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Media Expectations of Women.
by Meredith O'Brien
What, exactly, do you people want from women? Really?
Over the past two weeks, women have been sent all manner of confusing, contradictory and, frankly, deeply insulting messages, all centered around their looks. A writer on a national magazine's web site told overweight people that having to watch them in leading roles on TV -- and even just exist in the world -- is revolting. A prominent newspaper scrutinized all facets of how current female politicians dress, from women who wear form-fitting attire to women who don loose-fitting conservative duds. On the other end of the spectrum, two twentysomething stars of a popular high school TV drama were attacked for agreeing to pose in their panties in sexual poses while they draped themselves around a fully clothed male co-star.
A writer for Marie Claire last week made a series of hateful statements about the lead characters in the new CBS sitcom Mike & Molly – a new show about two overweight people who began dating after meeting at an overeaters' support group. The article was entitled, "Should 'Fatties' Get a Room? (Even on TV?)" and claimed that the show promotes obesity. One of the writer's observations: "I think I'd be grossed out if I had to watch two characters with rolls and rolls of fat kissing each other . . . because I'd be grossed out if I had to watch them do anything. To be brutally honest, even in real life, I find it aesthetically displeasing to watch a very, very fat person simply walk across a room — just like I'd find it distressing if I saw a very drunk person stumbling across a bar or a heroin addict slumping in a chair."
Just how many large women – other than Roseanne Barr from Roseanne – have had leading roles in TV shows in recent years? As I struggled to come up with one, off the top of my head I could name several programs where larger men were paired with skinny leading women, like on According to Jim, The King of Queens, Still Standing, the two animated series Family Guy and The Simpsons, and the May-December pairing of Jay and Gloria on Modern Family. But when someone had the nerve to create a show where BOTH the male and female leads are, like a growing number of Americans, overweight and suddenly it's grotesque and should be banned from TV? If bad or unhealthy behavior or lifestyles should be banned from TV by everyone who's offended by it, then there'd be nothing left to watch.
I agree, Meredith, but I need to add one more thing. We women and moms need to seeing Botox, boob-jobs and whatever other crap we do in the name of "beauty" as a healthy thing because our kids are watching and paying attention. And, you know, they see the hypocrisy. What happens at home is just as influential as what's happening in the media.
Speak it! It's sickening to have to deal with it day in and day out!
Insanity, isn't it?
I think we need some young, fat, politicians half naked on magazine covers. Of both sexes.
I'm a huge fan of "Girls on the Run" http://www.girlsontherun.org/ for the focus on self-esteem, self respect and healthy living. It's a great first step to change our culture and set healthy expectations for our daughters.
First of all, anyone who considers "Marie Claire" a valid media source worthy of outrage because one of its writers hacked up a jejeune commentary about fat people needs to to do a little literary re-examination. "Marie Claire" is an outrage simply because women feel it has any validity at all. I'd be loathe to let my daughter read it (if I had a daughter, I have two of the "other" sort, the "outies", as it were) until she was old enough to understand just how juvenile, poorly written and conformist it is. By that time, hopefully she'd be intelligent and independent enough not to want to waste her time on a rag like that.
Male politicians do not receive much in the way of wardrobe commentary because men don't have the same vast variety of choice that women do in the political/professional arena. Suits, shirts and ties...with a few regional variations. A limited color palette. A dress shoe is a dress shoe, and most male politicians stick to black leather (you want they should wear spats?). The mainstream candidates can't get away with eccentricity or oddities in their dress. Or truly promote their sexuality. Women don't respond to male candidates because of their wardrobe...it's their charisma (which always baffles me...who would find Bill Clinton or George W. Bush charismatic?).
But you mentioned Sarah Palin, and were righteously offended that anyone would dare to comment on her appearance. Her whole look is carefully contrived, and works, on a psychological level, on a number of people, both male and female. That "bedhead" hair? Women perceive it as slightly frazzled, the hurried do of a busy, working mom who doesn't have quite enough time (just like themselves) to get it just right. Men do perceive it as sexual, rumpled, capable of being tumbled down with the pull of a single hairpin or comb. Her slightly square glasses look practical and utilitarian to women...and hold images of removal and revealing the eyes (one of the most erotic organs for many men). Also, many people react to the removal of glasses as a show of vulnerability. Her ruffled, bow-tied blouses speak of a feminine, but still business oriented woman to other women...and teacher and librarian fantasies to men. Also, many men love bows that can be slowly pulled open, and buttons, the whole idea of the slow, "classic" striptease. And her skirts do hug her form (you're suggesting they don't?), and almost always feature a kick pleat. Pencil skirts are appealing to a certain sort of man as a symbol of "hobbling" and submissive femininity...which is curious, as they are almost the number one recommended style for upper echelon professional women (which is, of course, how Palin's female constituents view her wardrobe). And pumps indicate very different things to men and women. Sarah Palin is playing her audience more effectively than any other female politician in history, because she HAS to do it. She doesn't have the stamina, experience, education or world knowledge of her opponents, so she is using what amounts to psych-ops to gain and keep attention.
I wish that other female politicians would actually stop dressing like men in boxy suits and pants-suits, or unattractive vintage-looking squared off dresses dresses. It's just so...matronly. They're women, dress like women (I am not a man, by the way). I don't mean cleavage, and slits, but femininity is not weakness, and if you can't make it in politics based on your intelligence, force of personality, knowledge, experience, education and ideas...why are you there? Incidentally, Sarah Palin is a perfect example of using gender to garner votes, in the absence of all of the qualities listed above. She doesn't worry me, but the people who are susceptible to that particular brand of seduction do.
As for "Glee", good grief, the show is revolting on so many levels, and the actors are completely unconvincing as high school students. I thought that it was hilarious that people were so up-in-arms about the naughty frivolity of the Maxim photos, especially considering the antics that occur in the course of the storyline. AS for Miley Cyrus, too many intelligent people predicted her path in life years ago. With her parents divorcing, it can only become a more wild descent into the cosmic toilet spiral. Will she be a Britney, or a Lindsay, or an Anna Nicole...or will someone rescue her? I'm not going to be keeping track, but I'm sure it will make the "news".
O, there is an enormous protest against "Dexter", even as we speak. I haven't watched the show, as I don't receive that channel, but I have read all of the books and find them well written and amusing. I am also a fat woman, who has been both fatter, and thinner. Obesity is unhealthy, preventable (I say this as a woman with genetic tendencies, zero thyroid function, taking an anti-depressant, and suffering from body dysmorphia, anxiety disorder, bi-polar I and clinical depression), and not something to condone or find particularly "acceptable". Should fat people be reviled? No. But lauded? no, not that either.
LOVE this. I have actually written about the Glee shoot and Marie Claire article on my blog. I have a daughter that is almost six. As she gets older these types of things tend to bother me more and more. I think it is great when people stand up and take notice and call the media out on it.
Thank you for putting paid to the extreme frustration I feel for the way women are portrayed and judged daily. The pervasive misogyny reaches into every little bit of the media we consume. As mothers we just keep fighting the good fight, and we don't mention to our daughters that you can be anything even the secretary of state and still be reduced to the "mannish" clothes you may choose to wear.
Hurrah! The subtle (and not so subtle) misogyny that we see every day in the media needs to be exposed for what it is. I am tired of being accused of being "too sensitive", or of finding sexism where it doesn't exist (hah!). Why, oh why, at my daughter's high school is the standard dress for girls thign-showing short shorts, and for boys shorts past their knees? Why don't more people have a problem with this?


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January 21, 2013
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama was sworn in for four more years Sunday in a simple ceremony at the White House, embarking on a second-term quest to restore a still-shaky economy and combat......
@duhRAT "Hitler ran on a platform of Demonizing J*ws "
RAT repeatedly violates Godwin's First Law of the Internet by mentioning 'Hitler'.
But, I knew Godwin personally 20 years ago (from a distance) and he was/is an even bigger POS than RAT....so I'll give him a pass. Besides I find myself wanting to march when I hear the Horst Wessel Lied.
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If he is a true leader then he should lead first by example. He should have been sworn in 2nd time with No Fan Fair, Forget the balls and dinners; parades say thanks it's now time to go to work. Save the money put it back into the cougher. A true leader leads by example not by just words. It's pretty simple we need to establish our industry base again start manufacturing open up business put people back to work. We need to step up and be the best again. I believe if you pay someone now a fair wage and give him or her benefits to take care of their families that would be the sale to start. We need to bring back the pride of our country Made In America.
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boxerboy "Republicans always use the so-called national debt as their favorite hammer... But did you notice how they handled the "debt" as soon as George Bush..."
Democrits always use George Bush as their favorite hammer... did you notice how fast boxerboy passed the buck as soon as I mentioned the "debt"? LOL
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Boxer, I'm curious about the phrase "so-called national debt". Is it imaginary or a fiction of some sort?
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While spending during the Bush era was certainly no high-mark (9/11, Katrina, Iraq/Afghanistan, Seniors Drug deal), the Clinton era Repubs were the foundation of that time period's fiscal responsibility. Accompanied by the dotcom bubble and a "peace premium", Clinton worked well w/ that group to bring about a period of fiscal sanity. I don't see a return to that type of collaboration anytime soon!!
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Republicans always use the so-called national debt as their favorite hammer. They bang away joyfully with their blunt object, their eyes all wild and reddened.
But did you notice how they handled the "debt" as soon as George Bush took over from Bill Clinton? It was a classic example of greed.
The Republican congress immediately ramped up spending for all the hometown projects of the Republican representatives and senators. Immediately and unabashedly, as if a long pent-up frustration finally had an outlet.
That is how Republicans handle themselves when they are guarding the henhouse.
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Just for you, oldman. Enjoy.
US Treasury Historical Debt Outstanding, from w ww.treasurydirect.g ov/govt/reports/pd/histdebt/histdebt.htm
9/30/01 - $5.807 trillion
1/20/01 – Bush inaugurated
9/30/00 - $5.674 trillion
9/30/99 - $5.656 trillion
9/30/98 - $5.526 trillion
9/30/97 - $5.413 trillion
9/30/96 - $5.224 trillion
9/30/95 - $4.974 trillion
9/30/94 - $4.693 trillion
9/30/93 - $4.411 trillion
1/20/93 – Clinton inaugurated
9/30/92 - $4.065 trillion
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oldman, there you go again with the "fy2009 historic tables U.s. govt. 2.1 and 8.1" babble. LOL
There WAS NO CLINTON SURPLUS. US Treasury DATA (not projection BS like oldman and the liberals regularly spew) show the National Debt went UP every Clinton year.
Keep telling the lie if you want, libbies. We'll keep LOLing at your foolishness.
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In Jan. 2000 there was a budget surplus of 265 billion and in jan 2008 there was 1.3 trillion deficit. Who was Pres. from 2000 to 2008? fy2009 historic tables U.s. govt. 2.1 and 8.1. See the facts.
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Those receiving food stamps as of today, 48,159,492. Those receiving food stamps on 1/21/08, 28,537,639. An increase of 19,621,853 and climbing.
SSI recipients increased by 12,255,148 over the same time period.
Over the same time period, the workforce decreased by 2,392,138. While the country's population increased by 10 million.
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National Debt today is $ 16,467,000,000,000. On this day in 2008, the National Debt was only $ 9,317,000,000,000. An increase of ONLY $ 7,150,000,000,000.
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Should say "Osama LIES again"
I thought false swearing and plotting against the constitution were hanging offenses
People that support treasonous tyrants are in fact guilty of treason and shall suffer the same fate
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Obama beat Romney over the head with taxing the rich. The stupid republicans should have let him do it two years ago and took that away from him but no to stupid they do it after they lose. Obama could not say one good thing about what he did so he lied and tore Romney down. Like China Building Jeeps the Media said it was a lie but now they are building there most modern factory in China. I hope they take all welfare away.
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obama took over a sinking ship but did nothing to try and save it.now if it were a chinese ship?bush made it bad and it just got worse from there.at this point almost everything is from china.i'm still waiting to see their cars.
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Liberals will continue to believe the Obama Administration's lies until the real pain touches them personally. Fortunately for conservatives, the makers will be prepared and experienced at providing for themselves, and it will be the takers who suffer most. Libbies, just remember, when the Government's redistributionist vote-buying wealth-spreading Ponzi scam finally collapses, you built that. Enjoy the riots, libbies.
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"He saved us from Bushonomics"
Impact, Please explain what aspects of "Bushonomics" led to the fiscal meltdown??
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"Not only has the president cut the deficit by $312 billion during his first term (so far), but he's cut the deficit by $200 billion in the past year alone."
<----- This is perhaps the BIGGEST LIE perpetuated by Obama!! There has been NO deficit reduction!! There may be a fictional lessening of projected spending but NO reduction in debt. Conflating deficits w/ debt is an old trick!
According to the White House dot gov site Federal spending in 2008 was $2.98 Trillion. $3.51 Trillion in 2009, $3.79 Trillion last year and project to be $4.5 Trillion in 2017. Our Federal debt was $10.62 Trillion the day Obama took office, $16.43 Trillion as of Friday and projected to be $21.35 Trillion by 2017!!
The TRUTH that should be told to every American is that there is NO reductions and we are heading for disaster!!!
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Hitler ran on a platform of Demonizing J*ws and taking away guns.
Obama ran on a platform of Demonizing the Rich and taking away guns.
Great Tyrants think and act alike! And once they take your guns, you can kiss ur butt goodbye on getting RID of them.
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impact "Osama's dead..."
... and yet we're STILL fighting in Afghanistan. More American troops have died in Afghanistan under Obama's four years than under 8 years of Bush.
... and yet Guantanamo is STILL open. Four years after Obama promised you it would close.
... and yet we're now fighting NEW Middle East wars under your Peace Prize President. Ambassador and diplomatic staff DEAD in Libya, followed by Obama's pathetic attempt to cover that up. Drone wars in Yemen, Somalia, Pakistan... Where's the outrage, libbies? Where's Code Pink?
mmm mmm mmm, its all good
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impact "He saved us from Bushonomics. The market is soaring."
The RECORD 48 MILLION Americans surviving on Obama Food Stamps don't care about the stock market.
Four more years. Because 48 MILLION Americans on Food Stamps just isn't enough.
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there's one that can't think. "the market is soaring" Yes because of the Fed's money...sure it will continue to "soar" until the Big Crash that is coming soon to this country because of the Govts. policy.Your stocks may be worth 10% of what they were.Look over your shoulder in the mirrow. You might see Greece. Sorry to be the bearer of good/bad news, but the USA won't survive in present form with present leadership.
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impact "Unemployment is way down"
The 22 MILLION unemployed Americans your Bankrupter in Chief is no longer counting will disagree with you.
Four more years. Because 22 MILLION jobless Americans just isn't enough.
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Real Funny...The claimed to be biggest lie of 2012: Romney said Jeep is going to expand building Jeeps in China while not here in USA...Wow, what a hey day the press had calling Romney a liar...Funny thing is, today his "lie" turns out to be True..anyone with a brain can check it out...but that leaves out most people doesn't it. Since most won't think for themselves.
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He saved us from Bushonomics. The market is soaring. Unemployment is way down. Bush's stupid wars are winding down. Osama's dead...
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monkey see, monkey do,monkey going to take everything away from you...if you have anything left to take and after skimming the cream off the top, will give out more free cell phones to the food stamp and wealfare crowd....Let Freedom Ring..but it isn't ringing today
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Former Birmingham-Southern women's soccer standout Linda Amaya was hired as Assistant Coach in July 2013.
Amaya, a native of Hattiesburg, Miss., played for the Panthers from 2008-2011, graduating magna cum laude in 2012 with a degree in psychology and a minor in Spanish. She was a First-Team All-Conference selection her junior and senior seasons (2011 & 2012), and was a four-time member of the SCAC Academic Honor Roll. Amaya was a 2011 All-Region selection by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA), and she was a 2010 & 2011 NSCAA All-Region Scholar. She also received the team's Most Valuable Player and Heart and Soul Awards.
"I am thrilled to announce the addition of Linda Amaya to the BSC Women's Soccer program as she takes over the role of assistant coach," Head Coach Emily Pitek Clifford said. "Linda had a stellar career here on the Hilltop, both in the classroom and on the field, and was an integral part of the success the program found during her tenure. She embodies everything that Birmingham-Southern represents. Linda is a leader, a great communicator, and an outward thinker. She is a driven individual with an insatiable desire to see others do well, and possesses a genuine passion for the game. I firmly believe that her addition to our program in a leadership role will propel us to the next level of success."
"I am very thankful for the opportunity to coach at my alma mater," Amaya said. "I love everything about BSC: the sense of community, the campus life, the people, and especially the soccer program. As a player here, my coaches always expected the team to play at a high level and continued to push us to get better both on and off the field. I am excited to work alongside Coach Pitek Clifford, knowing that she is as passionate about the game as I am. The history of this soccer program has laid a strong foundation for us to build upon. I'm thrilled to be a part of where we are heading. Forward, Ever."


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WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- You may have been startled or even scared by ads for one of the big movies opening Friday. Olympus Has Fallen tells the story of an attack on the White House.
We talked to the director and some of the stars of the film when they came to town for a screening of the movie (see full interviews attached to this story)
Gerard Butler stars as Secret Service Agent Mike Banning, who's been taken off the presidential detail after a bad accident. But when Agent Banning witnesses an attack on the White House from his desk assignment a few blocks away, he runs towards the danger.
As terrorists gun down waves of his fellow agents, Banning works his way into the besieged White House where the President, played by Aaron Eckhart, is being held hostage in an underground bunker.
This film is not for the faint of heart. There are many violent deaths, including executions, shown close up. But the actors say they felt the audience get into the plot at the first D.C. screening of the film.
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That looks pretty cool! And neat idea. Looking forward to the outcome!
It's been some time since I made a map for myself now After the globe, I made a small test piece for a bigger map, but I feel that I need to flesh out that world more before I make the map, so I've began a smaller project that doesn't need much flesh at all
I recently read an interesting article about phantom islands; islands that where believed to exist and where shown on maps for a long period, but actually wasn't anything else than optical illusions or just lies or jokes. One of the bigger was called Antillia and was included on most maps from the 15th to the 17th century, and was located roughly in the middle of the Atlantic, directly west of the Iberian peninsula and similar in size and shape to Portugal. And because I love mysterious, disappearing islands (who doesn't?) and alternative history, I got an urge to map it.
I'll aim for something more modern and realistic than my usual style this time, I think. A pre-digital 20th century atlas look, hopefully. I've had this 1940's Japanese map saved for inspiration for a while, and I think I'll use that style as a starting point.
For some unnecessary but fun plausibility, I started with a height map of the ocean floor from Natural Earth and found a good spot in the mid-Atlantic ridge, resembling the descriptions of Antillia, that in this alternative setting was above the surface. I drew coastlines around the tallest parts of the ridge, and put a grid over that to transfer it to paper, then I detailed the coasts and drew rivers and some lines that will become mountains. Also tested a mountain style in the center of the island. My scanner really can't scan a pencil drawing, it turns out weird-looking every time, but this is where I am now:
That looks pretty cool! And neat idea. Looking forward to the outcome!
So creative!!
And it's looking good, too
The best maps are the ones we like the most after looking at the longest.
Good idea and already a nice start!
A little bit of progress; painted the coasts and rivers blue, and erased the sketch and help lines.
Now I have an internal conflict Administrative areas in different colors, like a normal political map, or everything in natural colors? The first would make it more authentic and period-apropriate, the second would be more well, more me, but it might look too uniform considering there are no deserts or arctic areas to break up all the green. On the other hand, I plan to add cities and roads in muted red, which would give it some attention-focusing points. As I'm typing this I'm leaning more and more towards natural colors, actually
what if...
Could you do it in natural colors, and then put a political map over top of it as like, an overlay? Kind of like, just enough that you can see the regions clearly, but the naturaal color shows through?
I kinda agree with Jalyha. Or maybe testing the different solutions on a little portion (if that's possible)?
I like what you already have anyway!
I like Jalyha's suggestion; that's a good idea.


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"We went over to the RDO to watch the planes land on the aircraft carrier," said Stevie Clark of Florida. "I just thought that was pretty awesome and they just go in so fast and they take off, so it's pretty incredible to know what our husbands do."
"This is a great opportunity for us to be able to interact with the student pilot wives that students are going through the training. It's for us so that we have been a little more seasoned because we've been in the fleet a little bit long so it's an opportunity for us to share our experiences with them," said Dawn Prebula of Colorado.
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Scott Raine of Mayetta, Kan., has some big plans for the 2013 season in the AMA Vintage Dirt Track National Championship Series.
The 51-year-old racer earned the national champion title in the Vintage Dirt Track 250 Masters class in 2012, and finished 10th in the 50-plus Vintage Open class.
"I'm planning to defend my national championship in the 250 Masters class as well as improve my position in the 50-plus Vintage Open class, providing I can get enough financial backing to travel the great distances to the events," he says.
Raine enjoys the series because of the variety of the race tracks, the high quality of the track preparation and the ability to meet, and compete against, racers from all across the United States.
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I have a problem with the Zimbra IMAP banner
telnet my.zimbra.imapserver.com 143
. login username password
* CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 BINARY CATENATE CHILDREN ESEARCH ID IDLE LITERAL+ LOGIN-REFERRALS NAMESPACE QUOTA SASL-IR UIDPLUS UNSELECT WITHIN X-DRAFT-I04-SEARCHRES
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I have mail gateway in front of Zimbra that forward the login authentication to an IMAP server. If I forward to Zimbra IMAP, all auth are fail, but not to my old IMAP server. Because the old IMAP server doesn't have imap banner.
On my old IMAP server, the login authentication forwarding works well because if do this:
telnet my.old.imapserver.com 143
. login username password
. OK LOGIN completed
it replies OK LOGIN completed immediately without any banner.
How to remove the banner from Zimbra IMAP ? Any config file for editing?
Thank you


text: AOL's Huffington Post takeover analysed The Great Transition 09 February 11 Flickr/Cliff 1066 Peter Kirwan Wired.co.uk Media Specialist The sight of Arianna Huffington selling out to AOL prompted scorn in some quarters. Nick Denton of Gawker was predictably caustic. "I thought Arianna Huffington and Kenny Lerer were reinventing news, rather than simply flipping to a flailing conglomerate," said Denton.He went on to ask whether AOL is becoming "a roach hotel for once lively websites". After all, the list of blogs rolled up by AOL now includes Engadget, TechCrunch and The Huffington Post.Loyalties forged in the revolutionary heat of 2004-2005, when web 2.0 became a term of art and The Huffington Post launched itself on the world, will take time to die. Pointedly, The Guardian this week suggested that Tim Armstrong's "grubby hands" have been "groping the bright stars of the web, hoping a little of that stardust might rub off".The notion of AOL as a serial molester of virginal bloggers is absurd. Does it suggest disappointment?Some HuffPo readers are unhappy. It's also true that HuffPo could have sold out to The Guardian (and become the centrepiece of a renewed offensive in North America). Alternatively, it was always possible -- in theory at least -- to imagine HuffPo as part of The Washington Post (which was overtaken by The Huffington Post in traffic terms as long ago as September 2009).HuffPo's business plan always appealed to digital Bolsheviks in newsrooms. It resembled what a newspaper might have done in the absence of the deadweight obligations to print.These days, political coverage accounts for just 15 percent of the site's traffic. HuffPo has gone vertical, local and mobile: it's well on the way to becoming a conventional news organisation. The free-spending, much-travelled cosmopolitans who read The Huffington Post are precisely what the newspaper industry craves. With the launch of The Daily, Rupert Murdoch is trying to capture precisely the same "growing" audience of "educated and sophisticated" consumers who don't "read national newspapers or watch television news".For Arianna Huffington, AOL presents challenges that are only slightly different from those that would have followed a deal with a newspaper.Newspapers need to move beyond cross-subsidies from print. Similarly, AOL needs to generate stable profits after the revenues from its internet access business dwindle to nothing.AOL's access business brought in $235m during Q410, versus $330m from advertising. The company threw off $70m of free cashflow during the quarter, down by 25 percent from a year earlier. Access revenues must qualify as pure profit, but they're also declining by around 25 percent a year.The numbers are anxiety-inducing. During the past two years, Armstrong has juggled $850m-worth of acquisitions and $650m of disposals. In a rising market, AOL's shares remain below the price at which they were spun off from Time Warner in December 2009. Growth may resume in 2012 or 2013.Armstrong can just about defend HuffPo's purchase price. The price point of roughly x10 projected EBITDA for 2012, with $20m of associated cost savings on the side for AOL, is tolerable given HuffPo's rapid growth rate. This is a site that doubled revenues last year and might well do the same this year.That said, the secret sauce that Arianna Huffington will shortly decant over AOL's arid collection of sites had better be good. Of course, there will be some collateral benefits. Huffington will do wonders for AOL's image. She might also help teach AOL how to fail fast in true 2.0 style. Read page 2 12 Read on one page Latest on wired.co.uk


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Vinyl Top Installation - Vinyl VindicationWritten by on December 1, 2008 Contributors: MCR Staff Installing A Vinyl Top With Tips From A Pro
Everybody has a comfort zone when it comes to working on their cars. Many have no issues about turning wrenches, building engines and transmissions, modifying brakes and suspensions, even doing custom engine swaps and programming engine management computers. Some don't even flinch at difficult sheetmetal swaps, narrowed rearends, or installing tubs.
Our fear factor usually goes up as the ability to back up and do it over goes down. This is especially true with something that you can't practice first-where it's all or nothing on the first try.
Installing a vinyl top could be considered an "all the way or nothing" kind of job, especially when it's going on an A12 Six Pack Superbee. We first learned of this car at Muscle Car Restorations (MCR) when we did the framerail swap story in 2007. Now it's ready for a vinyl top, and we wanted to help you add this to the list of things you're not afraid to do. The truth is that installing a vinyl top is not all that difficult once you have a few professional tips to guide you.
MCR doesn't install their YearOne sourced vinyl tops at their shop. They send all their vinyl work to Auto Top Shop in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, where Larry Gabus has been replacing vinyl and convertible tops and doing all types of upholstery work for more than three decades. He's MCR's number one choice for all their restoration projects.
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The first step: check to be sure that all the trim fits correctly. Ideally, this should be done before the paint, but at least do it now while it's still possible to make adjustments. with the trim in place, draw a pencil line along the bottom of the trim and then place masking tape about an eighth of an inch up from your line. The tape will mark where to cut the vinyl. The entire roof should be scuffed with a medium Scotch-Brite pad to cut the gloss and to help the contact cement get a good grip.With the tape in place, you can also mark the locations of all the trim holes so you can find them after they are covered by the top.In order to find the emblem holes after the top is on, use a straight edge to mark their position and distance on the tape before it's installed.Before you start anything, turn the top over and measure between the parallel seams and draw a line down the exact middle of the top. Do the same on the roof of the car by measuring the center from the drip edges. This will center the top side to the side on the car. Use a regular pencil, not any type of grease pencil. Larry has seen colored grease pencil lines bleed through and discolor the top. White vinyl is especially sensitive to this.Next, turn the top over and roughly position it on the roof. The front corners of the top have welded seams that need to be positioned a few inches down the A-pillar. It is important that the seam is between the window clip locations. More specifically, you don't want the screw that holds the clip to the post to have to pass through the seam itself. This seam should also land in the same position on both sides, but you can't fix it if it's not (short of getting a different top) because if you twist the top you'll angle the roof seams.Contact cement is normally very unforgiving. Once you press two pieces together, they are usually stuck for good. The tip here is to fold the top back to reveal the center lines and apply a narrow strip of cement along both the vinyl top and the roof center lines. Now all you need to do is to press the two lines together, and the top will be perfectly centered.With the center lines glued together, you can double check that the top will look centered by measuring from the edge of the seams to the corner of the roof or the driprail. If need be, you can reposition the top fairly easily since the glue is just a narrow strip . . . if you do it within 5-10 minutes.A lot of vinyl tops are applied by spraying the glue to both surfaces, but if you don't have the proper spray equipment, then brushing it on is just as good. You'll need about two quarts for a roof this size. Apply the contact cement to both the roof and the top about one third of the way across the roof and all the way from front to back. Spread the cement as thin as possible without leaving any gaps. Definitely no puddling allowed. You'll have about 5-10 minutes to work each area.
Keeping the material tight, pull it out and then down onto the roof. Once the two parts come into contact they will not slide, so don't let the top touch the roof until it's in position.Some incidental contact will not cause you any trouble, but once you pull it down tight, it's stuck for good. Don't worry about stretching the top out of shape while you are pulling out the wrinkles because this material really doesn't stretch all that much.With the middle in position, just move to either the front or the back and repeat; only this time you will also pull a little towards the front and the back. Remember, you are only gluing one-third of the way at a time. If you've got a couple of helpers, they can hold the front and rear corners up and away from the roof while you are pulling at the center. Once you have the top pulled into place, press it down firmly with your open hand. Then, fold the top back again and brush more cement over the next third of the way and repeat the process until you get to the edge.After trimming, roughly position the top on the quarter-panel, roll it back, and mark where the vinyl will be cut so you know how far to spread the glue. Spreading the glue past where the top will end only makes a mess.Apply the vinyl top material to the rear pillar in sections just like you did the roof, but don't wrap it around into the window channel or the driprail just yet. Leave glue out of those areas for now.There is a piece of trim that fits over the driprails, so it's important that the vinyl material get all the way to the bottom of the rail or it will prevent the trim from fitting correctly. Because the cement will stick to whatever it touches first, you'll need to roll the material into the driprail so it touches the bottom of the rail first. Make relief cuts in the vinyl as needed, then wrap the material around the rail.
When trimming the material, don't push the razor blade through the vinyl as you drag the blade along. You'll cut into the paint and possibly give moisture a chance to cause bubbles that could end up showing below your trim. Instead, hold the blade steady and pull the material back against the blade. You'll get an easy clean and accurate cut.When you get to the rear end of the driprail stainless-even though there is a trim piece that covers this area-fold the material over and glue it in place under where the trim piece goes.The window channel is a little easier. Push the vinyl down into the corner and draw a line. Then simply cut off the material with scissors and glue in place.If you mark the position of the window trim clip holes in advance, you'll save a lot of time and frustration locating them after the vinyl is fully installed.
The reason we previously told you that you need the A-pillar material seam to avoid the trim-clip location is so the extra thick material of the seam doesn't move the clip out of its proper position, which would cause an uneven gap between the trim and the A-pillar at this point.Getting the vinyl properly cut and rolled around the edge allows the trim to fit perfectly with no uneven gaps between trim and vinyl.The finished top looks absolutely perfect. you can use these same procedures to put a vinyl top on your car even if it didn't come with one from the factory. All you would need to do extra is to locate the trim parts needed, correctly position the trim, and drill the needed holes.


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Japan: Early Buddhism
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Buddhism began as a reform of Hinduism conceptualized by Siddhartha Gautama, known as the Buddha ("enlightened one") or Sakyamuni Buddha (Buddha of the Sakya clan) to his followers. He was born near the border of present-day India and Nepal, lived sometime during the 625-480 b.c. period (his followers disagree on the dates), and is said to have received enlightenment while sitting under a Bodhi tree. The wisdom he plucked from India's tree of knowledge he summarized as the Four Noble Truths: Life is suffering; suffering is caused by our attachments to the world and people around us; we can end suffering by developing nonattachment; and we can advance our consciousness by following an eightfold path.
In essence, the Buddha developed a positivist faith that we can turn ourselves into wise beings without needing a God who probably does not exist. Hinduism was filled with sacrifices and ritual; early Buddhism stripped away glitz and emphasized mind-control through meditation. Such a faith has appealed to hundreds of millions, including in the U.S. members of "the beat generation" during the 1950s. In recent years Hollywood stars like Richard Gere and Sharon Stone, as well as Bible-haters like Oliver Stone, haved signed up; Mr. Stone complained that "Christ was all about pain and suffering," and said Buddhism helped him "get out from under the monstrously oppressive God the Father."
It's hard, though, to know what in Buddhist teaching authentically came from the Buddha. He had many disciples and a large following by the time of his death in his early 80s, but his words were not written down until about 250 years after his death. Then, priests wrote down more and more: The scriptures of one of the two main divisions of Buddhism, Theravada, are 11 times longer than the Bible. The scriptures of the other main division, Mahayana, are more numerous still, encompassing over 5,000 volumes. (A third, Tibetan division, Vajrayana, has many scriptures as well.)
This means that no one can carry all of Buddhist scripture to temple worship as many Christians carry the Bible. Sects typically emphasize favorite sutras (writings) and forget about others. Moreover, various Buddhist leaders quarrel about even the core teachings of their faith. Individual teachers have great latitude to shape their particular kind of Buddhism. Disciples tend to cluster around particular teachers, and Buddhist leaders sometimes become heated in criticizing other Buddhists.
Many Buddhists do not believe in any kind of God or gods. Some Buddhists hold that there is a spirit world with gods in the heavens, but gods are not supreme: Their hero is the Buddha, the man who became fully enlightened, and told his followers to go and do likewise. Buddhists are not supposed to spend their time contemplating creation, since all matter is illusion or manifestation of the Ultimate Reality. Their standard goal is to concentrate on individual enlightenment and to break out of the cycle of transmigration that Buddhists call samsara, or "endless wandering."
Buddhism, born and developed in a culture of great poverty and suffering, emphasizes the greed, hatred, and ignorance that naturally envelopes us. It then loads that realistic sense of human nature onto a Hindu truck that runs on karmic transmigration, the doctrine that after death the essence of a person is reborn in another body. People can be reborn into five or six realms: The top three are gods, titans, and humans, and the bottom three are ghosts, animals, and hell. Rebirth depends on actions in this life and past ones: Negative emotions lead to negative actions which lead to negative karma which can result in rebirth as a fish, dog, or cockroach.
The cycle can continue for eternity and ends only when a person attains nirvana, the extinction of individuality and entrance into the cosmic all. (Buddhism denies the existence of self as an object that is distinct from other selves.) The cycle takes at least seven lives but might take millions. In the classic Buddhist understanding, individuals progress by dropping all worldly attachments and emphasizing extensive meditation, strenuous physical exercises, and other means of turning off our egos. Buddhism wins support on those grounds from people tired of being consumed by consumerism, but it's important to note that it's not only attachments to houses and cars that Buddhism condemns: We also have foolish attachment to our own lives and to others. The Buddha himself named his son Rahula, which means "obstacle," and then abandoned his wife and son to seek enlightenment.
Two Buddhist parables illustrate the sweeping nature of the nonattachment principle. One concerns a man, fleeing a tiger, who comes to the edge of a cliff, finds a vine, and climbs down it. When almost down he discovers that a second tiger awaits him at the bottom, while mice chew the vine above him. Instead of trying to concoct a means of escape, he notices a wild strawberry growing on the face of the cliff and eats it. Then the vine breaks, and the tiger gobbles up the man. End of story. Non-Buddhists might see this tale as one of horror, or might wonder why the man didn't desperately try to distract the tiger by tossing the strawberry to him. But the primary point is that as strawberry is to man, so man is to tiger; we should not be attached to our own lives. Furthermore, we are all part of the Whole, and if we have the right understanding we will not fear death because we cannot die.
The second Buddhist story concerns a monk, Katayana, who walked through a forest, saw a man, a woman, and a baby joyfully eating lunch, and burst out laughing at the deluded family values of the diners: Katayana told his disciples, "They're eating a fish that they caught from the lake. That fish was the grandfather in a former life. The dog who is now barking and begging for the fish was the grandmother. The baby the mother is holding to her breast was the husband's enemy, a man he had killed for assaulting his wife." Early Buddhist wisdom says our attachments are foolish, and that if we get rid of them we will control our emotions and avoid creating additional suffering for us in this life and future ones.
Some Buddhist handbooks teach the principle of nonattachment (to anyone as well as to anything) by recounting the life of the Buddha himself: He "renounced his family, wealth, and power and fled to the mountains to meditate upon the way of truth." They stress that the way to beat attachment is through meditation. For example, a strong attachment to a girlfriend's appearance can be beaten by looking deeper into her body, into what it's made of. Buddhists are to look past the skin and visualize the veins, organs, bacteria, and so on. Similarly, a Thai abbot stated, "Lust should be balanced by contemplation of loathsomeness.... Examine the body as a corpse and see the process of decay or think of the parts of the body such as the lungs, spleen, fat, feces, and so forth."
That animosity toward the body is frequent in Buddhism. One popular webpage asks, "What is the body really? What more is it than a skin bag filled with bones, flesh, disgusting organs, and fluids?" That view doesn't note that we are fearfully and wonderfully made, but much of Buddhism misses trees and emphasizes gloom about the forest. One of Christianity's most famous catechism answers is Westminster No. 1, which notes that man's chief purpose is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever. The Buddha's "noble truths" have nothing about accentuating that positive; they are about suffering and how to eliminate the negative.
The Noble Eightfold Path apparently laid out by Buddha as a way to eliminate suffering includes some wonderful elements: Right Speech (telling the truth in love), Right Action (saying no to wrong behavior such as killing, stealing, or fornicating), Right Livelihood (saying no to work that causes harm to others), and Right Mindfulness (being aware of surroundings). But its other aspects suggest an escape from reason: Right Meditation (developing deep mental calm through techniques that concentrate the mind), Right View (accepting the Buddhist worldview), Right Resolve (committing to total attitude adjustment), and Right Effort (the activities designed to bring about personality change).
Since early Buddhism does not hold that people need to be changed by God, it is full of tips on the effort needed to change ourselves. Breathing exercises can settle the mind-I've seen them work during the delivery of three of my children-and that's where Buddhists often begin. Many claim this can lead to great things: "Feel the air coming in and going out. Visualize the air as a sort of bluish incense smoke. You are creating a diversion, turning the attraction or attention of your mind to something other than" attachment to life-such as constructing in your mind a bridge.
Many would-be Buddhists find such techniques do not work, but Buddhist leaders emphasize perseverance: "If doing it once doesn't work, you can do it 21 times. You can build 21 bridges. And if you have all the time in the world, build 100 bridges." Serious Buddhists realize they must build thousands of bridges, and may make time by dropping out of other activities. The pursuit of tranquility can become agitated, because the individual's destiny is entirely his own responsibility.
If the individual does stabilize his emotions through such breathing exercises, analytical meditation can begin: Each person in a sense argues himself into believing that the ego is the enemy. Such meditation for conventional Buddhists is parallel to Bible reading for Jews and Christians, except that the process in Buddhism is internal, while for Bible readers it involves having an external message act upon the individual. Many Buddhists turn inward by repeating mantras-combinations of sounds and words-that they believe raise good vibrations within a person and open up his deeper consciousness. They say that reciting the same chants day after day produces not boredom but wholesome karma.
This emphasis on the internal can appeal to those tired of liberal and Marxist clichŽs about the goodness of man and our corruption by the external environment. Many people have enough self-consciousness to realize that we are not good by nature; a Tibetan Buddhist text such as Good Life, Good Death by Rimpoche Gehlek, a "reincarnated lama," resonates with that understanding. Gehlek states, "The true enemy is inside. The maker of trouble, the source of all our suffering, the destroyer of our virtue is inside. It is Ego.... So your boss is not responsible for your hurt pride, your parents did not create your rage. We blame conditions while the problem and the cause of our problem is inside."
The inward-turning of Buddhism is revealed in the question-and-answer sessions on some websites, including this one provided by Ajahn Chah, a monk in Ubon Rajathani in northeastern Thailand: "Q: Is it advisable to read a lot or study the scriptures as a part of practice? A: You don't need to bother with books. Watch your own mind. Examine to see how feelings come and go, how thoughts come and go. Don't be attached to anything. Q: A lot of times it seems that many monks here are not practicing. They look sloppy or unmindful. This disturbs me. A: You will not discover wisdom watching others."
The Eightfold Path can readily appeal to those who see that changing external environments doesn't work, and then decide to concentrate on the internal. That dichotomy, though, is false, since there is a third option: an external but eternal force changing the internal. Christianity contrasts the eternal to both the internal and the external, and that emphasis apparently had an impact on Buddhism soon after Christ's resurrection.


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San Diego shows robust job growth
San Diego County's 2012 job growth was the most robust since the turn of the century, according to data released Friday by the state.
The average number of people with a payroll job in the county in the 12 months of 2012 increased by 25,400 — or 2.06 percent — over the 12 months of 2011. That percentage increase was last matched in 2001.
"I think it shows that the economy is on a pretty solid footing now in terms of growth," said Alan Gin, an economist at the University of San Diego.
Still, the last half of 2012 showed slowing in payroll job growth. The county's January unemployment rate, which is not seasonally adjusted, increased from 8.2 percent in December to 8.6 percent in January as employers cut 22,000 jobs. About half of those job cuts came in retail and tourism due to layoffs at the end of the holiday season. In January 2012, the unemployment rate in San Diego County was 9.5 percent.
The state Employment Development Department on Friday released jobs data for January, plus revisions to originally reported monthly payroll numbers for 2012. The number of San Diegans on payrolls last year was revised upward by 8,500. The revised data show that county employers added 30,600 employees between January 2012 and January 2013, a number that economists consider healthy.
"Even though the unemployment rate went up, it's seasonal," Gin said. "2013 is actually going to be a pretty good year for the local economy."
Lynn Reaser, chief economist at Point Loma Nazarene University, cautioned that a big chunk of the 30,600 came earlier in 2012. Three out of the year's last six months saw job losses.
"You had very strong growth until the last few months," Reaser said. "The national economy we know slowed down as well."
The state data showed that in an average month in 2012, there were 1,258,800 San Diegans on a payroll, with an average unemployment rate of 8.9 percent. The average number of people working was the highest since 2008, when the payroll number was 1,298,700. The next year, the number of people working fell by 5.19 percent.
The 2.06 percent payroll gain in 2012 outpaced gains of 1.73 percent and 1.52 percent during the housing boom of 2005 and 2006, when the increase in jobs was about 20,000 each year.
"The recovery in the mid 2000s was actually not very strong jobwise, at least on percentage terms," Gin said.
Gin said if the 30,600 year-over-year pace continues through 2013, then next year's average increase would be 2.43 percent.
Esmael Adibi, director of Chapman University's A. Gary Anderson Center for Economic Research, called the upward revisions significant and said it's an indication the job market is gaining strength.
"The big question now is if it's going to be sustainable," he said.
Adibi pointed to a potential drag on the economy moving forward from the end of the payroll tax holiday — which caused the Social Security tax to increase from 4.2 to 6.2 percent beginning in January — and the quarter-percent increase in Califonia sales tax due to the passing of Proposition 30 in November. San Diegans now pay 8 percent sales tax in the city.
Adibi also pointed out that the county's retail industry's labor force is 0.7 percent smaller than it was last January, meaning consumer spending could be lacking.
The February unemployment and payroll growth data for the state and county will be released next Friday.
"February's numbers will be important to monitor to see if political uncertainty in Washington and impending sequestration may have continued to slow down hiring in the San Diego region," Reaser said.


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Established in 1994 by Dr. Shu-Park Chan, International Technological University (ITU) provides excellence in education for the future leaders of Silicon Valley corporations, leveraging the best of Silicon Valley's technology and business models to advance developing economies throughout the world. ITU reflects and enhances Silicon Valley's unique business culture with six industry-oriented departments that provide high-quality academic and practical training and offer unparalleled certificate, graduate, and doctorate programs in electrical engineering, digital arts, computer science, engineering management, and business administration. ITU degree programs aim to cultivate forward-thinking engineers, engineering managers, and business entrepreneurs and administrators with a deep understanding of professional ethics, intellectual property law, environmental protection, and other contemporary issues.
International Technological University is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, 985 Atlantic Avenue, # 100, Alameda, CA 94501, 510-748-9001. ITU is also recognized by the Bureau of Private Postsecondary Education (BPPE).
- ITU's story begins with a dream passed down from generation to generation starting with our Founder's father, a respected Warlord from China, and continues with his son, a visionary leader determined to change the world.
- International Technological University (ITU) strives to provide superior graduate education, research, and innovation in the fields of engineering, business administration, media/entertainment, interdisciplinary sciences, and health and individual performance. Our mission is carried out through the two-pronged focus of globalizing our educational model and maintaining continual industry relevance. Core to our mission are the values of fostering community engagement and enrichment, embracing innovation, enhancing entrepreneurship, and empowering our community through multicultural diversity and ethical practices.
- Founded in 1994, ITU has been a mission-driven institution, striving "to empower people and advance global prosperity through inventive, industry-linked Silicon Valley education." ITU has evolved over 20 years to meet the unique needs of students and significant opportunities and challenges of Silicon Valley. The Strategic Plan builds upon ITU's vision and mission, recognizes the core values and guiding principles, and establishes long-term commitments for the period of 2015–2020.


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1968 Chevrolet Camaro - Pair of JacksWritten by on July 1, 2008 Not only is this '68 Camaro a jack-of-all-trades, but so is the owner who built it.
Sure, outsourcing sucks for consumers, but it's not like the poor tech support reps in Calcutta actually enjoy talking to disgruntled Windows Vista users. When it comes to communication barriers, it seems like everyone ends up a loser, but that's only true if you've never met Jerry Balko. As the tale goes, the former owner of his '68 Camaro wanted to paint the car in Porsche Red. Unfortunately, his painter didn't speak much English, and the parts guy at the Porsche dealership didn't speak much Spanish. Not knowing that Porsche offered several different shades of red, he painted the car the wrong color. Consequently, the owner lost interest in the Camaro, and that's when Jerry showed up and purchased it for $3,500. Pretty sweet deal, eh?
Not to be overlooked by such bizarre circumstances is the fact that Jerry has built a machine that truly does it all on a working stiff's budget. Boasting a nitrous-injected Rat motor, the Camaro runs high 9s at the track, rips through the speed traps at open road race events, humbles vermin on the street, and even wows judges at the fairgrounds. The total expenditure of $25,000 is a wee bit more than other grass roots street/strip vehicles we've featured in recent months, but that's because it's way more polished. No corners were cut, and for Jerry, secondhand parts wouldn't suffice. The man went all out, rotisserie style, and by doing all the work in his driveway instead of dropping it off at a big-buck shop, he pulled off a six-figure-caliber restoration at a fraction of the cost.
Jerry's fascination with Camaros dates back to his high school days. After suffering a leg injury in a motorcycle wreck, he gave up two-wheeling and traded his street bike for a '69 Camaro. Knowing that he wanted to get his hands dirty, Jerry enrolled in a welding class and took a summer job at a machine shop. He immediately put his engine-building skills to use by assembling a 450hp 355 that enabled the Camaro to fare quite well on the street circuit for its day. Interestingly, Jerry has always been one of the few Chevy fans out there who actually prefers the look of the '68 over a '69. "I just think the '68 has sleeker and sexier lines," he opines. "Even when I had my '69 in high school, what I really wanted was a '68."
With his high school ride long gone and the kids out of the house, Jerry finally got the chance to build that '68 in 1997. The goal from the very beginning was to assemble a multi-dimensional car that could do a little bit of everything. "I wanted something that I could take from a drag-race setup to road-race setup in a day and a half, while still retaining show-quality aesthetics," he explains. "I love drag racing, but I enjoy open road racing an awful lot, as well. Variety is the spice of life."
The first step in accomplishing those goals was dropping in a GM Performance Parts ZZ502 crate motor and a four-speed trans. Although the big-block torque and 250-shot of spray sheared through several trannies, Jerry beat on it several times a week for nearly seven years. The 502 still pulled hard, but he decided it was time to freshen it up with some new rings and bearings. Immediately after the rebuild, a botched hone job required pulling the motor once again, so Jerry figured that it would only be worth his trouble if he amp'd up the performance quotient at the same time.
To that end, the block was bored .030 over, bumping up displacement to 509 ci, and fitted with JE 9.3:1 pistons. In went a larger Crane 236/244-at-.050 hydraulic roller cam, and the production oval-port aluminum heads got a mild rubdown. Since the four-speed would no longer cut the cheese, it was replaced by a TH400 (built by Jerry's brother) and mated to an ATI 3,200-stall converter. Jerry doesn't care too much about dyno numbers, so he doesn't have any, but the Camaro has run a best of 6.26 at 114 mph in the eighth-mile on a 275-shot of spray, which translates to high 9s in the quarter. Next up is a set of 350hp pills in the nitrous plate.
About a year after the new motor was installed, Jerry realized that his $3,500 score of a car wasn't as good of a deal as he originally thought. The bodywork wasn't performed correctly by the previous owner, and the body filler holding the rusty sheetmetal together was starting to fall off. Now here's where it gets crazy. Not only did Jerry decide to perform all the bodywork himself, he also determined that a full rotisserie restoration was in order. After completely stripping down and gutting the car, he started hackin'. "At first, I thought there's no way this is going to work, but I just clamped the quarter-panel in place, tweaked it here and there, and welded it up," Jerry recollects. In all, every panel except the doors and trunk lid was replaced. While the car was gutted, Jerry installed a Detroit Speed & Engineering mini-tub kit, and sent the car over to Mark Artis at Texas Thunder Racing for a 12-point rollcage. "Some of my training from high school helped, but since that was my first time doing bodywork, most of it was just diving into it hands first and getting my feet wet. I'm a carpenter by trade, and also install granite and marble. There are more similarities between my line of work and bodywork than I thought, so that helped me out a lot as well."
With one tremendous challenge out of the way, it was time to embark on a new adventure: open road racing. Getting the Camaro ready for nearly 120 miles of flat-out driving at the Big Bend event required almost two days of prep work, but Jerry says it was well worth it. One of the very few automatics in the field, he installed a tighter 2,200-stall converter and swapped out the 4.11:1 ring-and-pinion for a set of 2.47s. Likewise, the QA1 shocks were stiffened up, an Addco front sway bar was installed, and the drag race rolling stock was replaced with 17-inch wheels and tires. As a first-timer, Jerry was limited to a 140-mph tech speed, but that was still plenty to get him hooked. "After slowing down to dodge a deer, flying through blind turns, squeezing the steering wheel until my hands got numb, and driving so fast in the rain that my windshield wipers blew off the glass, I still managed a Third-place finish in my class," he says. "You get disqualified if you go over your tech speed, but I hit 150 mph a few times and the car had plenty of steam left. The runs were 25 minutes in each direction, but there was so much adrenaline in my system, it felt more like five minutes." For obvious reasons, Jerry calls his car Camtender (Camaro/contender). Granted, it's not the most creative play on words, but we can't think of a more appropriate title since wherever it goes, it's contending for something. "Whether it's at a drag race, open road race, car show, or cruise night, my Camaro can hold its own against just about anything," he proclaims. Just in case it can't, Jerry has a few more tricks up his sleeve. "I'd love to do a 632 or drop in an LS7, but my priority right now is putting the car on a diet. It weighs 3,600 pounds, and I'd like to get it down to 3,000 pounds to make it more competitive." One contest that may never be settled, however, is the one between the man and the machine. While the Camaro is irrefutably badass and well-decorated in its accomplishments, so is the guy who built it.
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|1968 Chevy Camaro:
|Paint & body:
|502 crate motor:
|Rings and bearings:
|Head porting:
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|production 502 block bored to 4.500 inches
|stock oil pump, Moroso seven-quart pan
|Rotating assembly:
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|Cylinder heads:
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|Crane 236/244-at-.050 hydraulic roller, .610/.632-inch lift, 112-degree LSA
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|Edelbrock Victor Jr. intake manifold, Holley 950-cfm carb
|Fuel system:
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|MSD Pro-Billet distributor, Blaster II coil, and Digital 6AL box and wires; NGK spark plugs
|Hooker 2 1/8-inch long-tube headers, 3-inch collectors, dual 3-inch Magnaflow mufflers
|Meziere water pump, dual Spal electric fans, Be Cool radiator
|Power adder:
|NOS nitrous plate system jetted to 275 hp; auxiliary one-gallon enrichment fuel cell with Holley Blue electric pump
|Built by:
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|Rear axle:
|Ford 9-inch rearend with Moser 31-spline axles, 4.11:1 gears, and Detroit Locker differential
|Front suspension:
|Global West control arms, QA1 coilovers, Addco 1 1/8-inch sway bar
|Rear suspension:
|CalTracs leaf springs and traction bars; Koni shocks, Detroit Speed & Engineering subframe connectors
|GM 12-inch discs, front; Wilwood 12-inch discs, rear
|Wheels & Tires
|Billet Specialties Street Lite 15x6 (3.5-inch backspace), front; 15x10 (4.5-inch backspace), rear
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An excess of capacity on key routes, as well as poor discipline from carriers means that container shipping lines will not cover their cost of capital in 2011, and many will lose money once again.
According to Drewry's latest quarterly Container Forecast, the global demand remains fairly positive, at just over 7 percent growth for this year and despite concern in the western economies, analysts for the London-based think tank still see decent volumes in intra-Asia and on emerging trades with Latin America.??
"Our question is – if the industry is unable to make money in a relatively strong year, then what will happen if/when demand seriously falls away on a global scale?" said Drewry spokesmen.
Analysts also noted that these are important times for carrier/shipper rate negotiations and the assumption now is clearly that the leading carriers are intent on protecting market share, rather than maintaining profitability.
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"With load factors of only 80-85 percent, carriers have not successfully pushed through their peak season surcharges and the severe overcapacity in these core east-west trades has been starkly revealed," said Drewry Forecast analyst, Neil Dekker.
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It was because of its strategic position at the entrance to a valley that this village was fortified in the Middle Ages. Salardú is an attractive small town with houses built of granite and shale clustered around the Iglesia de Sant Andreu, a 12C-13C Romanesque church with three aisles and three apses, and crowned by a 15C octagonal bell tower. It boasts a remarkable 12C sculpture of Christ, the 65cm Majestat de Salardú (12C), carved with great anatomical realism.
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Situated near the source of the Garonne, in a landscape of high hillsides, this Alpine ski resort has an excellent infrastructure with 1,010 m of pistes, hotels and other services.
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Located in the town of Salardù, Hotel Era Cuma is just 3 km from the ski resort of Baqueira Beret. The traditional-style rooms all have free Wi-Fi and flat-screen satellite TVs. Most of the Era Cuma's rooms have views of the surrounding mountains, w..
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If there's one thing that actress Zooey Deschanel decidedly is, it's adorable. Add that with the fact that she is quirky — which means that sometimes she trips or says awkward things in social settings — and you're reminded of the fact that she's a DORK, too! She's such a dork. Such a traditionally pretty, thin, white, highly marketable dork.
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This Valentine's Day Jason had gone to pick up Alexa so Landon, Jace and I decided to make a special dinner for us all. One of my dear and near friends Amie Friesen gave me the perfect dessert to go with my V-day meal. I knew we wanted to have heart shaped quesadillas, heart shaped garlic bread, but what for dessert? As the conversation went on she gave me a great little quick easy salad recipe to use as a sweet treat following our meal, and I tell you my kids ate the whole thing in a matter of two days! See for yourself.
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2006-07 - Sophomore Season: The team's top defensive perimeter player...appeared in all 31 of the Bulldogs' games, coming off the bench in all but one...finished fifth on the team with 47 assists, 23 steals and 24 offensive rebounds...scored a season-high seven points on 3-of-4 shooting from the field with a three-pointer at Youngstown State on Dec. 30...pulled down a season-best seven rebounds against IUPUI on Nov. 29...dished a season-high five assists at UIC on Feb. 10.
2005-06 - Freshman Season: Started in eight of her 27 games played her freshman season...fifth on the team with 35 assists...scored 2.1 points per game while tallying 1.6 boards...averaged 3.1 points in 16 Horizon League contests, shooting .404 from the field...started in six of the last seven games, averaging 29.4 minutes during that span...led the team and set a career-high with nine rebounds in the opening round of the Horizon League Championship against Detroit on March 1...also dished out a team-leading six assists in that game...scored a season-high six points on three occasions...voted as a co-recipient of the team's Defensive Award along with former player Stephanie Boeke.
High School: Four-year varsity starter...two-time team captain...All-Ohio Capital Conference (OCC) first-team selection...Central District honorable mention and District 11 first-team honoree...Dispatch-Agonis All-stars honorable mention...Ohio/Kentucky All-Star Participant and McDonald's All-American nominee...part of four-time District champion team, two-time OCC champs and three-time Regional Runner-ups...Ohio Girls Basketball Magazine Fabulous 50 Freshman and Top 64 selection...team's "Defensive Player of the Year" on two occasions...guided her AAU team to an Ohio state championship and to the AAU Nike Cup crown...as a senior, averaged 11.4 points per game on 48-percent shooting, including 40 percent from three-point range...81-percent free throw shooter...added 3.2 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 2.2 steals...as a junior, Brown averaged 7.3 points and 3.9 assists, while shooting 41 percent from three-point range as Pickerington North finished with a 24-2 record...in the classroom, Brown has been honored with the Silver Medal Academic Award for Basketball and is a distinguished honor roll student...high school coach: Dave Butcher.
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