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1968 Ford Shelby Mustang GT500KR
- Stock #
- 134663
- Body Style
- Convertible
- Engine
- 428 Cobra Jet V8
- Exterior Color
- Wimbledon White
- Interior Color
- Black
- Miles
- 21840
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- Original 428 cubic inch Cobra Jet V8
- Correct power steering
- Correct Wimbledon White paint
- Listed on the SAAC Registry
- Original C6 3-speed automatic transmission
- Correct power front disc and rear drum brakes
- Correct Black interior
- Correct Ford 9-inch rear end
- Correct Shelby 10-spoke wheels
- Fully documented
Here at RK Motors Charlotte we have a tradition of offering the best collector cars on the planet. And, while it's our job to facilitate transactions that make car enthusiasts' dreams come true, we also enjoy telling guests about the legendary metal that adorns our massive Charlotte showroom. So, when the ink dried on the $255K contract to our super rare Speed Yellow 'King of the Road' Shelby it's fair to say we were all a little bummed. That's why we simply couldn't wait to tell you about this awesome Wimbledon White drop-top! Fully documented, featuring a numbers-matching drivetrain and occupying a spot on the official SAAC Registry, this Ford is an excellent example of one of the finest muscle cars ever produced. And if you're a discerning enthusiast who demands the very best in high caliber, investment grade classics, it's the Shelby you've been patiently waiting for!
According to this stellar pony car's Marti Auto Works Elite Report, it was assembled on June 6th, 1968 in Metuchen, New Jersey with the following door data and optional equipment:
- 8 – 1968 model year
- T – Assembled in Metuchen, New Jersey
- 03 – Shelby Convertible
- R – 428-4V CJ Engine GT-500KR
- 106,168th Mustang scheduled for production at Ford's Metuchen assembly plant
- 3,452nd Shelby scheduled for production
- 76B – Shelby Convertible
- M – Ford #1619 Wimbledon White paint
- 6AA – Black Décor bucket seats
- 04F – Scheduled for build on June 4th, 1968
- 8D2963 – Home Office Reserve ordering district under Domestic Special Order number 2963
- H – 3.50 Traction-Lok axle ratio
- U – C6 automatic transmission
- Black, power convertible top that's complete with a glass backlite
- GT Equipment Group
- Visibility Group
- Power Steering
- Power Front Disc Brakes
- Tilt-Away Steering Column
- AM Radio
- Interior Décor Group
- Tachometer that's complete with a trip odometer
Delivered to Minar Ford in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this awesome Shelby likely spent very little time in the showroom before its big power and big style were unleashed on big city streets. After roughly three decades of excellent maintenance and accident-free driving, the car received a highly detailed, frame-off restoration that included stripping and reworking each of its panels. Once those laser-straight lines and super-smooth surfaces were adequately prepped, a correct coat of Ford Wimbledon White was buried in thick clearcoat and decorated with correct GT500 KR side stripes. And today, this Shelby is a first class show piece that can anchor any serious muscle car collection or hedge any major investment portfolio.
The GT500 threw fuel on the muscle car fire by not only adding power, but also introducing some of the coolest and most aggressive Mustang styling ever created. At the front of this KR, a stainless-trimmed grille hangs big Lucas driving lamps behind clear headlights, a bright chrome bumper and bullet-style parking lamps. At the top of that grille, a familiar "S H E L B Y" script leads the eye to a correct fiberglass hood, which is founded in mirror-like stainless and chip-free glass. Behind that glass, a clean white top folds between a small stainless mirror and correct, "S H E L B Y" branded decklid. At the sides of that top, a straight profile hangs small scoops, ornate Cobra Jet emblems and subtle fender extensions between traditional door handles and dent-free rocker guards. And at the back of that profile, a smooth silver valence centers correct tail lights and a detailed fuel filler between a second chrome bumper, bright reverse lamps and quad, KR-exclusive exhaust tips.
Now that you've waded through all the flowery prose about paint and stainless trim, it's time to get down to business. Lift this Ford's lightweight hood and you'll find the original, 428 cubic inch Cobra Jet V8 that's been completely rebuilt from its carburetor all the way down to its (E) May 14th (14), 1968 (8) casting date. Long regarded as one of the most iconic Ford mills ever created, the new-for-1968 428 FE utilized a strengthened medium block, heavy duty rods, a nodular crankshaft and larger valves and ports to produce roughly 410 horsepower. At the top of the engine, ram air cowl induction centers a correctly decaled air cleaner over a correct 4168 Holley carburetor. At the sides of that carburetor, cast iron heads hang crinkle finish Cobra LeMans valve covers between a correct intake and fully restored exhaust manifolds. Fire is provided by a familiar points distributor, which shoots spark through fresh Autolite Radio Resistance wires. Cooling is provided by a stock radiator, which circulates water through pliable FoMoCo hoses. And charging is provided by squeak-free belts, which spin a rebuilt alternator, correct power steering pump and factory smog system via simple black pulleys. Aesthetically, the clean engine bay appears very close to original, featuring an even combination of Satin Black and Ford Blue paint. And everything, from the car's strong Autolite battery to its tidy Ford washer tank, is fully-sorted and ready to show.
Take a look under this Mustang and you'll find exceedingly clean floors that are every bit as solid as the body's straight exterior panels. Behind the legendary Cobra Jet, the original C6 3-speed, which is branded with a correct PGB AG build stamp, spins a familiar Ford 9-inch. At the front of the car, a rebuilt double A-arm suspension centers a beefy sway bar and the aforementioned power steering between correct power disc brakes. At the back of the car, sturdy leaf springs hang correct drum brakes at the edges of a standard stainless fuel tank. At the center of the car, an aluminized, true-dual exhaust system funnels spent gases through an H-shaped crossover, small resonators and a transversely mounted muffler. Power flows to the pavement via E70-15 Goodyear Speedway 350s, which are wrapped around appropriate Shelby 10-spokes. And everything, from the car's un-welded shocks to its over-sprayed floors, appears safe, lucid and ready to roll.
Naturally, Ol' Shel focused most of his energy on the performance and appearance of America's most revered pony car. And when those attributes were combined with Ford's already excellent interior, it paid big dividends. The first thing you'll notice is a snazzy wood-rimmed and chrome-trimmed steering wheel. Behind that wheel, a great looking dash frames a correct 140 MPH speedometer and 8,000 RPM tachometer above a correct Philco radio. Opposite that dash, knitted vinyl seats are in spectacular shape, presenting no evidence of typical convertible rot. Between those seats, a full-length console anchors a slick Shelby shifter between a correct, cobra-branded armrest and small Stewart Warner accessory gauges. Beneath that console, like-new carpet rides tight between Shelby branded sill plates and color-keyed floor mats. Opposite that carpet, a Shelby spec roll bar perfectly complements an autographed sun visor. At the base of that roll bar, pliable door panels feature bright stainless trim, spotless chrome handles and clean wood accents. And at the back of the cockpit, a fully restored trunk features a new mat, fresh decklid decals and a matching spare tire.
The sale of this incredible drop-top includes:
- An original build sheet
- A copy of that build sheet
- An ownership history that dates back to 1973
- A framed Elite Marti Auto Works Report
- Notes from the SAAC Registry
- A reproduction window sticker
- A Certificate of Authenticity for its Carroll Shelby autograph
Few classics have the kind of attitude and presence of an old school Shelby. And if previous trends are any indication, these cars will continue to gain value as they become more exclusive and collectible. This investment grade KR is a fully documented, fully-sorted show queen that drives and sounds every bit as good as it looks. If you're a dedicated purist who desires only the best, here's your chance to own the ultimate muscle car!
- Year
- 1968
- Make
- Ford
- Secondary Make
- Shelby
- Model Name
- Mustang
- Secondary Model
- Vehicle Type
- Passenger Car
- Hobby Segment
- Muscle Car
- Mileage
- 21840
Engine / Transmission
- Engine Type
- Gasoline
- Engine Size
- 428 Cobra Jet V8
- Engine Number
- Heads
- Stock
- Fuel Specification
- 91 Octane or below
- Fuel Delivery System Type
- Single 4 Barrel
- Transmission Type
- 3 Speed Automatic
- Transmission Spec
- Transmission Number
- Entertainment System Type
- AM Radio
- Battery Location
- RH Engine Compartment
- Battery Shut Off
- None
- Battery Charger
- None
- Power Steering
- Yes
- Air Conditioning
- No
- Interior Color
- Black
- Seating Type
- Bucket
- Seat Material
- Vinyl
- Shifter Type
- Floor
- Center Console
- Yes
- Body Style
- Convertible
- Doors
- 2
- Safe Body Color
- Wimbledon White
- Paint Type
- Basecoat/Clearcoat
- Stripes
- Yes
- Front Suspension Type
- Independent
- Rear Suspension Type
- Leaf Spring
- Axle Specification
- Ford 9"
- Front Wheel Specification
- 15"
- Rear Wheel Specification
- 15"
- Front Tire Specification
- Rear Tire Specification
- Front Brakes Specification
- Power Disc
- Rear Brakes Specification
- Power Drum
- Spare
- Exhaust Type
- Dual Exhaust
- Muffler Type
- Factory Replacement
- Restoration Status
- Restored
- Mileage Since Restoration
- n/a
- Awards Summary
- n/a
- Historical Documents Summary
- * Original build sheet. * Copy of that build sheet. * Ownership history to 1973. * Elite Marti Auto Works Report. * Notes from the SAAC Registry. * Reproduction window sticker. * Cert. of Auth.for the Shelby autograph.
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Houston, TX—Control Engineering held a 1950s-style party to celebrate its 50th year of publication at the end of ISA Expo 2004's second day at the Reliant Center.
Houston, TX— Control Engineering held a 1950s-style party to celebrate its 50th year of publication at the end of ISA Expo 2004 's second day at the Reliant Center.
The event was attended by 135 guests from 44 companies, who dined on "era-appropriate comfort food," such as crust-less peanut butter-and-jelly sandwiches, macaroni and cheese, stuffed celery, and hotdogs and hamburgers.
The guests, including dozens of ISA Expo's exhibitors and visitors, also participated in a hula-hoop contest. Winners were chosen by audience acclaim.
Tina Miteko, GarrettCom's marketing programs manager, won first place. Liz Petranella, of the HART Communication Foundation, took second place.
Here are some photos from the event, including on-site hula hoop action.
After a long day on the show floor at ISA Expo 2004, some of the 135 guests from 44 companies gather on the mezzanine level at Houston's Reliant Center for Control Engineering's 50th birthday bash.
Lynne Froehlich and Mike Aldridge (l. to r., seated), of the Profibus Trade Organization (PTO), chat with Bob Settle, of DVT Sensors, and Tim Donaldson, of Iconics, (l. to r., standing) during the party.
Control Engineering's executive editor, Frank Bartos (center) confers with George Thomas and Joe Stasiek, both of Contemporary Controls, (seated, l. to r.) at the early evening event.
Tina Miteko, of GarrettCom, (r., foreground) shows the moves that won her first place in the hula hoop contest, while Liz Petranella, of the HART Communication Foundation, (l., background) demonstrates the neck-level abilities that earned her second place in the contest.
Bill Boldt (left) and Todd Dobberstein (right), both of National Instruments, work on their hula hoop skills following the contest.
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Macquarie Bank's direct property syndicate arm has raised $102 million for its latest product, the East Coast Portfolio, aimed at both the retail and small institutional market.
It will be the bank's fifth such vehicle and the first since the 2003 product which owns the office tower at 1 Martin Place, the home of the bank.
Contained in the new syndicate are five B-grade office towers: one in Brisbane at 157 Ann Street, two in Sydney at 504 Pacific Highway, St Leonards, and 2-10 Wentworth Street, Parramatta, and two in Melbourne's CBD.
Macquarie Direct Property's chief executive, Richard Cutler, said the fund planned to return an average 8.5 per cent over a five-year period.
There will be no exit or entry fees and investors can enjoy 100 per cent tax deferment for the first three years. Hedging facilities are also in place as is a guarantee by the bank to acquire $100,000 in units per quarter from investors who may need to redeem before the fund ends.
Mr Cutler said the decision to buy the properties and launch the syndicate came amid expectations of an improvement in the east coast CBD office markets in the next 12 months.
"We believe there is upside in the leasing market and we plan to capitalise on the expected recovery in national office markets," Mr Cutler said.
"The acquisition values are at least 20 per cent below the replacement cost for the properties which gives us leverage for capital growth.
"The two Melbourne properties at 303 Bourke Street and 1 Nicholson Street were previously owned by other Macquarie Bank vehicles but we felt they offered us a good base for the latest syndicate."
Mr Cutler said the properties were only termed B-grade as the floor plates were less than 1000 square metres, yet the buildings were on A-grade sites and had a spread of 80 tenants across all the assets.
"There is a 5.6 per cent vacancy rate in the portfolio and as the leases come up for renewal we are confident the office market will have improved and rentals will rise accordingly."
Head of Macquarie property research, Rod Cornish, confirmed the bank's view that the office market would be on the upturn by the end of this year.
He said that while tenants would continue to rule the sector, conditions would turn back towards the landlord within the next nine months.
"A rise in white-collar employment will lead to higher demand for office space and, as bond yields rise, rental levels also move higher," Mr Cornish said.
"At the end of 2004 we see a prolonged rise in demand for office accommodation in capital cities, particularly from the property and business services industries, which make up the largest employers in the CBD."
Mr Cornish said although he had not forecast any exact gains in rent he felt that the current high level of incentives, of as much as 30 per cent, offered in lease agreements would soon decline.
"The office supply coming into the Sydney CBD is low in 2004-05, once the current batch of high rises are built, and that will help take the incentive packages out of the market."
Last week the Property Council of Australia released its industry figures for the office sector. It said conditions would remain flat but there were signs of a turnaround from early 2005.
Listed property trust managers are also seeing stronger lease enquiries and while rents are flat, tenants are taking up options for more floors.
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The following is an op-ed of a previous NewsBusters piece entitled "Media Amnesia: Gen. Zinni Briefed Clinton Administration on Secret Iraq War Plan."
Have you ever considered the peculiar yet convenient amnesia that regularly strikes members of the drive-by media when it fits their political agenda? Given the development of the Internet, the accuracy and ease of search engines, and the ready access of more detailed media devices such as LexisNexis available for truly inquiring minds, the contagion no longer threatens the general public. But the as yet un-named malady (Rodham's Syndrome, perhaps?) still remains virulent among those whose at-risk behavior persists.
Heedless of the investigative tools presently at the disposal of all interested in the grand search for information, the at-risk population who are paid to disseminate the news seem to conveniently forget what has been reported almost as soon as it happens. They appear to be counting on the population to suffer from this same instantaneous mnemonic dysfunction.
No finer example of such media memory lapse has occurred recently than what is transpiring with all the military generals now waxing publicly philosophic about why we never should have gone to war with Iraq.
One of the more prominent members of the hindsight-worshipping crowd is former Clinton CENTCOM commander Gen. Anthony Zinni, who has now conspicuously stated that he never saw any proof that Saddam possessed weapons of mass destruction or was in any way an imminent threat.
Of course, this has been thoroughly debunked by the recent revelation here of a February 29, 2000 briefing by Zinni to Congress, wherein the general made it quite clear that "Iraq remains the most significant near-term threat to U.S. interests in the Arabian Gulf region," stating quite unequivocally that Iraq either possessed or was aggressively pursuing WMD.
Needless to say, if not for new media, Americans would never have been reminded about this briefing. The antique media hoped that this had been totally forgotten by now, and still does its best to avert its eyes.
Zinni's War Plan
Still, an even more bizarre oddity concerning the media's acceptance of Zinni's current position is another revelation from 2000 that the general actually briefed senior Clinton administration officials concerning a massive military strike to overthrow Saddam.
Hadn't heard about this? Well, as reported by the Chicago Tribune on October 2, 2000:
Zinni has briefed senior administration officials on a secret war plan that details how the U.S. military, with limited allied help, would seek to topple Hussein. The effort would be massive, involving possibly as many as half a million troops, according to one knowledgeable official.
The article continued:
Although he has confidence in U.S. forces, Zinni has no illusions that such a scheme could win public support, considering the cost in lives and dollars it would almost certainly involve.
Yet, conceivably the most telling statement made by Zinni in this piece was the following:
Containment is what you do when you can't come up with the popular will to take decisive military action. [emphasis added]
Clearly, Zinni was expressing frustration with containment, which, if you read the entire Tribune article, put him in quite good company, for this passive strategy was certainly not achieving its intended goal. However, as Zinni made quite clear, without popular support for a grander military solution, his options were limited.
By contrast, prior to the March 2003 Iraq invasion, Bush and Company were indeed able to come up with the "popular will" that Zinni spoke of so longingly. In fact, over seventy percent of the nation was behind the incursion when it first began.
If Zinni were to be totally honest today, he would make it clear that the only reason he didn't go with this aggressive military option back in 2000 was because he didn't think the public would have supported it.
As a result, the disingenuity today is that the left, the media, and these generals – including Zinni himself, it would appear – have conveniently forgotten that regime change and ousting Saddam was a huge pillar of U.S. foreign policy from 1998 through 2000.
Contrary to what is being espoused regularly today by all the usual amnesiacs, the idea that Saddam was a very bad man, and that the world would be a much safer place without him, didn't first surface in January 2001. In fact, this same Tribune article quoted Clinton's undersecretary of state Thomas Pickering as having said, "'We would like to see Saddam gone.'" And, it appears that even he wasn't happy with the Clinton strategy of containment:
But I can't tell you that there is a magic formula to see this done. Our magic formula, in reality, is patience. ... It is not a perfect policy.
No, it certainly wasn't a perfect policy, and, judging from this Tribune piece, Zinni knew it. In fact, what is truly revealing is that the Clinton administration was actually considering such a huge attack in a pre-9/11 world, and without much allied assistance or Arab support.
Can you say "unilateral?"
Yet, the left and their amnesiac media minions pretend that such discussions only began to occur in December of 2000 as Bush and Company started making transition plans to move into the White House. Indeed, this was a point that MSNBC's Chris Matthews harped on in an April 3 "Hardball" interview with Zinni:
You know, Bill Cohen said the other day, defense secretary, that he was told back in 2000 when they lost the election in the Supreme Court that the first thing Cheney wanted to do was go after Iraq. He wanted all the Intel on Iraq, nowhere else in the country.
Why is this so shocking, Chris? After all, the expressed position and foreign policy edict of the latter part of Clinton's second term was indeed the ousting of Saddam. Given the existence of said strategy, along with it having been some years since U.N. inspectors had been to Iraq, as well as the then recent testimony to Congress by Zinni concerning Iraq representing the greatest short-term threat to America in the Mid-East, wouldn't it have been logical for the new administration to place such a strong focus on this issue?
In fact, wouldn't it have been inexcusable if the Bush team hadn't made familiarizing themselves with this threat a top priority?
If Zinni believed that Saddam either didn't possess WMD in 2000, or wasn't an imminent threat to American security and sovereignty at that time, why would he have offered a plan that would involve up to 500,000 American soldiers to overthrow this non-threatening dictator?
Nobody in the media has yet asked Zinni this question.
Moreover, if all Zinni's grand plan needed to succeed was "the popular will to take decisive military action," why would he oppose today's war that was initially waged with the kind of public support that was lacking when he offered his own overthrow strategy three years earlier?
Nobody in the media has yet asked Zinni this question either. In fact, why hasn't any major media outlet uncovered this October 2, 2000 Tribune story, revealed its existence to the public, and asked Gen. Zinni why he felt so strongly about overthrowing Saddam in 2000, but thinks it was a mistake in 2003?
Of course, unless you yourself are suffering from amnesia, you likely already know the answer to that question.


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This brick chimney, typical of many others in Petrolia, toppled due to the severe shaking. Chimneys (even those with steel rods) were broken, or cracked. The fireplace inside this house was also shattered.
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"Everybody give us your best Metropolitan Opera voices," Preston said. On cue, the assembled preschoolers, aged 3-5, belt out their best improvised arias. Preston may have some future divas on her hands.
Across the room, teacher Marsha Garrett works one-on-one with more preschoolers. Another section of the room has child-sized couches for students who need quiet time.
Entering the room is like walking into a miniature world—all the tables and chairs are knee-high, as is the sink in the corner of the room. Tables are piled high with books and educational toys, and bins of toys—Legos, dinosaurs, blocks—line the shelves. One area is designated the "dramatic play" space, and it includes a full cabinet of dress-up clothes.
Down the hall, another preschool class is gathered around a diagram of the solar system. The day before, they played with a table full of red "Martian" sand and walked slow-motion across the surface of the "moon."
Lynn Gallagher, director of the Child Development Center, is just glad to have the space. The new childcare center includes 18,000 square feet and a 10,000-square-foot playground, compared with about 4,000 in the old building.
The center moved into its new building on Cleveland Avenue March 27, after spending 10 months in modular units. The center's old home was knocked down to make way for the Center for Workforce Development.
The center cost about $3 million, most of which came from the college. The center also received funding from the Ohio Children's Foundation, Chase Bank , the Ohio Board of Regents, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Child Care Access Means Parents In School Program, a federal program that promotes day care for college students with children.
The new center includes a teacher resource room and an area right inside the door where parents can stash strollers and car seats. To help security, parents and children will receive swipe cards to enter the building. The childcare center is attached to the Center for Workforce Development, but it's impossible to go between buildings without a staff swipe card.
By mid-April, the center had five rooms open and was recruiting staff to open the rest of the building, Gallagher said. At full capacity the center will hold 120 children, a mix of babies, toddlers and preschoolers.
Many classes have waitlists, but more slots should open up as the center hires more teachers. To inquire about openings, call ext. 3600. Interested parents may also call ahead for a tour.
Staffers are still working to open some parts of the building, such as a children's kitchen. The kitchen comes complete with a miniature sink, child-sized refrigerator and real working ovens.
"Everything's at their level," Gallagher said. The building was designed to be as open as possible, Gallagher said. Parents can look into any room over Dutch doors, and many rooms overlook the hallways through large windows. The halls are painted a bright sherbet yellow.
Children can burn off steam in three separate "muscle rooms," which serve as mini gymnasiums when children can't go outside. Each has a climbing toy, a rubberized floor and exercise mats to cushion the floor.
"The muscle rooms are for screaming out loud and running and jumping," Gallagher said.
The preschoolers' muscle room opens onto the playground, which should be complete in May. The playground is divided into sections for each class, separated by a low wall with colored-glass portholes.
Each section will have its own age-appropriate activities. The toddlers' section will have a slide built into a grassy mound so children don't have far to fall. The preschoolers' sandbox will include levers and pulleys for a bit of added educational fun.
Working with Columbus State's Groundskeeping Department, the center will plant the garden out front to mimic children's literature. The first book planned is Maurice Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are," Gallagher said.
The center has a strong educational focus, Gallagher said. Each classroom is staffed by teachers with degrees in their fields, and the center usually hosts a half-dozen interns from Columbus State's Early Childhood Development program. The center is accredited by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services and the National Association for the Education of Young Children.
But that doesn't mean children spend their days doing worksheets and preparing for the Ohio Achievement Test, Gallagher said. For example, they may be learning the alphabet, but they're doing it with colorful sponge blocks.
"We approach school readiness through a purposeful play curriculum," Gallagher said.
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It occurs not oftener than in about 10 per cent of cases for the total length of the X chromosome.
This term (sex-linked) is intended to mean that such characters are carried by the X chromosome.
The position of this lethal to the X chromosome was found as follows, by means of the cross-over value white lethal sa.
We are justified, therefore, in speaking of the factors carried by the X chromosome as sex-linked.
In the latter case an egg without an X chromosome is produced.
By means of the following experiments the position of fused in the X chromosome was determined.
Triple crossing-over in the X chromosome is extremely rare and has been observed only about a half dozen times.
A preliminary test was made by mating with eosin, whose factor lies near the left end of the X chromosome series.
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How to lose a client in 7 easy steps
Most entrepreneurs who are self-employed or run small businesses can be classified as consultants or contractors. I was a consultant for more than 15 years. Now, I hire consultants. Some of them help me build my business and are part of my team. In all that time, I've learned a lot about how to manage clients and how to keep clients happy. And, also, how to make them unhappy.
Of course, if you want to build a sustainable business over time — to keep clients coming back and making referrals — you want happy clients. But if you really don't care, I've got seven easy steps for you to take:
1. Don't communicate. The No. 1 complaint clients have with contractors is they don't keep in touch. They fail to regularly inform clients of progress or contact them when there's a problem. When a client doesn't hear from you, they think you've forgotten about them. They never assume you're just so busy working diligently that you don't have time to send the e-mail, pick up the phone or have a meeting.
2. Overpromise and undeliver. Yes, you want to get the contract. And yes, you're excited about what you might be able to do for the client. But one of the biggest conflicts between clients and contractors comes from differing expectations — often based on what the contractor has pitched to get the contract. I've had a technology contractor who painted a rosy picture of what the company would create for us. Instead, the result was a workmanlike product. As a result, I felt like that company didn't bring its best efforts to our project.
3. Wait till the client pushes you. Sure, you think you were hired to do (choose as appropriate) design, coding, contract development, writing, whatever. But inevitably, the client also has mentally transferred some of the project management responsibility to your shoulders. Clients has many things on their mind and many projects on their to-do list. It's your job to manage this project and suggest next steps.
4. Don't show up for meetings, cancel at the last moment, come late. How you treat the client is a clear indication of how seriously you take their project and value the work. If the client is expecting you or members of your team to show up, show up. Don't make excuses — another client had an emergency, your car didn't start, your kid was sick — and certainly don't tell them you were just too busy at a cool conference or waiting in line to get a new gadget.
5. Surprise your client with unexpected invoices. Before you begin any project, be very clear — in writing — as to costs. I always liked to work on a project basis, with one clear price and a definition of the nature and length of services. That eliminates most misunderstanding. If you are charging by the hour, give a realistic estimate of what the total cost is likely to be or set a budget. Let the client know which of their actions will add costs to the project (clients, after all, some times change the scope of the project, or make unanticipated revisions). As you approach the total amount, communicate with the client and make sure they sign off on additional costs. Otherwise, eat the extra costs yourself.
6. Don't send your bill. It's frustrating for clients not to get a bill on time. Small businesses have to manage their cash flow. Many corporations have requirements to use budgets within a quarter or fiscal year; when you don't send in your invoices promptly, it's more work for them or they may not be able to pay you at all.
7. Insist on your communication method. This is a subtle but powerful way to frustrate a client. The client likes e-mails or phone calls, but you like to text or use an online collaboration tool? Sure, force them to do it your way. That will drive them away.
Of course, not every consultant wants to lose their clients. If you're one of those who wants happy clients, referrals and a long life in business, try the opposite of those seven steps. Consider yourself as your client's partner, rather than adversary. It's really quite satisfying.
Rhonda Abrams is president of The Planning Shop and publisher of books for entrepreneurs. Her newest is the 5th edition of The Successful Business Plan: Secrets and Strategies. Register for Rhonda's free newsletter at www.PlanningShop.com and "like" The Planning Shop on Facebook for updates. For an index of her columns, go to smallbiz.usatoday.com. Twitter: twitter.com/RhondaAbrams. Copyright Rhonda Abrams 2010.


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Lady Husky Volleyball Faces El Paso High Rivals Wednesday, September 14, 2011
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Biofuel cars may be the wave of the near future, says a new company.
As the prices of gasoline continue to rise, making it harder and harder to keep the budget under control as the car takes all of your money for fossil fuel byproducts, innovate companies are searching for new alternatives. INEOS Bio says that non-food vegetable waste could easily make crude-oil-based fuels a thing of the past.
Just imagine all of that stuff you probably throw in a plastic bag and tie up tightly being recycled to fuel your car. That's precisely what INEOS Bio chief executive CEO Peter Williams says they are aiming for. For now it's wood that's being converted into commercially viable fuel in just a matter of minutes, but they are working on a way to turn nearly all organic garbage into something you can run your car on. He explains, "They have successfully addressed the challenges of moving a new technology to large production scale for the very first time. Consequently, we are now pleased to announce that we are producing commercial quantities of bioethanol from vegetative and wood waste, and at the same time exporting power to the local community – a world first."
The conversion to biofuel cars may be less expensive than you think. Ethanol production can be started by simply burning some kinds of wood or trash, and then converting the gases into alcohol by means of a bacteria. The alcohol is then distilled to become a form of fuel. It's environmentally friendly and makes a decent amount of what's needed to make the process worth producing on a commercial level.
The only downside to the process is the use of electricity to make it work, but INEOS Bio is working on a way to eliminate that problem as well. Thus far, however, the Department of Energy applauds the progress made thus far to eliminate the need for fossil fuels to power vehicles, significantly reducing the carbon footprint and making basic travel cheaper in general.
INEOS Bio hopes to begin shipping their product for biofuel cars as early as this August from their Vero Beach, Florida facility. Hopefully this is just the first big step toward managing the universal budget and the environment in the near future.
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Biking, Walking & Blogging: An Interview with David Engwicht of Creative Communities International
Spontaneous Exchange: An interview with David Engwicht
Often hailed as the guru of traffic calming, David Engwicht advocates for solutions that are not based in design but in the cultural exchange that defines the best of cities.
From Joan Pasiuk, Bike Walk Twin Cities Program Director
BWTC: Looking out the window, what do you see on the street that many of us wouldn't see?
David: The first thing I usually observe about this space is that it is completely mobility-focused. All of the exchanges are in a private space. We're sitting in a wonderful exchange place here, with coffee, tables, chairs, cake, and people to look at. If we go outside, where do I have that kind of experience in that public realm? I can't see a bench to sit on – if I had kids, where could the kids play or climb around on rocks or seats? The way that we view our streets and construct our streets is only for moving people through them. I call these types of streets the hallways of the city. But we don't even make them up as nice as most people do their hallways. At least in a hallway in your house there might be flowers, tables and photographs. Also, the street looks like a linear corridor not a series of rooms. The irony is that most streets in America are easily wide enough to divide them up into a series of rooms. How do you know when you've gone into a new room? Usually there is a narrow passage, a door, and the door is the threshold that says you're entering a new space. There is a sense of containment, there are windows that give you glimpses of other spaces, and the other side has a door that leads to another space. Outdoor rooms can be created through the simplest changes –it can be landscaping that creates a sense of entrance or it can be a grand entrance. If you look outside this café, for example, if those parked cars are taken away and you put a row of potted plants in their place, suddenly you've created a nook, a place that's carved out. In the project I was doing in small town Australia, I divided the main street into three outside rooms. I called two of them utility rooms. These rooms are the garage where you park your car or you can take the cars out and have a party there instead. There was the civic lounge room in the middle and another utility room on the end. As the street was renovated, we came up with new ways to break up that space –for example, when you crossed into the civic lounge room, you crossed a little stone bridge. The cars would cross the stone bridge so you were clearly saying to the driver, you're entering a different kind of space with different types of experiences. There are all sorts of creative ways to distinguish space– hanging flags gives enclosure, so do lights above the street. It's about encouraging people to become creative homemakers. Most homemakers know how to make a room feel homey – on any budget.
BWTC: What is the core of your message?
David: Most of the problems we have in our cities are social or cultural problems. These problems need to be addressed at the cultural level and can't be solved simply through design. We have a design-centric view of the world where we assume that every problem can be solved by changing the design of physical space. Our cities have moved from citizenship to entitlement. I'm passionate about design, but design is not what is going to fix the problems. We have to move back to the mind frame where citizens take responsibilities for fixing their own problems.
BWTC: When you talked last night, you mentioned your appreciation of spontaneous interactions versus planned interactions. Can you explain that concept in more detail?
David: I define cities as an invention to maximize exchange and minimize trouble. What the city does is take those exchange opportunities and bring them into a bounded area. The city was a giant step forward in the evolutionary process. It concentrated diversity, provided a mixing bowl for that diversity, and reduced the energy costs of those transactions. I argue that there are two ways that those exchanges can be transacted – the planned and the spontaneous exchange. Again from the evolutionary point of view, new life comes from the spontaneous exchange. You can only plan to interact with what you already know. A certain amount of chaos or spontaneity in the city is a core ingredient for the city to fullfil its basic mission. The spontaneous exchanges in the city are the core of the creativity of the city, the social justice of the city, and the core of the democratic life of the city. Often they are of much higher value than a planned exchange that may replace a spontaneous exchange. However, our city planning by definition focuses only on those planned exchanges. Whenever city planners and engineers say, "Oh, aren't we doing well, the average number of trips that our residents are making have gone up from 12 to 14," my response is, "Well, that's probably an indication of a decline in quality of life. Those extra two trips are planned exchanges that people are making because they've lost four spontaneous exchanges. There is too much focus on mobility and trips. Spontaneous exchanges happen for free on the back of a planned trip. We should be focusing on the quality of the total number of exchanges, spontaneous and planned. So if you look at the big picture, a city can actually be going backwards while facilitating more trips for its residents. We currently have a mobility-centric view that focuses on planned exchanges instead of an exchange-centric view of the city.
BWTC: What prevents us from exercising your community empowerment model?
David: We're stuck in a vicious cycle. The city has regulated what used to be citizen responsibility. There was a time when the people could build a building wherever they liked. This resulted in the classic French villas and Italian hill towns whose streets have an organic feel along with organic squares and spaces. The builders of those buildings had a civic responsibility to build in a manner that contributed to the vibrancy of the entire public realm. Now that civic responsibility has been taken away from the creator of the building and is instead regulated by the city. We rely on the intelligence of one or two public planners rather than the magic and creativity that each individual can bring to the public realm. It's a total erosion of what used to be citizen responsibilities and has created what I'd call an entitlement attitude. Cities define their residents as customers and start creating a customer-merchant relationship. With that kind of set up, a resident can say, "I have my rights –you provide the roads, remove the rubbish and fix the conflicts I have with my neighbors. I pay the money, you give me the product." At the same time, without realizing it, those residents are also saying, "I'm a disembodied citizen. I no longer belong to a vibrant community; I no longer have a connection to my neighbors." The city has taken away their responsibilities, but they've also surrendered it. To solve problems, cities need to hand back that responsibility to the residents.
I often talk about when kids used to play in the streets; it was their first lesson sin citizenship. You didn't choose who lived on your street, or what their interests were. Those kids had to learn to accommodate the cranky man on the corner. It was a lesson in negotiation –that's what living in a city is all about. We no longer let kids play in the street; we take them to an organized sports center where the rules are set down by an authority figure. We're training them for this disempowered type of citizenship which is citizenship in name but not in practice.
BWTC: I've heard you talk about humor and intrigue – is there a way to convey the essence of how people can have fun and enter these spaces with a sense of whimsy?
David: People go into the public realm with different frames of mind. A motorist is a different frame of mind than a tourist. A tourist will walk through a space and not worry about how far it is to walk because the walk is part of the experience – they are in a timeless world. One of the tricks is to trigger that sense of timelessness in the motorist persona. Humor is one way of doing that – intrigue is another way. Once, I put red devils' horns on my bike helmet. I didn't do it with any mission in mind; I just thought it would be fun. Often the responses would catch me by surprise. Kids would have cheesy grins on their faces or someone would pull up behind me and start chatting with me. Suddenly I realized that humor re-humanizes environments that have become dehumanized. That person relates to you as a human instead of an anonymous cyclist. Hans Monderman said that he had to turn motorists back into humans again. His goal was to get eye contact between motorists and others in space. The most transformative things you can do are to put a stuffed chicken on your dashboard or a Mr. Bean peering out of your back window or something silly on the back of your bike. I rode around with those horns on my bike helmet and I'd think, "How many people have I sent to work happier than they otherwise would have been?" I might have sent 10,00 people to work happier. I made that investment and had the willingness to look a bit silly. I have another story about an elderly woman with red hair in a café in London. She was reading a book and I looked across at her and wished I had the guts to do something like that. I came back to Australia and about a year later, I ended up dying my hair purple. When I dyed my hair, I felt that my creativity went through the roof because creativity is tied to risk taking. I had purple hair and I would get dozens of people talking to me and I would tell them the story. We underestimate the power of those small things that may be considered eccentric or kooky --they are the things that re-humanize us and give gifts to other people.
BWTC: We're working to encourage biking and walking – part of that is creating safe spaces and reducing driving. If you had 30 million dollars, how would you advise spending it?
David: The first thing I'd do is have a workshop thinking session with everyone involved. I'd say to them, here's the outcome we want – lets paint a picture of that. So if you want to be the first city to reduce car traffic by 50%, then how do you get there? If you don't have a story, you don't have a strategy. If you don't have a story about how you're going to reach that vision for the future, then all you're doing is throwing hope out. I find most community groups do this – they'll go into battle and do all the usual tactics like letter writing and petitions, but there is no story for how those things produce the end result. $30 million is almost too much money – you're going to throw a little bit here, a little bit there. At the end, you'll say "Oh – wonder if it worked?" Scarcity of resources makes you more creative. It's highly likely that 3,000 of what you spent will be more effective than the 29 million else. Maybe one small thing you do really sets off a cultural revolution. The challenge I'd throw out to the group would be –if you only had 30,000 to work with, how would you start the revolution? How would you get the cultural change you're working for? That way you ensure that you come up with the idea that is most likely to accomplish your goals. Doesn't mean you can't spend the whole $30 mil, but it focuses your attention. My other piece of advice is that this is a culture problem not an infrastructure problem. I'm not saying design and infrastructure shouldn't be integrated in to the package, but design should be the back of the train not the engine. In our culture, we always put it as the engine – design is important, but it shouldn't drive everything. I often use the illustration of people who win the lottery. We know they fritter the money away in a few years –the reason they do that is because they don't see themselves as a millionaire, they see a poor person with an extra million dollar. We have to take into account the story that people are telling themselves. Traffic is a manifestation of the story that communities are telling themselves about themselves. I'd also invest in an outbreak of civility. Specifically, I'd be producing self-help kits for neighborhoods that have a traffic problem. I'd do a deal with the city that they wont respond to traffic complaints by sending an engineer out to measure traffic but instead give the neighborhood the self-help kit. The instructions are "Go and try this, and if it doesn't work, come back and see us." The kit would explain that the degree of traffic is related to their civic responsibility and the fastest way to slow traffic is for them to reclaim their street. I would give them the practical tools to help them save money, like a trip organizer to help them condense trips, to notice where the inefficiencies are and rationalize their use of vehicles. You move the focus away from managing movement to building the opportunities for spontaneous exchanges. If cities invested money in neighborhood barbeques, swings, etc, instead of traffic calming, they'd get a double impact. They'd be reducing the need for people to travel and building neighborhood life that will slow the traffic down.
BWTC: Anything else you'd like to say?
David: The huge challenge that Transit for Livable Communities and Bike Walk Twin Cities face is the challenge to move away from a transportation focus to an exchange focus. I'm not critical of the groups that already exist like Walk America or Feet First in Seattle, but you can rattle off those grassroots organizations across the country and they all have a mobility focus in their title. I don't know of any orgs called Sitable Communities. America walks, but why not America Sits? All of these programs don't understand the connection between getting back to the original purpose of the city – to focus on the efficiency to encourage transactions. Your job is to give every person who takes public transit the maximum number of interactions per ride, not to increase transit ridership. When a cyclist goes through a suburban shopping center, the question should be what are the exchange opportunities for that site? How can that person move through the space in a way that opens up opportunities for exchange?
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Demonstrators are expected to march in large numbers through Hong Kong today, but recent conciliatory moves by pro-democracy leaders in the former British colony and Chinese authorities have cooled a rancorous debate about the need for fully elected government.
Last year, about 500,000 people turned out on the July 1 anniversary of Hong Kong's return to Chinese rule in 1997 under a "one country, two systems" agreement that promised its 7 million people a high level of autonomy in running their own affairs.
That number may not be matched. Last year's huge turnout was spurred by the Beijing-appointed regional government's attempt to introduce a new national security law that many feared would quickly erode the freedom of Hong Kong's people.
The Government was forced to withdraw the law, but the increased public distrust added to a push to have the chief executive and the Legislative Council elected by universal suffrage in 2007 and 2008 respectively. At present the chief executive is chosen by a Beijing-stacked college of about 800 people. Only half the legislature will be selected by popular vote in elections this September, the rest formed by generally pro-Beijing interest groups.
Beijing's blunt refusal in April to allow significant electoral reforms in 2007-08, which had seemed to be in prospect under the handover agreement, caused widespread anger, as did pressure tactics that forced three leading radio talk-show hosts of a liberal viewpoint off the air.
That anger may have subsided into disillusionment. And in a surprise move, some leaders of the democracy movement recently decided they needed to make an extra effort to reassure Beijing of their basic affinity to China if the universal suffrage question was to be reopened.
Figures including the former legislator Martin Lee and Legislative Council firebrand Emily Lau have called on marchers to avoid heated criticism of Beijing, particularly the slogan "Return power to the people" said to most irk the Chinese Communist Party since it was once one of its own.
In return China has hinted it may open its doors to democratic leaders like Mr Lee, whom only three months ago it reviled as a traitor after he testified at a US congressional hearing on Hong Kong's democratic progress. Most pro-democracy leaders have been barred from visiting the mainland since the late 1980s.


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Environmental Factor, February 2011, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
NIEHS remembers Martin Luther King Jr.
By Melissa Kerr
February 2011
Long mixed gravity with self-deprecating humor as he recalled his childhood in Chapel Hill, N.C., as America underwent tremendous social change during the 1960s. (Photo courtesy of Steve McCaw)
Referring to agape, the Greek word for unconditional love, Michaux shared his enthusiasm for King's message of love and respect for all mankind. He received a standing ovation for a speech filled with humor, emotion, and motivation. (Photo courtesy of Steve McCaw)
Shown, left to right, NIEHS employees Darlene Dixon, Ph.D., John Schelp, and Joyce Snipe laughed as Michaux delighted the audience with personal stories about King. (Photo courtesy of Steve McCaw)
Robinson, center, and NIEHS Diversity Council Chair Brad Collins, right, presented Michaux with a copy of the poster announcing his talk. (Photo courtesy of Steve McCaw)
Among several personal friends Michaux, right, talked with following the presentation was NIEHS contractor Elliott Gilmer. Gilmer, who attends the same Durham church as the speaker, said afterwards, "Mickey and I go back 57 years." (Photo courtesy of Steve McCaw)
NIEHS welcomed state Rep. Henry M. (Mickey) Michaux Jr. as guest speaker for a Jan. 19 tribute to the legacy of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Michaux shared his memories of working with his longtime colleague and friend. Michaux described King's achievements as a leader and the relevance of King's vision to America today.
Co-sponsored by the NIEHS Diversity Council and the Research Triangle Park Chapter of Blacks In Government (BIG), the observance opened with remarks from host and BIG Chapter President Veronica Godfrey Robinson, who also led the audience in singing the opening verse of "We Shall Overcome."
Chris Long, NIEHS acting associate director of management, followed with a personal - and at times emotional - reflection on how major events in the civil rights struggle of the early 1960s intersected with his childhood. "You can't just read about history. You have to connect with it somehow," Long insisted. "So I am particularly interested in hearing what Representative Michaux has to say today."
Long recommended that people in the audience take the time to revisit King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech to remember how King's words inspired the nation.
Bringing history to life
Although Michaux humanized this American legend with his anecdotes and quips about their time together, he said he wanted to give thanks and to celebrate King's larger-than-life achievements. "[King's] struggles were inspired by his religious faith," Michaux said. "The depth of meaning of his life is unfathomable and inexhaustible."
The two first met in October 1956, when Michaux invited King to speak before a Durham business group. "Martin really moved that community at that time," he said.
Michaux recalled the hot summer day in August 1963 in Washington, D.C., when he stood with the crowd of 200,000 and listened to King deliver a speech, which, Michaux said, "rang out across the country; echoing our hopes, refocusing our ideals, and summoning our better selves."
Michaux shared several fond memories of King, the man, who stayed with Michaux's family during visits to Durham. "Preachers love to eat," he joked. "I didn't know whether or not his staying with us every time he was in North Carolina was a result of my titillating conversation or my mother's cooking."
Michaux recalled a time when he accompanied King to five different presentations on the same day in Raleigh and Durham. King sat in a chair before each speech and very quickly memorized what he intended to say. According to Michaux, throughout the five different speeches, King never said the same thing twice.
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"The last time I talked with Martin was in 1968," Michaux said. King had canceled a political tour with Michaux because he felt he had to return to Memphis where he was assassinated a few days later.
In reflecting on King's importance to subsequent generations, Michaux insisted that the message of community love and respect is needed today. "I celebrate with pleas for aggressive political participation," Michaux closed, "because it represents the most effective way to empower the disadvantaged, to give voice to the voiceless, to give substance to the invisible and in the process achieve true greatness for America."
Michaux is the longest-serving African American member of the North Carolina General Assembly. With the exception of a four-year period between 1979 and 1984, he has represented the 31st House district continuously since 1972.
(Melissa Kerr studies chemistry at North Carolina Central University. She is currently an intern in the NIEHS Office of Communications and Public Liaison.)
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Nyc resistor would do movie night on Sunday nights.

It's usually a nice mellow way to grab dinner and chill out before starting a new work week.

I think that was optimal.

On Oct 5, 2010 3:17 PM, "Josh Myer" <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 3:34 PM, Alex Handy <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
 >
>> On a dramatic thread, a movie night was suggested. I have, in my time,
>> heard a number of excellent suggestions for movies to be shown.
>>
>> The BBS Documentary
>> Freedom Downtime
 >> All Star Trek movies and episodes, in order, with 5 minutes of nitpicking
>> between each one
>> All of the episodes of Monty Python
>> Dr. Who, in order, by doctor
>> Star Wars
 >> Hackers
>> Sneakers
>> WarGames
>> All Police Academy movies, in order, minus number 7, the unholy bastard
>> child of the lot
>>
>> Etc....
>>
>> I think there's almost too much to watch. Should there be 1 night a week?
 >> Should we try to do all of something over a weekend? Jason Scott's showing
>> of Get Lamp on a Friday night did well.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>
> [I've been sitting on this one for a bit, sorry to echo a bit of what others
 > have said. It fell into my "Wait a bit before posting" policy, then I went
> and got all distracted by chores, having a baby, that kinda domestic shit,
> you know how it goes.]
>
> A big part of what makes Noisebridge awesome is socialization. The other
 > big part of our success is creativity, providing a place for people to Make
> Things. The extremes are movie nights and the CNC Mill or Circular Saw.
> These things have significant presence in the space, and lead to
 > contention. This is not a big deal, so long as people don't step on each
> others' toes too much (in general, not just social vs creative).
>
> That said, Friday night is the first time when people with Crappy Day Jobs
 > can cut loose and hack all night. We all know that the best creativity
> happens late. If we have a movie night on Fridays, that starts being a real
> drag on the ability of that whole contingent of people to use the space.
 > Sunday nights are probably a much better bet, though it might be worth
> doing a couple weeks' survey of the use of the space to see which is better.
>
> The last time I went to the space during a movie showing, all the lights
 > were off, and it was hell to find what I was there for. I'm lucky: my house
> is a few blocks away, and I have a workshop in my garage and an
> understanding partner, so I'm not counting on NB as my primary workspace. I
 > literally was just popping over to pick up something I hadn't brought back
> with me earlier that evening, so I was in and out, after a bit of flashlight
> work.
>
> Others aren't so fortunate. Please be sensitive to the fact that people
 > might actually want to hack at the hackerspace, concomitant with whatever
> else is going on there. And, if someone is there to use the circular saw or
> soldering stations, be inviting and enthused. And, for the love of all that
 > is Free and Open, please leave the lights on in as much of the space as you
> can. If the whole space is dark, ur doin it wrong. Otherwise, movie nights
> are a great way to build community, so come, hang out, make popcorn, drink
 > beer, and clean up after your damned selves!
>
> Also: I think Buckaroo Banzai is overrated, but I'm still shocked that it
> hasn't come up in this thread. It's worth watching once. UHF, too, has a
 > wonderful portrayal of us weirdo creator types, and, come to think of it,
> isn't a half-bad match for NB's roster. (I'm pretty sure Vonguard is the
> one teaching poodles how to fly, and maybe Mitch's hair is multi-colored to
 > cover up the fact that it's been straightened out of its Weird Al-like
> curls, and Jason and/or Michael VJ are trying to get people to drink from
> the CS Theory firehose. And, of course, we all know who's Philo...)
 > --
> /jbm


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