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Jeep GC or Xterra
Here is my dilemma...
I have found overland diesel jeep grand cherokees used for about the same price as a new xterra fully loaded. I don't know which one to get.
Jeep Pros -
- Diesels rock!!!
- Plush interior, great seats for road tripping
Jeep Cons -
- The diesel is from europe and i used to own a rover and the repair bills still haunt me
- Would be buying a used truck vs new. it saves money but is there a reason the previous owner dumped it?
- I have to admit that Chrysler being in the shape its in currently is also a reason to be leary for me. I seriously doubt Jeep is going anywhere but how easy will maintenance be to find?
- There don't seem to be as many mods out for these as other jeeps. possibly because its newer, idk.
Xterra Pros -
- It's new so I can order it just how I want, love the manual
- Nissan hold resale better than Jeeps do
- I do like the seats due to the fact they can be cleaned with Clorox wipes
- There are more suspension mods, and the like for these
Xterra Cons -
- No where near as nice on the inside as the jeep, but I have kids and dogs...
- Its ride is much rougher than the jeep in stock form, which will be staying that way for probably 9 mo to a year.
I'm just looking for opinions on what you would do in this situation. This will be my daily driver, light off road, hunting, stuff like that. I put this in here because I build my DD vehicles more like Expo rigs.
thx for the input.
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i have a commander. i beat the crap out of it. the GC's are the same platform, just different body.
you can pick up a cheap lift 2" spacer for ~$200 or go with the OME 2" lift for ~$800.
i have OME springs up front. they are very nice.
you can pick up a set of 255/75/17 tires, BFG mud Terrains for $90 each at Tire Rack.com
I don't have the diesel, but i think they cost $125 / oil change, and use MB oil. they have an MB diesel as well. but they do get excellent mileage compared to the gas motors. i get 18 on the highway with mine, i have the 4.7 V8. and since you are getting the Diesel, it comes with the Quadra Drive 2 4x4 system. it works very well. you will not need to upgrade to lockers.
i'd say go with a V8 gas motor. Get the hemi. Skip on the Diesel.
just my opinions. after i pay off my commander, i'll pick up a GC Hemi and wheel the crap out of it too.
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the diesel in the jeep is an excellent motor. It is hands down better than the italian diesel in the liberty. As stated, the motor is a MB; i believe it is the OM642. I love the motor, it is quiet and very powerful. A con of the motor is the potential for costly future repair bills, but this is the case with all diesel engines. Parts and service for this motor will continue regardless of the future of chrysler as Benz will continue to service it....and in my opinion, it appears that the jeep techs have no idea what they are working on when they see the diesel.
Oil changes can be a bit costly, but the prices have come down considerably. My first oil change was $120 (oil and filter ordered online). I just did another change this past weekend and it is down to $85 dollars. The oil is just now making it's way into auto parts stores; it requires oil that carries the MB 229.51 oil approval. You won't find it everywhere and it is a bit more expensive (around $7 per quart). The engine takes 10 quarts of oil. The recommended oil change interval is 12500 for "normal" use and 6250 for severe duty. I change my oil every 7500 miles so it is about even with everyone doing 3k mile changes.
the only other thing needed is a ProVent crank case filter.
I love my diesel and am very happy with it.
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The 3l diesel his the same engine found in the 2007 up sprinter. We have a couple of dicom sprinter that come at the shop and one of them is just near the 600 000km mark but i doubt it will get there, the body is falling appart. Yes they have had injector trouble with it around 450 000km and they cost an arm but other then that and the routine maintenance they have had no real mechanical trouble.
P.s. Im sorry to say that johnniebravo is right when it comes to jeep mechanic working on those but if you find a shop that is use to work on sprinter and mercedes mechanic then youll be fine.
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One of the biggest advantages of diesel is it's longevity (if you do research, and find a diesel that doesn't crap out a lot). Sounds like you enjoy newish vehicles, and turn them over quickly - negating the biggest benefit of diesel (some of my friends are turning 300,00-400,000 miles on theirs).
Suspensions will work well on, or off road. You have to decide which you'll want to be more comfortable on. To be completely honest with you - I believe buying a brand new vehicle is foolish anyway. Get 2 used vehicles: one with good mileage for DD, and one for off-roading. Vehicles that have been around for a couple years have already taken their biggest depreciation hits. Also - it's easier to measure the reliability of a vehicle that's been out vs one that's incorporating new technology. But hey - that's just me.
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On not looking like a teacher (not that there's anything wrong with that).
I don't have any workout stuff to talk about today. I did some swimming this morning at Cochiti with Lisa, and then I went shopping. I went to this little place that Pirate introduced me to last month called Black and White House Market, I think. The problem is, all my clothes look like teacher clothes NOT THAT THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT and they're too big.
Lately, I've had a craving to be more girlie. I always said that if I got a job where I wasn't on my feet all day I'd wear cuter shoes and plus, I usually dress a little less casually in the fall. Also, I had an interview of sorts today.
So I have teacher clothes even though I SWORE I'd never dress like a teacher NOT THAT THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT but darn it if I didn't anyway...and then I also got smaller, but my clothes didn't, but I kept wearing them, because I figured I could just move in the buttons and it would be fine.
The goal was, you ssee, to make myself as unattractive as possible, not ugly, but you figure teenage boys don't need anything to distract them from learning Algebra; hence, little jackets and long dresses to hide any hint that there was a woman underneath that loooong, coverall dress.
And there's the shoes. Lots of sensible, plain, comfortable, low-heeled shoes to go with my uber-sensible teacher dresses. NOT THAT THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
So put on my best, prettiest jacket dress this morning oh, my, it's just too big. Pretty, but too big. And it makes me look like a teacher, not like the position I was interviewing for. NOT THAT...WELL--you get the idea.
So I went to this place and bought stuff; and it was fun, buying girlie stuff. Then I went by where Sweet Baboo works and he looked up and said, in his good husband even voice, Hi Sweetie! Oh...You know, I don't think I remember that dress.
Which I think is Baboo code for whathaveyoudoneandhowmuchdidyouspend?
Now I ask you, how many husbands would instantly be able to tell that the wife was wearing soemthing new? Not many, I'd argue.
So, then I went to the interview.
You see, I found out during the past couple of weeks that the rate of clients who don't show up for their therapy appointments at the place where I'm working is around 40%. That means 2 out of every 5 appointments would leave me drumming my fingers on a desk. Well, I knew that I didn't paid if clients didn't show, and I knew that sometimes they didn't show, but I sure didn't know to expect that.
I'm not trying to get rich or anything, but have bills, like anyone does. I'll probably keep seeing people for therapy part-time, but I'm looking for something a little more stable in the meantime.
The interview was for a psychiatric research assistant, for a non-profit foundation that coordinates research grants in medicine for the VA. They promise I'll still have flexibility in my schedule, which is a big deal to me. I feel like the interview went well. I'll know more next week.
Then I went to Dillards to get some mascara, and it's mosty Pirate's fault that I visited women's shoes, where they were having a 75% off sale...there rest is not pretty to tell, because it implicates Pirate and if I say much more Sweet Baboo won't let me play with her any more.
He's camping with his brothers this weekend, but I suppose soon I'll hear something like, Hi sweetie! oh...I don't remember those shoes...


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[MY VIEW] Just how many folks were watching USA-Algeria Wednesday morning? Let's do the math ...
Totaling the number of the viewers isn't easy in this age of multiple platforms, but here's a start:
2.2 million (Univision)
1.1 million (ESPN3.com)
650,000 (ESPN Mobile)
That totals almost 10.2
million viewers (and doesn't include those who watched the repeat broadcasts).
What that also doesn't include is everyone who watched the game on television at work or at bars or restaurants or big-screen viewings.
If there were a million or so watching the game at work on their computer, let's assume that there were another million watching on a television at their business. And let's assume five people on average were huddled together. That's another 5 million viewers.
Public viewing is a little harder to calculate. Let's say there were 10,000 establishments at which there was some kind of organized viewing with an average of 100 fans watching. That adds another 1 million viewers.
In all likelihood, more than 15 million or so fans were watching Wednesday morning.
(Where were you watching Wednesday? Let us know in the comments below.)
TRACKING THE TRACKERS. Just how popular is the World Cup in the United States compared to England. According to ESPN.com, its USA-Algeria GameCast peaked at 1.7 million concurrent users seeking scores. BBC Sport served 800,000 concurrent users during the England-Slovenia game being played simultaneously.
STATE OF SHOCK. You'd think the Slovakia players would have been elated after knocking out Italy, 3-2, in one of the biggest upsets of the tournament, but they walked single file through the media mixed zone and didn't talk to the press.
Relations between Coach Vladimir Weiss and the Slovakian media have been stormy, to say the least. After the 2-0 loss to Paraguay, Weiss hurled expletives at journalists, walked out of the press conference only to return and threaten to beat up a reporter. (Weiss later apologized.)
Team doctor Villam Fischer said the players were simply in a state of shock. "I'm a cardio surgeon, I know what shock is -- they are in shock. This win against Italy is a shock for our players."
"When we won the World Cup, we all got given national medals of honor. Now they'll give us medals of shame, which is right." -- Italian midfielder Gennaro Gattuso.
LE SCOUNDREL. Of the big stars at the World Cup, the players in whom sponsors have invested millions, Franck Ribery's reputation has suffered the most. And not the least for his poor form on the field in France's three games.
Nicolas Anelka was the symbol of the French malaise. Patrice Evra, the captain, was the gang leader. Raymond Domenech was the incompetent coach. But behind the scenes, Ribery was a troublemaker.
Already suffering after being implicated in the scandal involving an underage prostitute, the now world-famous mademoiselle Zahia Dehar, and missing the UEFA Champions League final after being sent off in the first leg of the semifinals, Ribery comes across as a conniver.
Before the tournament, Ribery battled with Thierry Henry over the starting job on the left side of the French attack, and Henry was eventually dropped. Ribery was given the starting job on the left wing, but just about every French observer agreed that the Bleus needed Ribery on the right side and Florent Malouda on the left.
After the 2-0 loss to Mexico in the second game, Ribery and young playmaker Yoann Gourcuff reportedly came to blows on the plane ride back to the Bleus' base camp.
That wasn't the first time Ribery and Gourcuff got into it. Ribery was accused of bullying Gourcuff, ridiculing him when he did not join his French teammates on a players' night out at a Paris "gentleman's club."
On Sunday morning, Ribery burst on the set on the popular soccer show Telefoot to deny he fought with Gourcuff and to apologize to the French nation for the Bleus' pathetic performance on the field.
Ribery offered crocodile tears by concluding that "we'll do everything to win" against South Africa. Any credibility Ribery had was lost within hours when the French boycotted training to protest Anelka's expulsion from the team. Ribery was one of the ringleaders of the boycott.
According to the the weekly newspaper Nouvel Observateur, goalie Hugo Lloris, right back Bacary Sagna and Gourcuff wanted to practice, but they were prevented from exiting the team bus by William Gallas, Evra and, you guessed it, Ribery.


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I have been planning to make this mix for a little over a month now. It started off as a playlist for someone going through a break-up. However, now I think this playlist can also double as a nice chillout mix.
Featured Artists: Wye Oak, The Radio Dept, Memoryhouse, Fleetwood Mac, Tame Impala, Stars and more...
Give it a listen. It will make your Thursday better. I promise.
Only God knows how much I've watched this video over the weekend! I truly admire Drew Barrymore's directing. The girl is crazy talented! Whip It was awesome (especially since it was set in Tejas!) What I really enjoyed in this video was of course the styling. The look of the Night Creepers gang was is very post-punk meets Rockabilly, a look I donned most of 2007. Take a look as Chloe Moretz of (500)Days of Summer shines as Veronica in the Night Creeper gang...Oh and that kid from Maid in Manhattan is in the video too.
Anyway, I was inspired to put together like pieces to form my own take of the Night Creeper gang look. By the way the Night Creeper jackets were designed by Jezebel & Toff
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These days it seems like my cherished messenger bags and backpacks have bitten the dust. I ruined my vintage Eddie Bauer leather backpack at Coachella this year with sunscreen and pancake syrup. Needless to say I need a replacement.
I really want the Jeffrey Campbell Rizzler-2 backpack in purple/orange suede. However with a price tag of $200.....ehhhh
I've also had a keen eye out for the vintage Fossil re-issue leather pieces. They're very classic and seem pretty durable. However I wouldn't take them to Coachella. Never make the same mistake twice.
The printed canvas and baja backpacks prove to be a bit more in my price range. The Zumiez Baja backpacks are only $21.99. The Asos Aztec backpack is $77 but alas it's out of stock.
I just need something durable to store my laptop and notebook in yet stylish enough to carry as a purse because I will not carry both around on campus!
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So I bought these platform woven wedges last year on Santee Alley in DTLA for $25. They're featured in one of my older posts. I love the look of length they gave my legs and anything over 5inches is okay in my book as far as shoes go!
Needless to say however, I got tired of the 70s-inspired woven pattern on the sole quickly. I needed to do something to protect my investment. So DIY to the rescue!
Here's what you need:
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Nice. Sometimes I miss living in Arizona!
This is a discussion on A reply from Matt Salmon, congressman. within the The Second Amendment & Gun Legislation Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; Now, I know it is a canned response, since I guess I sent 2 letters to him and received 2 responses back at the same ...
Now, I know it is a canned response, since I guess I sent 2 letters to him and received 2 responses back at the same time and they were the same. But still, nice to know.
Be safe!
Dear Mr. Schwartz,
Thank you for contacting me with your concerns over the recent debate about gun control. I appreciate hearing from you on this important issue.
Our country is mourning the recent shocking and senseless murders in Aurora CO and Newtown CT by lone individuals seeking to do unspeakable harm to their fellow Americans. In response, it is natural for us as a country to reflect and try to identify solutions and policies that will ensure such horrific events never happen again. Unfortunately, those who have long-sought increased gun restrictions are using these tragedies to once again try and limit the constitutionally guaranteed rights of law abiding Americans to own and operate firearms. It is never more important to fight to protect the rights of individual citizens than in the wake of a tragedy that tempts us with easy "solutions" that limit the rights of all.
As a gun owner and avid target shooter, I exercise my right as an American to keep and bear arms. I have enjoyed participating in various target shooting activities and value the safe-handling of firearms. I also believe that this natural, God-given right ought to be safeguarded as the Founding Fathers intended when they enshrined it in the Bill of Rights. The Second Amendment exists as a bulwark against those who would deprive the American citizen of his life, his liberty, or his property. This is the essence of the Second Amendment. As a result, I remain very concerned about the Obama Administration's plan to implement gun ownership restrictions. As a result, I join millions of Americans who refuse to allow my rights to be limited because of the action of a few; that is not America.
Going forward, I will stand as I have always stood, in the defense of all American's constitutional rights and I will continue to advocate for responsible firearm ownership and stand ready to defend against any encroachments on our right to bear arms.
Thank you again for contacting me. As we take up debate on this important issue, I will certainly keep your thoughts in mind as we work on solutions that will protect our families. If you have any additional comments or questions, please feel free to contact me or my office at 202-225-2635.
Matt Salmon
Member of Congress
NEVER point a gun at something you are not prepared to destroy!
AND for GODS sake, get your finger off the trigger until you are ready to squeeze the trigger!
Nice. Sometimes I miss living in Arizona!
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." ~ P. J. O'Rourke
No, ifs ands or buts... now that is a good letter... I don't care if it's canned, boilerplate, and signed with an autopen... it doesn't allow for wiggle room...
I'm likin' the AZ contingent more and more.
It could be worse!
I suppose
Yeah, I agree... it should be canned because it's good. Whoever wrote the line "Going forward, I will stand as I have always stood, in the defense of all American's constitutional rights" needs a raise.
I have a very strict gun control policy: if there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it.
Clint Eastwood
I agree. I don't mind the canned letter, I was happy to get one, especially one like this. I sent out a bunch of email letters from a few of those links and this is the only response I received.
I do like living in Arizona.
I told my daughter who lives in NY, she might have to send me her 22 rifle, lol, she said no way, not my baby! LOve my daughter!
Be safe!
NEVER point a gun at something you are not prepared to destroy!
AND for GODS sake, get your finger off the trigger until you are ready to squeeze the trigger!
Your best weapon is your brain. Don't leave home without it.
Thoughts: Justifiable self defense (A.O.J.).
Explain: How does disarming victims reduce the number of victims?
Reason over Force: Why the Gun is Civilization (Marko Kloos).


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THE REINTRODUCTION OF THE FILIPINO VETERANS FAMILY REUNIFICATION ACT -- (Extensions of Remarks - May 14, 2009)
* Ms. HIRONO. Madam Speaker, I rise today to reintroduce the Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act, a companion to Senator AKAKA's bill of the same name, which will provide for the expedited reunification of the families of our Filipino World War II veterans.
* As you know, Filipino veterans are those that honorably answered the call of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and served alongside our armed forces during World War II. They fought shoulder to shoulder with American servicemen; they sacrificed for the same just cause. We made a promise to provide full veterans' benefits to those who served with our troops. And while we have recently made appreciable progress toward fulfilling that long-ignored promise, we have not yet achieved the full equity that the Filipino veterans deserve.
* In 1990, the Congress recognized the courage and commitment of the Filipino World War II veterans by providing them with a waiver from certain naturalization requirements. Many veterans thereafter became proud United States citizens and residents of our country. However, allowances were not made for their children and many have been waiting decades for petition approval.
* The Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act would allow for the further recognition of the service of the veterans by granting their children a special immigration status that would allow them to immigrate to the United States and be reunified with their aging parents. It is important to note that the Filipino soldiers who fought under the command of General Douglas McArthur at this critical time in our nation's history represent a unique category. These soldiers were members of the United States Armed Forces of the Far East. They were led to believe that at the end of the conflict they would be treated the same as American soldiers. It took more than sixty years to begin to make good on our commitment. The Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act recognizes the special circumstances of this group of soldiers.
* I look forward to working with my colleagues by providing for the reunification of our Filipino World War II veterans with their families.
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Marke Buehrle, who is emerging as the weirdest pitcher of the year (perfect game, followed immediately by six winless weeks), threw another gem against the Red Sox - while a bit down the coast, the Yankees were completing a sweep of the Rays. Moreover, Carlos Pena now has two broken fingers and is out for the season. Couldn't that have happened to someone in pinstripes? No? Too much to ask?
Well, at least we can look on the bright side... Derek Jeter apparently couldn't hit water if he fell out of a boat, so at least we've got that going.
It's just about that time of year: the Yankees are playing well, the Red Sox are slumping, and the streets of Dorchester are lined with bodies from all of the fans heaving themselves from the tallest building they can find.
The Red Sox are in a free-fall, but this is a road that this team insists on going down almost every single year... and while it may feel like the sky is falling, this is nothing new under the sun.
In fact, this year's pitfalls are certainly better than the ones that Red Sox nation felt in 2006 - a year in which the BoSox missed the playoffs. This year... there is a safety net. So let's calm down a bit, shall we?
Earlier on in the year, the Red Sox went out for essentially every buy-low veteran on the market. Theo has learned well from the missteps in 2006, and gone after inexpensive depth. To have a guy like Josh Reddick who they can call up and send down whenever he's needed is beyond invaluable (note: Jed Lowrie would normally be deserving of some sort of mention in a paragraph such as this... but his crisp .074 since the All Star break is keeping him out of the running).
They even have pitching options, believe it or not. A few of those options aren't exactly that viable, but they're options, none the less. The wheels are, indeed, coming off of Brad Penny and John Smoltz and are now careening towards a crowd of horrified onlookers, but their problems (including, but not limited to, a combined 47 earned runs in 10 starts within the last month) are magnified by the situations the team has been in lately. Keep in mind that the 13-inning jaunt the other night burnt out the core of the Red Sox pitching staff beyond belief. After something like that, a shaky series has to be expected... it's just too bad that such a series had to be against the Yankees... It always has to be the Yankees.


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Wiring Scheme for Bathroom Vanity Lights
I am making some changes to lights over vanity area and ran into something that raised a couple of questions. There are currently two vanity fixtures, each fixture has approx. 200watts, and the original wiring had two (one for each light fixture) separate cables and separate wire paths through the studs to a single switch. This was in spite of the fact that the fixtures are only approx. 4 feet apart and the switch is only another approx. 6 feet away. It seems that it would have been easier and cheaper to just run them in parallel on one cable as I don't think there would be enough voltage drop for these dimensions and wattages to make any difference. Am I missing something - was this required by code or was this just someone's preference?
Second question, I'm keeping those two fixture locations and associated wiring, but will be adding three additional small sconces in same wall on a separate switch. As I mentioned, those existing fixtures utilize two separate series of holes through the wall studs to travel to the two fixtures. I plan to just wire up my three sconces parallel on one cable, but am I allowed to run my new cable through those existing holes along with the existing cables so that I don't have to make my wall studs look like swiss cheese by adding even more holes for the my new wire run? I think the limit for a 2 x 4 is 7/16" dia. hole and I believe that is what is currently there, so should easily accomodate another wire, but I can't seem to find any discussion of limitations for running multiple wires through a single hole in the studs. Is that acceptable? Thanks for your assistance.
A nearly 1.5" hole in a vanity wall stud is way, way big.
In short... the smallest hole needed to pass the required wire through it should be drilled nearest to the center of the stud as possible.
Fumble Fingers Here - I Entered Wrong Hole Dimension
Thanks for the catch - I meant 7/16" hole , NOT 1 7/16" so sorry for misleading. I editied original post. I think 7/16" could physically handle 2 cables without being too tight.
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Yes, I use nail plates everywhere I open a wall and see any risk of damage that might exist from future blind drilling, etc., but there are no prior existing nail plates as this home is approx. 36 years old.
Shouldn't be an issue seeing you can fish them through the holes without having to tug excessively on the wire.
Two separate cables isn't really wrong, although not very efficient. It allows you to use individual switches for the lights if that tickles you.
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Toby Jones and Sienna Miller Star in THE GIRL, an HBO Films Presentation in Association with BBC, Debuting Oct. 20 The film tells the story of Alfred Hitchcock's obsessive relationship with his leading lady Tippi Hedren during the making of "The Birds" and "Marnie."
Directed By Julian Jarrold From A Screenplay By Gwyneth Hughes, Based On The Book "Spellbound By Beauty," By Donald Spoto; Imelda Staunton, Carl Beukes And Penelope Wilton Co-Star; Produced By Amanda Jenks; Executive Produced By Leanne Klein
"Blondes make the best victims. They're like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints." -- Alfred Hitchcock
Iconic English director Alfred Hitchcock, considered by many The Master of Suspense, is revered as one of the greatest creative minds in the history of cinema. Known for his psychological thrillers, Hitchcock focused on characters in peril, on the run, or under suspicion. His leading men were handsome but compromised; his leading ladies were cool, beautiful and preferably blonde.
One such actress was Tippi Hedren, an unknown fashion model given her big break when Hitchcock's wife saw her on a TV commercial. Brought to Universal Studios by Hitchcock and offered a seven-year contract, Hedren was shocked when the gifted director, at the peak of his successful career, quickly singled her out and cast her to star in the ambitious and terrifying film "The Birds." Little did she know that the most daunting aspect of the film would come from behind the camera.
Debuting SATURDAY, OCT. 20 (9:00-10:35 p.m. ET/PT) on HBO, THE GIRL stars Toby Jones as Alfred Hitchcock and Sienna Miller as Tippi Hedren, and tells the story of the director's obsessive relationship with his leading lady during the making of "The Birds" and "Marnie." As he attempted to sculpt Hedren into the perfect Hitchcock blonde of his imagination, he became obsessed with the impossible dream of winning the real woman's love. Her rejection of his misguided attempts only added to his obsession, putting both their careers and personal lives in jeopardy.
Other HBO playdates: Oct. 20 (11:35 p.m.), 21 (5:15 p.m.), 24 (1:00 p.m., 8:30 p.m.), 28 (2:15 p.m., 1:00 a.m.) and 29 (noon, 9:00 p.m.), and Nov. 1 (5:30 p.m.), 2 (8:15 p.m.), 3 (2:00 p.m.), 6 (12:30 p.m., 12:10 a.m.) and 10 (10:45 a.m.)
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Directed by Julian Jarrold from a screenplay by Gwyneth Hughes, and based on the book "Spellbound by Beauty," by Donald Spoto, the film is a complex tale of power, obsession and the price exacted for stardom. Imelda Staunton, Carl Beukes and Penelope Wilton also star. Produced by Amanda Jenks and executive produced by Leanne Klein for Wall To Wall Television, THE GIRL is an HBO Films presentation in association with BBC.
In 1962 Alfred Hitchcock was riding a wave of success with his acclaimed film "Psycho." With the world at his feet, he was in a position to make any film he wanted and work with the best A-List actors. Eager to top his latest box-office hit, he decided to make a suspense film based loosely on "The Birds," a 1952 story by Daphne Du Maurier. Set in Bodega Bay, Cal., the film follows an attractive visitor and the town's residents as they attempt to cope with a series of widespread, violent bird attacks over the course of a few days.
Hitchcock believed the birds were actually the stars of the film, which eliminated the need to cast a well-known actress in the lead role. The risk-taking director chose, instead, to pluck one of his stock players out of obscurity. After days of expensive screen tests, Tippi Hedren, a striking ex-model with no acting experience, was awarded the coveted role of Melanie Daniels in "The Birds."
As if Hedren had been created in Hitchcock's personal science lab, "The Girl" (as he called all his leading ladies) was the perfect specimen of a Hitchcock woman: beautiful, graceful and coolly self-assured, with a hint of mystery. The attentive director took a Svengali approach to his young protégé, supervising her professional and personal look and wardrobe, tutoring her in wine appreciation and giving her lessons in acting and filmmaking, grooming her for months to be a star. The grateful Hedren basked in his initial attention and felt confident theirs would be a mutually productive and beneficial professional relationship. For a time, it was.
Hitchcock's first surprising and inappropriate advance came halfway through the filming of "The Birds" and was met by Hedren's horrified rejection. A responsible single mother in her early 30s, trying to make a living for herself and her four-year-old daughter, Hedren was not a wide-eyed starlet willing to be a pawn in a celebrated man's fantasy. Feeling like family as she was wined and dined repeatedly in The Company of his wife Alma, Hedren was crushed by Hitchcock's inappropriateness and incredulous at this betrayal of trust.
Comments director Julian Jarrold, "Tippi was, I think, a very strong and moral person who stepped into this extraordinary world with all these rituals and hierarchies, where you do exactly what the director wants and you're expected to sort of bow down to his every whim. While she was grateful for the opportunity and for his tutelage, she always kept a certain distance which, I think, frustrated and also fascinated Hitchcock. This slightly cool, distant quality of hers took him to further levels of obsession."
Explains writer Gwyneth Hughes, "Tippi was a grown woman who had been modeling successfully since her teens - strong, single, independent, with years of experience fending off men who wanted to exact a sexual price for taking her photograph. But even all that experience and strength could not help her deal with the tsunami of unwanted attention which came her way as Hitchcock's unrequited passion for her grew. Tippi was not a natural victim, in any way, and, for me, that makes her isolation and ordeal even more touching."
Observes Sienna Miller, who plays Tippi Hedren, "The relationship between Tippi and Hitchcock was, initially, very close and very warm. He could be very charming and funny and she found him completely endearing and hilarious. Being so close to Hollywood royalty was uncharted territory for her, so she thought it wonderful and felt close to him and his wife. Then, gradually, as his obsession with her built and manifested itself, she rebuffed his advances, leading to a simmering tension and, sadly, the eventual disintegration of the relationship."
Toby Jones, who plays Alfred Hitchcock, cites the director's penchant for control as an underlying factor in his tempestuous relationship with Hedren, saying, "It's actually a power struggle between these two people who fundamentally like each other, and are drawn to each other, but who need different things from each other. The story is about that negotiation. The film explores the limits of Hitchcock's control over Tippi and to what extent he wasn't able to manipulate her. I think he became more and more intrigued with that part of her that he wasn't able to control."
Adds Jarrold, "It's a story that starts off very optimistically, and then gets darker and stranger as we delve into his dark obsessions and her defiance, as she tried to keep control of her personality. It's a love-hate kind of relationship and a clash between these two quite strong personalities. Hitchcock could be the most charming person in the world, and sometimes he behaved like a bully."


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It looks like "soup" and many think it is said "doop," which is exactly how an official Ohio State pronunciation guide listed it as a few years ago. Later, that was found not to be the case, leading to this note in his current OSU bio:
The pronunciation of his name – it sounds like "wow" with a "d" and a "p" and not "oooh" like soup – caused a minor Twitter trend one time when an official player pronunciation guide incorrectly listed it as "Doup like soup."
John Smith it is not.
So perhaps that's why when one fan in Ross-Ade Stadium's student section two years ago noticed the then-redshirt freshman kicker standing on the bleachers, watching what would be Ohio State's second straight loss at Purdue, he couldn't help but bring attention to Doup.
"When I noticed Doup standing on the bench, I couldn't help but start a chant for him in the student section," that fan, Brad Herman, told BuckeyeSports.com. "Chants such as 'Russell Doup,' 'Put Doup In,' and 'Here We Go Doup, Here We Go' slowly became a hit."
For his part, Doup was amused by the attention.
"I don't know if they liked my name or whatever," Doup said with a laugh recently. "They probably thought this scrawny guy with a funny last name was a guy to start calling out."
That was the start of @DoupNation, a Twitter feed that lists off Chuck Norris-esque facts about the Buckeye.
Russell Doup's sweat burns holes in the concrete. #DoupNation— Russell Doup FanClub (@DoupNation) October 31, 2013
Russell Doup once ran a marathon simply because "it was on the way." #DoupNation— Russell Doup FanClub (@DoupNation) October 7, 2013
"The tweets are pretty funny to see every now and then," acknowledged Doup.
But Doup's career as an Ohio State player is no joke. In fact, it's one of sacrifice and opportunity, as Doup has grown from someone who didn't play a snap of high school football until midway through his senior season to a valuable part of the Ohio State program as a walk-on safety – and gained the respect of his teammates along the way.
"Honestly, I never would have even dreamed about this kind of thing happening," Doup said.
A Quick Ascension
Fast and naturally left-handed, Doup grew up in Mount Vernon, Ohio, probably best at the sport of baseball, his father Kelly said, and as a youngster his favorite sport was basketball. But dabbling in soccer also provided him with a strong leg and would ultimately prove to be the gateway into a spot in one of the best college football programs in the country.
In fact, one of Doup's first instances of kicking a football came after his sophomore year of high school when he worked out at a kicking camp at Ohio State. At the time, Doup was considering going out for football his junior year of high school, but an injury suffered playing baseball ended up keeping him off all fields of play during his penultimate fall as a prep athlete.
So back to the hardcourt and the diamond he went, and things were going to stay that way until a three games into Mount Vernon's 2009 football season when the team's kicker, Nick Sahr, tore his ACL. Suddenly, Doup, a senior, had a good reason to hit the gridiron.
"I had messed around with it before and I did pretty decent, and our high school team had a game where our backup kicker had a game-winning field goal and he kicked it into the back of our offensive line, so they asked me if I wanted to join," Doup said. "I was kind of nervous about doing it because I knew my basketball coach probably wouldn't like that, but then I decided to just do it for fun.
"It was my senior year, so why not do something that would be fun to do? And I had a lot of friends who played football."
Soon enough, Doup was out on the gridiron with the Yellow Jackets as a left-footed kicker. He didn't try any field goals – his father said the team didn't have anyone who could hold consistently for a southpaw, or a southfoot, so to speak – but boomed many of his kickoffs through the end zone for the rest of the season.
At the time, Mount Vernon coach Gary Keller compared him to Tim Seder, who had kicked for Keller at Ashland University before going on to play for Dallas, Minnesota Jacksonville and Kansas City in the NFL. But even more encouraging words soon came from Dan Stultz, a one-time Ohio State starting placekicker who now coaches the kickers in central Ohio.
Soon after Doup started booting kickoffs through high school end zones, his father remembered that he had received a flyer from Stultz about his kicking lessons at the OSU camp a few years prior. As luck would have it, the piece of paper was still on his desk, and soon Doup was kicking with the former Buckeye.
"We weren't with Dan any time at all and Dan said, 'You need to give some time to chasing this a little harder,' " Kelly said. "He made a couple of comments like, 'I think you're going to be sorry if you don't consider pursuing this.' That got us to thinking, 'Well, we'll at least put some videos together.' "
Using a family camcorder, the Doups took video of Russell kicking and sent it to Division II and Division III schools around the country. On a whim, they also decided to include a handful of Division I programs, including Ohio State.
About a week after the video was sent to Columbus, an email came back from Ohio State staffer Greg Gillum. The Buckeyes were interested, with head coach Jim Tressel having a long history of turning unknowns like South African former rugby player Ryan Pretorius and former professional soccer player Devin Barclay into productive college kickers.
"We were all real anxious to at least go and have a conversation to see what their comments were," Kelly said. "Right out of the gate, they were willing to hold him a spot as an invited walk-on."
Just as quickly as he was thrust onto the field by an injury to a teammate, Doup was an Ohio State Buckeye under the tutelage of a legendary coach who said he had the ability to be a diamond in the rough.
Time And Change
Doup was not one of the 105 to report to fall camp in 2010 but joined the team once school started that season. At the conclusion of that year, the famous scandal hit that cost Tressel his job, but Luke Fickell kept Doup on the squad when he took over in the summer of 2011.
And not only was Doup on the team, he was on the travel squad. With the graduation of Barclay and the full-time move of Ben Buchanan to punter, Doup found himself as the second-team kicker behind sophomore Drew Basil.
Though he didn't see the field, it was fun for Doup to trek across Big Ten country with the Buckeyes, but his status on the team was about to endure a major shakeup when head coach Urban Meyer was hired following the conclusion of the 2011 regular season.
With no stats on his record to speak of and kicking with his left foot – which makes him a bit of an oddity – Doup had to find his place on the team. And to the new coaching staff, that place was safety.
Just as quickly as Doup went from high school baseball and basketball player to OSU football kicker, he had to go from special teams to the defensive backfield.
"My reaction was, yeah, whatever would help the team out is what I wanted to do," he said. "I think they must have thought I had a little bit of athleticism if they wanted to move me to safety."
Included in that position switch was a mandate to hit the weight room, resulting in a much different Doup than the one that reported to Ohio State three years ago.
"I weighed about 160 pounds when I came in, and now I'm around 195," he said. "I never really would have thought that. I never really lifted in high school or anything, so coming here and lifting, I started eating more, and I still would have never guessed that I would gain this much weight.
"It's pretty crazy. Seeing the pictures people take on the sidelines from freshman year, I feel like I look like a kid in middle school."
The effort has paid off. A redshirt junior, Doup worked as a second-team safety this spring while the position dealt with major injury blows, and he played in the team's 76-0 blowout of Florida A&M earlier this year. It was his first appearance in a game for the Scarlet and Gray, and it earned the family a lot of plaudits from the fellow parents in of the Buckeye players, Kelly said.
"Actually going out into a real situation was a lot of fun," Russell said. "I thought I was going to be more nervous in general, but really, I felt pretty comfortable when I was out there."
Doup was unable to make a return visit to Purdue to see where DoupNation began this year, but it's fair to say he's still held in high regard in West Lafayette.
"Russell Doup's talent knows no bounds, only one of few athletes able to switch from playing kicker to safety at a Big Ten school," Herman said. "I currently attend Purdue University, but I have all the respect in the world for Russell Doup and the Ohio State football team."
Doup is well on his way toward a marketing degree and still has a season and a half left to play for the Buckeyes. He still hasn't made a field goal in game action in his life but has played in one more game as a safety in Division I football than he ever could have expected.
Not bad for someone who played only a handful of football games before arriving at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center.
"Coach Tressel saw an upside that he was interested in seeing if they could develop," Kelly Doup said. "I give Coach Gillum and Coach Meyer a lot of credit for at least acknowledging his athleticism and giving him an opportunity to be part of the program.
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Wall Street had expected RIM to report $3.07 billion in sales and a loss of 4 cents a share for the quarter. Instead, RIM reported revenue of $2.81 billion and a loss of 37 cents a share. Last year, RIM had a profit of $1.33 a share. The company expects an operating loss in the current quarter. CEO Thorsten Heins says he is delaying the release of the new BlackBerry 10 smartphone because it is not yet ready to meet his exacting standards.
the company's margins are shrinking rapidly. RIM had gross margins of 28% in the recently ended quarter compared with 43.9% the same time last year. But the financials are in the past. RIM executives say they are focused on BlackBerry 10 and the company recently played some teasers showing the platform to those attending BlackBerry World. Images recently leaked showed two separate series for BB10 handsets. The L series uses a virtual QWERTY keyboard and was expected to be released in September. The other is the N series, a BlackBerry Bold-esque model with the extremely capable physical QWERTY keyboard.that was expected in Q1 of 2013.
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I've been researching like crazy for the last 3 days, but I still have some questions when it comes to fertilizers. I have read the EI article and it helped, but I still have some questions.
I was planning on buying Seachem NPK for my macro's and Seachem Flourish for my micros. Is this all I will need or are there other ferts I'll need to successfully grow Dwarf Hair Grass? Here is my other info.
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High pH from tap (7.6), I plan on mixing in some RO water to bring to a safe level
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Eco complete is pretty inert, so I doubt it will effect micros that much. I reccommend you get dry ferts as they are cheaper in the long run. They also offer more flexibility. Say your plants use a lot more N than P. You will be wasting or even overdosing on P, though overdosing is not the root cause of algae issues.
Might want to check your KH and GH of the water. 7.6 is barely "high". You might need to cut with RO if the GH/KH are really high.
TL;DR. Lights -> CO2 -> Ferts. These are the 3 main players in planted tanks. EI rules out ferts by introducing nonlimiting supply of nutrients. That way plants can grow at max rate as driven by light and CO2. If you haven't already read, excess nutrients does not cause algae.
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Without CO2, the rate of plant growth is going to be significantly reduced. This makes it harder for your plants to outcompete the algae and you have a higher chance of inducing algae. Additionally, it limits the species that you can grow as many more difficut and unique species require CO2 and an acidic environment...or at least do better in them. CO2 will lower the pH of your water FYI.
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Also KSO4 if you need more potassium.
I imagine you probably paid a lot more for your pack than if you had bought the dry chemicals. Shop around next time and you will save lots of money. (maybe even help you save for pressurised CO2 system which I got for under $200 all up)
KNO3 is used a lot in gardening. It can be bought on ebay here ($9 for 1kg). That is at least 10x cheaper (maybe more) than a comparative commercial aquarium premix liquid.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Let the group fitness gadflies flit from belly dancing to body sculpting to circus stunts. Pilates people opt to take long, steady aim at the core.
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"Because you're so aware of where the exercise is coming from, you're really focused on where you're working," Michele Bastos, Pilates instructor at the Crunch national chain of health clubs, said of the regimen now practiced by an estimated 10 million people worldwide.
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Itis another day in the United States of America, another day in which students who had gone to school are now in a hospital because someoe or some people decided to take a shot at them. Early reports are that three students were shot after classes had concluded at a high school in Pittsburgh as they headed toward their cars. It is not clear how serious are the wounds or are they life threatening. Victims are boys. They are wounded and in a hospital bed. We can expect during the next 24 hours:
1. Governer Perry of Texas will urge that armed students be assigned to supervise the school parking lot.
2. The NRA will blame Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act for the shooting.
3. People will gather to lay flowers.
4. Sarah Palin will offer to come to Pittsburgh with her rifle to protect children.
5. Fox News will have a special on why failure to arm all school children leads to violence and death.
6. Kids will attend meetings where mental health folk will discuss where to go when shots are heard.
Just another day in gun crazy America


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It rarely rains on this Portland, OR October marathon, although I was one drenched duck in 2010. "I don't call it a race, it's an event. I don't call them runners or walkers, I call them participants," says Les Smith of the Portland Marathon. It's a homegrown nonprofit, volunteer-run world-class race. There is no time limit - although later walkers get shunted onto the sidewalks on a walking course if they exceed the seven-hour pace limit. The finish stays open until the last walker crosses the finish line, gets wrapped in a heat sheet, handed a rose, crowned with a finisher medal, awarded a long-sleeved finisher shirt, and treated to the full range of edibles available to faster finishers. That's how they do it in Portlandia.

This December event is held in Dallas, TX. It has a course time-limit of 6.5 hours (14:50 minutes per mile pace), and organizers discourage anybody registering who cannot achieve that pace. After the cutoff, they do not report finish times or give finisher medals and certificates. Racers can complete the course but must move to the sidewalk and follow all pedestrian traffic laws. A nominator said, "Did not miss any support available to runners."

This late April marathon and half marathon in Oklahoma City, OK allows for an early start to give racers as many as 8.5 hours to complete the marathon. A nominator said, "It is a world-class event that draws and hospitably welcomes and supports everyone from the elite and seasoned marathoner to the novice walker. A humbling, uplifting and very memorable event benefiting the OKC Bombing Memorial. We run and WALK to remember."

This June event started in 1998 and was the first race of what became the Rock 'n' Roll series of marathons and half marathons, now operated by The Competitor Group. They feature bands on every mile of the course. The course time limit is 7.5 hours after the last corral starts. There are three cut-off points where slower racers get diverted when not on pace, but they are allowed to finish. More than 30,000 people are expected to participate in 2012.

This race is held in November in Columbus, GA. A nominator says, "Unique course starts and finishes on unique Avenue of Flags at the National Infantry Museum with outstanding uniformed soldier participation, then continues on historic Fort Benning and scenic RiverWalk, along Chattahoochee River. Attractive medals and coin." It is a smaller event with under 1,000 participants.

Also see the winner and finalists for Walker-Friendly Half Marathon. Plus see all of the winners for best walking shoes, treadmills, pedometers, walking poles and walking tour vacations.