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Pros: Seamless blend of teenage romance and kinky comedy, with a fine cast and serious charm.
Cons: One considerable plot hole and a considerably situation-filled story.
THE GIRL NEXT DOOR, which will be released in theaters April 9, 2004, has been a movie I wanted to see the sneak preview of for the longest time. Thank God Twentieth Century Fox and Regency Entertainment gave the chance to see this one in a second sneak preview. I don't know if this is a sign of fear that this is the second time they have allowed a sneak peak at the actual movie (the other preview was in March, the Friday before I saw the "Starsky & Hutch" sneak preview which is the basis of my recent film review), but I think that Fox have a good thing on their hands. I saw this one on Saturday, March 20, at the Harkins Superstition Springs 25 in Mesa, AZ, and I was drawn not just because of Elisha Cuthbert, the gorgeous Canadian blondie who plays Kim Bauer on TV's "24" (and had a walk-on in 2003's "Old School") and is seen in a sizzling pose on the films poster art, but because it immediately reminds me of two really great 1980's comedies with similar premises.
In the 1983 cult classic "Risky Business," Tom Cruise was a straight Chicago teenager who was content to play air guitar in his underwear until his chance encounter with a hooker played by Rebecca DeMornay made him into a man, made his house into a brothel, and made him the target of Joe Pantoliano's peeved pimp. And for the baby boomer brother of "Risky Business," we got Jonathan Demmes masterful 1986 black comedy "Something Wild," with Jeff Daniels as a stuffy father, husband and businessman who falls in love with a wild and crazy girl (Melanie Griffith) who literally steals him away from yuppie life and engages in fun games of kinky sex and robbery. Unfortunately, they run into Griffith's ex, a fresh-from-jail menace played in a classic film debut by Ray Liotta, later heading on to breakout roles in "Dominick & Eugene" and "Goodfellas."
THE GIRL NEXT DOOR is in the same vein, owing as much to the teenaged splendor of "Risky Business" as it does to the surprisingly intense "Something Wild," with bits and pieces of John Hughes thrown in for good measure. This is thankfully not a gross-out film, like recent teen flicks stemming from "American Pie" and beyond, falling back not on bodily fluids and erect penis situations but instead on a sweet romance threatened with termination by a series of escalating blunders and mishaps that threaten to ruin both the lives of the love-struck boy and his faithful, attractive girlfriend.
When it begins, we are looking back at the 2004 senior class of Westport High School getting their pictures taken for yearbook and reflecting on their best memories of the year. All the assortment of jocks, honeys, and goons have their moments, and then Matthew Kidman, an erudite, JFK-idolizing outsider, sits down with a smile hiding a serious frown. Despite being student council president and voted as "the brightest leader of tomorrow," where he is getting ready to attain a scholarship for admission to Georgetown and also herald the arrival of a supremely intelligent Cambodian exchange student named Samnang (Ulysees Lee), there is a big black hole where his satisfaction with life should be. It's not like he's a geek the jocks push around, but he's a daydreamer who gets left behind by the social hierarchy. His closest friends are Klitz (Paul Dano), a boring do-nothing nerd, and Eli (Chris Marquette), a porn-addicted sex hound who doesnt want to follow Matt to the beach because he thinks it's gay (in other words, he'd rather spank to on-TV intercourse).
Compelled with a longing to live yet also tied to the milquetoast lifestyle which has him struggling to prepare a speech about "moral fiber" for the big scholarship recipient dinner, Matt finds an out-of-nowhere surprise right next door: Danielle, the bombshell to end them all, is house-sitting for a vacationing owner, and when he looks her in the eye, he's won over. The next thing he's doing is calling Eli telling him he saw Aphrodite herself, and then what happens...she's undressing right in front of him! God have mercy, she be hot! It's like Jack Black might say: she's a "cream dream."
But voyeurism doesn't go unnoticed: when she catches him, she decides to give him an interesting penalty on a drive around the block.
It takes a certain kind of girl to make a man act funny, and Danielle is certainly the one for Matt. They strike up a surprisingly tender romantic relationship, which is put through dire straits when Eli shows up with a videotape to break the news to Matt: Danielle is really Athena, a big-name porn star whose last film featured her giving wood to martial artists. There's no doubt what Eli wants Matt to do: "take her to a motel room and bang her like a beast!" Silly Matt listens to his best friend, and ends up seriously ruining a perfectly good thing by driving them to a motel room and having Danielle walk out in heartbreak. Matt catches onto his folly too late: the next time he sees her, her old producer and one-time flame Kelly shows up to whisk her away to Vegas and coax her back into the adult film industry by parading her at a convention.
Now, the screenplay (credited to David T. Wagner, Stuart Blumberg and Brent Goldberg) would efficiently end on this note had there be no imagination. But it doesn't. Matt drags his friends to Vegas to win back Danielle, and they do, but they've only opened up a world of hurt. See, Kelly is a business man, and when you f*ck with his business, you f*cked with his pride, and then he gets mean ("Always know if the juice is worth the squeeze," he warns Matt). Not only does he have Matt break into the luxury home of his old producing partner, Hugo Posh, to steal an award (in the shape of a golden dong, no less), he then embezzles the $25,000 Matt collected to have Samnung come to America after Danielle's absence sets him back that amount, plus an additional five grand. All this, and he's late for that big dinner, as well as hopped up on X because Kelly duped him into thinking it was aspirin after a surprise knock to the cranium.
Desperate times call for desperate measures, and the way Matt, Danielle and the two friends attempt to raise money to save their futures is a wild surprise I wouldn't dream of giving away.
It's the most surprising thing in the world to realize that the creative forces behind some really bad movies could churn out something so sublime. The director, Luke Greenfield was previously saddled with the awful Rob Schneider-starring, Happy Madison-produced stinker "The Animal," and writers Goldberg and Wagner previous wrote "National Lampoon's Van Wilder." Needless to say, this must have been their one big project they wanted to make amidst these colorless titles of dreck (Blumberg had written "Keeping The Faith," that old Edward Norton movie which didn't suck). They have made what seems to be a formula movie on the surface, but, just as Mike White and Richard Linklater did with "The School Of Rock," they put enough charm, wit and warmth into the film for it not to pander or seem cynical. And because of the unimpressive track record of these people, it's refreshing to know they finally had the smarts to defy expectations.
Throw out whatever hype fed about this movie being sleazy or immoral, because that would be missing the point. The movie works so well with familiar elements that it puts a lot of the romantic comedies based on "Cinderella" fantasies to shame. In fact, I am going to defy Roger Ebert and say that this movie is ten times better than he gives it credit for (remember, he's giving "The Alamo" thumbs up). It blends screwball humor, romance, suspense, coming-of-age, Americana, teen fantasy fulfillment, and the big finale at the Senior Prom, all of which have either been done to death or to the point of twitching. Yet, I thought this was a well-acted and at least well-written movie.
Most people will try to discredit this movie because of its use of the porn industry as a romantic comedy tool. What did you want, a rerelease of "The Girl Next Door" from 1998? Of course, this movie uses the industry but it never turns into a NC-17 farce like "Orgazmo," instead unraveling some of the more appealing charms and king-sized laughs as a result. I couldn't help but grab my sides as I saw Matthew come home from his revelation with Danielle's past and engage in three mini-fantasizies where he imagines her engaging in risque business with his parents. And when the prom night debacle delivers its pay off, which I will not ruin, the result will knock you in for a loop. It's not like those lame college capers ("Eurotrip" and "Old School" step to the judge) that simply want to be crass just for the sake of being crass, but instead takes time to get us interested in characters and situations (a la "Something About Mary") so that we can hardly believe it when things get bad.
And also, this is a movie about high school, not college, and not since John Hughes and Cameron Crowe cranked out the best movies of 80's adolescent life that we've seen such a vivid depiction of an innocent, pure high school life. Too many movies play onto stereotypes, and I can accuse this movie of the same thing, but they don't blow up the personality traits of the jocks and b*tches to the point where they become plot checkers. The nerds even seem less stereotypical, more like normal, shy kids you'd likely see walking down the hallway at where you went to school at. When Matthew manages to score a boost of much-needed confidence at a graduation party, you feel the confidence run through his body, and it's quite invigorating.
I neglected to mention Emile Hirsch, a young actor making his first lead role, because I think he just may be the next John Cusack. Indeed, he kind of looks like a fusion between him and (shudder) Ashton Kutcher, albeit quite younger. But just like Cusack did when he took the role of the lovable party animal Walter Gibson back in Rob Reiner's "The Sure Thing," Hirsch embodies all the handsomeness, charm, physical quirks and personal significance his character is given. This is a 3-D character who manages to almost end up crashing a party because he's been drugged, and we feel for his character even at his worst behavior (he even overcomes his trip by admitting his love for Danielle). We hope he will get the girl, get back at the vindictive weasel and share some good times with his two friends, whom are affectionately dubbed a "tripod." This will be a breakout role for Emile.
Also of notice is Elisha Cuthbert, a sassy and VERY sexy 21-year-old starlet who has an infectious smile, a baby's face, and a bodacious body all played to her advantage. You just might forget how amazingly natural she is playing a woman of her age, and the fact that she isn't as much of a mystery as Rebecca DeMornay or Melanie Griffith shouldn't be held against her: she's 21! There is one really big plot hole, as in to how she originally got involved with Kelly is not explained. We do sense her motivation for her love of Matt, her longing to leave her old life behind, her betrayal at Matt's hands that leads her to runaway, and the innocence inside her that pleads her to lead a new life with real love and affection and not just endless sex on camera. This is more than just your standard object of desire foil (I know we see Elisha in a bra for 15% of the movie, and even endures a wet T-shirt scene without gratuitous nipple pokie), but a genuinely loving portrayal by an actress who has a surprisingly wider-than-expected range. Never have I fallen into such infatuation with an onscreen female character than I did for Danielle, and Cuthbert should officially be declared the "Hottest Girl In America." Even in the promotional ads in that black dress...hummina, hummina!
It's also a testament to both these buzz worthy performers that they generate a wild amount of chemistry and interest. The "first kiss" sequence between these two characters has been filmed with such compassion that it is the best I've seen since the original "My Girl" from 1991. And there's another noteworthy kiss in the prom limousine scene that I will leave you to see for yourself.
And another actor whom I forgot to disclose is Timothy Olyphant, who I felt got criminally squandered in his last performance in the Stephen King-based "Dreamcrapper." But boy is he good here...glo-ry beeeeeeeee! The man is kicking some serious @ss! I loved the way Kelly is such a loose cannon that you can never be sure when he just might sock you in the gut, and the fact that he is such an insatiable tail-chaser is astounding (I loved that scene where he's chatting up the girlfriends of all the jocks seeing if they would ever want to be in his movies). There are many times in this film where he channels the bravado of great Bill Paxton performances, sporting his brown jacket, a Stephen Dorff-ish hairdo, and a weasely grin that both tickles your funny bone and your spinal cord. Just like I can't truly describe how attractive Cuthbert is, I cannot explain in words how off-the-wall and fresh this sly character Olyphant inhabits is.
As for Matt's two ragtag friends, you find yourself rooting the most for the painfully closeted loner Klitz (funny name, eh?) and laughing the most at the libidinous director-in-training Eli. While I do credit Paul Dano for pulling off such a sympathetic nebbish, Chris Marquette is a great big twister of presence as Eli. You may remember him from last year's "Freddy Vs. Jason" as Linderman, the geek who won the heart of an ex-Destiny's Child singer. Well, for comic relief, he sometimes threatens to give Olyphant a run for his cigars. The moment where he's literally screaming "F*CK HER FOR ME! FOR ME!" in front of Matt and several on-lookers outside the school is a perfect example of a great verbal belly laugh.
For a movie based on the porn industry, we do get delivered exactly what we want: nudity! Although Elisha Cuthbert never gives us any true T&A shots, a bevy of actual porn stars do sans clothing in some moments, and indeed we see Matt's character bare behind in a few shots. Now, I believe he had a body double because Emile's only 18, but I can't be sure about Elisha, because even though she never bares the key areas of flesh which merit R-ratings, we do see a partial breast and a butt shot (albeit in thong undergarment). However, cleavage she does provide in ample doses, which doesn't bother me at all. A little cheesecake never hurt no one (right, Mr. Bruckheimer?).
What I also enjoyed was a soundtrack flavored with variety of good songs. The movie opens with the Queen/David Bowie smash "Under Pressure," throws in some familiar Filter ("Take A Picture"), LaBelle ("Lady Marmalade"), Muddy Waters ("Mannish Boy") and The Who ("Baba O'Riley") for measure, uses David Gray ("This Year's Love") in a key moment of romantic interest, dusts off obscure classics from Echo & The Bunnymen ("The Killing Moon") and Nilsson ("Jump In The Fire"), and also has Methods Of Mayhem ("Get Naked") punctuate the big scene in the porno convention, which is a credit to production designer Stephen J. Lineweaver for capturing such a glitzy interior design. I also appreciated the solid editing by Mark Livolsi ("Vanilla Sky," "Pieces Of April"), cinematography by Jamie Anderson ("The Gift," "Bad Santa"), and music by Paul Haslinger, who was a member of Tangerine Dream from 1986 and beyond (you know what that means..."NEAR DARK" BABY!). In fact, I think some musical score moments seemed reminiscent of the Tangerine Dream work in "Risky Business." Hmmm...
Make no mistake about it, THE GIRL NEXT DOOR is a surprisingly charming film. If there's any justice from what the test screening reports signified, expect to see the surprise hit of the year on April 9. It's a pure, welcome surprise, a small relief given the relentlessly crass nature of so many romantic comedies (I'm looking at you, Mr. Sandler!), and in both Emile Hirsch and Elisha Cuthbert, displays two naked talents, both literally and figuratively. From the opening fanfare of the Twentieth Century Fox logo to the end credits, preceded by a funny "What happened to...?" prologue, THE GIRL NEXT DOOR is sweet temptation futile to resist, and all the better for it. This is the most developed, reality-based sexual comedy (not sex comedy!) I've seen in ages, and deserves the same kind of American audience backing that made "American Pie" such a bankable franchise (don't put your money in The Whole 10 Yards or "Ella Enchanted"). In fact, I'm taking my sister and our friends to see this movie, and I hope you do the same with your close friends.
In fact, I'm going to be unforgivingly bold in my defense of this truly amazing new movie: f*ck The Perfect Score, "The New Guy," "A Walk To Remember," "She's All That," and any other of those fake shakes that claim to be the heralds to the classic high school comedy. This is how it's supposed to be done!
Providing an early review of the DVD release of the movie, I realize that the film didn't do as well as it should in theatres. But that's alright, because even the respectable "Hellboy" failed to completely gross its budget back in its theatrical run. There's a cult audience for THE GIRL NEXT DOOR just waiting out there, because this is indeed a good movie and one worth picking up in its recent "Unrated" release. The unrated DVD contains a cardboard slipcase around the clamshell cover which supposedly hides Elisha Cuthbert's gorgeous naked body, but instead proves to be another screech in a milk carton as the underlying image of Cuthbert shows her wearing a tank top and cut-off jean shorts. And the unrated version contains the same partial nudity Cuthbert displayed in the film. The major additions to this unrated release includes some background nudity that was left off the theatrical release (the strip club scene contains a topless woman grinding Emile Hirsch in his chair), as well as a shot of Eli tripping over himself while chasing after Matthew to tell him to make the best of the porn star situation, and a shot of bullet shells scattered on the floor as Matthew and Kelly approach Hugo's house. It's more than the recent unrated version of "Taking Lives" offers, and that's at least something.
The movie itself, unless you go for the theatrical cut with both widescreen and pan & scan versions of the movie, comes in 1.85:1 as formatted for 16x9 television sets. It's a flipper disc as well, with the movie on one side and the bonus features on the other. But to get back to the picture quality, I was only moderately amazed by the transfer in this film. Detail is consistent throughout most of the movie, only slightly teetering off into haziness, but for the most part I hadn't any problems with the look of the film in terms of contrast and image clarity. The color palette feels somewhat bold because the whites seem so strong that they take away from the saturation of flesh tones and night shots, but all the colors seem to represented with great detail and richness, never getting noisy or bleeding. The movie looked really great in spots, and that's seems to be all that it takes for a movie to be at least average. And print flaws are limited to slight instances of artifacts and grain, with no edge enhancement or grit/marks to ruin anything. It's a rather handsome transfer, not superb, but great shakes anyway.
As for the Dolby 5.1 soundtrack, I really didn't have high hopes because I yet again must deal with a comedy mix, and they tend to be really unaware of the channel support around them. The opening of this movie pays attention to the 5.1 surrounds and offers a few moments of nifty spectrum action, from the sounds of cameras in the rear surrounds to the driving force of Queen/David Bowie's "Under Pressure" in the stereo surround mix to the nice little low-end reaction to the deflation of a giant inflatable pig. Aside from musical reinforcements and the occasional ambience in a party background or such, everything gets confined to the front and the movie anchors dialogue, effects and songs on the three speakers. And the movie sounds definitely clean and clear, with a soundtrack full of old-time pop gems grafted nicely onto the mix. After "Donnie Darko" and now this, I would love to hear what a 5.1 remix of Echo & The Bunnymen's "The Killing Moon" would sound like in my home theater. And dialogue always sounds clear and refreshing, never edgy or flat. You can also enjoy the bonus options of Dolby 2.0 mixes in French and Spanish languages, or take in the English and Spanish subtitles as well.
Kicking off this generous platter of extras, which makes it all the more worthy for fans of the relatively forgotten recent movies, director Luke Greenfield contributes a running audio commentary for this one, which was recorded from a second session after he said some things that got him pegged by the Fox Home Entertainment legal department. Greenfield has anticipated doing a commentary for this himself, and he launches into the proceedings with a combo of film discussion as related to the characters and plot, his intentions toward writing music cues into the script, small instances of steady production detail, and, of course, the notice of cut scenes and restored footage as pertaining to this cut of the film. I enjoyed the talk about how Greenfield wanted to utilize a live version of U2's "Bad" into the scene with the speech, but couldnt clear the rights with Bono on time (the whole movie, he points out, was made on a rushed schedule), his own high school experiences which relate to his depiction of the movies outsider view, and some instances of general information as to the writing of the film and the working with the performers. Greenfield makes sure he gets the most to say in this commentary, always displays a fine sense of earnestness and enthusiasm, and makes for a fine little session that is well worth the sit-through.
Also on the movie side of the disc is a trivia subtitle track, which seems to be a familiar bonus for those who like high school/college coming-of-age romance movies on special edition DVD. Always full of outlandishly intriguing bits of statistical and logical information that plays well in onscreen text form beside the sound of Greenfield's banter, this gets into a lot of dandy "pop-up video" detail on information as related to the film, the cast, the crew, the shooting and several dozen bits of delightful throwaway info. For instance, you burn 2 calories per minute when you are driving, most males see their first nudie magazine at the age of 11, two tablespoons of blood flow into an erect penis, and perhaps the most famous curse word in history comes from Latin origins. I don't want to give it all away, but I say view this with the commentary and you might just develop some more respect for this one.
The special features flipside opens with two scene-specific audio commentaries by actors Emile Hirsch and Elisha Cuthbert. Hirsch speaks on four scenes, whereas Cuthbert yaks on five. Hirsch is basically an observant speaker, simply making quips about the action on screen and the characters in the movie. When we see Hirsch discussing the "streaking in the street" sequence, he admits his character is so sincere he wouldn't cut it as a poker player. Hirsch still has adolescent yearnings towards breasts and booze, as he is still just a teenager, and he recalls how he first got involved in the movie through meeting Luke and recalls the blistering cold Long Beach weather. Cuthbert, on the other hand, is a constant talker who gets more into how she fashioned her character by studying Angelina Jolie, her decisions on going deeper into revealing skin shots and a reluctance to commit to full frontal nudity, crediting herself with drawing her own character sketch in the diner scene, and the worry over her hair turning green in a pool full of chlorine. Both are decent reflections, but Cuthbert's is the more informative and engaging of the duo.
A Look Next Door, at about 10 minutes length, is substandard EPK marketing material which contains fawning interviews from cast and crew and only the slightest bit of intriguing information as to the production of the film. For instance, Twentieth Century Fox, whose TV division airs and distributes the series "24," werent all that keen on casting Elisha Cuthbert as the sexpot, simply because she wasn't that attractive despite her "24" success gave way towards revealing magazine shoots for Maxim and FHM that showed she was highly attractive. Isn't that just a strange perception? Other than that, everybody seems to be merely promoting the film by way of apple polishing, and the only saving grace here is the welcome inclusion of behind-the-scenes material and alternate takes.
Presented as a reality-TV show prank sketch a la "Punk'd," The Eli Experience (7:56) stars Chris Marquette's horn dog sidekick as the director of a porno movie being shot at the real Las Vegas AVN Awards. Eli hires adult film actor Brandon Iron (who appears in the movie as the irate boyfriend of a ditzy wannabe actress who gets felt up by Marquette and Paul Dano) as the love interest ("Buttercup") to a group of reluctant male extras, all of whom think they are starring in hetero porn. One of them is a portly middle-aged man dressed up as a barbarian/warrior type who wields a sword in the defeat of virginity, and this provides a few guilty chuckles. But the main reason to enjoy this is to simply bask further in the larger-than-life ego of Marquette's crazy supporting character, who demands action for both himself and his movies.
A gag reel runs a brief 2:47 and contains mostly laughter-ruined takes and flubbed stunts. Chris Marquette once again gets all the laughs with his alternate takes on one of the film's best lines ("If you don't f*ck her, I'll f*ck you, buddy!"). There's also a total of 16 deleted/extended scenes which total 11 minutes and contain optional commentary by Luke Greenfield. All of the footage is presented in music-free rough cut format, and a lot of it was cut for timing, as Luke mourns the loss over most clips he enjoyed (such as extended shots of Eli telling Matthew he should have sex with Danielle) and most scenes he thought were vital to the film but were turned down by test audiences, such as an extended early version of the sex scene in the limo many felt was "too real." There's some other scenes Luke was uncomfortable with, as when we see Kelly actually beating upon Matthew with closed fists, but then there's also the instance with the original ending of the film, where Matt finally becomes who he wanted to despite the final clip is a very unsatisfactory way to go. Still, a lot of these scenes are fairly small extensions or leftovers, such as additional footage of the "sex education" video and the original opening to the diner sequence.
The still gallery contains 40 production/shooting photos, and we are also presented with the "diRRRty" trailer for THE GIRL NEXT DOOR, which is in actuality a very tame green-band advertisement which I do remember played at theaters without even so much as a single objectionable moment. There are "uncut" and hard-R trailers for this one which were at once available on the media section in this movie's Rotten Tomatoes website page, but all you see is the basic theatrical trailer. Bonus trailers for There's Something MORE About Mary and the unrated DVD of Broken Lizard's Club Dread (which is available September 28 despite the promo says it's available NOW!), as well as a simple combined promo reel for three other Fox DVD releases are also featured. Finally, you can access one hidden menu feature from the main menu by pushing the right arrow key whilst highlighting the gag reel insignia. It has nothing to do with the movie, but it's a kick nonetheless.
The movie is not exactly a five-star title (in fact, I give it in hindsight a 4.5 rounded off to a 5), but I still highly recommend THE GIRL NEXT DOOR wholeheartedly, with this unrated DVD version providing enough juice worth the squeeze if you can grab it.


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OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) - Ravens tight end Dennis Pitta might be ready to make his season debut Sunday after being sidelined since July with a hip injury.
Baltimore coach John Harbaugh says Friday ''there is always a chance'' that Pitta will play Sunday against the New York Jets.''
Pitta says, ''We're going to see how I feel (Saturday), see how I feel the next day and go from there.''
Although he's had only a few days on the field, Pitta says, ''It's amazing how quickly it can come back. I'm feeling strong, running well, so everything's positive.''
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1970 Ford Fairlane Rear End - Gears of WarWritten by Steven Rupp on May 25, 2007 We take the first step in upgrading the Fairlane's driveline with a new 9-inch crate rearend from Strange Engineering.
It's natural when building a hot rod to want to tackle the engine first. After all, the main question you'll hear is, "What's it got under the hood?" Nonetheless, stuffing a big mill into a car with a weak drivetrain is just asking for a trip home on a flatbed. Even if it's not as much fun, the best way to build a fast car is to tackle all the systems that'll need to hold up to the eventual boost in power. This way, you can still enjoy cruising your project while you build the new engine. In addition, you won't have to worry about exploding your tranny, grenading your rearend, or turning your driveshaft into something resembling a DNA double helix.
This is how we're tackling the '70 Ford Fairlane 500 project. Even though we are itching to up the anemic power on the big blue Ford, we decided to save the engine for last, and tackle the less glamorous systems that are critical for long-term durability. With the brakes and suspension addressed (see "Brakes of Wrath," and "Suspension in A Box," Jun. '07), it's time to work on the driveline; in our case, we are starting at the back and working our way forward. The stock 8-inch rear in the Fairlane is strong enough to handle the current power from the stock 302, but it would quickly turn into a jigsaw puzzle if subjected to the 500-plus horsepower we eventually plan to stuff under the hood. What we needed was a new rear that could easily tolerate the torment we're going to inflict upon it. Since our ride wears the Blue Oval, the choice was easy: a Ford 9-inch.
We called Strange Engineering and were informed that we'd be its first '70 Fairlane customer. We were given instructions as to which measurements to take, and soon our crate rearend was in the production queue. When the new rear arrived, we measured it against the stocker and found that it was within 1/4 inch. Having Strange do the final assembly costs a little more than ordering a box of loose parts, but it's cheaper than having your local guy do it, easier than doing it yourself, and you will know it's done right.
Break-In Notes:
* No harsh acceleration during break-in period
* Drive 50 miles then let it cool off for 30 minutes
* Repeat for the first 250 miles
* Change the gear oil at 1,000 miles
* Use 80- to 90-weight non-synthetic gear oil
* Add one bottle of posi additive, if needed
Stuff You'll Need:
* Jackstands and a jack or lift
* Tranny jack or a few extra friends
* Basic wrench and ratchet set
* Lug wrench
* C-clamps
* Double flare kit and tubing cutter
* 80 weight gear oil
* Penetrating oil (Royal Purple Maxfilm)
* Welder for brake fittings
* Solvent to clean housing
* Two cans of spray paint
(Dupli-Color, PN DA 1603)
* Brake line tubing and fittings
* New brake hoses
* Two male 3-AN x 3/8-inch fittings
* Three U-clips
* Mounting brackets for brake lines
* T-fitting for brake lines
* Lokar e-brake cable kit
|Where The Money Went
|'70 Ford Fairlane 500:
|Vintage Wheel Works V60 wheels:
|Nitto 555 tires:
|Mount & balance tires:
|Used '70 Torino GT hood:
|Paint & body labor:
|Materials to paint rear valance:
|New vinyl top:
|Labor for top install:
|Front spoiler:
|Line lock with lines:
|SSBC front disc brakes (PN A133-2):
|Rotor upgrade:
|Just Suspension "The Works" kit:
|Credit for unused KYB shocks:
|Alston double-adjustable VariShocks:
|Strange 9-inch rearend with brakes:
|Lokar e-brake cable kit:
|Miscellaneous hardware for rearend install:
|Aluminum 3.5-inch driveshaft and parts:
|Parts & labor total:
|Sold parts from Fairlane (tires, wheels & hood):
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The best part about buying a Strange Engineering crate rearend is that it comes completely assembled and ready to be installed. No jerking around with shims, backlash, or bearings. This unit costs $2,038.72 (minus brakes), plus shipping.One nice feature you can get on a Strange unit is this handy fill cap. Combined with the lower drain plug, it makes changing fluid a painless operation. The housing-with the bungs, late big Ford ends, and 3-inch bore-works out to $439.45. Using the Ford housing ends means there's a huge array of brake kits that will bolt up.We opted for the S-series 9-inch nodular case. Inside resides a Strange Engineering posi unit and 3.70 gears. This is the heart of the rear, and makes up the lion's share of the cost at $1,189.65. Since our C4 trans doesn't have Overdrive, we felt the gear selection was a good balance between performance and street manners.To vent the rear, Strange uses this sintered-bronze vent. If you want to run something more elaborate, unscrew it and insert the vent system of your choice.When you replace your rear, it's a great time to do a rear brake upgrade. We also wanted to run the common late big Ford housing ends. Strange offers this complete disc brake package for $385. (In case you're curious, they're late-model Ford rear brakes similar to a mid-'90s Ford Explorer.) Make sure you have access holes drilled in your axle facings. It will cost $15.40, but it's necessary if you want to easily service your rear brakes.To make the new emergency brake system work, you'll need this cable kit from Lokar (PN EC-81FU, $144.95). It comes with the cables and enough hardware to tie into most factory e-brake systems.The assembly comes unpainted, and if left this way it will gain that popular rat-rod patina known as rust. We build nice stuff here, so we wiped the unit clean with some lacquer thinner and shot it with a can of Duplicolor semi-gloss black paint (PN DA 1603, $5.99).Before the new rear can go in, the old one needs to take a hike. First, unbolt the shock plates from each side so that the rear is free of, but supported by, the leaf springs. This is also a good time to disconnect the e-brake cables, brake lines and, in our case, the factory vent tube from the rearend housing.
Next, you'll want to support the rearend by using a couple of pole jacks or a tranny jack. If you're doing this in your driveway, a floor jack will work. Just make sure you have the car properly supported. Then, unbolt the back of the leaf springs so that the old rearend can be lowered out of the way.With the new rear jacked into place, you'll be able to swing the leaf springs back up to their shackles and bolt them in place. Keep in mind that you'll likely need larger U-bolts, since the axletube on the stocker is smaller. We were lucky that Just Suspension included the ones we need-ed with the suspension rebuild kit installed last month ("Suspension in A Box," Jun. '07). Since the ends of the new U-bolts are farther apart, you'll need to elongate the holes in the factory shock plates. It's easy to do, and cheaper than buying new plates.The unit ships dry, so pour in some dino-based 80- to 90- weight gear oil. It's easier to transfer oil into a small bottle and pour it in through the fill hole than to try to fit a larger bottle into the small space. You could also do this before installing the rear.Don't forget that you'll need some hardware for the brakes. We went to our local fitting store, G&J Aircraft in Ontario, California, and picked up these parts. The two brake lines are 10 inches long, and the caliper fittings are 3-AN x 3/8-inch. The easiest way to make sure you get the right parts is to take the calipers and the old brake lines to the shop. Using Teflon-lined braided hose only costs a little more than rubber, and will never wear out. Total cost for all this stuff was $62.58.Keep in mind that this is easier to do before the rear is painted and in the car. With the new brake line attached to the caliper, you'll need to weld the support bracket to the appropriate spot on the axletube. You'll then repeat this on the other side.To keep the T-fitting in place (it splits the brake line to the calipers), weld a bolt to the housing. Make sure that you buy a T-fitting that has a mounting hole.Once you secure the T-fitting with a locking nut, you'll be able to measure and make the hard lines (3/16 inch) to feed each caliper. Buy pre-made units from your local auto parts store and bend them to fit the shape of the housing. If the length doesn't work out, cut and flare the tubing to fit.
With the new rear in, you'll notice that the old driveshaft is too long. Since we plan to pump up the torque, it was the perfect time to upgrade the driveshaft to something stout. We called Inland Empire Driveline to ask what would work for our application, and the answer was this 3.5-inch aluminum unit. With the U-joint, it ran $470. If you need to save a couple greenbacks, go with a steel unit for $390, but it will weigh nearly 50 percent more (our aluminum unit tipped the scales at 14.5 pounds with the U-joint). Be sure to ask for the U-bolts you'll need to secure it to the new differential.This is the result of six hours of labor. The new rear looks great and fits perfectly; the only thing wrong is that all these new parts make the underbelly of the Fairlane look even worse. A weekend with some rattle cans is now in order. Costs for the install came to $2,423.72 for the complete rearend from Strange (with brakes), $470.00 for the Inland Empire Driveline driveshaft, $144.95 for the Lokar cable, and $86.44 in miscellaneous hardware and paint. For those without a calculator handy, that comes to $3,125.11 total. Considering this unit will easily stand up to all the abuse we have planned, it's a great deal for a turnkey assembly. If you have a similar Fairlane, Strange has all our measurements on file, so give them a ring.


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As a result, intelligent distributed dynamic systems with growing complexity and technological challenges are currently being developed. This requires new technology in terms of development, engineering design, and virtual simulation models. Each of these components adds to the global sum of uncertainty about risk during the decision making process. While the technological expertise of each component becomes increasingly complex, there is a need for better integration of each component into a global model, adequately capturing the uncertainty on key strategic parameters. The uncertainty quantification on such key parameters is required in any type of decision analysis.
The initiative will bring an integrated approach to real-time automated and intelligent management decision making by integrating the various components and achievements of its team members. As the turnaround time for a decision and management teams becomes increasingly shorter, management decisions on new lines of product or service or to find a new alternative solution become increasingly complex, given the huge stream of often imprecise information. We intend to combine the expert knowledge with soft computing tools of UC Berkeley groups. Expert knowledge is important in decision making and management, but is becoming increasingly complex, time consuming, and expensive. Moreover, expertise from various disciplines is required and needs to be integrated to provide a global solution.
Therefore, expert knowledge needs to be partially converted into artificial intelligence that can better handle the huge information stream and management in making more sound decisions. In addition, sophisticated decision making and management work-flow need to be designed to make optimal use of this information. We believe our current team is unique in the world of intelligent decision making in tackling this problem. We intend no less than changing the face and practice of the real-time automated decision making process for complex dynamic systems.
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A key component of any autonomous multi-agent system--especially in an adversarial setting--is the decision module, which should be capable of functioning in an environment of imprecision, uncertainty, and imperfect reliability. BISC-DSS will be focused on the development of such a system and can be used as a decision-support system for ranking of decision alternatives. BISC-DSS can be used:
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The areas in which the methodology could be implemented are diverse. Following are possible potentials outside the autonomous multi-agent system.
BISC-DSS can be integrated into TraS toolbox to develop the Intelligent Tracking System (ITraS). Given the information about suspicious activities such as phone calls, emails, meetings, credit card information, hotel, and airline reservations that are stored in a database containing the originator, recipient, locations, times, etc., we can use BISC-DSS and visual data mining to find suspicious patterns in data using geographical maps. The technology developed can detect unusual patterns, raise alarms based on classification of activities, and offer explanations based on automatic learning techniques for why a certain activity is placed in a particular class such as "safe," "suspicious," "dangerous," etc. The underlying techniques can combine expert knowledge and data-driven rules to continually improve its classification and adapt to dynamic changes in data and expert knowledge.
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Hansen has completed the majority of its growth. I even found it at the airport in Amsterdam...but I remember three years ago when the convenience store on the corner here in my hometown didn't stock it. I was fortunate enough to buy Hansen, and yes it paid off. Jones is just beginning its national and hopefully international exposure. It's your choice of course to weigh the risk versus reward. In addition, I don't want to compare Jones to Hansen til the argument is exhausted, because no stock is exactly the same. One other stock that I don't have but has come upon the radar is DKAM.ob...I've only researched this stock about thirty minutes but since you asked... I wish you the best in your investment endeavors.


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Used-car dealership chain CarMax 2Q profit flat
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Used-car dealership chain CarMax Inc. said Thursday that its net income was essentially flat in the second quarter as wholesale sales fell and costs rose.
The Richmond, Va.-based company, which runs more than 110 stores in 56 markets that mainly sell used cars and trucks, earned $111.6 million, or 48 cents per share, for the period ended Aug. 31, compared with $111.2 million, or 48 cents per share, a year ago.
The results fell short of the 52 cents per share that analysts surveyed by FactSet expected. Its shares fell $1.49, or 4.7 percent, to $30.48 in morning trading Thursday.
Revenue grew 7 percent to $2.76 billion from $2.59 billion. That was slightly above the $2.75 billion that analysts expected.
Sales at stores open at least one year rose 5 percent during the quarter. This is a closely watched indicator of a retailer's financial performance because it strips away the impact of recently opened or closed stores.
Used-vehicle unit sales rose 8 percent as the company's average selling price rose less than 1 percent to $19,494. Wholesale vehicle unit sales declined 2 percent during the quarter. New-vehicle unit sales, which make up a smaller part of CarMax's business, rose 31 percent. Other revenue, which includes fees it receives from third-party lenders its customers use, was nearly flat.
"The economy is still pretty sluggish," CEO Tom Folliard said in a conference call with investors. "With unemployment where it is and consumer confidence where it is, I still think that that's impacting our traffic, it's impacting the customer's willingness to go out and sign up for as long as a six-year loan."
While pleased with recent improvements, Folliard said the decrease in supply of used vehicles since 2008 has hurt the company's sales over the past couple of years.
As people have limited their spending in response to uncertain economic conditions and persistently high unemployment, many have forgone buying new vehicles in favor of used cars to save money. Used-car prices have remained high because of strong demand and short supplies, but the run-up in prices has been so dramatic that it almost doesn't make sense to buy them anymore with new-car financing and incentive programs.
On the new-car side, total U.S. auto sales increased 20 percent last month from a year earlier to an annual rate of 14.5 million, the best monthly sales pace since the government's "Cash for Clunkers" rebate program in August of 2009. Assuming those trends continue, Folliard said CarMax expects to see improving supply situations as buyers trade in their old vehicles.
Its total gross profit — its profit after reconditioning and other costs — grew nearly 4 percent during the quarter. Gross profit per used vehicle sold was flat at $2,172, while wholesale gross profit per vehicle fell more than 2 percent.
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CarMax has been focused on lowering expenses, and improving traffic, execution and gross margins to position it for future growth. For example, the company has improved its sale and appraisal rates and lowered the costs for reconditioning vehicles.
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thank you for the lovely drawing
All deviants are entitled to their own opionion, whether they like this or not, think it is art or not. If you do not like this, don't waste your time over it. If you do like this, I thank you.
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Ha-hay let's write a critique for this! Now to begin, I am not someone who usually looks at photography in general, let alone this type, but i have to say, this looks great! I think the best part of this is how goddamn perfect the body looks. Not a single spot out of place. The underwear is pretty great too. Just the color looks really nice with the whole picture. I will say however, I do find a couple things wrong with this. For one, this isn't anything I haven't seen before. In fact, it's pretty plain. I would have liked something crazy and interesting to be going on, not just a blank bed in the background. There is also something weird going on with the colors in this picture. It's like a bad filter was put on it or something. So, when it comes down to it. Great model, but very average picture.
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das ist sexy
sehr schön!!!
I have to say that this model has one of the finest lower bodies I have seen. I find the slightly soft yet athletic build to be irresistable. Actually it makes my day to get these little gems of this model.
Class! You know your art VERY well
Agree. It's like catching your eyes, and you want to see what is under this pink sheet of tissue
Very nice shot. I love the belly and the way you highlighted the aspect of the sensual curves of the body.
omg, so incredibly sexy... *sigh*
Ok, so a bit late here but saw this while looking at Relaxed Tummy. This is just soo so sexy, but then I love the sight of hip bones hinting at whats further south. Sexier than a full nude any day. Colours and composition are appealing too.
I'm happy to have a panties fetish!
Your work is good, But there is something about this image....
Subject, Composition, and colour are awesome!
Very Well Done!
Subject, Composition, and colour are awesome!
Very Well Done!
That belly looks pretty.
Delicious shapes!
Awesome skin ,,love that phpto )))))
Beautiful shot.
I love this.
Hmmm I love your waist inspired: D
nicely erotic
i like it, very smooth
lovely! ^^
love this one
smooth and soft, those underwear look very comfy, makes me wish my junk was not in the way so much
Just incredible!
I hate spammers...people who don't understand art...
beautiful composition
beautiful composition
love it
Wow. She is so beautiful.
Is she the model by the way?
it should be pearl..
She's sexy yes and I love a woman's body like any other male.. but I still don't see in what way this can be argued as art.
how I wish my shape was like this.
really really like this, the composition of the photograph is nice and the clothing really compliments the models skin tone
Such a slender, delicate looking model, really pretty !
Good lord, I seem to have a fetish for hipbones.
as always, stunning
All I can say is that to me it's not inherently sexual, yet it still catches my eye for style, color, composition and balance... therefore it's art And man those hips >.< I'm really in awe of this series of pics!
wao its beautiful! i love this model and all her shoots!


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New Mercedes-Benz SL design builds on current siblings
Still on stealth testing mode in the frigid Scandinavian weather, the next generation of Mercedes-Benz SL-Class will show an extended hood and a wider carriage. This wide look is mirrored in the tail lights, in its flattened form, stretched to appear broader, and in the lenses which now have nice rounded style elements rather than its usual level, horizontal design. Although the new SL prototype is heavily masked, the updates seem to have erect grilles, projector headlights, and exterior mirrors that has been repositioned. There are indications, too, that the interiors will be sporting a wider, GPS screen resting higher up on the dashboard. Benz watchers say this update is… Continue Reading »


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Malachi just turned a year old. I didn't want a hairy wild wolfdog, least of all a feral one. I've seen so many wolfdogs on my job as an Animal Control Officer. Wolfdogs that people run out and buy as puppies thinking it would be cool and then fast realize are way too strong, escape prone, destructive or whatever. Although I think he's beautiful, and I love him, Malachi is not a dog I would have...
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Short and sweet if given the choice
I recently attended one of my favorite annual events—the Interdisciplinary Forum on Applied Animal Behavior (IFAAB) conference. This is a small gathering of 30 Certified Applied Animal Behaviorists, Veterinary Behaviorists, Academics and Trainers who get together each year for a discussion of all kinds of topics related to Applied Animal Behavior. Every attendee gives a talk, and we discuss...
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Spin Left and Right: Start with your dog facing you in a stand. Lure her in a circle, rewarding her at 3, 6 and 9. At 12, switch direction and repeat. If she doesn't follow your lure, analyze her performance and add motivation right before she begins to lose focus. If she shows a preference for one direction over the other, do a few extra reps on her weaker side each time you practice. The spin...
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A new dog can affect the behavior of other dogs
Maggie's "Drop It" used to be perfect, making games of fetch effortless from the human side of things. However, today she was hesitant to let go of the tennis ball. Instead of putting it at my feet instantly, it look her anywhere from five to 30 seconds to release it, and sometimes she grabbed for it when she had just put it down. I wasn't thrilled to see this change in her behavior, but neither...
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It influences adult behavior
"Tell me about your mother." This phrases, so common in therapy, all but assumes that whatever is going on with someone can be traced back to the mother. Was she a good mother—attentive, patient, nurturing? Was she less than stellar—harsh, uncaring, neglectful? Whatever she does, you can bet her offspring's behavior will be considered a result of her actions, and that doesn't just mean in people...
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It explains the behavior of Costa Rican dogs
During a recent field trip to Costa Rica, I was as interested as my students in Ceiba trees, toucans, sloths and tree frogs, along with so many other organisms we were able to see in the tropical rain forest. When I was in town, though, my focus shifted to the local dogs. One aspect of their behavior repeatedly caught my attention. Over and over, I saw dogs waiting just outside the doors of...
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Many reasons for this behavior
Dogs often hold onto their own leashes with their mouths, and sometimes even take the leash of another dog. It's generally pretty adorable, perhaps, in part because we relate to any example of dogs acting like us. If you watch any dogs hanging on to the leash of another dog, you may be able to make guesses about why the dog is doing it. In some cases, as in the video below, it looks to me as...
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Just ask skier Lindsey Vonn
Lindsey Vonn has had many injuries over the years from skiing, but this past weekend, she joined the dog bite club. She was hospitalized after being bitten when she tried to separate her own dogs during a fight. True to form, she is back on the slopes and plans to race later this month even though the bite to her thumb required stitches and looked ghastly. Vonn's two dogs, Leo and Bear, got into...
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Effects of feeding frequency and age
When and how much our dogs sleep matters to us because it affects our own sleep. Most people who have ever raised a puppy know the horror of sleep deprivation, and many people caring for elderly dogs or those who are unwell are facing the same problem. Even dogs who don't need to be taken out in the middle of the night or in the wee hours of the morning often work against the goal of an...
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Canine abilities that are inconvenient for humans
By the time he was six months old, my husband's childhood dog could leap their six-foot fence. He was part Whippet, so it should come as no surprise that once he was out of the yard, it was pretty easy for him to cruise the neighborhood at speeds that made it impossible to catch him on foot or on a bike, and even a challenge by car. His physical capabilities were wondrous to behold, but also...
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For the seat vacated by PCC chief Saif-ud-Din Soz, there is a contest between Fayaz Mir of PDP and NC's Sajjad Kitchloo.
Elections to 10 RS seats will be held this year — the first lot of four seats are in J&K.
Sharad Yadav was elected unopposed to the seat vacated by LJP President Ramvilas Paswan after LS polls.
JD(U) national president Sharad Yadav likely to be nominated for the Upper House.
The High Court had disposed of the petition by the NGO after noting that the probe was being conducted satisfactorily and there was no need to monitor it.
Prominent among those elected include actor Mithun Chakraborty (West Bengal), T Subbirami Reddy (Andhra Pradesh) and Sanjay Singh (Assam).
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that Trinamool Congress had no money to ingulge in such kind of practice.
Congress MLA Abu Naser Khan Chowdhury Thursday announced that he would join the ruling party Friday.
A day before Rajya Sabha elections, the ruling Congress-BPF alliance was set to win all three seats falling vacant in Assam.
But BJP state leaders are still divided on supporting Mohapatra.
The Congress has denied the possibility but AGP leader Phani Bhushan Choudhury wrote a letter to the returning officer Tuesday to appoint an observer to prevent foul play.
Selja thanked the people of Ambala, Panchkula and Yamunanagar for electing her twice from the Ambala Lok Sabha seat.
RJD with five seats in the 82-member House thus bagged its first RS seat from the state.
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Peace without Justice: The 1920s
I watched an angry mob chain him to an iron stake. I watched them pile wood around his helpless body. I watched them pour gasoline on this wood. And I watched three men set this wood on fire. I stood in a crowd of 600 people as the flames gradually crept nearer and nearer to the helpless Negro. I watched the blaze climb higher and higher, encircling him without mercy. I heard his cry of agony as the flames reached him and set his clothing on fire. . . . Soon he became quiet. There was no doubt that he was dead. The flames jumped and leaped above his head. An odor of burning flesh reached my nostrils. I felt suddenly sickened. Through the leaping blaze I could see the Negro sagging and supported by the chains. . . . Then the crowd walked away. . . . "I'm hungry," someone complained. "Let's get something to eat."
Crisis, November 1925, pp. 41-42
Back of the writhing, yelling, cruel-eyed demons who break, destroy, maim and lynch and burn at the stake is a knot, large or small, of normal human beings and these human beings at heart are desperately afraid of something. Of what? Of many things but usually of losing their jobs, of being declassed, degraded or actually disgraced; of losing their hopes, their savings, their plans for their children; of the actual pangs of hunger; of dirt, of crime. And of all this, most ubiquitous in modern industrial society is that fear of unemployment.
It is this nucleus of ordinary men that continually gives the mob its initial and awful impetus. Around this nucleus, to be sure, gather snowballwise all manner of flotsam, filth and human garbage and every inhibition of alcohol and current fashion. But all this is the horrible covering of this inner nucleus of Fear.
W. E. B. Du Bois, "The Shape of Fear," North American Review, June 1926, pp. 291-304
I advise you to be ready to defend yourselves. I notice that the State Government has removed some of its restrictions upon owning firearms, and one form of live insurance for your wives and children might be the possession of some of these handy implements.
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What Brady shared during those brief moments in front of a very distraught audience was heeded and recorded in the hearts of all who heard. It was the story of letting go, the story of letting God handle things. It was a story that Brady had learned to live out in his own life, he said.
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This book celebrates the beautiful things in life, including relationships, the sunset, moon rise, wildflowers, desert rain, and the seasons of life. It contains love poetry, scripture, and words of encouragement to those wondering if they have any purpose in life.
New Mexico is an inspirational place to live. I enjoy photographing the scenery, wild flowers, and the living things that thrive in the Desert Southwest. I am also privileged to be married to the nicest person I ever met. Being in such a great environment makes me consider my relationship with the Creator. This book celebrates His work, the beautiful things in life, and the love I feel for my wife.
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The Elk Lake School District school board furloughed four members of its professional staff and six members of the support staff Thursday at its regular June meeting.
In addition, three teachers who submitted retirements will not be replaced, said Superintendent William Bush, Ph.D.
A $17.6 million budget was approved for the district, with Wyoming County taxes to decline from 44.2 to 42.4 mills but to increase in Susquehanna County from 35.8 to 37.48 mills. The final budget was decreased from the preliminary budget of $18.2 million.
Budget cuts were made by limiting supply orders to what teachers determined were most essential and by reducing medical plans. Some staff had freezes in salaries, including administrators.
An early retirement incentive was drawn up that was financially advantageous to both the employees and the district, officials said.
Two cafeteria workers agreed to drop from full-time to half-time status, and a new one-year support staff agreement was drawn up in order to allow this. One maintenance worker will run the dishwasher for two hours a day to help handle the extra work.
"These are certainly times we have never seen in Pennsylvania," Dr. Bush said.
Meanwhile, at the Susquehanna County Career and Technology Center meeting, a new budget was approved for $3.5 million. The SCCTC has an enrollment of 390 students for the 2012-13 school year, and Elk Lake School District's budgeted contribution is $1,070,698.14.
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Are psychics real?
I belive that there are people who are gifted in that way, but generally not the ones you see on TV. Actually living with something like that isn't easy or something you'd tend to capitalize on.
I hear babies cry, I watch them grow.... they'll learn so much more than I'll ever know and I think to myself, what a wonderful world!
I guess that didnt really answer that question very well. He's called me right in the middle of something bad happening to ask if I was ok. One night I woke up to a dream of him screaming. He was in a car accident. The police were there making a report when I called to check on him. We are very close, so I think a lot of times we just sort of pick up on each other's stress.
Oh, well to add there are two close friends that I have some sort of connection with. I will have a very serious vision of them in some sort of trouble and haven't been wrong yet. I call them and say what is going on?? Only with them though. I don't know what it is. One was recently when I saw my friend get stabbed in the heart and my own heart hurt. I had not talked to him for years and I called him and he had just found out his ex was getting married after four months of being broken up. His heart was in serious pain and I was lucky enough to be there for him. It had happened that same day I had the vision was when she texted him. He thinks it is so weird how I know some things without a word but it just is what it is.
In many ways I am too empathetic and I liken it to that.
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I think that probably 99% are fake but there is that 1% of them that are real because, like a pp mentioned, they have helped solve crimes and do things that can't be explained.
I'm an atheist but there are things that happen on this Earth that I just can't explain...I guess you'd say paranormal because it's "above normal" in a sense. I don't know. I have no explanation for everything and I'm not going to try.
Did anybody ever play that game Paul Tells or something like that? I scared the shit out of one of my friends in high school. That's a perfect example of a parlor trick. It's online, but you type, "Paul, please answer," in one box, and your question like, "What shirt is Coco wearing?" And then magically Paul would tell you I was wearing a Clash shirt, but you type a certain letter/character first and then you would write whatever the answer may be. It's good for freaking people out lol.
My pearls have seen some shit.
I've yet to see anything I can't replicate as a magic trick.
Forever missing our three babies. Arthur, Bronwyn, and Charlie, our babies, endlessly waiting on adoption, losing hope.
If you make enough predictions to enough people of a "traumatic event" eventually you'll get a hit (and a mark--oops, I mean customer). Add cold reading from leading questions and you're good to go.
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By Albert Phillips From trendy clothing and expensive cars to popular alcohol and carbonated drinks, rappers have been receiving endorsement deals from major companies for decades. The days of just relying on music alone to make loot are just about over. Just recently, Philadelphia rapper, Cassidy, landed an endorsement deal from Trojan after releasing "Condom Style" a remake of Psy's ...Read More »
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