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Spotlight for Career Services ProfessionalsMarch 6, 2013
by Gary Alan Miller and Katherine Nobles Part 3 of 5
In a keynote talk about innovation, noted British author and speaker Paul Sloane said, "Every system you are using today is going to be replaced by something better, and it's your job to find it." He also said that the skills leaders need to employ to create this future are not the same as are needed to manage day-to-day operations.
While our study did not delve into specific skill sets for leading innovation, we did examine select characteristics and approaches. Specifically, our study found that the innovative career center is one where:
How are our leaders performing?
In particular, the ability to adapt quickly to changing circumstances is a meaningful characteristic as it relates to our tendency to innovate. More than half of the respondents to our survey (55 percent) either disagreed or strongly disagreed that this characteristic was present in their leaders. Of these, only 20 percent described their offices as producing more innovation than other centers. Comparatively, those who responded affirmatively about their leaders' ability to adapt to changing circumstances were more likely (43 percent) to self-identify as more innovative.
We also found that 85 percent of those self-identifying as producing more innovation than other centers worked in career centers where the strategic plan specifically includes new or novel approaches to their work, whereas this is true for only 50 percent of those who self-identify as producing less innovation. In this area we identified a disconnect between directors and staff members—specifically, directors more commonly responded that new or novel approaches were included in a strategic plan than did staff members. This suggests an opportunity to correct an exposure or communication problem between directors and staff members, making sure that all understand the content and context of the document.
Our inquiry into leaders having a vision for the future of career services produced unexpected, but understandable results. In this question, staff members more commonly agreed or strongly agreed with this statement than directors (61 percent vs. 51 percent). Our analysis of this difference is likely that some directors were referring to their superiors who are perhaps outside of the career services realm, such as a vice president for student affairs.
How can leaders improve in the realm of innovation?
It could go without saying that leadership has a significant impact on every aspect of a career center, and innovation is no exception. For example, our study showed that even career centers that self-identified as producing less innovation than other centers demonstrated an increase in innovative output when they answered all the leadership questions in the affirmative. So, how can leaders improve in the realm of innovation?
In our group discussions at the Southern Association of Colleges and Employers session, we challenged attendees to consider practical and meaningful steps that could be taken by both formal and informal leaders within a career center to lead on innovation. (See http://innovation.web.unc.edu for the entire list from the brainstorming session.) A few key takeaways from the session were:
Note: Part 4 of this series will examine career center processes that support and encourage innovation, as well as the obstacles we all face when trying to innovate.
Gary Alan Miller and Katherine Nobles work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. They will host a webinar for NACE on their study titled "Innovation Trends in Career Services" on March 14, 2013, at 1 p.m. ET. Miller and Nobles will also present a session at the 2013 NACE Conference titled "Innovation in Career Services: A Study and Dialog." Results of their "2012 Study on Career Center Innovation" can be found online at http://innovation.web.unc.edu.
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The Media Need to Do More to Help People Navigate Obamacare
Yesterday, Tim Noah made a point in an MSNBC appearance that I think deserves a lot more attention. Media outlets have been doing lots of reporting on the problems of the Affordable Care Act rollout. What they haven't done is provided their audiences with practical information that could help them navigate the new system. Of course, most Americans don't have to do anything, since they have employer-provided insurance. But for all the attention we've been paying to the individual market, media outlets haven't done much to be of service. "The New York Times has published the URL for the New York exchange exactly twice," Noah said, "both before October first."
My experience in talking to journalists about the publication of this kind of thing—unsexy yet useful information, whether it's how to navigate a new health law or understanding where candidates stand on issues—is that they often think that addressing it once is enough. When you ask them about it, they'll say, "We did a piece on that three months ago." The problem is that for it to be effective, they have to do it repeatedly or people won't get it. What we have seen is that this information can be found somewhere on news outlets' websites (here's an example), but it isn't on the evening-news broadcast or in the print edition of the paper.
Of course, conservatives would allege that if a newspaper writes a guide to getting insurance through the new exchange, it has demonstrated its liberal bias and become an arm of the Obama administration. But it's the law. As of next year, if you don't get insurance through your employer, you need to go to an exchange. Media outlets would just be helping people do what they have to do. I suppose conservatives could also argue that if the local paper puts up a tool on its website that helps people find their polling places and tells them what the voting hours are, it's just trying to boost turnout, and everybody knows that helps Democrats. Or that if it reminds you to file your tax returns on April 15th, then it's just helping fund big government. Or that if it tells you to set your clocks back for daylight savings, it's just feeding the Illuminati/Bilderberg time-theft conspiracy.
People sometimes mock "news you can use" because it's often delivered in forms that aren't particularly useful ("There's a silent killer in your refrigerator right now!"). But helping citizens understand and respond to changes in the law is part of any major media outlet's mission. The fact that a law is controversial doesn't absolve them of the responsibility.
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Wed, 2013-11-27 21:42
I am afraid almost all reports are asking the wrong questions about the Obamacare website. There were already 3 working websites vending health insurance for the federal government, fully tuned for a large user base. Why was Obamacare built from scratch? Unfortunately, the answer seems to be that contractors for the website were out to maximize the length and magnitude of their contracts; and the supervision of the contractors appeared to be out to lunch.
Providing a map through the working portion of the website is certainly a useful educational function that the press could provide. But the nonlinear pathways of the site are not well suited to linear presentation. Pretending that such a linear path is typical may simply be setting more users up to disappointment.
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So the media's complicity in the deception used to ram this law through, and to re-elect Obama, wasn't enough for you? Even now, supporters can't be honest about its redistributionist foundation or the necessary implications of its "Payment Advisory Board." Halperin at least came pretty close to the truth recently and immediately came under fire from the left for daring to utter a truthful word about the IPAB. No, the media have done quite enough to support liberal deception. A house built on a foundation of lies is bound to fall eventually.
Fri, 2013-11-29 09:51
Yes, this is all the media's responsibility. Lets forget we have "Navigators" hired to help people navigate this mess, some with questionable backgrounds and skills to even hold such jobs!! Does the gov't provide me with navigators to purchase my car insurance, or a mattress or a car??? Good God, are people such idiots... guess liberal believe so!
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Fri, 2013-11-29 10:24
You mean like the shameless propaganda that got him elected, with multiple cronies going up in the news about how great this law was, and that you could keep your plan, you could keep your doctor and that household would pay 2,500 less????
Well they were lies, an insult to Americans, treating them like conartist' victims, that could be lied and never would wise up. SOORRRYYY, THE CHICKENS HAVE COME BACK TO ROOST SUCKERS!!
Fri, 2013-11-29 10:10
Fri, 2013-11-29 10:12
If the media had done its job, there would not be an ACA in this form. Where was the media to provide the facts about this disaster prior to the botched rollout? Where was the media telling us that this will cost more than what we were being told, offer less, and that you can keep your current insurance was a lie? Where was the media when doctors were telling us they won't accept these lower reimbursements and 65 percent of the doctors in California won't accept the exchange policies? Now you want the media to convince us this is a good thing? That's propaganda, not media. The media should be telling us the truth, not campaigning for a failed piece of one-sided legislation.
Fri, 2013-11-29 10:14
Really? The media needs to do more? I thought the media was supposed to report the truth, and the truth is the NYT was doing both its readers and the Obama regime a huge favor by not publishing the website address more. IT DOENS"T WORK, REMEMBER. Worse it isn't secure. Any media outlet that publishes the website address and urges its readers to go sign up is lining them up like pigs to the slaughter for identity theft. Besides Obama is pending hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to advertise the fraud he and the democrats have forced on the nation. "If you like your healthcare plan you can keep your healthcare plan, PERIOD! The media really should participate in LIES and FRAUD?
Fri, 2013-11-29 10:18
Putting more gravy on cow dung and calling it mashed potatoes is not going to make it taste any better. The media has already epically failed the public by parroting Democratic talking points (e.g. if you like your plan you can keep it) without actually reading the law to see if the claims were true (or worse, knowing the truth but not reporting it to protect the President). It's wise advice that when you're in a hole to stop digging! The media fooled the public once by covering Pres. Obama's cow dung with gravy--and all was well until we actually got a taste. Now that we've had a taste, the media's complicity is clear, adding more gravy is not going to make it taste any better. Here's a novel idea: stop digging, stop apologizing for the President, tell us the truth, and hold our government accountable! Isn't that what you're supposed to do?
Fri, 2013-11-29 10:22
You mean like the shameless propaganda that got him elected, with multiple cronies going up in the news about how great this law was, and that you could keep your plan, you could keep your doctor and that household would pay 2,500 less????
Well they were lies, an insult to Americans, treating them like conartist' victims, that could be lied and never would wise up. SOORRRYYY, THE CHICKENS HAVE COME BACK TO ROOST SUCKERS!!
Fri, 2013-11-29 10:40
Several years ago I had an exchange with Waldman on DailyKos. He was passionately arguing to save the filibuster, decrying the "voice of the minority" being taken away. I challenged both he and another diarist, Armando, on whether they would change their tune if roles were reversed in the future. Waldman lied, and said he would stick to his position. Armando, to his credit, admitted he might change his mind depending on the circumstances. Then when a Dem majority appeared along with a Dem President, the "voice of the minority" was redefined by Waldman as "obstructionism," and, surprise, surprise, he changed his tune.
I guarantee that if in the future a Republican President and Republican congress slams some controversial law down the throat of a Dem minority with no Republican votes, and it is upheld by a slim majority of the Supreme Court, Waldman won't be among those clamoring for the media to "promote the law." He'll be among those crying about the voice of the minority and telling them media to be critical. This isn't really about the media "doing it's job," it's really about the unpopularity of a law that depends heavily on popularity. Waldman and his ilk need the media to to a snow job on those who aren't in love with Obamacare. Because that's who Waldman is. A left-wing partisan socialist. Nothing more, nothing less.
Fri, 2013-11-29 11:06
The problem with the idea is this;
They don't sell CREDIBILITY at Home Depot, Walmart. orTarget.
The "Press" has squandered the credibility that took generations to accumulate on this "Smartest man who ever drew breath", and it has Zero left.
How can the "Press" give to the government what it does not have, the faith of the public?
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how delusional. Yes, the media should have done more to figure out what the impact of the law was and the lies said to sell it. Yes, they were the lapdogs of the President and still are to some degree.
but really, they know what is going on now, to some degree (not deeply as they do not understand the next round and what is doing to the rest of the health care system that i am seeing from my friends in the medical profession and my deep understanding on what is happening to my company's fairly good health plan that is being watered down to avoid the "cadillac" tax). To expect them to sell the unpopular - wow!
Fri, 2013-11-29 11:23
"The fact that a law is controversial doesn't absolve them of their resonsibility to guide the public through it."
I think the majority of the media is already being responsible, by telling the truth about what Obamacare is really doing to people, for a change. Trying to cover up the myriad of problems the program is having would really be the irresponsible move, in my opinion. Also, all the current problems with Obamacare are so obvious, it would be hard for even the media pinheads to gloss them over.
By the way, you misspelled "responsibility" in your very first sentence.
Fri, 2013-11-29 11:32
1. Media has done enough. Media was overly complicit in getting this abomination passed.
2. Any system such as this that can't work without the media's help isn't much of a system and should be allowed to bomb.
3. Media is finally on to Obama (at least to some degree). They still like what he stands for but they don't trust him. Do you? If so, visit my website: www.bridgeforsale.con
Fri, 2013-11-29 12:50
The media already did their fair share. They never did focus on the flaws in the plan, the intent of the plan, or the deceits that turned it into law. Now that we have established ACA claims included outright lies, do they really want to risk being charged as co-conspirators?
Fri, 2013-11-29 12:51
The media already did their fair share. They never did focus on the flaws in the plan, the intent of the plan, or the deceits that turned it into law. Now that we have established ACA claims included outright lies, do they really want to risk being charged as co-conspirators?
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Mr. Waldman is preaching to the choir, liberal democrats for the most part are pretty ignorant people unable to do much without direction from on high with "on high" being liberal politicians and the elitist Illuminati. Mr. Waldman's circle of acquaintances and coworkers are pretty much all the same as he is and thus he doesn't realize that there are people who take the initiative to investigate things that one of his own who shouts out that we have to pass the bill in order to find out what's in it. Rational people don't trust someone that stupid or duplicitous so we look into things and find that the Great Oz or the Great Ob are really hollow little charlatans with nobody's interests in mind other than their own.
So, yeah, liberals
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-- for the most part -- people who can't think for themselves or act on anything without Mr. Waldman and his cronies' "advice".
Fri, 2013-11-29 14:59
"As of next year, if you don't get insurance through your employer, you need to go to an exchange."
Actually, as far as I know, it will still be legal to purchase an insurance policy without using the exchanges. If you aren't qualified for one of the subsidies, or if you don't like the lousy policies offered on the exchanges, you can even (at least in Connecticut, where I live) buy a better policy by dealing directly with the insurance company.
Fri, 2013-11-29 16:43
Where is it written that the Media have a responsibility to do anything, Paul? Because they are mostly liberals? And, as for your assertion that "it's the law", prepare yourself for millions of people ignoring the law. Then, get ready for the backlash, when the IRS fines millions of people for ignoring the law. It is amusing to watch the outrage from the Left, when the media finally woke up (after 5 years) and realized that they really need to report the bad stuff that Obama does (if they want anyone besides hard core liberals to watch).
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I think the mainstream media have done enough damage, thank you, when it comes to Obama! It't all they can do to find the news and report it objectively.
Frankensurance is dead in the water. The Dems and Obama created this mess in the dark, in secret. They perpetuated the biggest scam and fraud against the America people. The Village is hunting it down to kill it. No need to do anything except let it die.
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I agree with the author. In my area of the country, the San Francisco Bay Area, I have yet to read of or see one positive story of someone enrolling in the CA Exchange. Thousands have done so already, but all we have gotten so far are stories of folks who make too much to qualify for a subsidy but still want to have their old policy back at the same cost, even though that old policy is probably full of holes and limitations should someone get really sick. Hopefully, a wave of positive stories will be coming. It's almost like reporters have to see someone else do something positive before they will consider it, themselves. That is really gutless. That is NOT balanced reporting.
Sat, 2013-11-30 00:56
@crossinsgs, you obviously are one of the "progressives" with group insurance. You don't know anyone with individual insurance -- it's obvious from your comment -- yet you are willing to pronounce a series of lies about how people whose policies have been cancelled " still want to have their old policy back at the same cost, even though that old policy is probably full of holes and limitations should someone get really sick." What's even more pathetic the likelihood that you regard yourself as someone smarter, more diligent, and more open minded than those evil Republicans.
We could cut the smugness around here with a knife.
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Boy, the title of this article ironic. I didn't realize the media was the propaganda arm of our government. Oh, wait....
How a journalist or pundit can write this article without a sense of shame is mind blowing. Do journalism schools now have a government rhetoric and deflection introductory class? Hmmm?
When this was passed into law, you should've done you JOB in reporting the news about the law and it's effects, not try to help salvage a law now that it's passed. Pathetic.
Sat, 2013-11-30 22:06
When you ask them about it, they'll say, "We did a piece on that three months ago."
Lame excuse. How many stories have they done on the broken website? How many have they done on people getting their insurance canceled and having their premiums rise? And when they do these stories, they fail to investigate if the "victims" sought out coverage on the exchanges or whether they are eligible for subsidies. That information is readily available, even without a fully functioning website. The MSM has been very lazy when it comes to reporting on the ACA. Faux News has their own agenda, as always.
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- Andy said...
A few things. You wrote that you need the converter cables for the lamps, I think you should have written that the deu set comes with 3 so the buyers now that so they know that they can use the lamps too. And the edu set has 431 pieces including the electrical pieces and 407 parts/pieces, you wrote 400. When you are so acurate with the retail NXT set, why not with the edu set too? ;-)
Just some suggestions though.
When is this book scheduled to be released? I'm going to buy it as soon as possible!
- Jun 1, 2007, 10:20:00 PM
he said 'apprxoimately 400 pieces' so give him a break :)
- Jun 1, 2007, 10:39:00 PM
- Jim Kelly said...
Alright, anonymous... let's be nice!
Andy, the word I'm getting from the publisher is that the book should be available in July... I'll try to get a more accurate date, but from past experience I can tell you it's very difficult to get an exact date. Publishers are frequently at the mercy of the printers (who print and bind the books) so dates are hard to pin down.
We are finishing up our final reviews on the book... looking for errors in drawings, programs, etc... but this is just the last part before the book is sent off. As you can see, what we get are PDF files that show exactly what the pages will look like in the real book. So we look for errors like the one you point out and it is possible Jonathan MIGHT be able to get that number fixed before it goes to printer... maybe not.
Jonathan has contributed a robot and a few non-robot chapters to the book... as well as the other contributors. We have worked hard to create a book that is as accurate as possible and also enjoyable to read and use... and we hope people respond well to the book. No errors in the book is what we shoot for... and if 1 or 2 creep in there, we'll do our best to set the record straight here on the blog AND on the book's website page.
Thanks for the comment, Andy.
- Jun 1, 2007, 10:45:00 PM
- Jonathan Daudelin said...
Hi Andy,
For the converter cables, you need to realize that I only posted a screenshot of *one* of the pages in the appendix - there's another page after this one. ;-)
As for the 407 building pieces, I was aware of that, but since I was talking about the Retail set and didn't want to get into the details of the Edu set, I thought it would suffice to say "approximately 400 pieces". :-)
But thanks for the feedback! We always like getting comments from readers about the book.
- Jun 1, 2007, 11:58:00 PM
- Andy said...
Oh, sorry Jonathan, I was to excited reading so I might have over looked it. I hope it come in June, I'm going to the states so I might get it while I'm there if I oreder it. It would be fun to have something to read on the plane while waiting and is anxcious to test my compass sensor and acceleration/tilt sensor (scheduled to arrive it's destination in a few hours).
Back on-topic, I should have read it better Jonathan, again, sorry for that misunderstanding.
Jim, thanks for answering my question so quickly! The building instructions in the book, is the bot's built with only the retail set or do you need some extra parts on some of them?
- Jun 2, 2007, 1:33:00 AM
- Jim Kelly said...
For this book, our rule was to limit ourselves to the retail kit (or the Education kit and Resource Kit combined).
- Jun 2, 2007, 3:46:00 AM
- Andy said...
Ok, thanks again for the fast reply! I'm going to order that book very soon now.
- Jun 2, 2007, 8:52:00 PM


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See what I mean Growled. They are not exactly the people you to hold up as a paradigm of knowledge. They often don't know their ass from a hole in the ground.
In fact back in the day they wouldn't hire me after I corrected a Geek Squad manager who was talking about a PC that was in there. He said it had to be some sort of custom one-off custom built PC that they wouldn't know how to fix.
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Whoa bro wtf is with the hate lol? All I said is "Mac Danzig is straight up Vegan" is referance to someone saying "Why would Danzig eat healthy but shoot up steroids?"
Saying that I dont know anything about him purely becuse of that statement is fucked up lol. Your usually a pretty cool dude so Im just going to assume you were on your period or something.
But anyways From what I know Mac Danzig eats healthy, am I wrong?
I dont have to watch a fucking 3 hour interview or else im 'talking out of my ass", do a simple web search and you can find tons of articles relating to Mac Danzig eating good and his Vegan beliefs.
Am I a vegan specialist? Not even close. If you are, why dont you inform me with some class?
And "why is he a vegan?", I dont know. I guess I dont know anything about him and im just talking out of my ass eh? Eventho Ive seen tons of interviews with him regarding his photography/music taste. Ever notice how we(Me n Mac) have the same taste in music?
I thought I was a pretty big Danzig fan, but I guess I dont know "shit" and im not a fan at all because I cant receit his diet and his vegan beliefs.
Anyways I Hope your having a better day.
Your messing with the encyclopedia of Veganism and the author of Mac Danzigs autobiography, dont waste your time.I never said anything like that. My point is that Danzig is a vegan for reasons beyond/other than animal cruelty from what I recall, it's the "clean" thing. So I doubted that he would really do that while taking steroids as others were suggesting.


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Offensively, MSU's first half against UAB was one to forget, but they rebounded and had a strong second half with Tyler Russell taking over at quarterback. Mullen feels Russell provided the spark they were needing, but the team also played much cleaner in the final 30 minutes.
"We just made plays," said Mullen. "We had the opportunities to make plays in the first half and we didn't make those plays. In the second half, we were real good on third-down conversions, didn't have a lot of negative yardage plays and just executed much cleaner across the board."
Russell, who threw for 166 yards and three touchdowns, seemed to be the key to the Bulldogs victory.
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Nuestra Señora de las Iguanas (Our Lady of the Iguanas), Juchitán, Oaxaca
Graciela Iturbide is one of the best-known Mexican photographers of the last four decades. The images in this gallery represent series from different parts of Mexico, of which the most important is her breakthrough photoessay Juchitán of the Women (1979–86). In a documentary style notable for its humanistic grace, the series focuses on the indigenous Zapotec people in the town of Juchitán, in southeastern Mexico, where women dominate all aspects of social life, from the economy to religious rituals. The most emblematic image of the series, Our Lady of the Iguanas, shows the power and dignity of a Zapotec woman, who carries on her head live iguanas that form a bizarre crown. Four Fishes shows a woman displaying fish for sale from the private space of her home, the clay and straw of the wall echoing the scales of the fish.
Like her teacher, the photographer Manuel Alvarez Bravo (at one time the husband of Lola Alvarez Bravo, whose work hangs nearby), Iturbide portrays Catholic traditions intertwined with pre-Hispanic rites and superstitions, showing a culture in constant flux. Approaching her subjects directly and frontally, Iturbide represents a dreamlike reality with great compassion, or, to use the artist's own word, "complicity."
This text refers to these objects: ' 1995.125; 1990.119.32; 1990.119.39; 1990.119.38; 1990.119.35; 1990.119.36; 1990.119.33; 1990.119.30; 1990.119.31; 1990.119.40
- Artist: Graciela Iturbide, Mexican, born 1942
- Medium: Gelatin silver photograph
- Dates: 1979
- Dimensions: Sheet: 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm) Image: 8 3/4 x 6 1/8 in. (22.2 x 15.6 cm) (show scale)
- Signature: Signed lower right verso:
- Collections:Photography
- Museum Location: This item is not on view
- Accession Number: 1990.119.30
- Credit Line: Gift of Marcuse Pfeifer
- Rights Statement: © Graciela Iturbide
- Caption: Graciela Iturbide (Mexican, born 1942). Nuestra Señora de las Iguanas (Our Lady of the Iguanas), Juchitán, Oaxaca, 1979. Gelatin silver photograph, Sheet: 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Marcuse Pfeifer, 1990.119.30. © Graciela Iturbide
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Then as now, the GT-R came standard with a twin-turbocharged V-6, all-wheel drive, and enough computer and digital integration to make a Gen-Y enthusiast giddy. It quickly rose to prominence in the tuner market, whereupon it began showing up more frequently at dragstrips across the country. Drag racing is an unlikely place for Godzilla to hang, given its computer-aided driving controls and AWD, which make the car a perfect fit for road-racing action. Our guess is that the lure of pure acceleration is far too great for GT-R owners to resist.
The mystical monster's world clashed with reality recently when two GT-R owners, Joe Castallana Jr. and Paul Vivkid, showed up to Atco (New Jersey) Raceway one fall day in late 2011. Both are fine examples of the serious modified GT-Rs that roam the New York streets.
The two were there to square off against a pair of C6 Corvettes in a low-10-second slugfest. Upholding the General's honor were Jim Barbaro and Rick Longo, each of whom hauled a supercharged Vette into battle. They were armed with CCW drag-racing wheels at all four corners for more traction, reduced rolling resistance up front, and less weight. Each street machine carried more than 700 rwhp to the asphalt. It was going to be brute American horsepower against Japanese technology in a fight to the death.
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As we dug deeper into our Corvette team, it became apparent that these two cars were well-traveled street/strip machines. Longo's '05 has run a best of 9.90 at 144 mph, but it did so in extremely cold conditions. The sinister black Corvette is known to prowl the streets of New York with regularity, so if you happen to see this car, be afraid--very afraid.
Motivation comes from an LS2 engine that gets pumped up by a ProCharger D-1SC supercharger. The intercooled blower system pressurizes the stock intake manifold with 16 psi of boost. Backing this beast is a fully built automatic transmission. Vette Doctors in Long Island, New York, is credited with the performance modifications and tuning.
The black Vette rolls on the aforementioned CCW drag wheels, while a pair of Mickey Thompson ET Street Radials stick the power to the asphalt. Race weight is a scant 3,270 pounds, as compared with the 4,200-plus pounds of the GT-Rs sitting across the pits.
Barbaro's white '08 Z51 was built to satisfy a full range of senses, from visual to aural to tactile. The car was treated to a wide-body upgrade to create the appearance of a white Z06, which wasn't offered by Chevrolet at the time. The car also rolls on CCW wheels, both on and off the street, so style is clearly a priority.
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