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Mopar Muscle Cars - SRT - The Rebirth of the MusclecarWritten by on March 1, 2007 Contributors: Brit White A look at some of Street Race Technology's performance vehicles for Dodge, Chrysler, and Jeep
When did the musclecar die? Depending on your personal philosophy and mode of thinking, the musclecar may never have died. Many performance zealots slam their collective fists on the table demanding that 1971 be deemed the last year of the musclecar-the 426 Hemi disappeared, all the high-compression ratios dropped through the floor, and the big powerplants vanished forever . . . or did they? But others claim it wasn't until the later years of the '70s that the musclecar was finally snuffed out. Whatever the truth, we're now living in the second generation of musclecars.
Not since 1969 have the Big Three been in such tight competition. While Ford and GM figure out how to keep from going bankrupt, DaimlerChrysler is plowing ahead and blazing new trails. It was Mopar that first kicked the automotive world in its communal shorts with the snarling, untamed RT/10 Viper in 1991. It was Mopar that shocked the specialty vehicle enthusiasts with the retro-before-retro-was-even-cool Prowler and PT Cruiser. It was Mopar that looked at Ford's SVT troop with a smirk of amusement and birthed the SRT line, utilizing every trick accrued from Chrysler's Performance Vehicle Operations team. And it was Mopar that laughed at the automotive journalists who said the RWD sedan was dead and introduced the most celebrated four-door domestic sedan in recent history-the Chrysler 300C.
Thanks in part to the acquisition by Daimler-Benz, Chrysler has benefited from the shared technologies, refined platforms, suspension geometry, and engine development that has helped maintain Benz near the top of the luxury market for nearly a century. The '04 300C immediately changed the world's opinions about larger, RWD American sedans and shot DCX to the head of the class. The Magnum wagon would soon follow in the 300's footsteps. In 2006, Dodge dusted off one of its most beloved labels-the Charger-and made it a reskinned performance sedan. Almost simultaneously, Mopar would unleash all three LX-based entries to the SRT club.
The Charger offered the most visible leap from R/T to SRT8 with new body treatments: a hungry-looking functional hoodscoop and arching wing. The Magnum also received a new front and rear fascia, along with new rocker panels, wheels, and interior treatment. The 300C-based SRT8 was the most distinguished from the group, maintaining its Bently-esque stoic stance and regal look. But underneath all the new plastic cladding and leather sports seats was an all-new 6.1L Hemi. A larger, aluminum-coiled intake fed the larger displacement elephant that featured a longer stroke, wider cylinders, and an innovative internal cylinder oiling system. Bigger brakes, stiffer suspension, and larger wheels wrapped in performance-rated, low-profile tires made the SRT8 package complete.
But the SRT line didn't end there. Realizing the public draw the two variations of the new-generation Hemi had, DCX quickly decided to drop the standard 5.7 in their SUVs, including the Dodge Durango, Jeep Cherokee, Commander, and the new Chrysler Aspen. Wanting to thrust Jeep into the performance arena, the SRT group pooled together all their know-how and crafted one of the toughest street-machine SUVs ever. The SRT8 Jeep Grand Cherokee would not only wield the same hard-as-nails 6.1L, but would press that power to all four wheels via an all-time four-wheel-drive platform. That combination would propel the Jeep down the quarter-mile in the low-13-second range, wet or dry. The SRT8 Jeep would rise above its competitors, surpassing the likes of the Porsche Cayenne Turbo and the BMW X5.
Larry Van Gelder, owner of a blacked-out SRT8 Magnum, explained to us what drove him to pick the SRT over the R/T. "To get a baseline, I needed to drive an R/T first, which drove nicely and had decent power, but the suspension was a bit soft, and the seats weren't as supportive as I had hoped. [When I testdrove] the SRT8, all it took was one ride around the block, pitching the salesman across the back seat when I stuffed it into a corner off an interstate ramp, and I was ready to sign up. The final deal-maker was when my wife wanted to see how well it would scoot, and we did a burnout in front of the dealership. It had seven miles on it when I bought it just about a year ago, and it now has 15,000 without any problems."
Included in the purchase price of any SRT vehicle is a zero-charge day at the SRT Track Experience. This serves a couple purposes. The first is to help cultivate a sense of exclusivity among SRT owners; the second is to train and instruct new SRT vehicle owners on the power and potential of their new Mopars. This is specifically important for those who have never handled a street machine making this level of power. Lastly, it is to encourage a little friendly rivalry among the different brands. Too often the Viper owners think they have the market cornered in factory potency. It's at events like this that a slightly tweaked and warmed-over SRT8 Charger might make that braggart Viper owner eat his words. These SRT Experiences are held nationally at tracks and race courses scattered coast to coast.
Larry walked us through his SRT training experience, "[We] were directed into the classroom building for about an hour of well-presented instruction on the basics of performance driving. We were then divided into three groups and shuttled off to various locations around the infield. We would have the opportunity to participate in drag racing, infield high-speed ride-and-drive, and autocross. First was drag racing . . . well kind of. One car at a time was allowed on a single lane section of a service road in the infield. It provided a good way to compare timed acceleration and handling of three disparate SRT vehicles: the SRT8 300C, SRT10 ram, and SRT8 Jeep. The return road for the dragstrip was setup like a short autocross course, and allowed us to pitch the vehicles around a bit on the way back to the starting line. The 300C was predictable and capable; the truck was a bit of a handful. But the Jeep was the most impressive. It was surprisingly fast and handled like it was on rails.
"[Finally, we got to race] the road course. Magnums, 300Cs, and Crossfires all lined up at the side of the infield road course. Everybody got to drive each type of car at least once, with three cars following the instructor in the lead vehicle. After a couple of laps, the instructor gives a signal and the car behind the instructor pulls toward the left, allowing the two other cars to move forward behind the instructor; the car that was first in line now moves back into the third slot. Sounds a bit complicated, but it really works very smoothly. All three cars in each group are of the same type, and as long as everybody keeps up with the instructor and presses him to go faster, everything [moves] along quickly and in impressive fashion."
Larry's experience with his SRT8 Magnum inspired a coworker, Brit White, to purchase the renowned SRT Jeep. Brit shared his weekend at the SRT Experience saying, "Imagine having 42 SRT vehicles from Vipers to Crossfires and everything in between, including several SRT Jeeps, at your disposal for the day. The biggest surprise was just how well the SRT Jeeps performed. these are not your normal soccer mom Jeep Cherokees. they flat out kicked butt on the dragstrip and could whip anything around the first road course, including the Vipers."
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Although not Hemi-powered, we would be remiss to omit the rest of the SRT lineup. DaimlerChrysler's inclusion of four different engine combinations in five different platforms is the most widespread selection from a factory performance division. Ranging from front-wheel-drive four cylinders, supercharged V-6s, stroked V-8s, and big breathing V-10s, the Street, Racing Technology division of Chrysler produces some of the most powerful production cars in each of their respective market segments.
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Now with a stronger nose, creased rockers, and specialized rear fascia, the SRT8 Magnum makes the already sporty-looking RWD wagon look down-right menacing. Factory 20-inch "dubs" engraved with the SRT logo show off the large red calipers and discs. Special ducting next to the bottom fog lamps help to tunnel cool air into the heavy breathing 6.1L.Easily the most underrated and unexpectedly impressive performers of the SRT line are the Jeep Grand Cherokees. New body panels, exhaust systems, wheels, tires, and drivetrain dynamics, the SRT Jeep clocks eye-popping numbers reminiscent of Mopar's past. With low-13-second quarters in nearly all weather conditions and 0-to-60 times under 5 seconds, you'd think you were racing a '69 Hemi-powered Road Runner.The Jeep's interior is just as impressive as the rest of the lineup. Leather accents and racy labeling never let you forget you're driving an SRT8.Possibly the single most anticipated vehicle since the first Viper in 1991, the '08 Challenger shook the automotive world to the core. Strikingly classic while not being a direct retro-redesign like the GT Mustang, the new Challenger concept features the venerable 6.1L Hemi while in R/T trim. Though it is doubtful the base R/T will see anything more than the 5.7L plant, the arrival of the SRT version is unavoidable. DaimlerChrysler announced the R/T Challenger will feature the first manual six-speed available with the Hemi.Ever seen one of these? Unless it came from a custom body shop or you live in Europe, you wouldn't have. Marked the Chrysler 300C SRT8 Touring Edition, the 300C-married-to-a-Dodge-Magnum is an interesting take. Frankly, we don't see why DCX doesn't offer the Chrysler 300C or the SRT8 version in wagon form in the states.The entrance and registration tent for Daytona Beach's SRT Experience. enthusiast and SRT8 Jeep-owner, Brit White, attended this event.Instruction was provided at the beginning of the event day to familiarize the attendees with the course, the vehicles at hand, and the power and potential these machines made. Only those brave enough to purchase an SRT at the dealership were cordially invited to the race day. many had never owned a machine with so much available power before.
Brit White says about the SRT Experience, "One tip I soon found out was to always try to get the SRT that had the big white Mopar decal on the back windows. These vehicles had been tricked out even further than normal SRT vehicles by the factory with cold air kits and bigger exhaust systems. These were the fastest SRTs in the field and worth the sprint to get into a tweaked one first."The makeshift dragstrip wasn't meant for competition, but rather instruction. At the conclusion of the day, the SRT8 Jeep Grand Cherokee had not only earned its stripes in the eyes of the test drivers, but also proved itself as an all-around performer. SRT Jeep-owner Brit White has even admitted to harassing local Corvette owners with his silver SUV.The Viper started life as a stripped-down, zero-frills racer in 1991. Dubbed the RT/10, the first Vipers were rough, unrefined, and free of rolling side windows, radio, A/C, and other interior commodities. By 1996, the Viper had matured slightly, offering a stiffer GTS coupe model and more cabin creature comforts. A drastic redesign was introduced in 2003 with 100-plus changes to the mean machine, including a swelled all-aluminum V-10 to 505 ci from the previous 488, bigger brakes, wider stance, and sharper body lines. The Viper, given the name SRT10, became smooth, trimmed, and sophisticated, while still retaining its beastly powertrain and brutish demeanorSharing the most DNA with its Mercedes Benz cousin, the C-Class roadster, the SRT6 Crossfire is an unsung performer, offering 330 RWD horsepower delivered from a German-refined, 18-valve, hand-built 3.2L V-6. Pressing the plant is a helical IHI supercharger and a water-to-air intercooler that delivers an impressively flat torque curve, punching out 90-percent of its peak twist between 2,000 to 6,200 rpm. All that output is routed through an upgraded five-speed AutoStick-equipped automatic.The first non-Viper-powered vehicle in the SRT lineup-the Neon SRT4-was nimble, agile, and the quickest production car available for less than $21,000 in 2003. Propelled by an aluminum-headed, turbo-charged, 2.4-liter four cylinder, the SRT used up every inch of its advertised 230 hp. Nowadays, the SRT4 Neon has been replaced with the SRT4 Caliber boasting an incredible 300 ponies out of a massaged version of the same 2.4. Consumer Reports recently reported the SRT4 Neon is still one of the hardest vehicles to insure because of its aptitude at competitive, though illegal, street racing.If the SRT10 Viper is Dodge's "halo" vehicle, then the Viper-powered Ram SRT-10 is its meaner, grittier, big brother. The mad scientists at DCX's Performance Vehicle Operations dropped in the venerable Viper V-10, six-speed manual crash box, along with all new body cladding, snow shovel-like front fascia, performance exhaust, functional hoodscoop, and an angular rear spoiler. The interior features high-grade quality leather seats and SRT-specific details. Meant to be the baddest truck available from a showroom, it proved itself the fastest production truck in the world in February 2004 by hitting an astounding 154.587 mph. The Ram is now available as an automatic-equipped Quad Cab, but the six-speed standard cab is still our favorite.


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Warren highlighted the work of NEPAP during a meeting of the Senate HELP Committee's Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging. The project, based at the Pension Action Center in the McCormack Graduate School's Gerontology Institute, is part of a program that has recovered $175 million for nearly 50,000 clients since it was founded in 1993.
Counseling programs recover $8 for every $1 in federal funding spent on the program, Warren said. But not every state has pension counseling available.
Warren questioned how much more money could be recovered for seniors if similar services were available nationwide.
"If we expanded the program, how much money could we potentially recover for our seniors?" Warren asked.
Nancy Altman, chairman of the board at the Washington-based Pension Rights Center, told the Senate subcommittee that many of the states not covered by pension counseling projects, such as Florida, Maryland, and Virginia, have large retiree populations. She estimated that expanding the program nationwide would double the amount of recoveries.
Warren stressed the importance of connecting retirees with their lost pensions. "[T]his is not a subsidy; this is money people earned and it's just trying to help them get the money they earned."
A video clip of Warren and Altman discussing the New England Pension Assistance Project and the nationwide Pension Counseling and Information Program is available on UMass Boston's YouTube channel.
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AMES, Iowa – Iowa State sprinter Kendra White has made the most of her first season with the Cyclone track and field program and will be among 24 student-athletes headed to Austin, Texas to compete in the NCAA West Regional Thursday through Saturday.
A native of St. Louis, Mo., White originally attended LSU but transferred last season after deciding Iowa State was a better fit for her.
White has achieved success in her young collegiate career, racing to a trio of top-three finishes in the 400-meter dash this season. She attributes a lot of her success to her training, which is very similar to the training regimen she practiced in high school.
"I trust my training," White said. "I know that coach has my best interests at heart, and my teammates are great training partners."
At 53.83 seconds, White's 400-meter time stands 33rd in the field at the Austin Regional, but Iowa State sprints coach Nate Wiens knows there is more in the tank for the young runner and is working to make get the most out of her talents leading up to her race. Recently, Wiens has been working with White on her finish.
"We're lining up her training here in the last month to where she really understands it," Wiens said. "She understands the workouts and knows how it's supposed to feel, so she can push a little harder. She's thriving and moving forward."
Wiens has strong faith in White's ability and sees the potential for her to earn a spot in the NCAA Championships, June 5-8 in Eugene, Ore.
White will compete in the West Regional 400-meter dash prelims Thursday The sophomore will also compete Friday as part of the Iowa State 4x400-meter relay team.
"She has every shot in the world if she goes out and executes," Wiens said. "Sometimes, she just needs to turn the brain off, turn the body on and just go. It's one of those things where we're fit. We're fast. Let's go race."


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Turquoise Beaded Jewelry 8211; American Turquoise Beaded Jewelry from the Southwest began about 200 B.C. after the Anasazi Indians discovered Turquoise. By 1200 A.D. the Anasazi and Chaco Indians had moved from their ancient Pueblos to the Rio Grande Valley of what is now known as New Mexico. The Santo Domingo Indians carried on by using Turquoise from the Cerrillos Turquoise Mines to make Turquoise Beaded Jewelry.
The Santo Domingo Indians sold their Turquoise Beaded Jewelry in Santa Fe in the early years to the Trade on the Santa Fe Trail and by the early 1900's to tourists who came to the Southwest. You can read more on Santa Domingo Turquoise Beaded Jewelry here.
Today, the Turquoise Beaded Jewelry is stronger then ever as the Turquoise Bead Market has expanded to a global audience. In recent years, China has taken over the production of making Turquoise Beads and they ship their Turquoise Beads worldwide to individuals as well as Jewelry manufacturers that produce Turquoise Bead Jewelry from them.
American Turquoise is also shipped to China to have made into Turquoise Beads and then the Turquoise Beads are shipped back to the U.S. to distributors that sell them to the Santo Domingo Indians as well as Turquoise Jewelry manufacturers and individuals. The quality of Turquoise Beads as well as the Turquoise Beaded Jewelry that is made from them is of great concern to discriminate buyers and much attention is payed to the authenticity of the Turquoise used to make the Turquoise Beads as well as the quality of the cut of the beads.
Durango Silver Company has been buying Turquoise Beaded Jewelry from the Santo Domingo Indians for over forty years and are very familiar with high quality Turquoise Beaded Jewelry. We now seek fine quality authentic Turquoise Beads and produce one of a kind Turquoise Beaded Jewelry for our own market.
You can be assured you are getting the highest quality authentic Turquoise Beads when buying your Turquoise Beaded Jewelry from Durango Silver Company of Durango, Colorado USA.
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Fuel Rails for New (and Old) Edelbrock Vintage Manifolds - Improving The PastWritten by on March 1, 2012
Functional art. Nothing under the hood of a hot rod fits that description better than a vintage manifold. In fact, lots of rodders have cool old-time multi-carb manifolds hanging on their walls, strictly for decoration. That makes them art. Let's talk about making them functional.
Vic Edelbrock Sr. was one of hot rodding's founding fathers. The company he started in the '30s has been manufacturing modern and vintage performance parts to the hobby ever since—and the product that started it all was the Edelbrock Slingshot manifold for Flatheads, tested on Edelbrock's own '32 roadster on SoCal's dry lakes.
The latest Edelbrock catalog, containing hundreds of products, still includes the legendary Slingshot manifold. In addition, Edelbrock has re-released several other vintage two-barrel multi-carb intakes for Flatheads, Ford small-blocks, Ford Y-blocks, Chevy small-blocks, and other engine applications.
Over at Blundell Speed & Machine, Chad Blundell has been following this closely. Edelbrock offers carburetors and linkages, but not fuel rails and fittings. Blundell has been developing hard line fuel rails and banjo fittings for early two-barrel carbs like Stromberg 97s, Holley 94s, and Rochester 2GC, as well as new early style two-barrels, like the new Stromberg 97, Demon 98, Speedway Motors' 9Super7, and the Edelbrock 94. When a customer sends a manifold to Blundell Speed for a custom fuel rail, its dimensions are recorded and kept on file. Eventually Blundell will have dimensions on virtually all popular manifolds, and will be able to build precise rails without needing an actual manifold. Chad Blundell already had the critical dimensions for most of the vintage Edelbrock intakes now being reproduced. The question was, were the dimensions on the new versions identical to the old versions? If not, he would need to develop two fuel line systems for each style of manifold—one for the older version and one for the new version. It was time to do some finding out.
The first step was to convince our connections at Edelbrock to let us borrow some of these new manifolds. Technical sales guy Smitty Smith generously let us borrow the manifolds we needed. They even delivered the parts in person directly to Blundell Speed.
In every case, the new Edelbrock manifolds looked practically identical to the original versions; so far, so good. But looks can be deceiving. So the next step was to deliver the manifolds, old and new versions, to Sean Wertens at Dimensional Inspection Laboratories (DIL) in Santa Ana, California. The trip to DIL served two purposes: to get scientifically precise dimensions on each manifold and to find out how close the new manifolds are to the originals.
While waiting for DIL to get back to us with the dimensions on the intakes, we went back to Blundell Speed to do a few more eyeball comparisons between some new and original Edelbrock manifolds.
A couple of days later, Chad Blundell called to share the findings from DIL. It was good news. On all of the new Edelbrock vintage manifolds, the dimensions relevant to creating fuel rails, were identical between the new and old versions.
Fuel rails for all of these manifolds, with corresponding carburetor options, are now in stock at Blundell Speed & Machine. For one-off or more elaborate applications, Blundell can design and produce fuel rail systems to order. A "Build Your Custom Fuel Rail Here" prompt on the Blundell Speed website allows customers to order a custom system by using simple menu prompts for brand of carb, number of carbs, type of manifold, inlet style, and other variables. If you've got some rare, never-before-seen manifold, Blundell can build a system for that too, but you'll have to send the manifold so it can be dimensionally inspected for an absolutely correct system (and those dimensions will be stored by Blundell for the next customer with the same rare application).
The do-it-yourselfers among us can order unassembled components to built their own fuel rails, including fittings, tubing, solder, and flux. The Blundell website features a YouTube video, hosted by Chad Blundell, which provides step-by-step instructions for soldering the fuel delivery components and creating a custom configuration.
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This 3x2 manifold (PN 1109) is a reissue of Edelbrock's SU 349 for use on '49-53 Flatheads. We didn't have an original available for comparison photo purposes, but as with the 1108 intake, the differences are slight. The 1109 differs from the 1108 earlier Flathead manifold mainly by the two ports in front—a 1-1/4-inch road draft tube port (forward) and a 1-3/8-inch oil fill port. In addition, the rear fuel pump boss is raised compared to the 1108.Edelbrock's Triple Deuce manifold for '38-48 Ford Flatheads (PN 1108) is a reproduction of the SU 359. It is designed for use with three-bolt two-barrel carbs. As you can see, there are virtually no visible differences between the original (left) and the new versions. The script logo is the same and even the SU 359 stamping was retained. The configuration and shape of the plenums and runners is also the same. The brand-new finish and "Made in the USA" emblem are the only discernible differences.Here's the intake manifold that first put Vic Edelbrock's name in aluminum. The Slingshot (PN 1103), for use on '38-48 Flatheads, was Edelbrock's first product, and is still available. It mounts dual two-barrels (three-bolt Strombergs, Holleys, Demons, and similar carbs) in a Y-design.The Super Dual (PN 1100) dual two-barrel manifold from Edelbrock is for earlier '38-48 Flatheads applications. With a very different design than the Slingshot, it positions the carbs as far apart as possible. Both the new Slingshot and the new Super Dual are close twins to the older versions, and would be suitable for a period-style hot rod.Moving forward in time, Edelrock is manufacturing several 3x2 manifolds for '50s and '60s Ford engines. Shown here is the Triple Deuce Manifold (PN 5412) for 1962 and later 260/289/302/347 small-blocks. This is a brand-new part for Edelbrock but has the looks of a vintage piece.Chevy small-block fans (we know a few) will benefit from Edelbrock's efforts too. There are a couple of 3x2 manifolds now offered for '55-86 262-400ci applications. Here we're looking at the C-357-B Triple Deuce three-bolt carb intake (PN 5418) next to an earlier C-357-B. At first glance there are very few differences between the old and the new, and some of the differences we did find on the old manifold aren't common to all the older versions. Some changes may have been made sometime in the past. Once again, Edelbrock has kept the distinctive logo and the old part number stampings in the same locations. The temperature gauge and the heater hose locations are the same. Visible differences include a vacuum port on the driver side of the old intake between the front and center carburetors and the spacing of the road draft and oil openings at the front of the part. The new intake has a pair of bosses on the driver side that the old one doesn't. The old version has a single boss in the back on the same side. BeyTurning over the 5418, we noticed only one prominent difference, which was the size and shape of the heat crossover passage in the center of the manifold. The new one has some casting details, most noticeably some stampings, including a circular logo at the front. Look for that at the swap meet in 30-40 years to determine whether it's an original or a 21st century reissue. A similar intake (PN 5419) is for use with four-bolt Rochester 2GC carbs. A third version (PN 5417) fits small-blocks with Vortec cylinder heads.We love this one. The Edelbrock X1 Ram Log (PN 2150) for '55-86 Chevy 283-327 small-blocks. This is another one of Edelbrock's early designs. Not as early as the Slingshot, but it goes back to the beginnings of the Chevy small-block in the '50s. We studied it looking for any slight variation between old and new. The plus-sized runners are the same. The plenums and ports are the same. The logo and the X1 stamping—the same. We would have already known this if we had checked the Edelbrock catalog. Vic Edelbrock Jr. wanted an exact clone of the X1 his father created.
Like Edelbrock manifolds, Blundell banjo fittings and related parts are made in the United States. The CNC-machined and hand-polished fittings are available for use with virtually all vintage-style two-barrel carbs on the market. Fittings and hard lines are made from 0.035-inch 304 stainless steel. The crush washers are 5052 aluminum for a reliable seal. EZ-Solder fittings feature the same 0.035-inch wall thickness as the tubing for better soldering. A) banjo bolt B) crush washers C) stand-off extensions for 94-style carburetors D) banjo fittings, EZ-Solder, dual line E) banjo fittings, EZ-Solder, single line F) banjo fittings, 5/16-inch, hose barb, single line G) banjo fittings, 5/16-inch, hose barb, dual lineThe banjo bolts are undercut on the shaft at the inlet jet for high flow. The inside circumference of the banjo fittings are correspondingly relieved. The inlets have a patented unrestrictive stainless fuel screen inside. It's not intended as a primary fuel filter, but as secondary protection from particles getting into the needle and seat area of the carburetor. They are held in place by a removable clip and can be cleaned with a shot of air.The Blundell stand-off extension is used to adapt the banjo fitting and bolt to Holley 94-style carburetors, which have the fuel inlets on top of the fuel bowl lid.This computer illustration from Blundell Speed illustrates the parallel fuel line style (above) and the in-series style (below).This is a simple setup: two Edelbrock 94 carburetors on an Edelbrock Super Dual Flathead manifold with a mechanical fuel pump, but it shows the clean look of the Blundell fuel rail. This rail system includes 5/16-inch, 0.035-wall 304 stainless steel tubing rails, Blundell EZ-Solder banjo fittings, banjo bolts, and a pair of standoff extensions to adapt the fittings to the fuel inlets on the carbs. The banjo fitting threads are identical to most Flathead fuel pump inlet threads. Whatever your particular application is, you can order rails fully assembled and ready to bolt on, or unassembled.This parallel line setup, using six 97s on an old Edelbrock X3 Hemi manifold, is a little more ambitious, but the principle is exactly the same.


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Manchin Calls For His Own Syrian Option
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WHEELING — Sen. Joe Manchin has offered his own option as an alternative to missile strikes on Syria in response to allegations that the nation used chemical weapons against its citizens....
Do the peeps in the US think that America is the first "superpower" that has tried to "change" the Middle East? Read a history book and you will "learn" that superpowers of the "day" have been trying to "change" the Middle East for 1,500 years.....
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Go back to Marion County Joe! No Good Governor as Yellow as can be, in The US Senate!!! You should get a phony degree @ WVU too!!!!
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Hey, MOJO, why is it that every single corporate executive who has falsified their resume has been fired, with the exception of one? Your daughter falsified her resume, claimed and MBA she KNEW she did not have and found herself appointed CEO at Mylan.
How can anyone want to deal with a company that lacks integrity?
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Nuke the entire Middle East. Kill everything and everybody. "The missles are flying, hallelujah."
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Joe better be using his creative energies to figure out a way to save the coal industry. Who cares if Arabs are slaughtering other Arabs, they've been doing it for centuries.
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(NEW YORK) -- Nearly 10,000 people in the Philippines are feared dead and thousands more missing following last week's Typhoon Haiyan.
Authorities say at least two million people nationwide were affected by the powerful storm, and at least 23,000 houses have been damaged or destroyed.
Aid crews are struggling to reach survivors and the following relief organizations are providing immediate assistance:
Philippine Red Cross: With the help of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the Philippine Red Cross has sent first responders to the hardest hit areas. Donate now to the Typhoon Yolanda campaign.
UNICEF: UNICEF says up to four million children could be affected by Haiyan and therapeutic food for children, health kits, water and hygiene kits have been mobilized within the country. Donate now to UNICEF.
Save the Children: Save the Children has launched the Philippines Annual Monsoon and Typhoon Children in Emergency Fund to help children and their families in the wake of Haiyan.
CARE: CARE's emergency response team is deploying to assess the urgent shelter, food and safe water needs. Support CARE here.
World Food Programme: The United Nations World Food Programme is ramping up its operation in the Philippines, delivering food and water to those in need. Support WFP here.
Oxfam America: Oxfam's emergency team is on the ground delivering water and sanitation materials to those affected by the typhoon. Support Oxfam here.
Medecins Sans Frontieres, Doctors Without Borders: MSF is sending 200 tons of medical and relief supplies which will arrive in the Philippines within the next three days. Support MSF here.
International Medical Corps: The International Medical Corps has a team on the ground delivering life-saving medical supplies. Support IMC here.
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WALL, JOHN: Constructions I-IV
Another great CD from this most painstaking and careful of sampling composers. This time he extends further into instabilities in the technology as well as continuing to investigate aesthetic ways of convincingly integrating recorded acoustic instrumental performances, samples from other works and highly manipulated electronic information (original source material contributed by John Edwards, Mark Sanders, Andrew Sparling, Mark Wastell and Axel Dorner) Exploring different sonic territory from the previous CD, this is an exquisite and original work.
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Jack Nicholson is almost as good at being a basketball fan as he is an actor. In honor of his 77th birthday, here's just a few of the times we wish we could have been sitting courtside at the Lakers with the screen legend.
That time in 1982 when he had lunch with then head coach Pat Riley and the entire Lakers team.
In 1996 when actress Sharon Stone joined Nicholson in his courtside seats to watch the Denver Nuggets take on the Lakers.
Watching the Sacramento Kings take on L.A. with Sean Penn and Jack would have been pretty sweet.
Or that time in 1999 when Former NBA superstar Michael Jordan laughed it up with actor Nicholson prior to start of Lakers' game against the Houston Rockets. You know, just a normal day.
Watching the 2000 NBA Finals would have been pretty "alright, alright, alright" if you got to sit next to Nicholson and his guest, actor Matthew McConaughey.
The following year you could have watched the NBA Finals with Jack and his friend, actress Lara Flynn Boyle.
Watching the Lakers take on the Bulls would be a laugh riot if you were sitting next to Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson.
But it'd probably be even funnier if you were sitting next to Chris Rock and Jack Nicholson.
In 2006 Nicholson took talk show host Regis Philbin to a game against the New Orleans Hornets.
Talk about star-studded. Academy Award winning actors Nicholson and Morgan Freeman enjoyed the Lakers game against the Milwaukee Bucks at the Staples Center in 2006.
What we wouldn't give to be privy to these courtside conversations: Nicholson and Joe Pesci sharing laughs during the first half of the game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Golden State Warriors in 2009.


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News: Québec Ministry Awards PCC Professor with French Pedagogy Scholarship
Pasadena City College is pleased to announce that Michèle Pedrini, PCC associate professor of Languages, has been awarded a scholarship to study French pedagogy in Québec by the Québec Ministry of International Relations and Foreign Commerce.
"Dr. Michèle Pedrini is the heart and soul of PCC's French program, and the scholarship to study in Québec is a well-deserved honor," said Dr. Theodore Young, dean of PCC's Languages Division. "I'm sure she will bring home to PCC great knowledge that will be readily applicable in our classrooms."
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I have some experience with NoSpamToday, which is nice antispam SMTP gateway for Windows based on SpamAssassin. It seems to me that Zimbra implementation of SA is different and not very understandable for me. I thought that SA principle is that it scores messages by series of tests which has its own scores and then message is or is not considered as spam by total score. Network tests as RBLS are part of scoring system.
Here in zimbra it looks to me that RBLS are not part of scoring. For example, when I use <zmprov zimbraMtaRestriction "reject_rbl_client dnsbl.njabl.org"> then every message, that is positively tested in NJABL is rejected. So will be rejected all messages from gmail, because it is listed there. (tested). This is not good behaviour.
I have tryied to modify /opt/zimbra/conf/salocal.cf (skip_rbl_checks, required_score, own local rules), but it does not work as expected. What are the possibilities of tweaking SA, like adding user rules, modifying scores, using RBLs and so on?
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Monday, January 10, 2011
* Homemade Recycled Calendar Mod-Podge Puzzles
11 comments:
- Candace @Naturally Educational said...
Great post! I love the idea of using the calendar photos for the puzzle blocks. I was going to make some but found the idea of cutting out silhouettes to be a bit daunting to fit into my schedule. This is even simpler.
I shared on facebook and twitter!
- January 10, 2011 at 12:48 PM
- Amanda said...
Such great ideas! I should totally do some of these with my 2010 calendar that may or may not be still hanging up! lol
- January 10, 2011 at 1:07 PM
- Dana said...
Such an awesome idea!
- January 10, 2011 at 7:14 PM
- Mod Podge Amy said...
MaryLea, you always have the best-est ideas!!
- January 10, 2011 at 9:00 PM
- lady said...
ML, this is a great idea. We get 2 Vermont Life calendars for Christmas each year and I hate throwing them out. VT Life prints their photos on both sides of heavy cardstock and the dates are just on paper. With 2 calendars I could have all 12 months.
I was thinking another way you could cut them would be with a die cut machine. My Cricut is only 6" x 12", but if you had a 12" x 12" you could cut big calendars. Maybe not even into puzzle pieces, but you could cut shapes out. That would be fun for little ones like mine.
All of a sudden I am picturing photocopying the picture, and gluing the copy to cardboard. Then cutting shapes out of the picture and glue what is left onto the copy. Then they can place the shapes. Kind of like Melissa & Doug puzzles.
I am going to have to find all my old (cause of course I have saved them) calendars. The nice thing about the VT Life ones is that I can rip off the pictures and the information on the dates is on a separate sheet.
- January 11, 2011 at 2:05 PM
Love this! I have a 2010 Countryfile calender which has such beautiful pics that I couldn't bear to throw it out - now I know what to do with it! I feel a laminating session coming on!!
- January 11, 2011 at 5:01 PM
- Elizabeth @ Ucreate with Kids said...
What a great way to reuse those beautiful calendar pictures! Just featured this!
- January 12, 2011 at 12:48 PM
- Jackie H. said...
Love the blocks! I bought precut cardboard puzzles at Hobby Lobby and then mod podged pictures to the front. Then there was only a thin layer to cut through with the exacto knife. It still was a fair amount of work, though. Maybe laminating would be easier...
- January 12, 2011 at 2:30 PM
- The Reimer Household said...
I love the puzzle ideas!! I just did a simple puzzle for my boy and blogged about it yesterday - so today I linked up to yours here http://handsonhouse.blogspot.com/2011/01/puzzle-tutorial.html - thanks for the great idea!! So easy too!
- January 12, 2011 at 5:35 PM
- Becky @ purposefulhomemaking.com said...
This is awesome! I put a link to your site from my blog. :)
- January 13, 2011 at 2:27 PM
- Deb Chitwood said...
It's so hard to throw out old calendars - what a great use for them! Thanks for the clear photos and directions! I featured your post at the Living Montessori Now Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/LivingMontessoriNow
- January 15, 2011 at 4:12 PM
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May 24, 2016
Panama City- According to Beverly Douds, the Lighthouse Keeper of the Cape San Blas Lighthouse, the landmark will be shut down.
The land and Keeper's Cottage are owned by Eglin Air Force Base.
Douds says Eglin officials have told her the building must be closed by October 14th.
She says the lighthouse is listed on several government web-sites as a "surplus" building and is being sold.
"I don't want to lose the lighthouse. I want to stay with it. I love the history. I've got a lot of stories still to share about with it," said Douds.
The Keeper says she hopes the lighthouse and Keeper's Cottage will be purchased by local city or county officials for historic preservation.
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I know he has less to work with then possibly ever but Brady's arm, touch, accuracy has been flat out bad for 4 games, with this one being by far the worst.
Atlanta was just ok but he's missing receivers consistently everywhere. can't remember seeing Brady be this innacurate ever.


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Bailey also pointed out that 74,000 students received State Need Grant assistance in the 2011-2012 school year, but 32,000 otherwise qualified applicants were turned away because of funding shortages. Under the legislation, about 800 illegal immigrants would be added to the pool of eligible applicants.
To qualify for the program, a student's family income must be below 70 percent of the state's median family income, currently $57,500 for a family of four.
At a hearing on the measure held by Bailey's committee Thursday, proponents said extending college aid to illegal immigrants was the decent thing to do and that it would make for a stronger and more prosperous state going forward. Opponents countered that people who came here illegally — whether as adults or as children — should not be rewarded for having done so.
The highest-profile member of Bailey's committee, Senate Majority Leader Rodney Tom, of Medina, said he supports the measure.
Tom's vote would give the measure a likely majority on the panel. But Tom, a Democrat who is caucusing with Republicans, said it is Bailey who will determine if it gets a committee vote.
The measure passed the state House earlier this month by a vote of 77-20, with Democrats united in support and Republicans split.
Supporters of the bill said they were disappointed to learn of Bailey's position.
They point out that Bailey recently co-sponsored and voted in favor of a measure to expand access to the same pool of State Need Grant money to students at the online Western Governor's University.
That measure passed the state Senate earlier this month and advanced from the House Higher Education Committee on Tuesday. Neither that bill nor the one Bailey opposes would address funding shortages in the program.
"It's confusing that she would consider it an unfunded promise for one population and not for another," said Toby Guevin, lobbyist for OneAmerica, a group advocating for the measure's passage.
Bailey did not return phone messages seeking comment.


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Salt and light on campus
Education | Christian colleges and universities feel the pressure to prove that the education they offer is worth the heavy costs
"Salt and light on campus" Continued...
CALIFORNIA, TEXAS, LOUISIANA, and MISSOURI—Bright studio lights line the walls of a room in California as four professional cameramen zoom in for close-ups and "confession cam" interviews, a staple of reality TV. But this is not a Hollywood studio: It's a class at Biola, the Christian university once called the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, and the scene is part of Biola's attempt to improve its online courses by making them more than talking head videos.
Biola is one of many Christian colleges trying to get ahead of the curve as many graduates this May joyfully toss their caps in the air and joylessly ask, "Was my education worth the staggering debt I now face?"
Meanwhile, many schools—especially small ones—are simmering in a cauldron of internal issues: heavy dependence on tuition even as enrollment shortfalls, puny endowments, money-sucking programs, and faculties sometimes torn between biblical belief and the lure of joining the liberal mainstream.
In 2001 Bob Andringa, then president of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU), made a dire prediction for Christian higher education: "In 25 years, we're going to lose 25 percent of our schools. Fifty percent will be just hanging, and 25 percent will be thriving." Andringa, after visiting almost all of the then-105 members of the CCCU, noted deferred maintenance, outdated facilities, large debts feeding larger debts, programs "dying on the vine," and a general lack of innovation.
Thirteen years later, Andringa's prophesy seems to be coming true. A 2012 study by Bain & Co. consultants examining the financial sustainability of U.S. colleges and universities found that 36 percent of CCCU schools are sustainable, 32 percent are at risk, and 32 percent are unsustainable. So we visited Christian schools in several states and spoke with education leaders in others, asking: What's the future of Christian higher education? Will the values it offers help prospective students and parents to overcome sticker price shock?
CONSIDER A GRADUATE JUST 12 YEARS AGO: Jodey Hinze, an energetic, self-described germophobic tax lawyer who graduated from a Christian private college in 2002 with a master's degree. He was a first-generation college student who paid his way by scrubbing toilets at $4.35 per hour. Now, Hinze is interim dean of Houston Baptist University's school of liberal arts.
Hinze would have to scrub even more toilets today, as the four-year cost of attending a CCCU school has jumped to $100,000. One reason is that many colleges compete for students by advertising shinier amenities, as Messiah College provost Randall Basinger noted: Many students expect air-conditioned dorms and a 24/7 state-of-the-art fitness center, so schools provide that and then some, with Jacuzzis and suite-style apartments boasting big plasma TVs. "Twenty, thirty years ago, it's something we never even would have thought of, but we need to think of it now," Basinger said. "The sad thing is that we're cutting our own throats by being in competition with each other."
In addition, federal regulations are tightening around Title IV federal funding, which includes Stafford student loans, Pell grants, and family loans. As the government redefines what falls under "religious institutions," aspects that make these schools unique—such as hiring only Christian faculty or defending a biblical view of marriage—could cost the schools an average of about $1,560 per enrolled student, according to a survey of 84 CCCU schools.
Biola University President Barry Corey said Christian higher education leaders are "naive" if they don't consider the financial threats against their "deeply held convictions." Some schools with many Christian students, such as Hillsdale College and Grove City College, have long opted out of government funding and thrived. But for smaller schools already struggling financially, cuts could be fatal.
Burton Webb, vice president of academic affairs at Northwest Nazarene University, noted that Christian schools are narrowing their socioeconomic diversity. Christian higher education now faces a tough question: Does appealing to the wealthier go against the Christian mission of serving the underprivileged and needy?
COLLEGE OF THE OZARKS addresses Webb's concern with its mission to provide free Christian education to students who couldn't otherwise afford it. All students work 15 hours each week for their education, as well as two 40-hour weeks during breaks. The result: debt-free graduates leaving the school (near Branson, Mo.) with a diploma and a full resumé.
The school's no-nonsense approach has helped it survive tough times. College of the Ozarks boasts an endowment of $410 million, the largest of any CCCU school and a heavy purse for a school with only 1,400 students. Donors love giving to a school where students unclog toilets and grind wheat, and they're assured that their money won't be spent willy-nilly—the school holds off any building project until it has sufficient money to fund it completely.
As attractive as the "work college" model may seem, President Jerry Davis says it's difficult for existing Christian schools to replicate it, short of starting anew. For one, work colleges require a lot of money to run because they get no revenue from tuition. But the other issue, Davis says, is "you've got some of these colleges full of kids so lazy, they can hardly get them up in the morning, let alone go out there and milk cows."
While College of the Ozarks gets students elbow-deep in old-school chores, schools like Indiana Wesleyan University and Biola are beefing up their enrollment through cheaper online courses. Indiana Wesleyan's student population went from 2,000 in 1987 to almost 16,000 today—12,000 of them online students. Online education allows students to study at home, work day jobs, and save on housing. But will such cost-cutting also cut out the discipleship that's so central to Christian higher education?
Yes, according to surveys showing that online students feel disconnected and drop out at higher rates. Biola University theology professor Erik Thoennes argues that such disengagement is a "theological reality," because "when God wanted to relate to us, He didn't set up a video chat but actually came in flesh."
Still, Aaron Kleist, Biola's assistant provost for academic innovation, is working to improve Biola's online courses, and the effort to produce high quality videos is part of that effort. To build community within online cohorts, students film video responses rather than merely type comments in discussion threads, and video-chat their professors. Kleist said student participation jumped fivefold.
Some schools aim to curtail tuition early on by providing discounted dual-enrollment programs, so that high-school students can get a jump start on college credits. Houston Baptist University's The Academy, a new dual-credit program for middle- and high-school students, partners with local private schools and homeschooling communities to provide a Socratic-style classical curriculum taught by HBU faculty.
It's a win-win situation: Academy students pay a discounted tuition rate of $800-$1,000 per year to earn up to 60 college credits, thus reducing future college costs. The best students are granted automatic admission to HBU's Honors College. Meanwhile, HBU gets to train and cherry-pick the brightest high-school seniors without having to spend additional money on student recruitment or facilities.
Director Cate MacDonald said The Academy prepares future freshmen for a rigorous college course both academically and spiritually. One Academy student said he was once terrified after hearing so many tales about young Christians who lost their faith in college. But after a year at The Academy, in which he got to ask and debate hard questions his church couldn't answer, he felt "equipped" to face college.
MacDonald, who was homeschooled until college at Biola University, said kids entering college with big questions "should get much better answers than they get. I think philosophy and English professors have way too easy a job knocking students off their pedestal."
BUT IN ADDITION TO ECONOMIC CHALLENGES, Christian colleges also face the familiar challenge of maintaining their spiritual health. A characteristic pattern of a "faith-centered" institution's slide into a "once-religious" mainstream academy begins when leadership, typically the school president, tips preference for academic prestige over Christian identity when hiring faculty.
All CCCU member schools are required to hire only Christian professors, but the definition of what that means theologically varies widely within its 120 members. Some schools from nonliturgical traditions don't require professors to sign a doctrine statement—and many slip in professors who roam from Christian principles. Some situations become so public, though, that colleges need to take action.
This academic year brought two notorious cases at Azusa Pacific University in Southern California. APU dropped Ryan Bell, an adjunct professor in the Global Studies Department, after he publicly announced he doubted Christianity and planned to "try on" atheism for a year—no praying, no church. Instead, he would read atheist authors and "live as though there was no God." Hollywood Adventist Church stripped Bell of his position as senior pastor last April for supporting same-sex marriage, but he taught the fall term at APU.
Last September, Azusa let go of a professor of 15 years, Heather Clements, after the former chair of theology and philosophy requested that others call her H. Adam Ackley. "This year has been a transition from being a mentally ill woman to being a sane, transgendered man," Ackley told Religion News Service. After the announcement, Ackley told RNS that Azusa officials didn't seem to have "a theological problem with transgender identity" but showed "concern that other people, such as donors, parents, and churches connected to the university, will have problems not understanding transgender identity."
In response, the school government held talks this year on "sexual minorities," where faculty and administrators answered questions about same-sex marriage and transgendered individuals. President Jon Wallace reiterated the school's official stance that "humans were created as gendered beings" and "heterosexuality is God's design for sexually intimate relationships."
Ashley Duckgeischel, who was both an undergraduate and a graduate student at APU, said at first the different views of her professors—including one who attacked her belief in Bible inerrancy—surprised her. She considered transferring, but the longer she stayed, the more she found students with genuine faith and professors helpful in her academic and spiritual growth: "If you want to find awesome Christians, you can find awesome Christians. If you want to find a party school, you can find a party school."
A COLLEGE PRESIDENT CAN ALSO SET THE TONE of the school's culture, sometimes negatively, as is the case of Louisiana College in Pineville, La.
President Joe Aguillard attained his position in 2006 and did what the Louisiana Baptist Convention asked him to do: He got rid of secularly minded professors. But that initial accomplishment was followed by a series of setbacks, as Aguillard borrowed money to build a football stadium, even as moldy campus facilities desperately needed $35 million in repairs. Planned medical and law schools never materialized. Faculty salaries remained among the lowest of CCCU schools, while the president's salary was the 7th highest in the CCCU when compared against the school's budget, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Former students and professors also spoke of an atmosphere of fear and retribution. No current faculty would talk to us, but two professors who criticized Aguillard told us they received non-renewal letters. Accrediting agency Southern Association of Colleges and Schools said in March that it plans to open an investigation into Louisiana College after allegations that school officials submitted forged signatures, according to The Town Talk. On April 15, the college announced that Aguillard will step down as president on May 31 and become president emeritus.
Houston Baptist University shows how strong leadership can revive a school. A decade ago HBU struggled with dwindling enrollment, low retention and graduation rates, and seeping secularization among its faculty. Robert Sloan, the former Baylor University president, became HBU president in 2006 with a plan to re-establish "a distinctive Christian education," and freshman enrollment last year increased by a record-breaking 10 percent, even as average enrollment among CCCU schools fell 8 percent. Sloan also hired officers and faculty prominent in the field of Christian apologetics, such as provost John Mark Reynolds, William Lane Craig, Nancy Pearcey, and Lee Strobel.
The future of Christian higher education is hazy. The economic challenges are immense, and maintaining or building a strong Christian identity is difficult. But in HBU's case, building a strong Christian focus helped with the economic challenges, prompting higher enrollment and donations to expand the campus.
Our investigation found that several key factors may doom a Christian institution: incompetent financial planning, poor leadership, indistinctive education, and unorthodox professors. CCCU schools can err at either extreme: On one end, coddling students within a "Christian bubble" and quarantining them from "bad ideas," and on the other offering a nearly secular education, relegating the "Christian" part of higher education to chapel and campus ministries.
HBU's Nancy Pearcey, who teaches cultural apologetics, believes both sides fail to equip the future generation: "Young people are not going to survive in this increasingly secular society if we don't find a way to permeate every field with apologetics"—not just in overtly religious classes, but in every discipline from psychology to computer science: "You have to teach young people how to defend a Christian perspective in their fields. Young people's questions are going to be different from the questions faced by earlier generations. … We need to love them enough to answer their questions."
Darwin and Bryan
The board of trustees at Bryan College in Dayton, Tenn., on April 11 held to its insistence on a college statement of faith clarification likely to push out professors who do not believe that God created Adam by a special formative act rather than through the process of evolution.
The latter view, held by many theistic evolutionists, allows for faith in God and strong faith in mainstream scientific theories, but diminishes confidence in Genesis as history rather than myth, and undercuts the teaching of Paul and other authors of the Bible (for details regarding Bryan's specific debate, please visit wng.org ), but the controversy also spotlights a debate on the goals of CCCU institutions generally.
Many Christian liberal arts colleges assert that their goal is to teach students how to think and not what to think. That is laudable in most areas, but should it mean that colleges do not care if students graduate with the belief that the Bible is merely a book compiling man's fallible teaching rather than God's inspired wisdom?
Last month an online poll produced by Bryan's campus newspaper asked students, "What do you believe about the origins of the universe and man?" Some 40 percent of respondents said they believed God created everything in six 24-hour days, and 20 percent said they supported Intelligent Design, which usually means creation over a longer period of time. But 40 percent supported different theories, with half of those supporting theistic evolution, most of the rest endorsing Darwinian evolution that leaves out God entirely, and a few saying they did not know.
That 40 percent slippage is not surprising even at a college sometimes labeled "fundamentalist." Mainstream scientists ridicule critics of evolution, whether they have doctorates or not, and deprive them of career and publishing opportunities. The New York Times in 1925 demanded "faith" in evolution even as it castigated William Jennings Bryan for having faith in the Bible, and the pressure to conform has only intensified since then.
In such an environment, a Christian college that proclaims it will just throw out to students a variety of theories and let them decide, is abandoning the battle for the Bible. The playing field is not level, and the tendency of most teens to seek popularity and security will incline many to accept evolution. If Christian colleges at least hope to balance out cultural pressure, they need professors who will confidently and enthusiastically put before students the ample biblical and scientific evidence for Intelligent Design. —Marvin Olasky


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Win7 netbook - Just wanted an easy email client so I won't have to use M$ to get my Gmail.
Every so often, ZD decides there's no network connection and goes offline on its own, regardless that I have a perfectly fine connection and everything else online works/access internet fine. THEN - it REFUSES to respond in any way at all when I click "online" to tell it; "yes, there is access, go get my bloody mail!!!!" :-)
That's ALL I need this thing to do - just get, and send emal. Everything else means nothing to me.
Any thoughts on how to get it back online again??


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I created a plugin for Ruby On Rails so that the activeWebservice can send back a JSON respond instead of a SOAP respond. It chooses the way it responds (JSON or SOAP) to look at a HTTP header (SOAPReturnFormat). If the header is not present, has the value SOAP or has an incorrect value then a SOAP respond is given. If it has the value JSON then a JSON respond will be given.
I rather used the header of the xml envelope but till now it is not clear to me how I can read from it. I must probably decode the soap respond again because the normal behavour of the activeWebservice discards the header. For now I am happy that I succeeded with the HTTP header.
The plugin is far from stable (it hasn't been tested a lot, so bugs are expected) and I question if I build the plugin the correct way. But what the hell, it works.
For everybody who wants to give Ruby On Rails together with ZimbraTK a try, you can download the plugin at http://www.smies.com/projects/ror_pl...ervice_0.1.zip .
You must know that Zimbra uses SOAP1.2 and Ruby on Rails SOAP1.1. This is not a big problem but you must be aware of two things in your ZimbraTK.
- The AjxSoapDoc._SOAP_URI must be set to http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/.
- You must send the HTTP header SOAPAction with your request.
This header contains the path to the soap service( without the domain and the protocol) and the name of the action, seperated with a / .
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I will probably create a small package for ZimbraTK in the future that can switch between SOAP 1.1 and SOAP 1.2. When it is done I will share the code.


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As if the greatly improved administrative experience, user experience and overall business value from IBM Lotus Sametime 8.5.1 weren't enough (hey, I had a lot of coffee this morning), you might want to also know that IBM has announced that as of September 30, 2011 (over a year from now), IBM will no longer be providing support for Sametime 7 and Sametime 7.5. This should give you, our esteemed clients, plenty of time to upgrade. And remember, if you're on Software Maintenance (and most of you already are), there is no charge to upgrade*: begin planning your upgrade now by starting with Upgrade Central or Planning for migration from an earlier release in the Sametime Information Center.
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