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1973-1987 Chevy C10 Dakota Digital Cruise Control Install - One For The RoadWritten by on January 1, 2010 Dakota Digital Cruise Control
It's no mistake that there are two stories featuring my '75 C10 clone of the '79 C10 Americruise truck in this issue, and that they both have to do with controlling the delivery of fuel to the truck's engine. It's all about the green. No, not the trendy kind of green every slick marketer on the planet is slithering up to, but the green in your wallet. What we are about to demonstrate should give your truck better gas mileage out on the highway. We'll be helping with the energy crisis, but more importantly you'll likely be saving yourself from a speeding ticket. And that's the kind of green we like to save.
Back to the two stories approach, it's because there are some things that definitely should be attempted at the same time if at all possible. This is especially true when it comes to routing in a new wiring harness to supplement your truck's existing harness with new circuits. Have you ever noticed how some people have a wiring harness lurking in their truck that makes a big bowl of twisty spaghetti look like a perfect straight line? That's because the wiring harness has been hacked into many times without any consideration of what it does to the harness' integrity or what the job looks like. That said, it was a no-brainer to install a Dakota Digital cruise control system into the '75 at the same time as Howell Developments' TBI fuel injection system (page 47).
Both operations start under the hood at the fuel induction point and rely on computer controls that must be placed within the cab, or at least 10 inches away from the engine's ignition coil. Since Dakota Digital's cruise control system is a universal kit that comes with excellent instructions on how to do a basic installation and set it up, we'll focus mainly on the topics that deal exclusively with installing it into a '73-87 Chevrolet C10 or GMC. In particular we'll be paying special attention to doing a clean installation of the control module and routing the wiring harness to blend in with the existing harnesses.
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As with all mechanical work that involves the electrical system, step 1 is to disconnect the battery.Bearing in mind Dakota Digital specifies the cruise control servo must be mounted at least 10 inches away from the ignition coil we searched for a good mounting spot to make sure the control cable would be routed free of kinks or snags.The ideal spot appeared to be alongside of the opening cut for the TBI harness installed previously.A step that if overlooked can present problems deeper into the job was to close the hood and make sure a clearance problem wouldn't occur when the hood was shut.The same opening for the Howell Developments' TBI fuel injection harness will work equally well for routing the Dakota Digital cruise control harness into the cab.Once it is determined that both the Howell TBI and Dakota Digital cruise control system operate trouble free this hole will be sealed-up from the elements with a non-hardening sealant that can easily be re-opened for future use.
We've found the absolute best way to do a clean job of installing parts that require drilling new holes is to make a pattern.A piece of heavy construction paper was traced around the profile of the cruise control servo and then double-checked by measuring with a square.Although our mounting location didn't require the use of the bracket Dakota Digital supplied for a freestanding location we decided the bracket would make an excellent backing plate.After identifying marks were made to ensure the template was positioned correctly it was taped into place and the two 1/4-inch holes were drilled.A chunk of non-hardening putty (included) was placed on top of the servo unit and then the hood was closed to measure the gap left between the servo unit and the closed hood.The easiest way we found to stuff these oversized plugs through the opening was staggered, one-at-a-time.
Once it was established that the cruise control cable operated freely, the next step was to set up the throttle linkage as explained in the instruction sheet.The cruise control cable must be checked for proper travel by setting it to the idle position and then to full-throttle and then dividing the distance.


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By afternoon, house-husband, knowledge-sponge and aspiring writer! With the writing, there is the sense of creating more than the central story, but the story of the whole universe, so that is my quest. I am too curious to let much of the detail be unknown. So, character portraits, maps, languages, histories, race biologies, technologies, military compositions, battles, the lot. It all also makes writing the story more fluid too.
The creative process is fuelled by mainly autochthonous thoughts. As it probably is for many others, it's almost like some kind of meditation. I cannot plan writing or mapmaking, I simply have to let it flow and then go back over it later to make fixes. If another world's media start creeping into my thoughts too much, I go cold turkey on that world. Instead, I spend a lot of time reading as widely as I can from fictional worlds and the real, and let my subconscious distill and decontextualise it until it becomes essentially lessons learned instead of a source of derivation. Hoping to add some travel in there, so I can see the strange, wide world with my own eyes. Of course, to misinterpret Newton like British currency has been doing recently, we all step on the shoulders of giants. Recently, reading has strayed between Hannu Rajaniemi, the later Ottoman dynasty, extinct Latin letters, English phonology and books written by women on characterisation (Nancy Kress need only write a premise in an instructional book to break your heart).
The idea is to sustain myself by teaching my art to others, using free time to get together these books and look to get them published.
I began a prologue to my story in a small corner of the universe called Skemnok, and it has since evolved into a nice, little macrocosm of its own. Most of its basic elements have been laid down, and I've got stuff on the language, geography, cosmosgraphy, ecology here and there, history, culture, the lot.
If anyone could recommend good star-mapping programs, that would be splendiferous. I have Astrosynthesis, but I don't feel omniscient enough in the program. I am thinking of shelling out on CC3 and Cosmographer, since Cosmographer appears to gel nicely with how you are usually introduced to multi-variable calculus (R^2 -> R; (x,y) |-> z, or "start with the plane then map to above or below"). Is Cosmographer worth the dosh?
I look forward to learning of how the masters of mapmaking go about their craft and also the interesting inventions that surely line the forum vaults.

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Please rate this review -- Gears of War 2
Punching the snot out of a downed Locust enemy.
Too much dark brown, gray and gloomy environments.
What, I get to
this thing?!
"Brainless big muscle men shooting generic monsters that gush out blood like Niagara Falls, constantly running and gunning through dark gloomy environments. - 6/10."
It's so tempting to just leave it at that with Gears of War 2, and it was pretty much the same with the original game too. See, Gears of War 2 represents everything I hate about gaming today, in that it is unapologetically thick, devoid of much intelligence and filled with over-the-top guns and explosions, yet it sells like hot-cakes while innovative and superbly designed games fall flat. But even so, while GoW2 utilises features that are currently blocking creativity from being in the spot-light, it is the actual use of these features that make GoW2 a rare beast.
See, the guns, explosions and gore in Gears 2 is actually, well, rather good. Try as I might, not even I can avoid donning a satisfying grin after unleashing a barrage of fists on a downed Locust grunt. The gameplay is so well refined in the game that all principles and preconceptions are left at the door when playing GoW2. There's no doubt that Epic Games truly know how to keep a game enjoyable and satisfying, especially where guns and bullets are involved.
The combat feels just as solid and weighty as it did the first game, and trying to get that perfect reload is as engrossing as ever. As expected new weapons/items make an appearance to mix it up a little, and - as expected - they all perform great. I was especially impressed with the use of shields that can be used to guard you against on-coming fire while still allowing you to aim your side-arm -- it can even be used as a make-shift point of cover if you choose to dig it into the ground. Old favourites like the Torque Bow and Sniper Rifle return, and the balance between weapons seems to be spot-on.
But Epic have also been somewhat clever too; they know that keeping the story in Gears 2 straightforward and simple is what keeps the people exchanging their cash for the game. It's obvious to me that Epic have the talent to push the story and characters beyond the illusion we see of brain-dead muscle men shooting things, with the dialogue often being more intellectually subtle and insightful than most would initially think. The original Gears walked this path too, but the story in that game really was kept to an absolute minimum.
Even so, Epic accepted criticism thrown at lack of story in the original game (a criticism they could have easily ignored; the majority of players more interested in shooting things to care) and have upped the cinematic level a bit. It's still not something that will push the boundaries of your emotions, with Dom's search for his wife seeming forced, and the reason for the Locust's invasion not elevating your determination beyond what it already was. But still, that the developers have at least taken on board criticism, and attempted to improve upon it is a good start, but I won't go holding my breath for any arousal to my brain cells come Gears of War 3.
Another area of criticism that was often levelled at the first Gears was that the level design always seemed to make use of the same colour style of brown and gray, for the most part. Of course, the world within Gears is a war-torn constant battle-zone, so the dark and gloomy get-up is understandable, but after a few hours fighting in dark caves or gray streets it soon delves into unimaginative and repetitive design territory. Unfortunately, while there are brief glimpses of exotic locations in vehicle sections, GoW2 sticks to the same design mentality, which is a huge shame.
What makes the sting particularly potent is that the visuals on display are an excellent technical achievement, and so sticking to the same uninspired environments is like having a Ferrari but only driving it around the block, instead of the country road up ahead. That said, even with the poor design choices, Gears 2 is the best example of what a game should look like when fully utilising the Unreal engine; the character models are magnificently detailed, and everything around the player looks gritty and authentic, even when there are dozens of explosions, bullets and enemies on screen at once. Even the texture issues that are noticeable in other games using the Unreal engine are better dealt with here, since low-to-high resolution textures actually fade in, rather than just abruptly popping up. Obviously, no texture issues at all would be preferable, but using a more natural way of dealing with them is a step in the right direction.
The visual feast is especially impressive on encounters with some of the larger enemies in the game, ranging from the nasty looking Brumaks to an under-water beast that has a mouth big enough to engulf an entire platoon of people. The game tries to make sure that you encounter every type of enemy you gaze upon, with even the opportunity to ride a couple of them at certain points during the campaign. Unlike Gears 1 - where not having the opportunity to slay a Brumak felt disappointing - you'll feel like you have done everything worth doing by the finish.
After beating the campaign mode in single player or with a friend in split-screen/online you'll likely turn your attention to multi-player. The good news here is that there are two important improvements over the original game, the first is that there are now AI opponents to use to fill out player counts, and the second is the inclusion of a mode called 'Horde'.
Horde mode is basically a game where the player(s) (can be played cooperatively with upto 4 people) must survive an oncoming wave of Locust with a maximum of 50 waves. Altering the map and AI difficulty can make this mode immensely tense and fun, with the emphasis on team-work. For the ultimate challenge try ramping the difficulty up to max and then attempting the mode on a close-quarters map where nervous pacing and frantic screaming during a Locust ambush soon ensure. It's tremendous fun.
With Gears of War 2 it ultimately feels like Epic have attempted to make sure that there is no chance of fans feeling the need to complain about anything. They've attempted to flesh the story out more; added more variation to the campaign; increased the use of vehicles and made them fun to use; added a cluster of new and enjoyable-to-use weapons; and included new multi-player modes along with AI controlled opponents for offline players/practice. All that on-top of general improvements like updated visuals, new gameplay functions (I haven't even mentioned chain-saw duals, or new beat-down animations) and an all round aura of improvement surely mean that they have achieved this goal, as I can't see any Gears of War 1 fan not being at least satisfied with this game.
On the other hand, while significant improvements have undoubtedly been made, Epic are still restricting Gears of War from being anything extraordinary as long as they stick to the same formula. Yes, that formula is impressive enough with the confines of Gears, and in comparison to some other shooters, but there's not enough weight behind the plot or the characters for it to be taken seriously on that front, nor is the pretence that the game is brainless when it can clearly be so much more. The decision to still stick with the uninspired environment design also does the game no favours, although out of the biggest issues this is the most easily dealt with in the next game.
So, for what it is, Gears of War 2 offers a hugely enjoyable and satisfying way to spend your free time, and if the original game tickled your fancy then this will tickle it even more. But also, like the original game, Gears of War 2 isn't going to change the world of gaming, as much as I'm sure people would like to believe. -
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Decent review. I like how you staked out your personal feelings about the game in the first para, then took it from there. It takes balls to say you hate a genre, then admit the game does succeed on other merits.
Game criticism is about forming worthwhile opinions on certain points of the game, then expressing them. You have something to say, that's good. I'd say you're doing better than most game critics out there who write 1000+ word reviews and manage to say nothing! Your views are more nuanced than just 'i like it' or 'i hate it', which is also good. With a bit more polish on your expression, you'd have a good review.
If this article goes through editing, I'd suggest you look at what was cut from this draft, ask yourself why it was cut, then learn to leave it out yourself next time.
Some tips would be to avoid cliches like "visual feast" or "dark and gloomy".
Also, learn to cut the fat from your writing:
Lastly, I like examples of good gameplay moments. Describe a great moment you created in the game (or how a potentially great moment fell flat). Apart from adding punch to the review, it shows you've actually played the game.
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Cheers for the feedback.
Cutting "fat" from my reviews is usually something I get told; I'm still having trouble with that but I'll get it right someday hopefully!
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I could have sworn I commented on this review yesterday... but obviously, I did not. I'll blame my web browser for that.
aoki is right on: this review is too long, especially for our site format. This would be a better and punchier piece by, as aoki says, "cutting the fat."
I think you spent too much time on the visuals, and not enough on the story, or what your personal gaming experience was like. I like the mention of your grin in the 2nd para, and that you were impressed with the way shields work. In contrast, I glazed over in that para about the Unreal engine.
Your first para in the conclusion adds nothing except "bullet points" and IMO could be chopped. I might move the next para about the formula to be early in the review.
Definitely the core of a good review. I'd like to see it become concise, and include talk about what really resonated with you (and perhaps draw attention to a flaw or shortcoming that bugged you). This could be a great piece of writing with some editing!
Thanks for writin'.
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Santa Rita School's Witches' Delight returns to Los Altos for its 53rd haunting 3-8 p.m. Oct. 25 at the school, 700 Los Altos Ave.
The event includes carnival rides, games for all ages, a cakewalk, cookie decorating and a costume contest. Churros, cotton candy and popcorn will be available for purchase. The Santa Rita BBQers will prepare dinner.
Admission is free; tickets for activities are $1. Proceeds benefit the Santa Rita PTA. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
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Bolt-On BrakesWritten by on October 1, 2002 Upgrading to four-wheel discs with Stainless Steel Brakes' bolt-on kit
In the old days when trucks were for work and musclecars rolled out of Detroit assembly lines, disc brakes were touted as an "upgrade." Salesmen would proudly declare, "...and this baby's got front discs." Today, salesmen key on airbags and cup holders, cars have discs at all four corners, and no one gives it a thought--except those of us riding around in 30-year-old American iron. Disc brakes provide more positive mechanical action, respond linearly to pedal effort, dissipate heat faster, and just plain stop the car more quickly and with fewer quirks than drum brakes. While Mopars could be had with optional front disc brakes, four-wheel discs were the realm of exotica, found only on sportscars like Corvettes or high-end imports such as Aston Martins and Jags. No, it wasn't the territory of Coronets and Dusters.
Making up for the low-grade factory braking hardware is a simple proposition today. The parts to upgrade any corner of a classic Mopar to disc brakes are readily available in kit form. Unlike some of the older conversions, which adapted racing components to Mopar applications, these modern kits utilize durable OE quality components, with such niceties as parking brakes, weather seals, and off-the-shelf availability of replacement pads. Our '70 Duster, sadly, was fitted with 10-inch drums all around. Hard braking provoked poor directional stability, and braking capacity soon degenerated as a result of brake fade--safe enough for low-speed commuting, but not up to the job of halting a high-powered hot rod.
We found that Stainless Steel Brakes Corporation (SSBC) offers bolt-in conversion kits to upgrade drum brakes to discs at either end. The promise of improved braking captivated our interest. We like the idea of retaining our original front spindles for an easy installation, as well as the double-drilled wheel bolt pattern, which would allow an upgrade from the Duster's small bolt pattern.
While adding discs to the front end is a major step forward, we wanted to ditch the puny 10x13/4-inch A-Body rear drums at the same time. We ordered SSBC's basic Mopar disc brake conversion kits for the front and rear of the Duster.
Beyond the basic kit, SSBC offers a number of optional upgrades, including lightweight high-capacity aluminum calipers and slotted rotors. Installing the system proved easy and with no surprises, which is a good thing. A better thing was the improved braking performance. With the stock drums, which we had fully rebuilt, slowing the Duster down at the track from 110 mph was a handful. There was no telling which way it would want to go, but it was certainly not straight.
With four wheel discs, the stops became controlled and predictable. Unlike single-purpose lightweight drag brakes, off the strip, the SSBC kit has the capacity and durability to deliver the goods under "performance street" duty. This was definitely the dope for our dual-purpose Duster.
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Our '70 Duster originally came with 10-inch drums all around--barely adequate 30 years ago, and downright scary in a car with 350 hp at the rear wheels. Considering that serviceable rear drums are hard to find, and our pre-'73 A-Body had the oddball 5 on 4-inch wheel bolt pattern, a rear brake upgrade was high on our list.SSBC's rear disc brake conversion comes as a complete bolt-in kit, including the mounts and hoses, 11-inch vented one-piece rotors, and single-piston calipers with parking brake provisions. The rotors are double-drilled to accept either the stock pre-'73 A-Body's small wheel bolt pattern or the more common 5 on 4-1/2 inch bolt pattern. Swapping to the big bolt pattern requires either custom axle shafts or precision machining modifications of the stockers. Since wheel choice is limited with the small bolt pattern, our plan was to upgrade to the big bolt pattern at the same time as the brake swap.Removing the brakes requires pulling the axle shafts. On an 8 3/4 rear, as our Duster was equipped, the axle just unbolts at the bearing retainer and slides out. The 81/4- or 91/4-inch rears require opening the differential cover and pulling the differential gears to remove the axle retaining C-clips.The most troublesome part of removing the stock drum brakes can be disconnecting the parking brake cable. The backing plates have to be stripped of the brake shoes. Slip a small hose clamp over the loose end of the cable to compress the locking barbs where the cable goes through the backing plate. Tightening the clamp will unlock the cable.The axle housing's end studs need to be knocked out. Swap them with the longer replacements in the kit.Since we were changing to the big bolt pattern, we ordered a set of Moser axles. With track time and running slicks in the cards, it's a worthwhile upgrade.The caliper adapter goes over the longer housing end bolts. Insert the caliper bracket bolts into the adapter brackets before bolting them in, since they won't clear the axle shaft flange once the adapters are in place.
Slip the rotor in place and bolt the caliper to its mounting bracket. Check the alignment of the caliper to the rotor. The caliper should be centered over the rotor. If it's not, correct the alignment with shims.Here's something you won't see in any car built in the last decade--front drums. Pop the dust covers, pull the cotter pin, unscrew the spindle nut, and the drum comes off.Remove the four bolts which secure the drum to the spindle and the entire brake assembly comes off as a unit.The lower rear bolt actually threads into the spindle, while the other three bolts just slide through and are retained by the nuts. For the conversion, the threads in this hole need to be removed by drilling with a 1/2-inch bit.The beefy caliper adapter is threaded, and receives the bolts from the rear to attach solidly to the spindle.SSBC's front kit comes complete with new wheel bearings. Make sure they are properly packed with quality disc-brake wheel-bearing grease.The front rotor, as with the rear, is a ventilated 11-inch piece with an integral hub. It fits onto the stock drum brake spindle with a machined spacer installed behind it.
Connecting the supplied hose to the stock retainer bracket required enlarging the mounting hole to fit the hose end.The small drum brake master cylinder should be swapped for the larger SSBC replacement. Disconnect the pushrod at the pedal (manual brake cars only). Unhook the lines, unbolt it, and it's out.To tune the system, SSBC supplies an adjustable proportioning valve. It adjusts to vary the amount of pressure decrease to the rear brakes to prevent premature rear brake lock. Plumb it at the rear brake outlet of the stock combination valve and dial it in so that the rear brakes do not lock before the fronts.


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Melbourne, Australia (Sports Network) - Runners-up one year ago, top seeds
Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci were determined not to let another opportunity
slip by.
The Italian duo captured the Australian Open women's doubles title on Friday,
outlasting Aussie wildcards Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
at Rod Laver Arena.
Errani and Vinci, the reigning U.S. and French Open champions, lost in three
sets to the Russian tandem of Svetlana Kuznetsova and Vera Zvonareva last year
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Horrible Bosses (2011)
Horrible Bosses SynopsisManagement candidate Nick Hendricks (Jason Bateman) has been logging 12-hour days and eating everything his twisted supervisor Dave Harken (Kevin Spacey) dishes out, toward the promise of a well-earned promotion. But now he knows that's never going to happen. Meanwhile, dental assistant Dale Arbus (Charlie Day) has been struggling to maintain his self-respect against the relentless X-rated advances of Dr. Julia Harris, D.D.S. (Jennifer Aniston), when she suddenly turns up the heat. And accountant Kurt Buckman (Jason Sudeikis) has just learned that his company's corrupt new owner, Bobby Pellit (Colin Farrell), is not only bent on ruining his career but plans to funnel toxic waste into an unsuspecting population.
What can you do when your boss is a psycho, a man-eater or a total tool?
Quitting is not an option. These monsters must be stopped. So, on the strength of a few-too-many drinks and some dubious advice from a hustling ex-con whose street cred is priced on a sliding scale (Jamie Foxx), the guys devise a convoluted but foolproof plan to rid the world of their respective employers... permanently.
But even the best-laid plans are only as good as the brains behind them.
Horrible Bosses Release Date
In Theaters July 8, 2011
Horrible Bosses Credits
Starring: Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Kevin Spacey, Donald Sutherland, Julie Bowen
Written by: John Francis Daley, Jonathan M. Goldstein, Michael Markowitz
Directed by: Seth Gordon
Produced by: Brett Ratner, Jay Stern
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With three-straight outdoor fights to his Bellator Fighting Championships record, Bellator bantamweight champ Zach Makovsky (13-2 MMA, 5-0 BFC) is no stranger to fighting under the sun.
That said, even "Fun Size" admits the glaring afternoon heat of Yuma, Ariz., had him a bit worried a this past week's Bellator 41 event.
"When I went out to the cage earlier in the day, it was really hot," Makovsky recently told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio). "If I sat in one place on the canvas, my feet were kind of burning. I was a little nervous, but the temperature went down by the time the fight started, and it was really enjoyable."
Once the sun dropped and the temperatures fell below 100 degrees at Arizona's Cocopah Resort and Casino, Makovsky said it actually turned out to be one of the best venues in which he's ever competed.
"The weather was beautiful when I fought," Makovsky said. "It was real sunny.
"My last three fights were all outdoors. I really like the fresh air."
The fresh air must agree with Makovsky's game, as well, as the 28-year-old turned in one of his best performances to date in netting a third round TKO (the first such stoppage of his career) over a previously undefeated Chad Robichoux.
The former Division I wrestler finished the fight on the mat, but he said the original plan was to stand and bang.
"The last couple guys I fought were all significantly taller than me," Makovsky said. "This is one where I had a similar reach, so I wanted to try and see if I could outbox him and pick him apart on the feet, but I knew that if he would come in and pressure me hard, I didn't want to back into the cage and give a chance to pressure me and take me down. If he pressured in on me, I wanted to use that aggression against him and take him down.
"He was pretty wildly aggressive the whole fight, coming at me with spinning and all kinds of crazy stuff. I just kept slipping under and taking him down, and it worked out."
Punctuating his takedowns was a cartwheel guard pass on the way to the floor. Makovsky said the innovative maneuver was drawn up especially for Robichoux.
"I thought one of his only chances to catch me on the ground was to catch me in a quick guillotine if he caught me at the right time when I was shooting in," Makovsky said. "I wanted to make sure I didn't end up in his guard in a takedown, so I was trying to hop my legs over to the other side, the opposite side of my head, so there's no chance for him to get the leverage for the choke. It kind of came out like that cartwheel kind of thing.
"I've never seen it before. It looked kind of unique, but I was really just trying to make sure my hips were away so he couldn't get the choke."
Eventually, Robichoux was forced to simply cover up and protect himself from the ground-and-pound attack of his opponent, and the bout was halted a little more than two minutes into the final round.
Makovsky said he earned a great deal of respect for his war-veteran opponent, but he also took pride in scoring the first TKO of his career.
"I think he was getting tired, and I think I was beating him up, but I don't think his will broke too much at all," Makovsky said. "Every chance he got, he was coming at me pretty hard. I was wondering if he was going to be able to keep the pace up all three rounds, but I was ready to go.
"You never like it to go to a decision. Having a TKO now, I guess it's kind of like a symbol that I'm becoming more well-rounded and more diverse and more dangerous in all area of the sport, so I'm happy with it."
The non-title affair was Makovsky's first fight since claiming Bellator's first-ever bantamweight title this past October. He'll now wait for the results of a fall tournament to see who gets first crack at his belt.
Bellator featherweight champion Joe Warren is expected to take part in the tourney, which could set up a champion vs. champion affair. A confident Makovsky said there's no need to wait. He's already asked for the bout and hopes to meet the self-proclaimed "Baddest Man on the Planet" in the very near future.
"[Warren] is a very ambitious guy, but I actually requested a fight with him after I won my title because I knew he had talked about fighting at lower weights," Makovsky said. "We both had to wait, anyway, for the next tournament to play out. I requested a fight with him because I thought it was a good matchup for me. It's a matchup I feel would be personally challenging. He's, on paper, a much better wrestler than me. I would like to see how well-rounded I've become.
"Joe is a nice guy. He's real outspoken and can get a little cocky at times, but that's just the way he presents himself. He's a real nice guy in person, and I would love a chance to fight him."
For more on Bellator 41, check out the MMA Events section of MMAjunkie.com.
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ATHENS, Ga. -- Four Georgia players scored in double-digits but it wasn't enough as the Bulldogs fell to the Iona Gaels 81-78 in overtime Saturday night at Stegeman Coliseum.
"Well, that was a tough loss," said head coach Mark Fox. "I am sick of losing like our team is. [Iona] made some big baskets to beat us so you have to give them credit for that...We missed 16 free throws from the second half on. I think that we have shot over six thousand free throws in practice. However, we have not transferred all of that practice to the games and that is very frustrating."
Georgia (2-7) shot just 20-of-37 from the free throw stripe, including 6-of-15 in the overtime period.
Georgia was led by sophomore guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope who notched his second straight double-double performance, tallying 18 points and 10 rebounds.
Junior forward Donte' Williams also picked up a double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds.
Georgia grabbed a 76-75 lead with 34 seconds left in overtime off a jumper from freshman guard Kenny Gaines. Iona responded with a Curtis Dennis three-pointer seconds later and shortly after hit three critical free throws to secure the win.
Georgia took a 36-35 lead into halftime, and led by as many seven in the second half, but Iona (4-4) went on a 10-0 run midway through the half to take a 51-48 lead.
The Bulldogs took a 62-60 lead with four minutes remaining in the half off a Caldwell-Pope steal and slam, but the Gaels' Sean Armand hit a three-pointer to tie the game at 66-66 with just 54 seconds remaining. Both teams had possessions in the final minutes of regulation, but neither team could convert its final possession into points.
In overtime, Iona took advantage of Georgia's poor free throw shooting to pick up its fourth victory of the year.
The Gaels were led by Lamont Jones, one of four Gaels in double-figures, who scored 25 points.
Georgia outrebounded Iona 48-26 and got 28 points from its bench.
Georgia will host a "businessfan's special" on Tuesday, Dec. 18 when it takes on Mercer at 11:30 a.m. For ticket information, visit GeorgiaDogs.com.
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School District Rakes In $400K for Drilling Lease
April 29, 2013
BARNESVILLE — As Antero Resources continues locking up acreage in the village, the natural gas driller will pay Barnesville Exempted Village School District more than $400,000....
Now Antero has begun industrializing, and therefore de facto depopulating, entire small towns. Like Pennsboro.
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Those kids are the ones who will one day be without potable (or even bathable)water or arable land, and probably have cancer - wherever in WV(or PA, TX, WY, CO, OH..) they settle. This is pure shortsighted, irresponsible, corruption-enabled greed. This state has been nothing but a hotbed of industrial corporate corruption for over a century. Mussolini had another term (Fascism) for it, so did Bastiat (Plunder) before him. This COUNTRY is in fct dooned, but WV is possibly the worst example. NONE of the touted "benefits" of this corruption is statistically, economically, nor socially observably true. Not one. Not for the individual noncorrupt working class West Virginians who strangely, in their gullible toleration of it, still comprise MOST of the population.
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I hope they get paid - Antero doesn't have the greatest track record lately.
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So what are these kids learning? This seems like a very small amount of money for the resources and risk this community is now exposed to...how many cancer treatments does that come to? And that is what toxic chemicals mean...sick people and bad water and air.
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The folly of greed..hope and pray for the kids health
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Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - Memphis' Marc Gasol and Zach Randolph don't
have the athletic leaping ability of their counterparts in Lob City, but the
Clippers haven't found the antidote to stopping them over the last three
And a road team has finally taken a contest in this series.
Randolph had 25 points and 11 rebounds, while Gasol added 21 points and eight
boards in the Grizzlies' 103-93 win over Los Angeles in Game 5 of this Western
Conference first-round series.
The Grizzlies will attempt to close out the series in Memphis on Friday.
Chris Paul netted 35 points to lead Los Angeles.
Clippers forward Blake Griffin exited the tilt midway through the third
quarter with a right ankle injury that he hurt in practice earlier in the day.
Griffin finished with just four points on 2-of-7 shooting.
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Community Partners Include the Bostonian Society and the Dante Alighieri Society
From a walking tour to character cards that make early Bostonians resonate in 2013 to a blog that solves a mystery on the University of Massachusetts Boston campus, students in UMass Boston's history master's program are making early American history accessible to a modern-day audience.
Students in Jane Becker's The Art and Craft of Interpretation in Public History class recently presented the results of their semester-long projects and partnerships with their community clients.
Graduate student Ashley De Pasquale and her two team members created a walking tour in Boston's North End for the Dante Alighieri Society of Massachusetts, a nonprofit in Cambridge that promotes and fosters Italian language and culture, and its Italian-American Heritage Trail Project.
"[As we were working,] we were walking along this trail, watching Italians assimilate into this culture. I'd hope they'd want to see how this culture came into the North End and assimilated into an American identity," De Pasquale said.
The students produced a brochure, with the idea that this tour could be turned into an app and expanded into a driving tour down the road.
"This is something that's been on the back burner for many years. I think this helps us greatly. This is a good start —a very good start," said Salvatore Bramante, the vice president of administration for the Dante Alighieri Society.
Three students worked with the Bostonian Society, the primary caretaker of the Old State House and its collection of Revolutionary American artifacts and records, to offer suggestions for an overhaul of the Mapping Revolutionary Boston website and app and to figure out a formula for tying in Revolutionary characters identified by museum staff into the website. Visitors to the Old State House are given character cards, and their tour is personalized based on the cards selected.
Graduate student Joan Ilacqua said the students recommended that the Bostonian Society keep character descriptions short, and profile multiple characters at different sites.
"We thought about someone standing on a corner with an iPhone, and how much do they want to read. We also wanted it to be entertaining. Why are these characters interacting? Why do they have different views?" Ilacqua said.
"I have to say, I set them up with a real challenging, high-order task. What I've got here are the recommendations that I can send on to our app developer. We now have really concrete direction, which is exactly what I needed," said Nat Sheidley, historian and director of public history for the Bostonian Society.
The final set of students stayed close to home to educate the UMass Boston community about a piece of its own history.
"One building sits quiet and inaccessible. A chain-link fence surrounds this building, makes it more mysterious. There are no interpretive panels. It is our hope this new blog would answer some questions," said graduate student Andrew Donovan, introducing his group's blog on the Calf Pasture Pumping Station, created for the University Archives and Special Collections Department.
The station, which started operating on Columbia Point on New Year's Day, 1884, was a model for treating sewage and helping to promote cleaner and healthier urban living conditions. The facility closed in 1968, six years before UMass Boston moved to Columbia Point. (The building is across from the track, adjacent to the B and D parking lots.) Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990, ownership of the building was passed from the Boston Water and Sewer Commission to UMass Boston in 2011 in exchange for $2 million in scholarships.
Blog posts discuss what prompted the need for a modern sewage facility, why it looks like a castle, and what it looks like inside. The hope is that the community will comment on the blog, that University Archives and Special Collections will maintain it, and that signage could eventually be added to the site.
About UMass Boston
With a growing reputation for innovative research addressing complex issues, the University of Massachusetts Boston, metropolitan Boston's only public university, offers its diverse student population both an intimate learning environment and the rich experience of a great American city. UMass Boston's ten colleges and graduate schools serve nearly 16,000 students while engaging local, national, and international constituents through academic programs, research centers, and public service activities. To learn more about UMass Boston, visit www.umb.edu.


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Friends who knew state school board member Kathy Taft of Greenville say it was upsetting to hear graphic and disturbing new details about what happened to her the night she was killed as the trial got underway for the man accused of killing her.
Taft was staying at a friend's house in Raleigh recovering from cosmetic surgery when authorities say Jason Williford bashed her over the head with a rock and raped her.
Former neighbors, like Mary McConnell, say the devastating story of what happened to their friend and neighbor still haunts them. "I think about it almost every day, because I can't walk out of my house and not look over that way and think of her."
While many remember Taft as a state school board remember who was actively involved in the Greenville community, neighbors remember her as very kind and outgoing.
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documentation for the current download vmware zimbra appliance is lacking. for example the wiki states that the user name and password is created while setting up the appliance. This is not the case. searching for the setup page (as the vmware installation/running the vm results in NO requests whatsoever) states that the user name is zimbra, and password is created when you set up the vm. another source states user name is root, and password is zimbra. yet another source states that the user name is vmware, and the password is zimbra. In actuality (as I had to GUESS: root as user, and vmware as password).
I was able to run the vm using vmware player v5.x.... good news as a test of the vm is easily made.
I have NOT received a single trial code. I did request them from the zimbra site using different email addresses several times over the last 5 days. Still have not received even a "junk" email from zimbra at all... let alone the trial license file mentioned in the documentation (such as it is).
Recently, I attempted to access the live DEMO of zimbra from their site. Only to be met with an error 500 java after their god-awful captcha implementation. I even attempted from several browsers and machines with the same result!
Wow! Is any of this Zimbra going to work? There is an apparent issue with the team that is responsible for these demos and trial "systems". My good 'ol fashioned exchange server is looking to be my solution for another decade. A real shame... looked promising from all of the printed material! :)
thus far, my conclusion based upon the experience so far:
support is very lacking in the initial "purchase/trial" stage of a Zimbra client looking to purchase after a good test of the software.
The test has proven impossible so far, since I cannot receive a code (which by the way some sources say a 15 day trial WITHOUT a code online!) Bad planning on the initial trial vm appliance. Someone needs to pay attention and make this info correct ans accessible! So.. as a do it yourself-er I have been misinformed as to the user pass, and method of the VM access/setup, as well as the initial licensing/codes.
I find this disturbing. I would expect the best support before the sale. Since I am having such a difficult time (someone is having a difficult time getting the instructions correct and up to date) I would not be surprised others are as well.
My experience thus far is mediocre on the initial support/trial side. The product itself is proving to be a great solution for us I think. I worry about future support as a result of the apparent mis-communication in the vm ware trial appliance. I am thinking I should look over this situation much closer due to this. I am much less excited about the prospect of a purchase as a result.


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Born Linda Denise Blair on Jan. 22, 1959 in St. Louis, MO, she was raised in the town of Westport, CT by her parents, James Blair, a job placement executive, and Elinore, a real estate agent. Pretty and precocious from a young age, Blair began modeling at the age of six, although her earliest ambition was to become a veterinarian. She made her television acting debut three years later on the exceptionally short-lived daytime soap opera "Hidden Faces" (NBC, 1968-69), prior to her first feature film appearance as the daughter of a man experiencing a mid-life crisis in the drama "The Way We Live Now" (1969). Blair picked up another small role in the misogynistic dark comedy "The Sporting Club" ... Continue Bio >>
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Nashville, TN (Sports Network) - Matt Hasselbeck will draw a second straight
start at quarterback for the Tennessee Titans when the struggling club hosts
the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday, head coach Mike Munchak stated on Monday.
Regular signal-caller Jake Locker is still recovering from an injured left
shoulder the 2011 first-round draft pick sustained in Tennessee's 38-14 loss
at Houston on Sept. 30, and Munchak acknowledged the short turnaround this
week played a part in his decision to hold the youngster out another game.
The 37-year-old Hasselbeck struggled in Sunday's 30-7 loss at Minnesota,
managing 200 yards and a touchdown with one interception on 26-of-43 passing.
The Titans' only points didn't come until the fourth quarter.
Locker posted a 90.2 quarterback rating over his first four NFL starts prior
to getting hurt, completing 67-of-106 throws for 781 yards and four touchdowns
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Anemia is a low level of healthy red blood cells (RBC). RBCs carry oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body. When red blood cells are low the body does not get enough oxygen. This can cause symptoms such as fatigue, pale skin, or irregular heartbeat.
There are several specific types of anemia, including:
The main causes of anemia are:
Risk factors that may increase your chances of anemia include:
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Your doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. Other tests may include:
Talk with your doctor about the best plan for you. Options include:
Your doctor may suggest changes to your diet. The diet may include foods rich in iron, vitamin C, vitamin B12, and folate. Vitamins or iron supplements may be added.
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Most inherited forms of anemia cannot be prevented. But the following steps may be taken to prevent certain types of anemia:
Iron Disorders Institute
National Anemia Action Council
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Government of British Columbia Ministry of Health
Anemia—differential diagnosis. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at:
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Anemia. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute website. Available at:
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/anemia/anemia_whatis.html. Accessed November 1, 2012.
Guralnik JM, Eisenstaedt RS, Ferrucci L, Klein HG, Woodman RC. Prevalence of anemia in persons 65 years and older in the United States: evidence for a high rate of unexplained anemia.
Blood. 2004;104:2263-2268.
Nissenson AR, Goodnough LT, Dubois RW. Anemia: not just an innocent bystander?
Arch Intern Med. 2003;163:1400-1404.
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A transition moves a scene from one shot to the next. Generally, you use a simple cut to move from shot to shot, but in some cases you might want to transition between shots by phasing out one and phasing in another. Premiere Pro provides many transitions that you can apply to your sequence. A transition can be a subtle crossfade or a stylized effect, such as a page turn or spinning pinwheel. While you usually place a transition on a cut line between shots, you can also apply a transition to only the beginning or end of a clip.
By default, placing one clip next to another in a Timeline panel results in a cut, where the last frame of one clip is simply followed by the first frame of the next. When you want to emphasize or add a special effect to a scene change, you can add any of a variety of transitions, such as wipes, zooms, and dissolves. Apply transitions to the timeline using the Effects panel, and edit them using the Timeline and the Effect Controls panel.
Transitions are available in the Video Transitions and the Audio Transitions bins in the Effects panel. Premiere Pro provides many transitions, including dissolves, wipes, slides, and zooms. These transitions are organized in bins by type.
Kevin Monahan shows how to create new transitions based on effects in an article on the Adobe website: using effects as transitions in Adobe Premiere Pro in this blog post.


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It was the question I was asked the most during Derby week, other than
- Who's your Derby horse?
- Have you really been out of clean underwear since Tuesday?
Ice T and Coco's flight from New York Friday night was delayed a few hours, causing the celebrity couple to arrive at the Galt House for Unbridled Eve after dinner was served and many other featured guests had finished walking the red carpet. So when they casually entered through the Archibald Cochran Room's main doorway like any other attendees, the answer to that hot question was, most likely what she wore on the plane: a form-fitting (I suspect all of Coco's clothes meet that description) sheer Bebe shirt with an upside-down star across her chest underneath a gold jacket matched with tight black jeans.
It was perfectly appropriate just-got-off-the-plane attire—for a woman with those curves. And Coco and Ice T (black sneakers, black jeans and a black Yves Saint Laurent shirt that paid perfectly with a black leather jacket) deserve props for seemingly going straight from their car to the black-tie optional gala, without making guests wait while they prepped.
While 2012 was Unbridled Eve's first year, event co-chairs Tonya York Dees and Tammy York Day experience planning major parties showed:
- almost every seat in the large ballroom was filled (I was hoping the two empty ones next to me were for Ice T and Coco)
- Galt House chef Brian Riddle's five-course dinner easily compensated for my lunch at the track that afternoon (popcorn, popcorn and Derby Pie)
- auction items included a painting of a race horse signed by three Triple Crown winning jockeys that fetched $10,000
- it didn't matter what your drink was, with sponsors like Moët & Chandon, Kettle One and Maker's Mark, they probably had it
Proceeds from the gala benefited Blessings in a Backpack and the Les Turner ALS Foundation. Both the charities and Louisville's Derby celebration itself would benefit from Unbridled Eve becoming an annual event.
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Books and Movies 2006 | So many of today's "message movies" are like messages in a bottle, dealing with yesterday's struggles. Movies about today's underdogs would have a much different focus
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Samuel Goldwyn once advised would-be moviemakers that if they wanted to send a message they should call Western Union. Despite Goldwyn's advice, Hollywood has never quelled the impulse to send a message, and still cannot. Look at this past spring's Best Picture nominees: Brokeback Mountain, ostensibly a romance, argues for the legitimacy of gay relationships; Capote speaks to capital punishment; Good Night, and Good Luck warns us that McCarthyism must never be repeated; Munich teaches that revenge sours the soul and only leads to more revenge. The Oscar winner, Crash, offers various lessons about racism.
Nothing wrong with that. Some of the greatest works of literature have carried messages. Tolstoy's novels are full of lessons, and so are the novels of Dostoevsky, Dickens, Austen, Melville, and even Oscar Wilde (for example, The Picture of Dorian Gray). There should be no objection to a well-made movie that has a lesson to convey, as long as the lesson is not one that already has been drilled into us for decades. The problem with this past year's Best Picture five is not that they contain messages but that the messages are out-of-date. They are like messages in a bottle, sent out years ago, and referring to yesterday's struggles-particularly the struggles that revolve around civil-rights and social-justice issues.
It's not that civil-liberties issues aren't worthy of attention, but that for at least the last 40 years, Hollywood has had the same take on them-namely, that the story must focus on the cause of someone, preferably an underdog, who questions traditional social rules or constraints. Or, more to the point, someone who represents a cause favored by liberals. Thus in recent years we have been treated to such message movies as The People vs. Larry Flint, Cider House Rules, Vera Drake, Dead Man Walking, Kinsey, Million Dollar Baby, and now, Brokeback Mountain. If Hollywood continues much longer along this predictable path, audiences may begin to feel like dead men watching.
The most interesting aspect of such films, however, is not the Groundhog Day sense of déjà vu they evoke, but the way in which the causes that are championed move quickly from the margins of society to the center. Indeed, many of these causes have been in the mainstream for decades. Are champions of abortion, such as Vera Drake, still the underdogs? Do pornographers such as Larry Flint lack legitimacy? Are gays still outcasts lacking power and voice? Was Kinsey not already a hero in his own day? Hollywood prides itself on following new lines of inquiry-indeed one of the top film companies bills itself as New Line Cinema-but much of what is offered seems like more of the same old line.
We've become so used to this stale stuff that it's difficult to imagine any way to frame civil-liberties/social-justice issues other than within the hoary liberal formula. But, in fact, there is a world of fresh material available, and a universe of new civil-liberties stories waiting to be translated to the silver screen. Rather than spend more time reviewing the movies that garnered awards this year, let's wonder about the movies that weren't made-and ask the question, Why not?
As a help to traveling along this new line of thought I've sketched out some storylines for some of the movies that weren't made last year, but should have been. These unsung films (unsung because they were never made) bring to light a whole new set of civil-liberties issues the public deserves to know about. They are the kind of movies filmmakers would make if they really aspired to be on the cutting edge. Note that the underdogs in these stories are truly underdogs, and that the previous underdogs are now often the top dogs.
Script Outline A: The People vs. Pastor Smith. A Canadian pastor is arrested for speaking out against gay marriage from the pulpit. A trial ensues, surrounded by much publicity. Powerful gay-interest groups call for Pastor Smith's removal from the ministry. Newspapers attack him. Friends desert him. His faith is shaken, and he has temporary doubts, but he struggles on in his effort to witness to the gospel. A gay lawyer, a man of much integrity, agrees to take on this unpopular case. He is called a traitor to his side and receives death threats. Nevertheless, he provides a brilliant and spirited defense of his client's right to freedom of religion and freedom of speech.
But even this seems not enough. Witness after witness for the prosecution accuses Pastor Smith of hate speech and intolerance. The case seems lost. At the last minute, however, a witness comes forward. He is an AIDS victim, close to death. He testifies movingly to Pastor Smith's compassion and good will-how the pastor had visited him, consoled him, prayed with him. People are moved; others are shamed. Many rally back to the pastor's side. His lawyer delivers an eloquent closing plea for justice and free expression. The court finds Pastor Smith not guilty. A blow is struck for freedom of conscience.
Is that plot farfetched? Not at all. Pastors and priests in Europe have already been brought before the courts for criticizing homosexual behavior.
Let's move to Script Outline B: Home Is Where the Heart Is. The happy life of a Christian homeschooling family is disrupted when the parents are arrested for a technical violation of the schooling laws. The court orders them to stop homeschooling and requires them to enroll their four children in public schools where they will receive proper "socialization." In school the children are teased mercilessly for their modest dress and their ignorance of pop culture. The two girls are sexually harassed in the corridors. In class the children are subjected to politically correct versions of history and literature.
The movie continues with Michael, the oldest, getting in trouble with his biology teacher for offering an intelligent defense of intelligent design. Polly, his younger sister, receives an "F" for an essay that questions her teacher's feminist take on Pride and Prejudice. Eleven-year-old Faith is humiliated in her sex-education class when she is forced to participate in a unit on condom use. Nine-year-old Samuel begins to succumb to his school's conditioning process. One day he arrives home proudly wearing a badge that proclaims "It's OK to be Gay." Tensions increase in the family. Relationships are strained almost to the breaking point. Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin request that all their children be opted out of sex-ed classes. Their request is refused. They ask to see their daughter's social studies curriculum. Again they are refused.
The situation is bleak, but finally the family files suit. A homeschool legal defense team vindicates their rights in court while exposing the school officials for the totalitarian ideologues they are. Meanwhile, newly enlightened parents in the school district band together to demand the resignation of the school board, superintendent, and principals. The old corrupt order crumbles. The Goodwin family is once again allowed to homeschool their children, and harmony is restored.
Once again, there is nothing far-fetched about the plot. It is a composite of incidents that happen every day in America. The only fantasy element is the notion that an enlightened parent group could actually reform the system. Administrators, teachers, and their supporters in the NEA are more firmly entrenched in power than the union bosses in On the Waterfront.
Let's look at Script Outline C: Veritas. All hell breaks loose at Midwestern University when Professor Harrison Jones innocently assigns his students to research the topic of women's underachievement in the sciences. Coached by their women's studies professor, a handful of female students go to the dean to denounce Jones. He is accused of hate speech, insensitivity, and chauvinism, and is hauled before a faculty/student review panel. Demonstrations erupt across campus. In the campus newspaper and on the quad, students and faculty call for Jones' dismissal. Once-friendly colleagues shun him. His office and his car are vandalized. Meanwhile, a subplot develops, revolving around an Orthodox Jewish student who refuses to participate in the mandatory co-ed dorm program for freshmen. He is warned that he must comply, and must further submit to sensitivity awareness training, or else be expelled.
At the low point of his life, Professor Jones begins to fight back. He eloquently defends the right to free inquiry. Only one lone colleague gives him moral support, but he finds an unexpected ally in Dr. Jill Jensen, a young assistant professor in the philosophy department. She admires Jones for his courage, and as a student of Plato and Aristotle she takes ethics seriously.
Knowing that she risks her own tenure prospects, Jensen conducts an informal investigation in which she discovers that the university has a double standard. The women's studies professor who instigated the attack on Jones tells her own students that all men are rapists, and despite her talk of "inclusivity" will hire only lesbians to teach in her department. A professor in multicultural studies proclaims that all white people are mentally ill, yet he receives honors and promotions. Professor Jensen also finds the university has an unofficial policy of canceling invitations to outside speakers who are deemed politically incorrect. Finally, she and Jones discover that the head of the Mid-East Studies Department has been funneling federal national security funds into the coffers of terrorist groups.
Armed with this information, Jones and Jensen go to a wealthy benefactor, an alumnus of the university. Incensed by these revelations, the philanthropist alerts several of his friends and fellow benefactors. Together they go to the university president and board of trustees, threatening to suspend all further support unless reforms are made.
Meanwhile, the family of the Orthodox student has hired a civil-rights lawyer who threatens a lawsuit that will expose the university's hypocrisy and its suppression of choice. The administration caves in. Jones is reinstated. The women's studies professor and the multicultural studies professor are reprimanded. The head of the Mid-East Studies Department receives a visit from the FBI. Jones and Jensen realize that they are meant for each other; they decide to get married.
In the final scene Professor Jones is in front of his class once more. It is the last class of the semester, and toward the end he talks earnestly about the importance of academic freedom and urges his students to remember that they should always put the search for truth above personal feelings and animosities. When he finishes the room is silent. Then a lone student begins to clap. She is joined by another, then another. Soon the whole class, even those who were reluctant at first, are on their feet applauding.
Again, all of these incidents, even the misallocation of federal funds by the Mid-East Studies Department, have a basis in fact. Today's reality is that the impulse to run roughshod over civil rights and due process comes mainly from left-leaning establishments such as the universities. This is why a movie such as Good Night, and Good Luck is so out-of-sync with present realities. It's another of those message-in-a-bottle movies that reveal an industry intent on fighting yesterday's battles. Hollywood seems incapable of understanding that there is a new strain of McCarthyism, and that it emanates from the left, not the right.
There is another reason why Good Night, and Good Luck ought rightly to be regarded as a museum piece. In suggesting that there was no real threat to national security then (although the Venona Papers say otherwise), the film implies that there is no real threat today. Since 9/11 it's been difficult to miss the fact that Islamic terrorism is a real threat, possibly the biggest threat that we've ever faced, but Hollywood manages to miss it. True, Munich does deal with terrorism, but it does so in a very strange way. The viewer is left with the impression that, although terrorism is a bad thing, there is no specific Islamic threat to the world's security; rather, terror is presented in terms of an intertribal dispute. The film comes close to accepting the slander that it is somehow the stubbornness of Israel that invites terror.
Not only does Hollywood miss the real civil-rights issues of the day, it also manages to miss the gathering storm that is now darkening the horizon. Once again we are left to wonder about the movies that aren't being made. In that spirit of curiosity let me suggest two more candidates for Phantom Film of the year.
First, here's Script Outline D: See No Evil. A rough-mannered radio talk show host speaks out against "Islamo-fascism" one too many times. When his body is found the next day, the note stabbed to his chest leaves no doubt about the motive. Police investigate leads in the local Muslim community but back off when Islamic pressure groups together with civil-liberties organizations complain about ethnic profiling. One stubborn detective persists, however, and with the help of his Muslim partner conducts his own investigation-an investigation that leads into a labyrinthine world of mosques, madrassas, and arranged marriages.
Finally, with the aid of moderate Muslims who both fear and despise the radicals, the detectives are able to track down the killer and his cell. A fiery gun battle erupts and only ends with the death of several of the terrorists and the arrest of the others. In the closing scene another talk show host, a rival to the slain man, now shaken to his senses by the tragic event, honors his rival's courage and takes up the cause of awakening his own listeners to the new fascism in their midst.
In Script Outline E: Three Days of Terror, a team of Islamic terrorists takes over a Christian school in a suburban American town. They hold the students and teachers hostage, rig the school with bombs, and make impossible demands. Traumatized parents, television crews, and SWAT teams gather outside. Negotiations go nowhere. The terrorists threaten to kill one student for every hour of delay. Numerous acts of courage and self-sacrifice by students and teachers are observed. Interactions between teachers and terrorists highlight the clash of civilizations. There is conflict among the terrorists themselves. Some of them never realized it would go this far. One of the dissenters is shot.
Then, troubled by his conscience (one of the schoolchildren whose picture appears on TV resembles his own son), a Muslim activist with inside knowledge of the operation goes to the FBI. With his information, and because of the actions of three heroic teachers, the SWAT teams are able to rescue the children with a minimum loss of life. In the final scene parents and children tearfully reunite; teachers comfort students and one another. Interviewed by reporters, one of the heroic teachers makes a moving plea to his fellow citizens to avoid reprisals and instead to work together with Muslims of good faith. The camera pans up to the cross over the school entrance. The symbol suggests both the source of the teachers' strength and the possibility of more struggles and suffering to come.
A skilled screenwriter could undoubtedly come up with better versions of these stories. The point is that these stories-or stories like them-are the stories of our time. They represent the battles that need to be fought now. Not all movies need to be message movies, but if Hollywood wants to deal with issues, why not deal with the crucial issues of the moment?
That would be a change-and change is supposedly what Hollywood wants. One book of advice for aspiring screenwriters promises that if you can come up with a new twist on an old plot, the Hollywood executive's face will light up and he'll exclaim, "No one's ever done that before!" But the reality seems somewhat different. The long list of missing movies suggests that the stories "no one's ever done before" are precisely the stories that Hollywood executives would rather not even think about.
-William Kilpatrick is the author of Why Johnny Can't Tell Right from Wrong


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