standardized images. I develop a theory of wartime media that examines how qualities of both the signal (whether photographs deal with military loss or militarism, and whether images employ conventionalized or unconventionalized imagery) and the receiver (the partisanship of the individual) influence individual opinion. I anticipate that viewing conventionalized images of loss will affect the likelihood that individuals shift from supporting to opposing a conflict and that partisanship can mitigate this effect. Results from analyses of seven experimental studies with 1,769 subjects and varied research designs strongly support the theory, finding that qualities of the signal and individual (and their interaction) influence the likelihood of wartime opinion change. These findings help to explain previous weak results linking wartime photography and public opinion, improve our understanding of wartime public opinion dynamics, and speak directly to current policy debates. (Abstract from: Gartner, Scott S. "On Behalf Of A Grateful Nation: Conventionalized Images Of Loss And Individual Opinion Change In War." International Studies Quarterly 55.2 (2011): 545-561. Academic Search Complete. Web. 22 July 2014.)
This paper examines the four trips that the English folk music collector Cecil Sharp made to Appalachia (1916-1918) as a case-study through which to explore the relationships between nationhood and place identity. The first parts consider background on the theoretical underpinnings of folk music collection and about Sharp's earlier work. We then investigate how Sharp and his companion Maud Karpeles initially came to collect what they felt were English folk songs, but gradually had to come to terms with Appalachia's culturally heterogeneous folk traditions. This final part draws parallels with Béla Bartók's approach to the Hungarian Gypsy tradition. (Abstract from: Gold, John R., and George Revill. "Gathering The Voices Of The People? Cecil Sharp, Cultural Hybridity, And The Folk Music Of Appalachia." Geojournal 65.1/2 (2006): 55-66. Environment Complete. Web. 22 July 2014. )
Examines `The New York Times' photojournalistic coverage of Rwanda from 1989 through the events of 1994. Images of slaughter and death in Rwanda; Images of tribal war which appears in the periodical beginning April 7, 1994; Importance of the agency in evaluating imagery from Rwanda. (Abstract from article in JSTOR Rwanda & the Media: Imagery, War & Refuge Niranjan S. Karnik Review of African Political EconomyVol. 25, No. 78, Whose News? Control of the Media in Africa (Dec., 1998), pp. 611-623Published by: Taylor & Francis, Ltd.)Full Text Freely Available Here
The essay discusses the relationship between mass media, particularly photojournalism about the War on Terror, and the U.S. public. The author comments on the visual culture of perpetual warfare and the ability of the public to interpret images according to their ideological beliefs. Other topics explored include the nature of iconic images, officially produced imagery, and depictions of collateral damage during war. (Abstract from: Gold, John R., and George Revill. "Gathering The Voices Of The People? Cecil Sharp, Cultural Hybridity, And The Folk Music Of Appalachia." Geojournal(Abstract from: Kennedy, Liam. "Seeing And Believing: On Photography And The War On Terror." Public Culture 24.2 (2012): 261-281. Academic Search Complete. Web. 22 July 2014.) 65.1/2 (2006): 55-66. Environment Complete. Web. 22 July 2014. )
The article analyzes the films "Monterey Pop," directed by D.A. Pennebaker, "Woodstock," directed by Michael Wadleigh, and "Gimme Shelter," which was directed by Albert and David Maysles and Charlotte Zerwin. The three films offer a history of the rise and decline of the 1960s spirit of counterculture and illustrate how myths in the postmodern age are created, spread, dissolved, and then continued. Pennebaker's use of only seven cameras in comparison to the commercialism of the Woodstock film and to the lack of security and adequate preparation time for the "Gimme Shelter" film are discussed. (Abstract from: KITTS, THOMAS M. "Documenting, Creating, And Interpreting Moments Of Definition: Monterey Pop, Woodstock, And Gimme Shelter." Journal Of Popular Culture 42.4 (2009): 715-732. Academic Search Complete. Web. 22 July 2014.)
The article discusses the concept of cultural pluralism in the North America folk music revival in 1958-65. This offers an introduction to the historical development of cultural and musical pluralism up to 1965. The music diversity welcomes amateurs and famous professionals, and promotes the diverse character of the famous revivals. The folk revival in America and Canada has promoted a vast patch-work of multi-ethnic, pan-regional societies and cultures of North America. (Abstract from: Mitchell, Gillian A. M. "Visions Of Diversity: Cultural Pluralism And The Nation In The Folk Music Revival Movement Of The United States And Canada, 1958-65." Journal Of American Studies 40.3 (2006): 593-614. Academic Search Complete. Web. 22 July 2014.)
Engaging with the literature on visual representations of human suffering, being a witness, and trauma, this article discusses visual representations of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, and especially the art photography of Alfredo Jaar, Robert Lyons, and Jonathan Torgovnik of the aftermath of the genocide. It explores the conditions in which photography can succeed in disrupting stereotypical political interpretations of the killings. Art photography, it is argued, may help transform the viewers from being consuming spectators into being participant witnesses who self-critically reflect upon their own subject positions in relation to the conditions depicted in the image. By discussing photography of the aftermath of the genocide, the article acknowledges the unrepresentability of genocide; by focusing on visual representations, it reflects the extent to which political space is nowadays constituted by means of images; by concentrating on Rwanda, it contributes to the necessary process of examination and self-examination in connection with the killings. (Abstract from: Möller, Frank. "Rwanda Revisualized: Genocide, Photography, And The Era Of The Witness." Alternatives: Global, Local, Political 35.2 (2010): 113-136. Academic Search Complete. Web. 22 July 2014.)
If singing is a sport, then world-renowned vocal coach, composer and performer Moira Smiley is taking it one game at a time, firing on all cylinders and set to give 110 per cent when she makes her Australian debut in Hobart's Festival of Voices next week. (Abstract from: KANE, YOUNG. "Singing Highly Recommended As Winter Sport." Mercury, The (Hobart) (2011): 7. Newspaper Source. Web. 23 July 2014.)


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A hat trick is something that requires tremendous skill and the ability of the player to play so well that they are able to not just score a goal in soccer, very hard I may say, but be able to do it three times.
It seems like whenever a soccer player scores a goal, it sparks a tremendous celebration by the crowd and the player is seen as a heroic warrior. The fact that a player scores three goals in a game has to only heighten this type of emotion and cause the player's feat to be celebrated for years to come.

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I'm still working on writing my how we met story, but this little trip to Florida has sort of put that to the side. But I had to share this story today, because seven years ago today, February 12, 2005, my man asked me to be his wife.
Valentine's Day was on a Monday that year. We had classes, so we decided to each plan a weekend on either end of Valentine's Day. My man decided he wanted the first weekend. All he told me was to dress casual. I sort of wondered if he would ask but I tried really hard not to think about it. I wanted to be surprised. I tend to over-think everything, which makes surprising me difficult.
He picked me up around 9, I think. I was wearing jeans, a t-shirt, and a hoodie…so fancy, you know? He had a cooler, maps (before GPS), and lots of secrets. I tried to guess what we were doing the whole time. I finally figured out the first thing. We were going horseback riding! He remembered the one time I mentioned that I had never ridden a horse by myself. We rode through the woods with Table Rock Mt in the background. We had fun!
Next stop was for lunch. We drove to a state park for lunch. Earlier in the year we had visited a state park in the area. My man thought we were heading to that park. Little did he know that he mixed up two nearby state parks. We drove around the state park trying to find where we thought we were supposed to be. At this point I started thinking, "There's no way he is proposing today." My man is thorough. He would have maps printed, exact times set, etc. There was no way he would get lost on the day he was going to propose.
We settled on a nice spot by a lake (with Table Rock in the background) to eat our lunch. The park was fairly empty (it was February, after all). We sat and ate a delicious lunch and chatted. After lunch I was just sitting on the blanket, and my man says, "Wanna skip rocks?" At this point I thought, "This is our special date? We're skipping rocks?" We started picking up our lunch. I was shaking out the blanket when I heard him call my name. When I turned around he was down on one knee. I was shocked, and maybe a little ashamed that I had those few unkind thoughts moments earlier. I don't remember exactly what he said. I wish I did. But I know I said yes. (I might have said, "Seriously?" first.)
We ended up finding the other state park, and it was crowded. We're pretty glad we had our own private lunch at the first park. We headed home, where I found a dozen roses waiting for me. We dressed up and went to a Japanese hibachi grill for supper, then downtown for ice cream. My man even stopped so that I could tell my best friends in person.
We've been through a lot in the last seven years. We've lived in five homes, two states, finished grad school, had two kids, and the journey is just getting started. I know this, though, I wouldn't take back that "yes" for any reason.
I love you, Babe! Thanks for asking.
By the way, I don't remember what we did on my date weekend, but I know it wasn't nearly as exciting as the weekend before!
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What a sweet story!
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I forgot one thing!! Michael Jackson
Invisible man
Basically I am an introvert(I think so).I always dream of becoming invisible, because I can escape from all others who are watching me.If I could become invisible I would do a lot of things. The first thing I would like to do is to go to a good hotel that provide delicious food items and i'll take a lot of food to give to kids who are starving. Then i'll go to a textile shop and i'll get some dress for the poor people who doesn't have the money to buy good clothing and i'll also take some clothes for me too :) I always liked to dance in parties but as I said earlier I am an introvert and introverts don't dance :P. so if I become invisible I will go to a dance party and I will dance like Michel Jackson :D Then I will travel all around the world, but there is one thing sad about being invisible because my friends who are living in other countries can't see me when I visit there :( There is a boy in my place who always troubled me and if I get invisible I will definitely go to his home and will give him a punch in his face :)
Great Writing, I am an introvert also, I only turn on the social skills when needed!Haha
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Farmers in distress dig deeper for water
Andhra Pradesh is heading for an acute water crisis owing to ground water depletion. The latest data compiled by the ground water department reveals that water levels across all districts in the state have fallen critically.
The study was carried out between November 2010 and November 2011, in which all the 23 districts were surveyed. While the water table in the state as a whole has dropped by an average of 2.53 metre, it has dropped by 3.88 metre in Hyderabad city. Prakasam tops the list of districts where water levels have declined steeply. Water level has dropped by 5.32 metre below the earlier levels in this district. Ranga Reddy ranks second in the list with a drop of 5.28 metre in its water table. Among the three regions in the state, Telangana has been worst hit, followed by coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema.
50,000 new bore wells a year
According to K Venu Gopal, joint director of state ground water department, the main reason for the depletion of water table is scanty rainfall this year. The state government had recently declared more than three-fourth of its administrative blocks (mandals)—876 out of 1,128—drought-hit. These areas face a rainfall deficit of 20 per cent (see tables). Anantapur, Nalgonda, Karimnagar, Medak, Mahbubnagar, Khammam, Kurnool, Kadapa, Chittoor, Krishna, Guntur, Srikakulam and Visakhapatnam are the other districts where ground water levels have fallen substantially over the past one year due to drought.
"Along with shortage in rainfall, exploitation of ground water for irrigation, drinking and other purposes are steadily increasing," says Gopal. The state has more than 2.9 million borewells, and on an average 50,000 new borewells are being installed every year in the state.
While in November 2010, in Hyderabad city, ground water was available at a depth of 5.2 metre, the water table dipped to 8.90 metre in November 2011. Though shortage in rainfall could be partly blamed for this, the increasing concrete cover in the city and the silt formation in the water bodies are also reducing the efficiency with which ground water is recharged, says Gopal. Almost all of the tanks and lakes in the city are laden with silt and other debris.
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The water crisis will have a very serious impact on the farm sector. One of the main reasons for farm suicides in the state is inadequate irrigation facilities and failure of borewells. As per Agriculture Census 2010-11, 1.85 million hectare (ha) of land is irrigated by borewells and 616,000 ha by other wells.
"When there are no appropriate irrigation facilities and prospects of tank irrigation is limited by silting of water bodies, what can farmers do other than dig borewells?" asks S Malla Reddy, state president of CPI(M)-affiliated All India Kisan Sabha. With more wells being dug, water level is fast depleting. This, in turn, means more deep digging because water can now only be struck much deeper down. With deeper digging, the costs of borewells increase.
"When borewells fail, farmers go on digging new ones," points out Reddy. There are many farmers who have dug as many as 100 borewells. Finally, they get caught in debt traps and commit suicide. In 2010, as per the National Crimes Records Bureau figures, 2,525 farmers committed suicide in Andhra Pradesh.
Government of Andhra Pradesh brought out WALTA Act as back as 2002 to stop indiscriminate digging of wells. Also Central government put restrictions on digging of wells in black zones. But unfortunately there is no "specified authority" to implement these on ground. In fact on TV Channel discussion programme on groundwater crisis, I shared the Dias with two farmers, one from Anantapur district and another from Nalgonda district both have dug more than 70 bore wells – the later proudly tells he spent more than fifty lakhs rupees – they wanted to be recognized by Guinness record. Nobody stopped them. This is the present state of affair in groundwater area as groundwater is nobody's property and is available free. It was observed that the area cultivated under one well/motor reduced from 2.5 acres in 1973-74 to 0.5 acres in 1995-96, during which period digging of wells increased steeply with power availability to wells – earlier used animal power with less water intensive crops. The fallacy with power driven well irrigation is crops are grown under high water intensive condition, like paddy, sugarcane and cash crops like cotton, groundnut using highly subsidized chemical inputs. Though it was suggested to grow less water intensive crops and not to grow high water intensive crops under power driven well irrigation, and follow micro irrigation practices – which is also highly subsidized – but politicians gave political colour to such advices and thus this scheme suffered. The traditional recharging of groundwater disappeared through deforestation, destruction of water bodies, etc – in Andhra Pradesh area under water bodies (tanks) irrigation is reduced by more than 50%. There are two important ways to overcome this problem, namely, through cooperative farming under organic inputs and restoring water bodies that help recharging of groundwater.
On Dec. 28-29, 2012 at all India Seminar on "Conserve Water - Preserve Climate", on lead paper presented reduction in inflows in to two drinking water reservoirs -- Himayatsagar & Osmansagar -- even though there was no decreasing trend in rainfall during 1961 to 2009 -- inflows reduced as - 3.3715 x + 191.47 and -4.0684 x + 210 --. These are due to several factors but the main factor is groundwater recharging action.
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Most of the concerned officers forgot the WALTA Act. They kept it in the dustbin.Govt must take immediate action to implement WALTA Act in rural and urban areas. Urban area people, farmers and,politicians also cooperate to implement WALTA Act.


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I have had to replace both full floorpans ( due to leaking cowl ) and have the typical falcon / mustang problem problem areas, door corners, cowl and rear fender lip but for the most part in fair shape for it's age. I will tackle the doors first, then the cowl and save the rear fender lips for last.
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Bill ,thanks, I run a stock c/4 with a 3.20 gear, I think the car weighs in around 2,700 without driver. I have made a few passes untuned and went 10.57 at 61 M.P.H. in the 1/8th with a bit of wheel spin. not a barn burner but enough to have a little fun. The roadrunner had a fresh 318 with a RV cam, edelbrock intake and carb and full length headers.
With more info (shift RPM and tire diameter and your RPM going through the traps) I could probably recommend a gear ratio to get you well into the nines in the eighth, but you wouldn't want to run the quarter mile. Also, you might think about using a better tire, at the track.
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Kohler, Wis. – It was Se Ri Pak who started this 14 years ago, right here at this venue. So it was only appropriate that when the 67th U.S. Women's Open was over, and Na Yeon Choi had dropped the last putt to complete her four-shot victory, Pak was there on the 18th green at Blackwolf Run to share a warm embrace with her young compatriot.
Choi, 24, was 10 years old when Pak captured this championship at Blackwolf Run, and she is among the large contingent of Korean players who were inspired by that victory and have come to America to chase similar dreams of success.
The pursuit is going better than anyone could have imagined.
Korean players have come to start dominating this championship – and majors in general. Choi and fellow Korean Amy Yang were the only two players to finish under par, the second year in a row that the final-round showdown in the U.S. Women's Open came down to a duel among Koreans. So Yeon Ryu defeated compatriot Hee Kyung Seo in a three-hole playoff in 2011 at The Broadmoor.
Four of the last five champions have hailed from that tiny country, their run interrupted in 2010 by American Paula Creamer.
In the last 10 years, in fact, 15 different Koreans have won a major title.
"There's a lot of Korean girls, so obviously we're going against numbers in a sense," said Creamer, who finished as low American with her tie for seventh. "It's tough. Obviously, it's our national championship and you want an American there and you want red, white and blue, but at the same time they're elevating the game just as much as we are, and it is becoming a global sport, but at the same time we still have to give back to our junior golf programs. I think it shows a lot with what Korea does just as a country and their juniors."
America has its own junior initiatives, including The First Tee, LPGA-USGA Girls Golf and the American Junior Golf Association. So something more is at work here. Inspiration has been married to perspiration, an idea Herb Kohler, the bathroom magnate and owner of Blackwolf Run, put forth during a pre-championship interview.
"These Asians have done so well because they know the meaning of work," said Kohler, who has become a significant supporter of golf both in America and abroad. "They work and they work. And that is starting to have an impact on the Americans. The Americans have now seen what the Asians can do, and they're starting to work."
Well, it's not like Americans haven't been working. But maybe they just need to work smarter. Or differently.
"Maybe I should spend a week with one of them and kind of figure out what they do," Brittany Lincicome, 26, of St. Petersburg, Fla., said with a laugh. "Obviously they practice unbelievably hard. They're not fishing on their weeks off like I am. Probably just work ethic. They practice a little bit harder than we do, I guess. Their short games are so good. I'm not sure why their short games are different than ours. But maybe they practice it more, maybe that's just why they're better."
That might be a factor.
But it says something that Koreans are getting the better of women's golf at the amateur level, too. Korean-born Lydia Ko, a precocious 15-year-old who lives in New Zealand, was the low amateur among the 28 in the field, three of whom made the cut. The world's top-ranked female amateur and winner of the 2011 Mark H. McCormack Medal, Ko tied for 39th in her first U.S. Women's Open, and it could have been a more handsome showing had she not played her final three holes in six over par.
Danielle Kang, meanwhile, has won the last two U.S. Women's Amateur titles. Kang, whose parents were born in Korea but grew up in the Los Angeles suburb of Thousand Oaks, competed in this week's Open as a professional and ended up joint 14th.
"I would say we're doing our best. They're just outplaying us. They're good," said Nicole Castrale, 33, of Palm Desert, Calif., who finished joint ninth in a group of five players that included Pak. "They just seem to shoot the lowest score after 72 holes. Our Americans are very strong, so, you know, I'm not sure what it is."
Perhaps look back again to Pak's performance in '98, when she was 20 years old and full of skill as well as charisma. Choi recalls watching on television as Pak beat amateur Jenny Chuasiriporn in a 20-hole playoff.
"I don't think any major in the last 40 years has had the impact of that particular tournament, in terms of inspiring a great number of people," Kohler said. "And in this case, it's now inspired a region of the world. Just remarkable."
"It's nice to hear from all those young players in my country," the 34-year-old Pak added. "I really am proud to be a part of it, and as Na Yeon said, I was one of the days watching TV [before]. I was a kid watching men's tour and the LPGA events and exactly as Na Yeon said, I dreamed about it. I wanted to go over there and be the best in the world. And I am here and I guess I am the leader and they follow me."
And Pak is reciprocating. She waited nearly two hours for Choi to finish. She looked genuinely happy for the youngster, who joins Birdie Kim (2005), Inbee Park (2008), Eun-Hee Ji (2009) and Ryu (2011) in this amazing Korean run.
"I'm just really happy to see what happened," Pak said.
Choi was touched by the gesture. "That was really appreciated what she did," Choi said. "And she say like, 'Hey, Na Yeon, I'm really proud of you. You did a really good job, and you was really calm out there.' She talked to me a lot. And she was hugging me. That was – like 14 years ago I was only [10] years old, and like when I was watching TV, my goal was like – my dream was like I just want to be there. And 14 years later I'm here right now, and I made it. My dreams come true. It's an amazing day today, and like I really appreciate what Se Ri did and all the Korean players, they did. It's really no way like I can be here without them."
"You know what, I think I couldn't believe this right now," Choi added. "Maybe tomorrow in Korea I can feel something."
She'll feel like that kid from 14 years ago who dreamed big and made the dreams come true. And she won't feel alone doing it, either, just one more offspring of Se Ri Pak.
Dave Shedloski is an Ohio-based freelance writer whose work has previously appeared on USGA websites.
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EUGENE, Ore. — For Krysta Albert creating the Festival of Eugene is a way to bring some fun and joy to the community, after the Eugene Celebration was canceled earlier this summer.
But, the grassroots effort to create a festival from scratch, in just a handful of weeks, is proving to be a challenge. "Basically over the weekend we made $4500 roughly, so it puts us at about $3500 short," said Albert.
With a Monday deadline to raise the funds, the group's now scaled back the plans for the festival, but are still falling short on their fundraising goal of just more than $13,000. "On the bigger scale of things, I think it's manageable and definitely doable," said Albert.
Even though they're thousands of dollars short, Albert gave the green light to the Eugene Police Department and city of Eugene and said she thinks they can raise the money by the time the fest rolls around at the end of the month.
"We are looking at eliminating a portion of the footprint that would cost us the most money," said Albert.
Now the festival is looking at decreasing the size of the festival and organizers said they plan on not using some private land that brings with it a hefty price tag on an insurance policy.
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Bulldogs beat Xenia Christian 3-2
Led by several gutsy performances, the Yellow Springs Bulldogs upset the Xenia Christian Ambassadors at home 3-2 on Thursday, April 22.
No dog park at Ellis Park
Ellis Park, the home of what many villagers consider a bird sanctuary and nature preserve, will not be the site of a dog park after all, following the April 19 Village Council meeting. At the meeting Council members voted to rescind the March vote that okayed Ellis as the dog park location, as had been proposed by two Yellow Springs High School seniors.
'Urinetown' bursts with surprises
If viewers who haven't heard of Urinetown: The Musical think they know what the Broadway hit is about, they don't. If those who have heard about the show but haven't seen it think they know how it ends, they don't.
YSHS opens 'Urinetown: The Musical' this weekend
The Yellow Springs High School/McKinney School present Urinetown: The Musical. Click on the title for showtimes and a link to an audio slideshow with stills from rehearsals and interviews with the actors.
Two seniors commit to playing college ball
On Friday, April 16, Yellow Springs High School seniors Ian Wimberly and Ryan Phillips signed letters of intent to play college basketball next season. Wimberly will attend Urbana University and Phillips will lend his talent to North Carolina's Guilford College. The two seniors made their intentions official in front of friends and family gathered in a crowded high school library.
Bulldogs fall to Middletown Christian
The Middletown Christian Eagles bats were too much for the hometown Yellow Springs Bulldogs to overcome Tuesday, April 12, at Gaunt Park. The Eagles left the village with a 15–1 victory.
New principals for Mills Lawn and McKinney/YSHS
At the April 8 Board of Education meeting, Interim Superintendent Tony Armocida said he is pleased to recommend candidates Matt Housh and Tim Krier to the board for approval for the positions of principals of Mills Lawn School and YSHS/McKinney, respectively. Click the title to read more.
Schools vote on principals
One is a 38-year-old musician and former skateboarder who lives in Yellow Springs, the other, a 43-year-old doctoral student who wouldn't have considered any other district. Both will be considered by the Yellow Springs school board for the positions of principal at the board's meeting on Thursday, April 8, at 6 p.m. at Mills Lawn.
Superintendent finalists visit
Three school superintendent candidates will visit the village next week, and the community is invited to hear from them, ask questions and get involved in choosing at meetings, Mon.–Wed., April 5–7, from 5:40 to 7:15 p.m.
One-acts take fairy tale leap
The annual Yellow Springs High School One-Act Plays are upon us again, this year led predominantly by members of the junior class. The plays this year include everything from awkward situations to a not-so-super hero, mixed up fairy tales, a mad scientist, blind dates, Power Rangers, war stories and a French-teaching superman. Even with new guidelines put into place by the students themselves, the one-acts are sure to be as good as ever.


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EUGENE, Ore. — In May, voters will choose who will serve on the Eugene City Council, but it won't be much of a decision. Four positions are open, and not one person is running against the incumbents. That means Alan Zelenka, George Poling, Mike Clark and Greg Evans are guaranteed re-election to the ward 3, … Continue reading »
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EUGENE, Ore — President Obama and Mitt Romney are hot off their fierce debate Tuesday night. Local Republicans and Democrats gathered to watch the debate. A group of about 50 gathered at the Lane County Republicans Headquarters in Eugene. They kicked off the evening by logging on to a live video chat with Senator Rick … Continue reading »


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In bonding with students, we can assume safely that they too are human beings. Humans of all ages love to hear their names spoken in a positive, uplifiting way. That is why, especially at the beginning of a school term, but also throughout the school year, that those students who cause no trouble hear their names spoken every day. The troublesome students will have their names said repeatedly during class time. That will often be in a negative tone. However, they too need to hear their name spoken in a positive way, even if they did not earn it. Everyone can use a positive start to the class session in order to establish a positive classroom atmosphere for learning.
These are all reasons why I strongly suggest that teachers consider greeting their students at the door as they come in. All that need be said is, "good morning, Suzy" or "good afternoon, David." Each student will have heard their name before they leave class that day. Further, students who were troublesome the day before can hear your positive tone of voice to mean, "This is a new day with no mistakes in it yet."
This is also a good reminder for the teacher that they should not carry grudges from yesterday into today's class. Anger to crush student spirit in order to manipulate control brings temporary control but long term negative consequences for the learning relationship.
Next subject: Choosing to value truth. This is not talking about honesty here, although it is related to this subject. This is about truth inside our heads (subjective truth) related to truth outside our heads (objective truth).
The basic job of the teacher is to bring information that exists outside the knowledge of the student into mental view so that information can be integrated into what the student knows and can then use.
In today's US society, this understanding should not be taken for granted. There are other ways of thinking, other philosophies, which say that what one person thinks is just as important as what some other person thinks, and so one person does not have to consider what some other person is saying.
If there were no such thing as truth that exists outside of our own brains, that might be true. However, there is information outside of our own brains and so we have to consider the value of information that is what we call objective truth. The argument, depending upon the subject, might well not be about what one person has a right to think for themselves, but rather might depend upon whether the outside information is true and important in this circumstance.
True story. One day in the late summer of 1968 I was walking outside my apartment door to go to work (I was an elementary grade teacher at the time). Across the courtyard of the apartment building was my friend who was also on his way to work at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. (That company had a contract with NASA to help send astronauts to the moon.) We were the same age but he already had a PhD in math or physics, I think. Anyway, in his arms he had a stack of paper neatly folded. The stack was about seven or eight inches high and must have weighed a lot because he was carrying it with both arms outstretched in front of him.
I called down and asked, "What have you got in your arms?" He called back, "The way to the moon." I replied, "Can I see it?" "Sure," he replied. I went down the stairs and crossed the courtyard to take a look at the papers.
They were all one sheet of paper, with perforations between the pages and little holes on the outside edges to help the paper go through the printing machine. On each page were horizontal rows and vertical columns of numbers. Each number had a series of maybe eight digits, like 81843572 or something. Each number was different and there would be perhaps a dozen numbers in each row. It went on like that page after page. These were the calculations of navigation through space. If you put all the numbers together in one stream, it would give you the direction to get through space to the moon and to return to the earth.
The next year, July 1969, my wife Stefanie and I watched on TV the live pictures and sound from the astronauts on the first moon landing. What I had seen in the apartment courtyard, the papers in my friends arms, had worked to get those astronauts to the moon and back home to the earth.
The point is this. It mattered what the outside truth was. Those numbers did not come about because someone felt this way or that way about things. Being sincere and having a right to your own thoughts had nothing at all to do with the numbers. The numbers were the results of careful discovery and logic. They were checked and rechecked by some number of mathematicians and scientists. These numbers turned out to be correct. That means that these numbers were a kind of objective truth. That truth led to the safety of our astronauts and to their success in going to the moon and their return to earth.
Objective truth is the sort of information that teachers try to use to inform their students. Sometimes what is taught in the classroom is not totally accurate or truthful. Some of what is taught is opinion. Or, it might be music or art. Whatever it is, it is information that does exist outside the students' heads.
Wisdom is the correct and skillful use of knowledge. Once we have knowledge of what is presented in class, it is the job of the teacher to explain it and to assist students to perceive it so that it can be used correctly and skillfully.
The students do not have to automatically accept as truth what a teacher presents. Nor do students have to either accept or reject what teachers present in class. Students have a third choice. They can "receive" the information for later consideration and use or for later rejection.
There are often things presented by teachers that especially adolescents do not wish to accept. Since adolescents are in the business of finding out who they truly are, they frequently accept advice and information from other adolescents while they refuse such ideas from parents or other adults.
When it comes to moral issues, teens are frequently tired of hearing the same old rules. They have not yet had the experience of tragedy that would lead them to understand that the rules are actually warnings against self destructive behavior. They may only see the fun, the attention, the feeling of self-control that certain ideas bring. They cannot yet see the unintended consequences simply because they do not want to believe that they would really happen.
The consequences, though, are a form objective truth. The rejection of rules is a form of subjective truth. Eventually, the rejection of the rules will meet up with the consequences. It will be something like a traffic accident. Some one was perhaps speeding. They did not know they would miss the light and it would turn red right as they were going through it. They did not know that a person coming the other direction was looking down at their cell phone as their side of the light turned green and they went forward into the intersection. The consequences were tragic. Subjective truth met the objective truth and the objective truth won.
In the case of the way to the moon, the objective truth and the subjective truth of the scientists agreed. In the case of the teen age drivers, the objective truth and the subjective truth did not match. Wisdom comes when we find ways of making our subjective truth match the objective truth and then use it correctly and skillfully.


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Serves: 16
Total Time: 10 hr
Prep Time: 15 min
Cook Time: 50 min
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- 1 frozen pumpkin pie, or you can make from scratch if you aren't lazy
- 1 cup(s) graham cracker crumbs
- 1/2 cup(s) Granulated Sugar
- 1/2 cup(s) butter, melted
- 1/4 teaspoon(s) Cinnamon
- 16 ounce(s) Cream Cheese, softened
- 2 large eggs
- cup(s) sour cream
- 1/2 cup(s) half-and-half
- 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract
- 1 cup(s) Confectioners Sugar
- 1 tablespoon(s) all-purpose flour
- Preheat oven to 325ð. Thaw pumpkin pie according to package directions. Cut evenly into 20 thin slices, keeping wedges intact, and set aside.
Stir together cracker crumbs and next 3 ingredients; press mixture onto bottom and 1 1/2-inches up sides of a 10-inch spring form pan.
Arrange 10 pumpkin pie wedges in a spoke design in prepared pan, placing 1 cut side of each wedge on crust with narrow end towards center of pan. Reserve the remaining pumpkin pie wedges for another use.
Beat cream cheese until smooth; add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until blended after each addition. Add sour cream, half-and-half, and vanilla; beat until blended. Fold in confectioners sugar and flour.
Carefully pour cream cheese mixture evenly over ppumpkin pie wedges in pan, making sure wedges remain in place.
Bake at 325ð for 50 minutes. Turn off oven, and let cheesecake stand in oven 1 hour. Remove to a wire rack, and let cool completely. Chill at least 8 hours or overnight before serving. Dust with cinnamon if preferred
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