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TSC's Schools Tour Hits the Road Near and Far with New Play: Shakespeare's Greatest Hits
(October 23, 2012) – Tennessee Shakespeare Company's expanding Education Program this week launches its 2012-13 Schools Tour throughout the Memphis area, across the state, and into North Carolina with its newly conceived production of Shakespeare's Greatest Hits.
Created and directed by TSC Education Director Stephanie Shine, Shakespeare's Greatest Hits is a fast-paced and surprising tour through the playwright's most famous and exciting plays, scenes, characters, and self-created words that we speak every day.
The piece is adaptable both to physical school spaces and student age ranges, playing to young audiences from third grade through twelfth grade in school classrooms, cafeterias, and theatres.
The tour is taking school bookings now through mid-April 2013, and is made possible by individual contributions to TSC's Barbara B. Apperson Angel Fund. More than 1,300 students in Tennessee and North Carolina currently are booked to experience the tour, which also includes a post-show actor talkback and options for additional playshops with the students.
"Greatest Hits engages and applauds its audience by illuminating the phrases, words, stories, characters, and feelings that we all know and that connect us, thanks to Shakespeare," says Shine. "It is both exciting and empowering for people of all ages to realize how much Shakespeare they know and how much Shakespeare they quote every day. It brings us closer to each other in a shared experience and motivates us to learn more. And we have fun together in the process!"
The play features scenes and speeches from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Henry V, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hamlet, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, Henry VI part 1, The Taming of the Shrew, Twelfth Night, The Tempest, Richard III, The Merchant of Venice, and the Sonnets.
Actors Amelia Hammond and Trevor Pittinger, who take on more than 20 roles between them in the show, are professional actor-teachers from Washington, D.C. and New York City working in TSC's inaugural Journeyman Program. Amelia has been seen in TSC's productions of The Tempest and Complete Works, and both actors will perform in the upcoming It's a Wonderful Life: a Live Radio Play at the Dixon Gallery in December.
To book your school tour experience and to get more information, administrators and parents may call TSC Education Manager Slade Kyle at 901-759-0620 or email him at [email protected]
About TSC's Education Program
The mission of Tennessee Shakespeare Company's Education program is to move the arts closer to the center of every child's learning experience. This is achieved through TSC's student matinees, accompanying study guides, and actor talk-backs; interactive playshops; touring productions; summer camps; residencies; Free Will Kids' Nights; High School Prelude Scenes; and active participation in theatre and education conferences.
Since 2007, TSC has achieved 100,000 student/Shakespeare interactions through these activities. These interactions represent 70 Memphis City, Shelby County, Home, and Charter schools and schools in Mississippi and Washington. In FY12, TSC engaged 46 Memphis-area schools in its professional, classical education programming. Students under 19 years of age also made up over one-half of TSC's patrons this past year.
TSC's program sponsors and partners include the Barbara B. Apperson Angel Fund, FedEx Corporation, the Dunbar Abston Fund for Sustainable Excellence, Nancy and Dan Copp, Margaret and Dr. Owen B. Tabor and family, Jack and Sandra Jones, Milton T. Schaeffer, Audrey L. Taylor (d. 2012), City of Germantown, Germantown Performing Arts Centre, and Commercial Appeal Media.
- TSC Announces Four New Members
- Eighth Season Announced
- The Oliver Experiment
- Midsummer Night
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Tennessee Shakespeare Company Announces Four New Members to its Board of Directors
Memphis, TN – Tennessee Shakespeare Company, the Mid-South's professional classical theatre and education organization, announced the addition of four new members to its Board of Directors, led by President Owen B. Tabor, M.D.
Now in the midst of its eighth season, TSC has expanded the Board to its largest membership. The Board is made up of 26 members and now six Emeritus members.
New members voted onto the Board beginning FY16 for their first three-year terms are:
Elise L. Jordan, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer with FedEx Express.
Dorothy O. Kirsch, Memphis philanthropist with a long history of supporting the arts and culture in the Mid-South.
Anne Johnson Mead, partner at the law firm of Butler, Sevier, Hinsley & Reid, PLLC, focusing her practice on litigation, collaborative law, and mediation. Anne is a member of the Tennessee and Memphis Bar Associations, and serves on the Board for the Family Law Section of the Memphis Bar.
Tracy Vezina Patterson, Director of Alumni Relations at Rhodes College. She is an alumna of Rhodes College and the University of Memphis School of Law. Tracy is actively involved in several ministries of St. George's Episcopal Church and has served on the Vestry and as Senior Warden. Past civic involvements include Memphis Civitan and Special Kids and Families.Read More
Tennessee Shakespeare Company
Announces Eighth Season of Plays and Education Programs:
Celebration 400
(Memphis, TN, September 1, 2015) – Tennessee Shakespeare Company (TSC), the Mid-South's professional classical theatre, today announced its 2015-16 performance season, which commemorates the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death with a celebration of plays, readings, salons, feasts, and extensive programming for children.
TSC continues its cultural/educational partnerships with the University of Memphis' Department of Theatre & Dance and with Dixon Gallery & Gardens. Full productions of Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well (Dixon) and Henry V (UofM) will feature professional, AEA casts from around the country and Memphis.
The Company also partners with the Memphis Hunt & Polo Club to feature three weeks of feasts and two-hour readings of Shakespeare plays that TSC has not yet produced. The Southern Literary Salons continue in September with a focus on Harper Lee, and in February spotlighting Ernest Hemingway in Key West. The Seventh Annual Shakespeare Gala at Germantown Performing Arts Center moves to April to commemorate Celebration 400 during the month of the 400th anniversary.
Running concurrently with the performance season are the expanded offerings of TSC's Education and Outreach Department. These include a newly-authored schools show touring the southeastern U.S., student matinees, playshops and residencies, expanded Summer camps, and the recently-trademarked Romeo and Juliet Project™ literacy/non-violence residency.Read More
Sponsored by Theatrical Rights Worldwide (NYC)
Presents its Third Musical in Development August 15 on the University of Memphis mainstage:
The Oliver Experiment
What if your entire life were a Broadway musical…and you had no clue?
Featuring Broadway's Brightest Stars
Memphis, TN (July 27, 2015) – Tennessee Shakespeare Company, in partnership with the University of Memphis' Department of Theatre & Dance, presents its third and final developing musical reading on the U of M mainstage with The Oliver Experiment by Jeremy Desmon and Jeff Thomson on August 15 at 7:00 pm.Read More
Midsummer Night
Live music, glow sticks, and power chords!
Featuring Broadway's Katrina Lenk and Eric B. Anthony
Memphis, TN (June 15, 2015) – Tennessee Shakespeare Company, in partnership with the University of Memphis' Department of Theatre & Dance, presents its second developing musical reading on the U of M mainstage with Midsummer Night by Valerie Vigoda and Brendan Milburn on June 27 at 7:00 pm.
Tickets for the reading are just $15, or $10 for Students and Seniors.
Midsummer Night, directed by Janet Roston, is the second of three developing musicals in TSC's inaugural Showplace Memphis: Musical Works in Progress.
Broadway's Katrina Lenk and Eric B. Anthony
Sponsored by one of Broadway's elite musical licensing companies, Theatrical Rights Worldwide (TRW) and President/CEO Steve Spiegel, based in New York City, Showplace Memphis has been devised as the next creative stage for three musicals en route to full productions in New York and on the regional theatre circuit across the U.S. The first musical in Showplace Memphis last month was a very successful reading of Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Musical. The final musical will be a charming and surprising new piece, The Oliver Experiment (August 15).
TRW has selected the musicals, and the Actors' Equity casts and directors are coming from all around the country and Memphis.
The cast includes Broadway's Katrina Lenk (Once; Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark; The Miracle Worker) as Titania and Eric B. Anthony (The Lion King; Hairspray; Mary Poppins) as Puck.
Songwriters Brendan Milburn and Valerie Vigoda join with co-creator/director Janet Roston (Artistic Director of The Los Angeles Rock Opera Company) for this new take on William Shakespeare's beloved comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream. The musical is set within a modern-day rock festival. It's a rollicking collision of rock music, iambic pentameter, and hipsters – where rock stars Titania and Oberon quarrel, festival assistant Puck creates havoc, and roadie Bottom gets a chance to shine.
Keyboardist Milburn and electric violinist Vigoda have been singing and writing songs together for over 20 years, first for their band GrooveLily, and more recently for musical theatre and film. Theatre: Striking Twelve, Sleeping Beauty Wakes, Beautiful Poison, Wheelhouse, Toy Story: The Musical, Long Short Story, A Midsummer Night's Dream, its complete reworking as the rock musical Midsummer Night, and Ernest Shackleton Loves Me. Film: many songs for Tinker Bell for Disney animated movies. Additional music is provided by Gene Lewin.
The Midsummer Night creators and cast will collaborate and rehearse at the U of M for ten days leading up to its reading. Though it will be going through both script and music changes, Midsummer Night will be played and sung in its entirety and with musical accompaniment on the U of M's mainstage. No other design elements (scenic/costumes/lights) will be integrated.
Audiences will have an opportunity to speak with the actors and creators of Midsummer Night immediately following its reading. Audiences also will inform the production by completing an audience survey that will help the creative team in future development phases.Read More
Memphis Mayor AC Wharton, Jr. to Visit Tennessee Shakespeare Company's Romeo and Juliet Project in Action at East High School Monday, March 23
March 17, 2015 – Memphis Mayor AC Wharton, Jr. announced today he will observe first-hand Tennessee Shakespeare Company teaching and playing its Romeo and Juliet Project with 100 ninth graders in four simultaneous sessions at East High School on Monday, March 23 at 9:00 am.
"On behalf of TSC and our Board of Directors, I am so proud and honored to have Mayor Wharton joining our teachers in the classroom," said Project creator and TSC Education Director Stephanie Shine. "It was at the Mayor's urging we created this Project, and I am excited for him to see his challenge come to positive life."
Tennessee Shakespeare Company began its nationally-recognized, four-part performance and in-school residency in the Memphis area in January. The Project, now in its fourth year, brings a cast of eight professional actor-teachers into each Language Arts classroom at a participating school. Students are guided by the actors to live the play's urgent tragedy of young love amidst rage, experiencing its relevant story while ensuring that participating freshmen have a first exposure to Shakespeare that is active, rich, and rewarding.
As the teenagers in the play face armed violence, students discover positive actions available to them in their own lives in the face of real conflict. Student post-Project assessments have recorded a 20% increase in students' compassion as a result of their inclusion in The Romeo and Juliet Project, as well as a full letter grade increase, on average, in Language Arts classes.
The Residency concludes with an intimate performance by the actor-teachers of Romeo and Juliet, which encourages student participation.
By the end of March, The Romeo and Juliet Project will have performed the play 44 times in 27 Memphis area schools, and will have taught the Residency in 342 classroom visits in 11 schools. At least 4,360 high school Freshmen will be reached and positively affected by The Romeo and Juliet Project. That figure represents 34% of all freshmen in the Shelby County Schools system.
Tennessee Shakespeare Company is generously supported by:
Season Sponsors:
Arts Memphis, Barbara B. Apperson Angel Fund, Nancy Copp, FedEx Corporation, Independent Bank, International Paper, Rose M. Johnston, Ernest and Pat Kelly, Jr., Milton T. Schaeffer, Margaret and Owen Tabor, Ann and Wellford Tabor, Tennessee Arts Commission, and The University of Memphis.
Season Partners:
Boyle Investment Company, Dixon Gallery & Gardens, and The University of Memphis' Department of Theatre & Dance.


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Scout Radar Recruit Screen from free section:
1. Greater chance to secure people are from Texas and then from California.
2. Top names listed below and color coded are more likely recruits.
3. Numbers by state: California names (9);Texas (8); Nebraska (2); Iowa (2); Arizona (2); Mississippi (2); Florida (2); Oklahoma (1); Illinois (1); and Kansas (12).
TE 61 Jordan Scoggins (Trinity HS) Euless, TX 6-2/255 High Yes Iowa State, Houston, North Texas, TCU, Texas Tech, Tulane
Dez Bryant (Lufkin HS) Lufkin, TX 6-1/203/4.60 Med Yes Iowa, Iowa State, LSU, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Oklahoma State
MLB 40 A.J. Penson (Lufkin HS) Lufkin, TX 6-1/215 Med Yes Houston, Iowa State, Nebraska, Rice, Texas A&M, UTEP
QB 46 Joe Chaisson (West Brook Sr HS) Beaumont, TX Med Yes Arkansas, Baylor, Iowa State, Missouri, Tennessee
QB 49 Marcus Bowman (Carthage HS) Carthage, TX 6-2/190/4.50 Med Yes Arkansas, Colorado State, Houston, Iowa State, Mississippi State, Missouri, TCU
CB JC Woodny Turenne (College of the Sequoias) Visalia, CA 6-1/185/4.28 Med No Florida, Iowa State, Louisville, Oklahoma State, Washington State
RB JC Marcus Okapi (Feather River) Quincy, CA 5-11/190/4.44 Med No Florida State, Iowa State, Kansas State, Nevada, UNLV, Washington State
WR 85 De'Von Bailey (Eisenhower HS) Lawton, OK 6-1/200/4.50 Med Yes Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, Wyoming
MLB JC Chris Patterson (Joliet JC) Joliet, IL 6-3/215/4.50 Med Yes Iowa State, Kansas, Memphis, Minnesota, Mississippi, Oregon, Temple
OT JC David Garb(Scottsdale) Scottsdale, AZ 6-3/305 Med Yes Iowa State, Maryland, Miami (Fl), New Mexico, Oregon State, Texas A&M, West Virginia
MLB JC Brandon Whittier (Coahoma CC) Clarksdale, MS 6-1/230 Med Yes Iowa State, Mississippi, Louisiana Tech, Marshall, Mississippi State, Southern Miss
C 23 Kyle Dooley(Papillion-La Vista Senior HS) Papillion, NE 6-2/280/5.20 Med Yes Arizona State, Colorado State, Iowa, Iowa State, Mississippi, TCU, Texas A&M
MLB NR T.J. Bright (Fort Myers HS) Fort Myers, FL 5-11/200/4.60 Med Yes Ball State, Iowa, Iowa State, Troy
TE 73 Logan Brock (Copperas Cove HS) Copperas Cove, TX 6-3/212 Med Yes TCU, Illinois, Iowa State, Kansas, UTEP, Texas A&M
RB 22 Justin Sturns (Rusk HS ) Rusk, TX /4.47 Med No Tennessee, Iowa State, Kansas State, Nebraska, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech
DE JC Darel Strong (Pierce College) Woodland Hills, CA 6-4/250/4.75 Med No Florida State, Pittsburgh, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa State, Nebraska, Oklahoma
WR JC Mike Benson (College of the Sequoias) Visalia, CA 5-11/180 Med No Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Memphis, Mississippi
OT JC J.T. Bashford (Fullerton ) Fullerton, CA -/- Med No Iowa State, Oregon State, UNLV, Washington State, Idaho State, Portland State, SE Missouri State
CB JC Ryan Kelley (College of San Mateo) San Mateo, CA 5-9/183 Med No Fresno State, Iowa State, San Jose State, Toledo, UNLV
OT JC Ken Evans (Pearl River) Poplarville, MS 6-6/315 Med No Iowa State, Louisville, Memphis, Southern Miss, UAB
OT JC Kyle Stuart (N Iowa Area) Mason City, IA 6-5/300/5.40 Med No Illinois State, Iowa State, Northern Iowa, South Dakota State, Southern Miss, Western Illinois
WLB NR Shawn Gerard (North Scott Senior HS) Eldridge, IA 6-2.5/197/4.70 Med No Illinois, Iowa, Iowa State, Kansas, Wyoming
SLB NR Noah Keller (Kearney Sr HS) Kearney, 6-1/225 Med No Colorado State, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Nebraska, Ohio, Wyoming
RB NR Mike Brown(Brandon HS) Brandon, FL 5-8/175/4.38 Med No Akron, Arkansas, Central Florida, Iowa State, Maryland, South Florida
MLB JC Tony Fein (Scottsdale) Scottsdale, AZ 6-2/255 Low Yes Michigan State, Arizona, Arizona State, California, Iowa State, Nebraska, Washington
QB 31 Nick Fanuzzi (Churchill HS) San Antonio TX Low Yes Miami (Fl), Alabama, Michigan State, Arizona, Iowa State, Purdue
WR 82 Hubert Anyiam (N Garland HS) Garland, TX 6-0/175/4.40 Low Yes Louisville, Nebraska, Oklahoma State, Arizona, Iowa State, Kansas State, Texas Tech
TE JC Jeremy Carson (Highland) Highland, KS 6-5/230 Low No New Mexico, Iowa State, Kansas State, Louisiana Tech, Mississippi
OT JC Gerald Parker(Compton) Compton, CA 6-7/290/4.80 None Yes Louisville, Arizona State, Florida State, Oregon State, Iowa State, Nebraska, Southern Miss
Comments: Noah Keller would be a great fullback pickup. Should be more players from Kansas Community schools. I do not see any recruits from Alabama. And only one from Mississippi. Who is recruiting the nine in California? Only two Iowa people left on the screen. We need fifteen more recruits from who is available. Nebraska has at least ten people get Division 1 scholarships and next year will be even better. This was extraordinary. How is Iowa looking for Div 1 scholarships?
Let Prohm's Posse Ride: Hallice, Brady, Stu, Lard, Naz, Deonte, Monte, Matt, Simeon, Jordan, and Babb.
So there must be several recruits in Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida not yet on this list - or am I reaching? I thought our coaches were from all those states except for Fitch.
Is the 4.28 a forty time? If so can that be correct a sub 4.3 forty? That is awsome alone. 6'1'' running a 4.28 can you say lock down corner?
CB JC Woodny Turenne (College of the Sequoias) Visalia, CA 6-1/185/4.28 Med No Florida, Iowa State, Louisville, Oklahoma State, Washington State
I am really liking what I am seeing from Chizik and his staff are really going to recruit well to Ames! Go Cyclones!
"Wrecked 'em? Damn near killed 'em!!" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Jordan Scoggins has all but committed. I'd be really suprised if he doesn't come here. That would give us 12 committs. If we could get 20-22 I'd be really happy.
Originally Posted by businesscyman
Is the 4.28 a forty time? If so can that be correct a sub 4.3 forty? can you say lock down corner?
yes, yes and yes
Originally Posted by dinger7203
yes, yes and yes
Actually, if I remember correctly the way their website is, it's not 40 times, but shuttle times, which is a drill where you start on a yard line, turn and go 5 yds one way, touch the line (or grab the shuttle), run 10 yds back the opposite direction, touch the line, and back to the line you started at. Low 4.0's is great though...it's an agility drill...better for testing reaction times and in game speeed, more than a 40 time...
Vitte, Dulcedo, Sipes
He still sounds fast for a shuttle. Shuttlecraft are fast. Like a Hobbs.
The guy i believe does run a sub 4.3 40. There is a reason he is a 5 star on Rivals. And listed as the best JUCO in the country. We have offered as well as Louisville, Mich, Florida, USC and other top programs. Would be the biggest WoW football recruit we have ever had
LaMarcus is in top 70 in pro draft prospects. Hobbs did okay. Maybe we will get lucky.
Originally Posted by seneca4MVP
The guy i believe does run a sub 4.3 40. There is a reason he is a 5 star on Rivals. And listed as the best JUCO in the country. We have offered as well as Louisville, Mich, Florida, USC and other top programs. Would be the biggest WoW football recruit we have ever had
I was looking at the Top 100 Juco prospects on the Rivals site the other day and I believe he was the highest-rated kid that had yet to commit. There were probably 15-20 kids on that list who were uncommitted; here's hoping that GC and staff are working it hard! It would be a coup to get a kid that's been offered by Florida and Louisville!
Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - Mark Twain
What I found on Rivals database free part who have given no soft verbals yet:
Weakside defensive end
Alex Cook 5.8 6-3/225/4.5 Brenham, TX NR
Christopher Lyle 5.6 6-4/255/4.7 El Dorado, KS NR
Jimmy Fennesy - 6-4/230/4.5 Fort Dodge, IA NR
Ryan Pluta - 6-1/230/4.8 Lincoln, NE NR
JaBari Williams - 6-3/220/- Fort Myers, FL NR
Strongside defensive end
Marquis Frazier 5.6 6-3/240/4.7 Garland, TX 40
Raphael Guidry 5.4 6-4/220/4.99 La Marque, TX NR
Stedmann Coleman 5.2 6-2/255/4.8 Houston, TX NR
Kevin Thomsen 5.1 6-2/250/4.8 Elkhorn, NE NR
Dan Bermea - 6-2/255/- Glen Ellyn, IL NR
Luke Lingenfelter - 6-3/235/4.8 Planview, NE NR
Defensive tackle
Demarcus Cleveland 5.3 6-2/248/4.9 Tampa, FL NR
Brandon Bates - 6-6/290/- Booneville, MS NR
Pete Botkin - 6-1/280/5.37 Omaha, NE NR
Taylor Escamilla - 6-0/270/5.1 Fremont, NE NR
Oga Famuai - 6-2/285/4.82 Garden City, KS NR
Kavaris Ladner - 6-0/296/- Tampa, FL NR
Frank Leon - 6-2/300/- Thief River Falls, MN NR
Darius Scott - 6-4/358/5.73 North Chicago, IL NR
Sam Siegel - 6-4/290/5 Lincoln, NE NR
Kevin Slattery - 6-3/230/- Pensacola, FL NR
Chris Weir - 6-3/270/- Independence, KS NR
Inside linebacker
Brian Ellis 5.9 6-3/240/4.55 Visalia, CA NR
Anthony Fein 5.8 6-3/245/- Scottsdale, AZ NR
A.J. Penson 5.4 6-1/215/- Lufkin, TX NR
Alvin Jordan 5.1 6-2/228/4.96 Dallas, TX NR
Dan Byers - 6-0/220/4.6 Fort Collins, CO NR
Ryan Colling - 6-2/215/4.8 Kearney, NE NR
Rakeem Hedrington - 6-3/210/- Atlantic, IA NR
Charlie Kay - 6-3/220/4.7 Aurora, CO NR
Chimso Okoji - 6-2/220/4.61 Silver Spring, MD NR
Shane Roach - 6-3/230/4.68 Wahepton, ND NR
Dylan Schroeder - 6-1/225/4.7 Greeley, CO NR
Shane Strope - 6-0/190/4.89 Creighton, NE NR
Chuck Thompson - 5-11/215/4.8 Omaha, NE NR
Brandon Whittie - 6-2/235/4.5 Clarksdale, MS NR
Woodny Turenne 6.1 6-2/190/4.4 Visalia, CA NR
Damilyn Tanner 5.6 5-11/185/4.45 Torrance, CA NR
Ryan Mouton 5.5 5-10/185/4.4 Brenham, TX NR
Junior Petit-Jean 5.4 5-10/179/4.55 Naples, FL NR
Antwan Murray 5.3 6-0/165/4.5 Lakeland, FL NR
Tyler Maddox 5.0 5-10/180/- Houston, TX NR
J.R. Brown - 5-11/185/- Killeen, TX NR
Marquis Griffin - 5-10/158/4.56 Bradenton, FL NR
Chris Moore - 5-11/185/4.4 Rockford, IL NR
Ted Riley - 6-0/180/4.45 Thatcher, AZ NR
Matt Teen - 5-11/160/- Covington, LA NR
Le'Marcus Gibson 5.3 5-10/187/4.78 Gulfport, MS NR
Aljamar Grant 5.3 5-11/180/4.5 Sarasota, FL NR
Tory Tyner 5.2 6-1/170/4.49 Cedar Hill, TX NR
Walner Leandre - 6-1/215/4.45 Brenham, TX NR
A.J. Matthews - 6-3/185/4.73 Clearwater, FL NR
Jake Simonton - 5-10/180/4.4 Grand Junction, CO NR
Kyle Steinbrecher - 6-2/175/4.67 Davenport, IA NR
Eric Eiland 5.4 6-1/193/4.53 Houston, TX NR
Rell Lewis 5.4 5-10/180/4.5 Muskogee, OK NR
Brandon Robinson 5.2 5-11/190/- Texas City, TX NR
Kendall Berry - 6-1/185/4.5 Haines City, FL NR
Taylor Cook - 5-10/173/4.4 Omaha, NE NR
Sederrik Cunningham - 5-11/175/- Zephyrhills, FL NR
Charles James - 5-8/170/4.46 Oakland Park, FL NR
Andrew Meier - 6-3/185/- Guthrie Center, IA NR
Jesse Nitcher - 5-9/175/- Aplington, IA NR
Michael O'Rourke - 6-1/175/- Williamsburg, IA NR
Allen Reisner - 6-3/210/- Marion, IA NR
John Reiss - 5-10/210/4.78 Papillion, NE NR
Stephen Seals - 6-0/185/- Lee's Summit, MO NR
Evan McKeon - 6-4/210/- Dunedin, FL NR
Pro-style quarterback
Robert Arnheim 5.4 6-2/180/- Orlando, FL NR
Danny Beck 5.2 6-2/182/4.72 Castle Rock, CO NR
Sam Donatucci 5.0 6-4/207/- Buffalo Grove, IL NR
Nolan Batten - 6-3/200/- Council Bluffs, IA NR
Tom Humenik - 5-10/154/- New Lenox, IL NR
Taylor Witt - 6-3/195/4.8 Morris, MN NR
Dual-threat quarterback
Joe Chaisson 5.6 6-2/167/4.6 Beaumont, TX 21
Rontrell Bailey 5.4 6-2/200/4.7 Arkadelphia, AR NR
Marcus Bowman 5.3 6-2/196/4.5 Carthage, TX NR
DJ Brown - 6-0/163/- North Chicago, IL NR
Jacob Juedes - 6-2/185/4.6 Sheboygan Falls, WI NR
All-purpose back
Mike Brown 5.3 5-7/174/4.34 Brandon, FL NR
Xavier Mohn 5.2 5-8/170/4.46 Colorado Springs, CONR
Tre-Darrius Canady - 5-11/175/4.41 Sioux City, IA NR
Curtis Dewberry - 5-6/164/- Clermont, FL NR
Lester Graham - 5-11/215/- Thatcher, AZ NR
Marcus Okobi - 5-11/205/- Quincy, CA NR
Running back
Maurice Greer 5.4 5-10/220/4.5 Garden City, KS NR
T.J. Boyd - 5-8/165/- La Marque, TX NR
Tyrell Carter - 5-9/175/4.45 Omaha, NE NR
Michael Duncombe - 5-10/170/4.5 Shoreview, MN NR
Kenny Galbearth - 6-1/200/- Colorado Springs, CO NR
Steven Harper - 5-10/190/4.45 Fort Dodge, IA NR
Eric Love - 5-9/175/4.61 Cozad, NE NR
Corey McGuire - 5-8/185/4.78 Tallahassee, FL NR
Travis Rhone - 6-0/190/4.4 Fort Dodge, IA NR
Jason Wright - 5-8/176/4.5 Omaha, NE NR
Broghan Carnes - 6-3/225/- St, Petersburg, FL NR
Wade Leppert - 6-0/207/4.79 Mundelein, IL NR
Wide Receiver
Demetrius Byrd 5.6 6-2/195/4.4 Poplarville, MS NR
David Richmond 5.5 6-4/200/- Santa Ana, CA NR
Damien White 5.2 6-0/170/4.4 Culver City, CA NR
Johnathan Wilson 5.2 6-3/185/4.6 Houston, TX NR
Evan Cromer 5.1 6-0/170/4.5 Tampa, FL NR
Zane Abner - 6-4/185/4.56 Atkinson, NE NR
Matt Donahue - 6-2/155/4.51 Fremont, NE NR
Danny Hogan - 6-2/185/4.4 Dallas, TX NR
DJ Hughes - 6-0/180/4.6 Denver, CO NR
Josh Kornmann - 6-2/180/4.5 Littleton, CO NR
Calvin Mann - 5-11/189/- Farmington Hills, MI NR
Mitch Montgomery - 6-2/190/4.6 Ralston , NE NR
Matt Mooney - 6-0/185/4.56 Clearwater, FL NR
Donnie Reed - 5-10/165/4.5 Lakewood, CO NR
David Smith - 5-9/185/4.4 Troy, NY NR
Tight end
Jordan Scoggins 5.3 6-2/257/4.8 Euless, TX NR
Garrett Johnson 5.1 6-5/235/- Chaska, MN NR
Jordan Holderby - 6-5/221/4.81 Tahlequah, OK NR
Woody Orne - 6-5/240/- Fairfield, IA NR
Austin Wells - 6-2/246/5.04 Norfolk, NE NR
Matt Winegardner - 6-5/205/4.6 Cincinnati, OH NR
Offensive tackle
Donald Stephenson 5.7 6-4/282/5 Blue Springs,MO 32
Trey Baysinger 5.2 6-6/290/5 Dallas, TX NR
Aaron Schulte 5.2 6-6/320/5.2 Norfolk, NE NR
Matt Tomlinson 5.1 6-6/265/- Klein, TX NR
Lewis Field - 6-6/283/5.2 Floyd, IA NR
Nathan Hohnstein - 6-5/275/5.3 Cedar Falls, IA NR
Blake Isetts - 6-7/325/5.9 Red Wing, MN NR
Murphy Mastin - 6-4/265/5.3 Hastings, IA NR
Ben Porth - 6-5/252/5.29 Gretna, NE NR
Evan Tecklenburg - 6-8/330/- Muscatine, IA NR
Offensive guard
Darrell Davis-Budanauro 5.5 6-4/370/- East Grand Rapids, MI 53
Kyle Shasteen 5.4 6-4/290/- Ukiah, CA NR
Mike Williams 5.3 6-2/253/- Tampa, FL NR
Scott Horvath 5.2 6-2/263/5.36 Eagan, MN NR
Jeremy Bean 5.0 6-4/285/5.55 Broken Bow, OK NR
Luke Pinkelman 5.0 6-3/280/5 Cozad, NE NR
Alex Alvarez - 6-3/290/- Kilgore, TX NR
Eric Benoit - 6-4/300/5.3 Compton, CA NR
Bradley Claytor - 6-2/294/5.15 Fort Dodge, IA NR
Brody Dixon - 6-4/305/5 Palatine, IL NR
Curt Jensen - 6-5/310/5.5 Ephraim, UT NR
Brent Johnson - 6-3/270/- Jewell, IA NR
Brian Rodas - 6-5/265/5.25 Monona, IA NR
Brandon Self - 6-3/282/- Shawnee, OK NR
Nate Stoffel - 6-3/270/- Dubuque, IA NR
Andy Ubben - 6-2/285/5.3 Sheffield, IA NR
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Kyle Dooley 5.4 6-3/285/5.2 Papillion, NE 20
Mike Caputo - 6-0/255/5.5 Omaha, NE NR
Karl Robertson - 6-3/300/5.3 Mason City, IA NR
Cole Weihe - 6-0/252/5.55 Lincoln, NE NR
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Before I saw his name up on your list Wesley, I was going to ask if anyone had news on Alex Cook? Looks like some pretty tough suitors have jumped on board...
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Dez Bryant (Lufkin HS) Lufkin, TX 6-1/203/4.60 Med Yes Iowa, Iowa State, LSU, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Oklahoma State
MLB 40 A.J. Penson (Lufkin HS) Lufkin, TX 6-1/215 Med Yes Houston, Iowa State, Nebraska, Rice, Texas A&M, UTEP
Anybody know if these two guys are wanting to go to the same school together.
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The guy i believe does run a sub 4.3 40. There is a reason he is a 5 star on Rivals. And listed as the best JUCO in the country. We have offered as well as Louisville, Mich, Florida, USC and other top programs. Would be the biggest WoW football recruit we have ever had
I'd LOVE to bag a WOW recruit in GC's first season.
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ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Ill. (KSDK) - Charges have been filed against a man accused of unlawful possession of a firearm/ammunition.
Authorities say an officer was patrolling the area of 24th Street near State Street in East St. Louis Friday around 10:40 p.m. when he conducted a registration check on a red 1994 Acura Integra.
The registration returned as a stolen vehicle, so the officer stopped the driver and took him into custody.
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Dynotek's Portable Chassis Dyno - The Truth The Whole Truth, And Nothing But...Written by on December 1, 2001 Contributors: Bolig, Stunkard Using Steve Pilic's Dynotek Portable Chassis Dyno, Real-World Performance Numbers Showed Up At Carlisle's All-Chryslers Nationals
We all hear stories about how powerful a car is, but until you see it as a fact, it's still just bench racing. Being able to prove your car's true real-world horsepower is like having a lottery ticket; the numbers are there in black and white. With the great weather at this year's Carlisle All-Chryslers Nationals, Steve Pilic and the crew from Dynotek had the rollers blazing most of the weekend. We had Dale Mathews' Road Runner up on the machine several times, but more than 60 people let Steve spin their engines to maximum performance levels to garner provable bragging rights. It takes a person with strong confidence in the car he's built to allow a stranger to back it up a steep ramp, strap it down, then wind it until it screams for mercy in front of a crowd. We didn't get to see them all, but here's a sampling of what these street cars could do.
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Allen Oberchain
'64 Polara (432 hp)
The Big Kahuna for 2001. Allen Oberchain from Manheim, Pennsylvania, was the big dog this year in his '64 Polara 500. Allen has owned this car for nine years and it uses a .060-over 440 with a dual four-barrel setup and automatic transmission. The numbers at the back tires were a spectacular 432 hp at 5,900 rpm and 504 lbs-ft at 4,000 rpm. This thing kicks butt!Mark Abate
'70 Duster (425 hp)
Leading the A-Bomb attack for 2001 was Mark Abate's yellow '70 Duster. Mark hails from Deer Park, New York, and has owned this ride for 10 years. The engine is a .040-over 340/four-speed combo built by Mark and produced 425 hp at 6,400 rpm with 377 lbs-ft at 5,300 rpm. We have to sum it up in one word: atomic!Steve Menegon
'89 Lebaron (317 hp)
Impressive? Who says half the cylinders aren't fun? Keystone State resident Steve Menegon stepped up to the plate with his '89 Chrysler Lebaron GTC and wowed the V8-partial crowd with a whopping 317 hp at 5,000 rpm and 358 lbs-ft at 4,500 rpm (for comparison, that's more than a factory-rated '71 440 Road Runner). Steve has owned his car since new and uses a 2.2 with a five-speed tranny. Banzai!!Darin Buckles
'71 'Cuda (420 hp)
Probably the wildest-looking ride to hit the Dynotek rollers was Darin Buckles' '71 blown 'Cuda. Darin hauled his 'Cuda from Desoto, Missouri, and the supercharged beast drew a large crowd. Darin's car uses a 6-71 BDS supercharger on a 440 with twin 1050 Holley carbs hooked to a 727 auto. When the last pull was over, the Plymouth had produced 420 hp at 6,700 rpm and 483 lbs-ft at 4,200 rpm. The Show Me State, indeed.Don Graham
'63 Plymouth (361 hp)
Don Graham, of Butler, Pennsylvania, strapped his retina-frying green '63 Plymouth to the dyno and cranked out a very respectable 361 hp at 6,000 and 440 lbs-ft at 3,700. Don has owned the car for four years and restored it himself. The big Fury uses a 440/727 TorqueFlite combination to produce those numbers; no question, the state troopers know when he drives by.Greg Luhowiak
'67 Coronet (379 hp)
Pittsburgh's Greg Luhowiak brought his 46,000-original mile '67 Coronet Deluxe out to play-and play he did. The warmed-up .060-over 440 with MP aluminum heads, a Weiand single-plane intake, and an 850 Holley produced a very respectable 379 hp at 6,200 rpm and 392 lbs-ft at 6,100 rpm at the back wheels. Move over, Louis Armstrong....
Dennis Probst
'68 Dart (324 hp)
Dennis Probst and his red '68 Dart GTS traveled from Deptford, New Jersey. Dennis has owned this car since high school and the body has more than 100,000 miles showing. The .030-over 340 sports 11.0:1 pistons, "massaged" 340 heads, and an Edelbrock Victor Jr. with a Holley carb. On the rollers, the small-block posted 324 hp at 6,800 rpm and 360 lbs-ft at 4,100 rpm. The Scat Pack is back.Shawn Kaufman
'99 Dakota (273 hp)
Shawn Kaufman of East Meadow, New York, put his '99 Dakota R/T on the Dynotek machine. With the 360 Magnum engine sporting Magnum R/T heads, a 52mm throttle body and Mopar Performance 1.6 ratio rocker arms, he spun the dyno up to 273 hp at 5,100 rpm and 306 lbs-ft of torque at 4,200 rpm. That's haulin'!Tony Milazzo
'63 Sport Fury (275 hp)
Tony Milazzo brought his jet-black '63 Sport Fury from Readsboro, Vermont, and blasted away to a 275 hp at 4,000 rpm and 399 lbs-ft at 3,300 rpm at the rear tires. He has owned his Fury for seven years and restored it himself. The car is powered by a 440 coupled to a four-speed. Definitely one of the fast and the Fury-ous.Richard Hauk
'69 Dart (375 hp)
Just because Richard Hauk of Lansdale, Pennsylvania, is the used car sales manager of a Ford dealership doesn't make him a bad person. In fact, he brought his '69 Dart Swinger to the challenge complete with a Ray Barton-built W2 360 engine and auto trans. The dyno gauges spun to the tune of 375 hp at 5,200 rpm and 464 lbs-ft at 5,200 rpm, despite the fact that the rear numbers were hurt by a slipping torque converter. 5.0 posers, beware!Dennis Hook
'67 Barracuda (324 hp)
Hailing from New York, Dennis Hook and Karen Wood (of Syracuse and Buffalo, respectively) brought their red '67 Barracuda to the show and took the challenge. They have owned the car for a year and did all the work themselves except the engine. That beast, a moderately worked 383 coupled to an automatic made 290 lbs-ft at 4,500 rpm and 324 hp at 6,500 rpm, which had this fish swimming in deep water.Holley Road Runner
387 hp with A/C on!
John Balow and the guys at Holley Performance brought out the last big Mopar Muscle project car for a requisite showing. As you may remember, the Indy-built engine in the Plymouth made an impressive 577 hp at 4,900 rpm and tractor-trailer-type torque at 700 lbs-ft at 3,800 rpm. Realizing a substantial loss would occur through the torque converter, driveshaft, and differential, John had the Holley Road Runner strapped down and let her fly. The best pull netted a 392 hp at 4,500 and 507 lbs-ft at 3,700. Next up was a pull to see how much the car lost with the Vintage Air air conditioner turned on. It lost only 5 hp and 21 lbs-ft of torque. Not bad for a tire fryer that can ride in comfort, huh?Kas McManus
'73 Challenger (371 hp)
If you're a frequent reader, you'll probably recognize Kas McManus' '73 Challenger from last December's cover. (A) Last year, Kas made an impressive 294 hp at 6,300 rpm and 322 lbs-ft at 3,250 rpm, using a .030-over 340 with 11.0:1 pistons, an Ultradyne mechanical cam, mildly ported heads, and an 850 Holley carb atop a Victor 340 intake and a 2-inch exhaust. (B) This year, Kas had a little more meat on the plate. He started with a pair of Edelbrock aluminum heads prepped by Indy Cylinder Heads, a ported Victor intake, and an AED-prepped 850 double-pumper carb. As if that wasn't enough, he also added a NOS cheater system and 3-inch exhaust. Without the spray, he turned in a solid 318 hp at 6,800 rpm and 310 lbs-ft at 6,800 rpm. With the spray turned on, the Dodge screamed to a big 371 hp at 6,100 rpm and 348 lbs-ft at 6,000 rpm and should get even more with increased jetting. All in all, one radical street machine.


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Thomas Payne's Automotive Shop - Thomas Payne And His Journey Into The Restoration Of Automotive SoulWritten by Jeff Smith on May 1, 2011 Contributors: Thomas Payne Restoring A '30s Shop Resulted In More Than Just New Brick And Mortar.
Thomas Payne is the gearhead version of the Renaissance man. It was his goal to restore a '30s auto repair and welding shop that had long ago fallen into disrepair. The original owner, Virgil Johnson, ran the welding and repair shop for more than 50 years before his death. The children had moved away, althought Mrs. Johnson remained, and the five-acre property containing the shop, original family home, and multiple outbuildings was seriously overgrown. As a young man, Thomas had spent many long hours studying the old man's multilayered skills, motivating him to take on small mechanical projects, including a go-kart built in the Johnson shop. Years later, Thomas purchased the property and elected himself curator of this neglected museum, while allowing Mrs. Johnson to remain in her home before she passed away at 97 and after much of the work had been completed. Admittedly, Virgil was, as Thomas says, "organizationally challenged," the result of surviving the Depression era that drilled into that generation the belief that even the smallest scrap held value. Thomas' photos tell the physical story, and he was prescient enough to record the entire process from the weed-infested beginnings. Once the shop and grounds were rebuilt, he elected to share his accomplishments with the world on the Garage Journal.com website. That's where we stumbled across his forum post ("Restored 1930s Auto Shop" under the Garage Gallery heading), where a loyal following of garage-aholics has sustained the effort with 100-plus pages and more than half a million hits, attracting worldwide readers from more than 20 countries.
But this is far more than just a meandering thread documenting a cluttered shop that has undergone "an epic transformation." If that were all it was, the thread might have played out after a dozen pages. What is of far greater value is the undercurrent of a man's dedication to honoring and preserving the past combined with a Midwesterner's passion for sharing his good fortune with others. The sharing part might be simply small-town hospitality. Or perhaps this thread is just the digital summation of an undying faith in the tenet that hard work is its own reward. But all that still doesn't answer the question of what drives this full-time airline pilot to spend nearly every nonflying moment restoring some small part of his car guy Ponderosa. The payoff is how Thomas' adventure seems to motivate nearly everyone who falls into the trap of reading 100 pages of near perpetual motion.
We've attempted here to congeal a few of the most interesting portions of Thomas' archeological and restoration efforts into a cohesive story. But there are a couple of other gems you really should read on the website. If you don't come away from Thomas Payne's tribute to a '30s shop with the impetus to face-lift your own small workplace, consider hocking every tool you own in exchange for a renewed automotive soul. It will be worth it.
In the Beginning
Virgil originally built a two-car-garage shop near Philo, Illinois, sometime in the late '30s. Within a few years he added a Rotary center-post hydraulic lift alongside the original shop, which was later enclosed after the shop was lengthened. Virgil did a little of everything, including auto and radiator repair, welding, fabricating, go-karts, fixing auto radios, beekeeping, blacksmithing, and various other pursuits. After his death, and with no one maintaining the property, the cluttered five acres were soon overgrown. Thomas purchased the property in November 2005, complete with abandoned cars, tons of scrap metal, and a wilderness of jungle-like proportions.
Somewhere in the middle of the shop thread, a reader made the following comment:
"Looking at the final product, I can picture the completion of a long day of work, tools scattered about, and a rugged figure of an older man with hands of leather pausing by the workbench to sip a Pepsi before heading into the house for dinner with his family. It's more than obvious to me that you built this place to share with that old man, should his spirit decide to drop in and look over your shoulder as you skin your knuckle on a part clamped in the vise, just as he had done so many times before."
Thomas then told the following story:
"You might have more insight into this than you realize . . . I'm just going to retell the facts as they occurred.
"The property consists of close to five acres, which I have cleaned up over the last few years. The backyard behind the family home was full of material and overgrown, as was the other acreage. I've yet to post those pictures, but I think everyone gets the idea of what it was like. I've been all over that yard by now, literary hundreds of times, clearing and cleaning. For the last couple of years, especially around the house, I've had it all cleaned up and looking very nice. I've got grass there now that has been mowed for the last two to three years. Last spring I was walking the property as I do several times a week to pick up mostly small tree branches in preparation for mowing. On my way back to the shop by way of the backyard I was about 30 feet from the back of the family house when I spotted what at first glance was a small piece on paper I had missed while doing my cleanup. As I got closer, this is what I found lying on top of the grass, face up and not down in the grass, but right on top of it. It was a name tag from one of Mr. Johnson's shirts."
The Cars
Something easily lost in the story about the shop's restoration is that this effort began so Thomas would have a place to work on his cars. You have to be a fully dedicated car guy to take on a project like this, so it's important to not skip over the cars. In addition to three 327-powered '64 SS Impalas (two of which are four-speeds) and a'62 SS, Thomas races an original '66 Chevy II L79, four-speed car as part of the Pure Stock Muscle Car Drag Races (PSMCDR) organization.
Thanks, Dad
The following Thomas-penned piece also appears in this thread.
"I've never really mentioned my own father, but now might be a good time. He, without a doubt, instilled in me an appreciation for 'old' and high quantity and when working to always do my best. Be it tools, machines, furniture, or houses. He was a great caretaker of anything old and taught me to respect whatever it may be. He was a perfectionist of the first rank. Although his day job was in academia, he was a true Renaissance man. A skilled cabinet maker, jeweler, leather craftier, metal worker, there was almost nothing he couldn't do and do it to a very, very high degree. That the shop turned out as well as it did is a tribute to him. He took great interest in the restoration project and followed it, even though by then he was in his later years. On occasion I would float an idea by him or ask his opinion about some aspect of it. He was able to walk through the shop one last time about 21/2 years into the restoration. The interior was all done by then. As I explained details and showed him around he nodded silently. Then, when we were all done, he turned to me and said 'You've really done it right. I want you to know how very proud I am of you.' There is no way that shop could exist as it does without his guidance and teaching throughout my life. He passed away about six months after that, age 89. I just feel I can't take all the credit here. Dad is the one who made me feel there is nothing I can't do and by his example, do it to the best of my ability."
Things I Learned from Thomas Payne's Garage Journal Thread
• The lost art of oil quenching surface treatment for old tools from ZRX61
• Where to find hours of 8mm beekeeping home movies
• The repair, care, and powdercoating of Rotary Lift hydraulic hoists
• I should open a powdercoating store next door to Thomas' shop
• A short history of the Diamond Calk Horseshoe Co. that built adjustable wrenches, eventually building tools for Snap-on
• All threads eventually lead back to a discussion about tools
• Always wear a respirator when working indoors around moldy cardboard and raccoon droppings to prevent nasty respiratory infections
• Wilton vises, tool-hoarding vices, and a recurring case of anvil envy
• Off-center electrical switch plates can cause extreme mental anguish in those who demand symmetry in their lives
• The definition of omphaloskeptic
• A flawed history of the monkey wrench
• There will be an "open thread" test given by Thomas' wife, Chris, covering the entire thread
• Don't leave even a faded, original repair sign out front of your shop unless you enjoy performing work for strangers at no charge
• Restoring old floor jacks offers some type of cathartic attraction to tool freaks
• The story behind the Al Jerrauld intake manifold
• Best of all, rediscovering the lost art of giving to total strangers, who then become friends and pay it forward to fellow gearheads
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The exterior of the shop only looked this good only afterThomas purchased the property. A ton of the overgrowth was removed so you could see the front of the shop.This is the shop as it exists today after a Herculean brush-removal effort. Thomas added the carport over the entrance to the original shop, and you can just see a red '50s-vintage Eco Model 98 air meter mounted on the wall near the door. He also has a service station bell that rings anytime a car pulls up in the drive.It was difficult to even walk through the shop on the first day of ownership because the clutter was everywhere. But the detritus also revealed many treasures.Among the many tools Thomas retained is this original Sun distributor machine. He also has an unrestored Sun diagnostic machine that sits to the right of the large toolbox.Thomas says he didn't do all this work himself. His son Cameron and good friend and neighbor Bill Jones were tremendously helpful with the carpentry, plumbing, and electrical work."This grinder was operational in the shop as long as I can remember as a little kid, and the sound of the flat belt slapping when it was running is very distinctive. It still works, although it turns fairly slow. The sound of it really moves me back in time. It's almost eerie the way that sound also conjures up sights and smells from back then. Shut your eyes with it running and it's like a kind of time machine, really."
This is the L79, 350hp, 327ci small-block backed with a Muncie four-speed. The L79 option included 11:1 compression, the famous 350hp hydraulic flat-tappet camshaft, and a small Holley four-barrel carburetor underneath that unique dual-snorkel air cleaner.Thomas is also a drag racer. His '66 Chevy II competes in the PSMCDR in the Factory/Stock (F/S) class. The rules require a pure stock engine allowing only a couple of minor modifications to ignition and exhaust. The car runs high 12s.Thomas has completely restored the engine compartment in one of the '64 Impalas, complete with air conditioning, power steering, and power brakes.Thomas also owns four early SS Impalas. The nicest one is this satin-silver '64 SS with a four-speed and air conditioning. The other '64 is another member of the Payne clan.This is the Chevy II up on the hoist just to show that this is a working shop, not a museum. Note the use of a rubber mat under the car to catch any spills. The "All Parts and Labor Cash" sign is the original company sign Thomas retained in almost exactly the same place in the shop.Besides drag racing and restoring anvils and old floor jacks, Thomas is also into road racing. Last summer he offered the use of his barn to a team of four road racers including Norm Cowdry's amazing small-block Chevy-powered '67 McKee MK10 Can-Am vintage road race car as a rest stop between races at Road American in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, and Watkins Glen, New York. That's Thomas' wife, Chris, behind the wheel, and Norm Cowdry on the left with mechanic Roland Johnson.


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David Nalbandian was feeling absolutely orgasmic during his opening round Davis Cup rubber versus David Ferrer today (the speedy Spaniard does have that effect on people, you know.)
The prickly Argentine managed to dominate David 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 and get his country to a 1-0 lead in the big final. Juan Martin del Potro is currently battling Feliciano Lopez in the second rubber of the day. (UPDATE: Feli defeated J. Martin 4-6 7-6 (7-2) 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 to tie it up!)
So now, if you don't mind, let's enjoy the many "O" faces of Nalby...
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Friday, November 21, 2008
(UPDATED) PHOTO OP: Nalby feeling the big "O" during his dominating Davis Cup win
Labels: David Nalbandian, Davis Cup, photo op, tennis
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i really really really hope spain wins the final!ReplyDelete
- johanneNovember 21, 2008 at 1:06 PM
Feli ties it all up!! So happy for Spain right now :)ReplyDelete
I can't help it - he will always remind me of Freak Show from Harold and Kumar... 0.oReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 21, 2008 at 3:33 PM
The thing about sports is that it makes somewhat unfortunate looking guys seem attractive.ReplyDelete
Case in point..
- AnonymousNovember 21, 2008 at 6:46 PM
Siri, I think it's actually the other way around.ReplyDelete
A tremendous start for Nalbandian but a disappointing ending for Del Potro. That is how you can summarized the overall performance from Day 1.ReplyDelete
David Nalbandian was just perfect on every aspect of his game and he could do no wrong. Ferrer did had his moments where I felt that he could pull something, but Nalbandian gave him no room for revival. This was the one of the best performance from Nalbandian that I've seen in a while.
I have to admit that I was expecting Del Potro to give us a 2-0 lead. But I can put the blame entirely on him as he was carrying a minor injury during the game. I'm sure he will look back with plenty determination to win on Sunday.
Now here comes the moment which I fear the most. Just like what happened, it will be the double event that might be crucial for Argentina on their Davis Cup quest. I hope Nalbandian/Calleri can pull something out of this but Spain will have plenty of confidence following Feliciano's win. We'll see how things goes.
In the meantime, please check out my re-cap on the matches from Day 1. Of course, your feedback is highly appreciated.
Spain made it!!! They won!!! YAY! Rafa must be so proud of his guys... :)))ReplyDelete
It looks to me like David is hankerin' for a bj Rich doll.ReplyDelete
*waves to sonja* I knew I could count on you for a Rafa comment in my absence!
Congrats to Espana.


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DALLAS (AP) -- American Airlines and US Airways will merge and create the world's biggest airline. The boards of both companies approved the merger late Wednesday, according to three people close to the situation.
The carrier keeps the American Airlines name but will be run by US Airways CEO Doug Parker. American's CEO, Tom Horton, will become chairman of the new company, these people said. They requested anonymity because the merger negotiations were private.
A formal announcement is expected Thursday morning.
The deal has been in the works since August, when creditors forced American to consider a merger rather than remain independent. American has been restructuring under bankruptcy protection since late 2011.
Together, American and US Airways will be slightly bigger than United Airlines.
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Greenville-based Yes Essentials' automobile seat fabric was recently selected for the 2013 Kia Sorento.
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Role of Chromatin Modifiers in Regulating Human Embryonic Stem Cell Pluripotency
The life of every human starts with a fertilized egg. This single cell starts to divide and, in a truly amazing process, gives rise to a developed human being. Although each cell of a developed organism is a progeny of this single zygote, and shares the same genetic information with every other cell, cells differentiate to specialized forms such as skin, muscle or nervous cells. Thus, new information emerges during development, and is inherited in a fashion that does not involve changes in DNA sequence. This fascinating process is called epigenesis. Epigenetic changes underlie not only normal, but also pathological development. Abnormal epigenesis contributes to human pathology, such as aging, cancer, degenerative diseases, developmental defects and mental retardation.
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It is highly likely that discoveries resulting from proposed studies will identify molecules whose manipulation will contribute to current efforts to bring stem cell into realm of therapeutics, particularly in the area of directed differentiation and epigenetic reprogramming
We study how chromatin, the complex of DNA and protein that makes up chromosomes, influences expression of genes to produce different tissues and organs in the process of development. Human embryonic stem cells provide a useful model system that allows us to address fundamental questions about role of chromatin modification and epigenetic mechanisms in cell fate decisions governing human development and disease.
With funding from CIRM we developed a human embryonic stem cell-derived in vitro model to study the formation and differentiation of human neural crest, a transient cell population that is ectodermal in origin, but undergoes a major gene expression reprogramming to acquire a remarkably broad differentiation potential and ability to migrate throughout the body to give rise to craniofacial bones and cartilages, peripheral nervous system, and cardiac structures.
We had shown that two distinct chromatin remodelers cooperate to promote the unique epigenetic plasticity and migration of the neural crest cells. Heterozygous mutations in gene encoding one of those remodelers, CHD7, result in a complex constellation of congenital anomalies called CHARGE syndrome, a sporadic, autosomal dominant disorder occurring in about 1:8000 life birth and characterized by malformations of the craniofacial structures, peripheral nervous system, ears, eyes and heart. Though our work we have elucidated for the first time the molecular mechanism underlying this relatively common, but poorly understood human syndrome, and identified novel candidates targets for genes mutated in this disease.
- Nature (2010) CHD7 cooperates with PBAF to control multipotent neural crest formation. (PubMed: 20130577)
- Trends Biochem Sci (2008) It takes a PHD to SUMO. (PubMed: 18406149)
- Cell (2007) H3K27 demethylases, at long last. (PubMed: 17923085)


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Sunday, September 13, 2009
Pop Culture and Philosophy [sic], Again
[Spiros], I think your silly blog might be having some (unintended?) effect. My department met on Friday for a preliminary discussion of the junior search we'll be conducting this Fall. [One of my colleagues] proposed that "any applicant who has a paper in a Pop Culture and Philosophy book should be immediately placed in the 'no thanks' pile." To my surprise, no one objected to the sentiment.
I doubt that I'm entitled to take credit for this. All one has to do is take a look at any of the volumes to find that they're a haven for the incompetent.
32 comments:
why does your friend call this blog silly? you have another blog that's not silly, perhaps?
ps bitching about Dworkin is a giveaway
- September 13, 2009 at 1:19 PM
Yeah, God forbid someone would try to make the parochial interests of contemporary academic philosophy relevant or even interesting to people without Ph.d's, or the masochistic patience to read the turgid prose of the discipline!
I could understand not counting it as much more than say a letter to the editor, or a lecture to the local chapter of Amnesty International. But, the silliness of the proposal is only exceeded by the thoughtlessness of a room full of putatitvely thoughtful people who let such silly snobbery pass presumably for rigor and standards. And, we wonder why philosophy departments get closed and no one on campus think that philosophers serve any purpose!
Now, I do not think much of most of the contents of these volumes, nor the desperation of the proposals (philosophy and viagra, sigh), and the essays tend to be at best lightweight and sometimes just bad.
What would you conclude from the fact that someone chose to write a piece illustrating or applying philosophical insight into popular culture? Is the problem that they wanted to do so? That they chose to do so rather than publish for the 15 readers in their specialization? Or, is it that you infer that they couldn't publish elsewhere? What if they also published work in a respectable journal, would you still hold their interest in, say, philosophy and macrame, against them?
I think it is more likely that we can conclude from this vignette that if there's one thing a philosopher loves it's her/his own familiar prejudices, than that we can infer a candidate's philosophical talent from having a paper in one of these books. But, then I'm probably not at such a high powered institution for a reason :)
[\end humorless snark]
- September 13, 2009 at 1:46 PM
- Spiros said...
Anon 1:46,
I appreciate the snark, but I think you're presuming too much. Should we assume that the person making the suggestion is opposed to all attempts to make philosophy relevant or accessible, rather than to the attempts which (dis)grace the pages of the PC&P volumes? Maybe the person who made the suggestion has a different policy for publication in, say, /Think/ or /Philosophy Now/, or other forums?
That is, perhaps the person making the proposal takes herself to have good inductive evidence that what gets published in these volumes is didactic, incompetent crap which actually does more to harm the public profile of our discipline than a year's worth of JP papers on Newcomb's Paradox (Ah... remember *those* days!)?
So the complaint might not be at all that one has elected to "write a piece illustrating or applying philosophical insight into popular culture"; it might be that they have chosen a venue which takes money for furthering the popular perception that philosophy is simply bullshit?
- September 13, 2009 at 3:35 PM
Would the committee also not object to placing all applicants with a DUI on their record on the 'no thanks' pile?
If the argument is that Phil/Pop Culture books harm the public perception of philosophers, so too would the notion that 'academia sponsored philosophers are drunk drivers' harm the discipline.
Naturally, both of these are bad arguments. I worked on such a book for one reason: fast, easy cash. There are a multitude of reasons one may work on such books. Last I checked, many grad students are underfunded and occasionally need money. Why would you hold an applicant accountable for something they did for extra-philosophical reasons.
Naturally, if they included it in the CV as a 'representative publication', then in likelihood, they'd be dinged anyway. In this case, I could understand the argument of 'anyone that has to mention a Phil/Pop Culture entry in their CV likely does not have much of a CV, and to review it would be a waste of time.
But that you google their name and see one, say, might harm people who do things they are not proud of in grad school/as adjuncts in order to pay their bills.
Also, just because most are drivel does not mean they all are. What if an applicant agreed with the assessment, but instead of idly griping, they tried to make them better through their own effort? I mean, certainly there are some that don't suck, even if most do.
- September 13, 2009 at 5:05 PM
Please never hire people who work on books like these:
Hip Hop and Philosophy
(a Harvard guy edited this one-what a joke)
Talk to Her
(a u of c prof. has an essay here)
Philosophers Explore the Matrix
(not that film again)
- September 13, 2009 at 6:52 PM
I think the cited dept reflects nothing but blind prejudice, and might shout "you lie!" if I were to suggest in their dept meetings that popular culture books could have real benefit. As I have said before on this topic, I am a full prof who has several tier-1 pubs as well as a couple of pop culture chapters to my name (for which I have not received anything but a couple of copies of the book). Got nothing to prove, and have turned down offers from on-the-Leiterific-map-campuses for remaining at my non-Leiterific SLAC which sits on a beautiful lake, with a beach 200 yards from my office.
Spiros: *could* there be a kind of pop-culture book that you would lend your name to? *Could* philosophy and/or the great unwashed benefit in any positive way from such a book? Your blanket remarks seem to merely dismiss such possibilities with a snap of your fingers. I can't believe this issue is so black-and-white as you make it--and please remember the case of Rep. Wilson with regard to another divisive issue that involved push-back on a very emotional, but not necessarily rational level.
- September 13, 2009 at 9:23 PM
I teach adjunct at a small private school where the students are required to take intro to philosophy. Most know nothing about philosophy and hate the fact that they must take the class, and so I've made "why you should care about philosophy" an underlying theme of the class. Anything that can get students' attention and making philosophy relevant to what they know is helpful when dealing with people who resent having to be in your class - and the students know, and respond well to, pop culture.
I think it's important to remember that these books are intro texts intended for a lay audience without a philosophy background. We shouldn't hold them to the same standards we hold professional texts. They are in different categories. As sources of philosophical insight, they fail, just as any other secondary intro text does - but that doesn't mean it's a bad intro text.
- September 13, 2009 at 10:04 PM
I wonder if there's a point here that is about organizing CV's that Spiros's colleague is making: namely, a mistake of grouping popular publications with one's professional publications. I, myself, try to make a principled distinction, both on my own CV and in assessing the CV's of applicants in searches, between publications that are (supposed to be) pushing the envelope with philosophical research and those helping everyone else keep up. The former are of one class of publication and the latter of another. They are both of merit, and each worthy of consideration as contributions to the discipline (as many of the above comments show), but we should be aware of and recognize the difference ... and job applicants that do not are ones of whom we have inductive evidence they do not have similar professional judgment. To ding them on this basis, I think, is hasty, but there needs to be some non-arbitrary measure better than the applicant's pedigree....
Consequently, it's best to distinguish between peer-reviewed journal articles, invited articles/chapters, and finally popular publications on one's CV.
- September 14, 2009 at 2:25 AM
- Spiros said...
Anon 5:05:
I think the analogy with DUI is misplaced. What makes the (overwhelming majority of the) essays in the PC&P series harmful is that they present themselves as philosophy, but are in fact incompetent bullshitting. So, the non-philosopher to whom the books are aimed is given a defective and misleading model of what philosophy is. The drunk driver is different. She does not present her incompetent driving as philosophy.
- September 14, 2009 at 9:19 AM
- Spiros said...
I have no objection in principle to pop-cultural philosophizing. In fact, I follow some of the philosophy of film literature. In my view, a fully competent, non-harmful, and insightful PC&P volume is a conceptual possibility. I don't see why people are so quick to take my judgment about the PC&P books to indicate some deep elitism about keeping philosophy pure (or whatever).
The sad reality is this: the overwhelming majority of the essays in the PC&P volumes are incompetent, both philosophically and as pieces of writing. The grammatical, typographical, and stylistic errors are egregious and common enough to make the books unfit for classroom use. And the incompetence of the philosophy merely confirms the worst of what people tend to think philosophy is.
Now, of course, there are exceptions. One can find the occasional good (or better) essay. But why isn't that the norm rather than the exception? Here's a hypothesis: the PC&P series is a big enough money-maker that no one cares about quality-control. The presses that publish them apparently do not put any of their editorial resources (proofreaders, copyeditors, etc.) into the books, and the editors of the individual volumes seem to have no qualms about publishing their own half-baked work and that of their friends and students, apparently without regard for quality.
Again, the situation is not as bad as it might be, simply because these books, despite their impressive sales numbers, are hardly read. They're wrapped up and packed away in memorabilia collections, along with unopened action figures and other merch.
Anyway, perhaps there should be efforts to write philosophy about pop culture. We can argue about that. But I'd guess that we can agree straightaway that any such efforts should be at least philosophically competent. Right?
I hope you take full advantage of the lake and beach.
- September 14, 2009 at 9:40 AM
Krinos (or others): When you recommend distinguishing between "peer-reviewed journal articles, invited articles/chapters, and finally popular publications on one's CV" how do you distinguish between peer-reviewed journal articles and invited journal articles? From what I've seen, it seems that many invited journal articles are peer-reviewed. Do you put peer-reviewed invited articles in the peer-reviewed articles (implying that they weren't invited), in the invited articles section (implying that they weren't peer-reviewed), their own category?
- September 14, 2009 at 10:04 AM
Re: where to put invited vs. peer-reviewed papers...
I just put them both into an "invited/peer reviewed papers" section. This is separated from the papers which are neither, in which pile letters to the editor, non-peer-reviewed articles, and the like go. Any more division than that (at least until the section itself spans multiple pages) seems unnecessary. If an invited article were clearly not peer-reviewed I'd probably put it in the latter category, but I haven't had that happen so far.
- September 14, 2009 at 1:09 PM
- CTS said...
Krinos: I'm with you on this.
We had a candidate who just lumped everything - 'philosophical novels,' near-vanity publication stuff, and peer reviewed stuff - altogether under 'publications.' It made us wonder if he had any clue.
I also have a colleague who contributes to many of the P&PC volumes. That he, too, treats these as on a par with his more scholarly work just amazes me.
- September 14, 2009 at 7:43 PM
Anon 10:04
You're right that there's a penumbra between peer reviewed journal articles and invited book chapters, and the invited but also peer reviewed article, perhaps for a special issue, occupies this sort of position. My own thought is that blinded review is part of what makes journal articles the successes they are, and so I consequently ask that if my papers for special issues are to be reviewed, they also be blinded. But this said, if the paper's invited, it's getting different treatment from the editors, regardless of whether it's blinded for the reviewers. JS Snail's suggestion above seems reasonable enough to me, but I've just lumped all my invited but (even blind) reviewed papers with the other invited stuff. CV's should be readable, too, and more than 3 categories for publication is more than I care to have.
Oh, and I've written something for a popular culture and philosophy book, too. But here's the key: it doesn't go right next to the other essay in (say) Phil-Studies.
- September 15, 2009 at 2:20 PM
I'm not sure why many folks seem to think that the CV must, absolutely must, contain as much information as possible (as if info quantity is a rough stand in for quality). Do we really need to know all 20 conferences in which you either presented or commented (especially when half of them are grad conferences)? Must we be made aware of every publication (especially when most are book reviews, grad journal publications, pop philosophy pablum, or worst of all papers not published but only under review)? Anyone capable of editing themselves (e.g., Selected Presentations, Selected Publications, etc.)?
In fact, a CV with no publications looks at least slightly better (less worse) than one otherwise identical that attempts to pass off a bunch of bullshit as proper publications. Why? Unlike the former, the latter sort suggests that the candidate is radically ignorant or misinformed about professional standards or is a dishonest little shit trying to hide ineptitude with fluff.
That being said, I'm certain that any CV listing a pop philosophy publication also lists a host of other useless shit, which means either that the candidate actually thinks we ought to take such publications as something more than mere novelty or the candidate trusts that we'll be too stupid to see through the sad attempt at philosophical puffery. Either way, I'll be kicking that shit Spiros-style straight into the muthafuckin' bin.
- September 15, 2009 at 6:10 PM
Killjoy's right that there's another implication of submitted CV's that do not distinguish between popular publishing and professional publishing: it either means that the candidate doesn't make the distinction (and hence, is likely professionally incompetent) or that the candidate thinks that the committee members don't make the distinction (and hence, makes the candidate likely someone who will regularly treat his/her colleagues like they are stupid). Either way...
This said, I think that the concerns voiced here by Spiros and Killjoy about the P&PC series can be rectified by people who are committed to doing popular philosophy well to contribute to those volumes. Just because the volumes are all too often filled with junk, that doesn't yet mean that they have to continue to be.
- September 15, 2009 at 7:51 PM
- Spiros said...
1. Presentations at Grad Student conferences.
2. Stints as session chair at any conference.
3. Stints as commentator at any conference other than APA main program.
5. Presentations on the group program of the APA (with a precious few exceptions...).
6. Publications in PC&P volumes.
7. Publications in edited volumes not edited by super-stars in the field and not published by major academic presses.
8. Publications in conference proceedings. (Subject to the same qualifications as #7.)
9. Book reviews published online (except for at NDPR).
10. Books published with SUNY Press.
- September 15, 2009 at 9:15 PM
Spiros, I can't possibly think that your great contempt for these volumes really comes from giving them a careful reading. Am I really to believe that on your off hours you hang out at Barnes and Noble with a latte, perusing "Family Guy and Philosophy" or whatever the latest volume might be? I suspect not, and that you are generalizing from a very small sample. I think that's naughty, and the departments that rule out PCP writers are naughty too. A chapter in one of those books on a CV may not be a plus, but how could it possibly be a minus? It merely shows the candidate enjoys writing, has a sense of fun, maybe wants to be rich and famous. Who knows. Ruling people out because they write in these volumes is no different from ruling them out because they have blogs. In fact, the two activities are rather similar. Light, fun, public-oriented. Perhaps you can relate...since you have a blog.
- September 15, 2009 at 9:22 PM
Didn't you forget one?
11. Articles published in that classic "crap, I need to pad my CV quick!" resource: Southwest Philosophy Review.
- September 15, 2009 at 9:33 PM
Anon 9:33,
SWPR is a conference proceedings. If listed as such, is that a case of CV padding?
I don't get why papers in volumes edited by lesser stars (and papers in conference proceedings, for that matter) should be left off one's CV entirely. I'd thought that the best case against P&PC publication and listing was not that it is in principle in error, but that listing it with other academic publications was professional misjudgment. So if given the proper category (e.g., conference proceedings or invited chapters) on the CV, what's the problem?
- September 16, 2009 at 10:04 PM
- Spiros said...
My "Top Ten" was just cranky venting.
- September 16, 2009 at 10:11 PM
Cranky venting now recognized as such. And anyhow, I like *reading* SWPR's papers... 3,000 word publications are just the right size for me to take in over lunch and learn something. No hatin' on SWPR!
- September 16, 2009 at 10:23 PM
My suggestion of SWPR was (like Spiros' list) partly in jest, however following his reasoning (see point 8) such pieces shouldn't make the cut even if listed as conference proceedings. Really, though, how often do people list them as such?
Even worse, though, is the listing of a Metapsychology Online book review as a publication.... Yikes.
- September 17, 2009 at 9:04 AM
Anon 9:04 - "Really, though, how often do people list them as such?"
A good point, though I think it's a forgivable mistake.
A background question with CV's, especially for this discussion, is what their purpose is. It's an academic resume, for sure, but what does that mean? I'd like to think that at their best, they are a record of one's contributions to the discipline. On the record contributions, regardless of their venue, should be reflected. Surely this can yield the problem of over-reporting, but so long as people keep their contributions in perspective (or proportion), I guess I still don't see the misjudgment in having them on the CV. Now, if we had a rule: only 20 lines on the CV, or only what you can fit on a page, or only things that have been cited by people other than the author in other publications ... probably reporting, on a current example, a Metapsychology online review, is an error. But so long as CV's aren't limited to those proportions, what's wrong with a tally of one's (even modest... even minimal) contributions?
- September 17, 2009 at 4:14 PM
- Jon Cogburn said...
By this policy your friend's department would not hire Noel Carroll, who edited and contributed to the Blackwell volume on the Twilight Zone. Your friend's department would also not hire Peter Ludlow, who has done one book on Second Life and another on video games more generally.
As far as C.V.s- Krinos is correct. The important thing is to keep separate different categories of publication, especially peer reviewed journals from everything else. If they are kept distinct, and there are enough lines in the peer reviewed journal article section, then the other stuff generally still helps.
Most of us that do this kind of stuff of course aren't Peter Ludlow or Noel Carrol, but most people who don't do this kind of stuff aren't at their level either.
Sorry for being uncharacteristically non-snarky. I endorse the snark of other commentators in this thread.
- September 17, 2009 at 7:41 PM
- Jaded Dissertator said...
I'm going to recall here some sentiments from my colleague, Second Suitor, from 'The Philosophy of Viagara' thread:
I think ya'll are look at these things the wrong way. Of course you shouldn't write these in lieu of publishing something for a journal. It's not that kind of publication and not that kind of audience. These things just seem like a way to have a little fun with philosophy rather than fun with other things (say, call of duty 3). If it eats too much into your serious work time, or you think it's going to blow away search/tenure committees you've got a problem. Otherwise have fun with it.
If someone in the NBA wants to play pickup with some guys back home, he should be able to have fun using the tools of his profession (so long as it's not hurting his game when he goes back to work).
So, yeah, don't put the shit on your CV as if it were an actual respected publication (in fact, don't put it there at all) and don't write them instead of doing other work you should be doing and, per Spiros' advice, if you do write them, don't just further the perception that philosophy is bullshit.
Or don't write them at all because Spiros' friend's department won't hire you if you do.
- September 18, 2009 at 8:27 PM
A Harvard professor who works in two departments lists this as a publication:
Hip Hop and Philosophy: Rhyme 2 Reason, with Derrick Darby (Open Court Publishing, 2005)
He doesn't make any distinctions with types of publication. What say you? I can't wait to hear this one.
- September 18, 2009 at 10:58 PM
- Spiros said...
Anon 10:58,
Hi. Sorry to keep you waiting. I thought the thread was about newcomers to the profession, how they should spend their research time, and what should go on their cvs. That you produce an example of a Harvard full professor who edited one of these volumes long after entering the profession is irrelevant to the issue.
But more importantly, you should have actually read the CV of the person you refer to. He is the author of an essay in the PC&P volume he co-edited, but it is not listed on his CV. And, indeed, his CV distinguishes between "refereed publications" and "other publications."
So here's what I say: Your case, insofar as it's relevant at all, supports the view you're aiming to criticize. Nicely done! Again, sorry to keep you waiting.
- September 19, 2009 at 1:26 PM
Fair enough. I thought the arguments here were against such publications altogether. So given one's status in the discipline, they are acceptable.
- September 20, 2009 at 1:59 AM
- Spiros said...
Anon 1:59,
A fallacious inference, to be sure. That the current thread concerns newcomers to the profession and the wisdom of contributing to PC&P volumes is enough to render your proposed counter-example irrelevant, but surely you're not entitled to draw from this the conclusion that "given one's status in the discipline, [PC&P contributions] are acceptable." In the case you mention, I'd say co-editing and contribution to such a volume is *forgivable*.
And, furthermore, you neglect to acknowledge that the case you raise indeed makes all the relevant distinctions between types of publication, and, in fact, leaves his essay in the PC&P volume off altogether. Wise of him.
- September 22, 2009 at 11:14 PM
- Ludlow said...
Am I late to the party?
I don't see the point of leaving quirky things off of a CV. Just put them in a different category than the usual refereed publications. Some people will ding you for having quirky publications, but if you do technical work for your day job some people will find the quirky stuff redeeming. People want their colleagues to be interesting.
Now some people absolutely will not hire you if you work on things like the philosophy of video games or philosophy of pop cult, no matter how solid the rest of your work is. But would you really want people like that as colleagues? If you have a flag, fly it.
- September 24, 2009 at 1:17 PM
A friend of mine recently sent me a link to this entry and after having read the comments I am left still with a question or two.
I am a graduate student at a not-in-the-top-ten (Leiter) program who has recently co-edited one of the PC&P books (it is not yet out). I noted the comment that even given stature in the field, editing one of these is "forgivable"... where does this leave me? I mean, let's be honest, it's not likely that, as a graduate student I'm going to be co-editing the third edition of the Blackwell Anthology, Epistemology.
I do know enough to place this kind of thing on my CV under a category far away from anything serious, but does this not show, at least, that I have some experience that others might lack (e.g. soliciting, accepting, editing, papers for a book)?
Is this the kind of thing that you who are on hiring committees look at and immediately decide to "kick that shit... straight into the muthafuckin' bin"?
Even if it's not posted next to my Phil Studies publication, or whatever?
Also, there has also been some speculation as to why people do these sorts of things in grad school. I did it because I enjoy the topic, a lot, and it gave me an excuse to combine two things I really like. It wasn't because I needed the money (I have yet to see a dime), and it wasn't because I though "YEAH, now I'll get hired by NYU!"... I don't think either of those things will happen. It's fun, and it makes accessible to my mother the esoteric stuff I do every day.
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Restaurants Falmouth
Maenporth Beach GB - TR11 5HN Maenporth
Bright, stylish restaurant in a smart glass-fronted building overlooking the beach, the cove and St Anthony's Head. The modern dining room is decorated in purple and there's a lovely split-level terrace with a retractable roof. Menus are contemporary..
Flying Fish
Gyllyngvase Beach GB - TR11 4NB Falmouth
Glass-fronted hotel restaurant overlooking the bay, with cool, azure-blue décor and stylish, atmospheric lighting. Deli dishes, sandwiches and salads at lunch; more elaborate, adventurous dinner dishes. Warm, friendly service.
Rick Stein's Fish
Discovery Quay GB - TR11 3XA Falmouth
With their own special beef dripping batter and fish chilli burgers to takeaway, this is more than your usual fish 'n' chips. Head inside and alongside your favourites you'll find the likes of dressed crab, fruits de mer and cod curry.
Harbourside GB - TR11 2SR Falmouth


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