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Elizabeth Hurley: Breast Cancer Ambassador
The actress shares how the loss of her grandmother led her to travel the world to raise awareness of breast cancer—and to protect her own health.
Elizabeth Hurley's beloved grandmother had a heartbreaking secret. "She was 75 when she found a [breast] lump, and she was too scared to tell anyone about it," recalls the 47-year-old actress, model and beachwear designer. "I think she was hoping it would go away if she ignored it. At that time [in 1987], breast cancer was a dirty word that was only whispered."
After a mastectomy, Elizabeth's grandmother passed away in 1992. "We were all devastated," recalls the actress, who is known for her roles in the films Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Bedazzled and The Weight of Water. Elizabeth's loss galvanized her to become one of the world's best-known advocates for breast cancer research and prevention. In 1995, she became the spokesmodel for the cosmetics giant Estée Lauder, whose senior vice president, the late Evelyn Lauder, cocreated the pink ribbon (the symbol of breast cancer awareness) and formed the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF). Since then, Elizabeth has spent every October traveling the world to raise awareness of—and funds for—the disease. Two limited-edition pink lipsticks have been named after her—Elizabeth Pink and Elizabeth Shimmer Pink—and their sales benefit the BCRF. To date, the organization has raised $350 million and funds 186 research scientists worldwide. "Today, we shout about breast cancer from the rooftops," Elizabeth says.
One of Elizabeth's favorite Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign events is the annual Global Landmarks Illumination Initiative, in which famous monuments around the world are bathed in pink lights during the month of October. "In fact, we are in the Guinness Book of World Records for illuminating the highest number of landmarks for a cause within 24 hours!" says Elizabeth. "The last building we lit to clinch this record was the Empire State Building, and Evelyn [Lauder] and I lit this together. I will never forget how emotional we felt as we did this."
Elizabeth's dedication has been honored. In 2009, she was given the BCRF's Humanitarian Award for her efforts. Two researchers at the Royal Marsden Hospital in the U.K. received grants in Elizabeth's name. "I was very touched," says Elizabeth. In addition to her breast cancer advocacy work, Elizabeth is devoted to raising her 10-year-old son, Damian. She recently guest-starred as Chace Crawford's cougar girlfriend on Gossip Girl, and she's expanding her popular swimwear line, Elizabeth Hurley Beach. Still, raising awareness of breast cancer and fighting for a cure will always be a top priority for Elizabeth, who often reminisces about her grandmother. "We all adored her," Elizabeth says. "She was a school teacher and was extremely energetic and lots of fun. One of my earliest memories is of her and lots of her sisters sitting around the dining table, crying with laughter."
Elizabeth hopes her efforts will prevent other women from keeping their breast lumps a secret. "I'm passionate about talking to women about their breast health," she says.
"We're all scared of breast cancer. But the American Cancer Society tells us that among women whose breast cancer is diagnosed at an early stage and is localized, 99% survive more than five years. That's why it's so important to get the message out and tell women to see their doctors regularly and get a mammogram every year if they're over the age of 40."
Elizabeth's breast cancer protection plan
Be active—and eat right. "I try to follow alow-fat diet and stay active," says Elizabeth.
Why it might help you: In a recent study published in Cancer, researchers found that women who worked out 10 to 19 hours per week experienced a 30% reduced risk of breast cancer. A benefit was also found for fewer hours of exercise. The American Cancer Society (ACS) recommends being active for 45 to 60 minutes on five or more days of the week. That will help keep your weight in check, which is important because excess pounds can boost your risk of breast cancer. Cutting back on your fat intake can also help.
Get screened. "Evelyn Lauder made me promise that I would have an annual mammogram once I hit 40—and, in fact, she gave me my first one for my birthday present that year," says Elizabeth. "I feel really nervous before every mammogram, and I feel physically sick when waiting for the result. Luckily, so far, everything has been good, but it's nail-biting time. However, I am comforted by the fact that I was tested only a year before. So if anything were found, it would hopefully be small and treatable."
Why it might help you: Annual mammograms starting at age 40 can detect tumors before they can be felt—and help reduce deaths from breast cancer, according to the ACS. Women should also have a clinical breast exam (performed by a healthcare provider) annually.
Know your breasts. Elizabeth is a firm believer in self-exams. "I know many women who discovered their own tumors by self-examination," she says.
Why it might help you: Regularly examining your breasts helps you become familiar with how they normally look and feel so you can detect any abnormalities more easily. Report any unusual changes—such as a lump, skin dimpling, and nipple pain, redness or discharge other than breast milk—to your healthcare provider immediately, recommends the ACS. For step-by-step instructions, go to cancer.org.
Ask about genetic testing. If breast cancer runs in your family, consider getting tested to find out if you carry one of the genes, BRCA1 or BRCA2. "There is no hereditary breast cancer in my family," says Elizabeth. "However, I have a girlfriend who carries the gene and, after having her children, had a double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery as a preventive measure."
Why it might help you: If you carry a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation, you'll be screened differently than if you're at average risk. The ACS recommends getting mammograms and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) tests starting at age 30. Some women choose to have surgery to remove both breasts before cancer develops; this can reduce the risk of cancer by 90% or more, according to the ACS.


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I got an email the other day from an owner-advisor looking for help training an associate advisor to work directly with clients. Like many younger advisors, the employee didn't know the firm's planning software very well, but he knew how to create a financial plan and screen for investments that fit into individually designed investment portfolios. The problem was that he didn't have any experience working with clients, but he didn't have time to sit in client meetings. It's a Catch-22 that prevents younger advisors from getting the training they need to become lead advisors, and keeps owner-advisors from increasing the client capacity of their firms and transitioning their firms internally.
My clients wrestle with the problem of training young advisors for face-to-face meetings with clients and learning the essential component of talking with the clients. We've used the traditional structure of a lead or senior advisor supported by one or two associate advisors who do much of the back-office work (see Figure 1). Yet, without a program for training the associates to work directly with clients, we were using the same illogical plan as the rest of the industry: hire a lot of associates and hope that one of them will be a super star and miraculously be able to work with clients.
So, a few years ago my research team and I set out to find a solution. The result is a rather radical reorganization of the traditional advisory firm's organization chart into what we call "diamond teams," which, to our surprise, turned out to be much more than a new organizational strategy: Diamond teams created a clear career path for young advisors, a succession plan for lead advisors and an exit strategy for owner-advisors. They have ended recruiting problems for our client firms, tied clients more directly to the firm and have significantly boosted firm productivity.
The concept of diamond teams is simple. Imagine a baseball diamond: On second base is a senior advisor, who is usually the firm owner or a partner; on first and third bases are lead advisors; and at the bottom of the diamond at home plate is a younger associate advisor (See Figure 2). This team is responsible for a group of clients, or in the case of a smaller firm, all the firm's clients. The senior advisor works directly with the most important clients, usually around 20% of the group's top clients, which frees the rest of his or her time for bringing in new clients and managing the firm. The rest of the team's clients are then split between two lead advisors.
One of the unintended consequences of the diamond team structure is that it tends to encourage specialization among the lead and senior advisors. For instance, one may focus on financial planning while the other creates and manages the investment portfolios.
Most owner-advisors are easily sold on this structure at first. The resistance usually comes with the final piece: the role of the associate advisor at the bottom of the diamond, which ironically is the key to making the diamond teams work. Remember that the diamond structure was originally conceived as a solution for training young advisors to work with clients. We've found that the best way for them to get this training is to make their primary responsibility (80% of their time) to sit in all client meetings and take notes. In addition, they are responsible for any follow-up work (20% of their time) from those meetings, such as changes to client information or rescheduling appointments.
Yes, you read that right: For at least the first couple of years after younger advisors join the firm, they'll essentially be getting paid to sit in client meetings all day and take notes. You can see why we might get a little pushback about this strategy. Most owner-advisors are looking for new associate advisors to leverage themselves and other lead advisors to work with more clients and bring in more revenue. In the long run, though, that's a shortsighted plan: As we've seen in the example above, in our client work and in virtually very advisory firm in the country, it's really a dead-end job for young advisors, who find it very difficult to move into a lead advisor role because they have learned nothing about speaking to and working with clients.
On the other hand, in the diamond team structure, associate advisors get to watch how lead advisors work with clients almost from day one. They get to know the clients and see how financial plans and investment portfolios are presented, how questions are answered, how problems are addressed and solved. After a while, they even get to start taking part in the conversations, slowly increasing their responsibility for parts of the client presentations and discussion, having never worked in the back office. After a few years of this kind of hands-on experience, firms find that their associate advisors are truly ready to start working with clients and on their way to becoming productive lead advisors—and eventually owner-advisors.
You can also see why it's not hard to recruit young advisors to work with our advisory firms. One of the first questions that virtually all young advisors ask in job interviews is, "When will I start working with clients?" With the diamond team structure, the answer is "day one," which makes those firms the employers of choice for almost every young advisor in the country who applies for a job. Because associate advisors are trained to work directly with clients, they can seamlessly be promoted to lead advisors, creating a career track that eliminates the need to hire expensive and yet unknown lead advisors from other firms.
What's more, diamond teams are better for lead advisors as well. Because they are already handling either the financial plan or the investment portfolios for their clients, they require little or no prep time before they can go into client meetings. And, they don't need to take notes or pass along a list of follow-up work to their associates—he or she was already in the client meeting with them. These efficiencies aren't just on paper. Our experience shows that diamond teams substantially increase productivity in our client firms. One four-person team can work with between 225 and 250 clients with on average $200 million in AUM. That means, at least with our clients, one team of four people will generate about $2 million annually in revenue.
The teams create a career track for the lead advisors, too. When they are ready to take a larger role in recruiting more clients, they can split off to form their own diamond team or assume the senior advisor role in their existing team, freeing up the owner-advisors to focus exclusively on managing the firm as a step toward transitioning out of the firm altogether. The formation of additional teams creates a succession plan, whereby a growing number of senior advisors acquire increasing equity stakes in the firm, while at the same time assuming a greater portion of the rainmaking responsibilities.
Finally, we've found that the diamond team structure, by connecting each client to a team of advisors, virtually eliminates the risk of lead advisors leaving the firm and taking their clients with them. When combined with a more cooperative, productive organizational structure and clear tracks for advancement and firm ownership, the incentive for lead advisors to leave the firm at all is also greatly reduced. What started out as a program to better train young advisors ended up as a solution for many of the biggest challenges facing independent advisory firms today. Now, if you can just get over the "paying young advisors to only sit in client meetings" part.

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As you may have heard, Monday in London, Prince William and wife Catherine celebrated the birth of their first child -- the world's most-anticipated baby since ... well, Kim and Kanye's daughter last month.
The little fella is named George Alexander Louis, or, if you're being formal about it, His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge. You know, his street name.
The Internet, which has rarely encountered a news event it can't poke fun at, greeted the news with the expected mix of celebration, marketing ploys and jokes. Mostly jokes.
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On Monday, July 13, 2009, Diana Balmori and her NYC-based landscape and urban design firm hosted a forum that was part-academic discussion, part-social media experiment. The forum, called Making Public Places, was hosted in the Meatpacking District (MPD) while it streamed live online via Twitter and Ustream. The design firm was joined by 40 landscape architecture and urban design students from the Netherlands. Photos and tweets were updated throughout the event and yours truly was there to see it in action and provide you with highlights. But for more in-depth information, you can check out Balmori Associates' recently launched blog focused on public places.
The students were separated into 8 groups, each group to discuss a different topic related to public spaces; these included public-private, scale, ecology, funding, materiality/furniture, circulation, amenities, and program. Armed with sketchbooks and led by Balmori staff, the students rambled about the MPD to study the area through the lens of their selected topic. The students, Balmori staff and invited guests then met back at the Balmori office to present their findings and discuss issues confronting public places today.
MPD's cultural and physical past, and their roles in a holistic process of placemaking, was a frequent theme throughout the forum — a testimony to the importance of site-specific design. Tweeters agreed: @wlandscapearch said, "Too many cities in the world have had their edge or uniqueness polished away into a generic form." With a site-oriented mindset established, the group established a few of MPD's unique elements.
First, The High Line's recent opening has increased public concern for NYC's ecological processes with its sustainability efforts, such as native plant restoration. The group discussing ecology noted the proximity of the Hudson River and the opportunities available to create a connection between MPD and the waterfront.
Annie Washburn, Executive Director of the Meatpacking District Initiative, pointed out a second characteristic of MPD: the neighborhood's city "blocks" veer off NYC's logical and rectangular urban grid. The unusual geometric configuration of MPD's blocks creates a unique challenge for planners and designers to create a cohesive neighborhood — touched upon in the discussion about scale.
Unsurprisingly, the student group leading the discussion on scale discovered that MPD's public spaces, a series of open space and sidewalks of varying geometric shapes and intermittently cut off by motor traffic, are a bundle of puzzle pieces that do not always match up. Because the city block can be the heart of a neighborhood, the group pondered how issues of scale could make an individual comfortable or uncomfortable and how to build to optimize usage. They also realized that more intimate details also have a huge influence on successful wayfinding.
"Too many cities in the world have had their edge or uniqueness polished away into a generic form." -wlandscapearch
Commentary on way-finding principles popped up during discussions on amenities, materials and furniture, and circulation. The students recognized that materials, furniture and amenities could provide a space with visual connectivity. The forum posed questions about the way in which materiality becomes an reflection of a neighborhood's level of adherence to its past identity. @balmorilab asked, "Are historical elements and materials important to maintain? …Or are the newer elements of the area (new technology, industry, design) more interesting and should be given room to develop?"
Amenities, whether streamlined with materials or furniture, were considered essential by the forum's members. The student group were particularly interested in canopy cover that would provide a vertical element, such as a raised awning or a lush plant wall, to a space's horizontal qualities — an example that aesthetics and function both play important roles in design.
The forum continued with a discussion about circulation, which largely focused on an idea called Shared Space. Shared Space stipulates that the traditional barriers between places of "being" and flow should be eliminated, relying more heavily on the positive influence of public space.
The forum also covered practically-oriented topics, funding and programming. @dmvanderloo asked, "If public space is financed by private money, will there be demands on the public-ness (increased ads, less access)?" The thought pointed out that funders' interests can have a large influence on the physical qualities of a space and subsequently, its programming. Everyone wondered, since funding is crucial for design to manifest into reality, does placemaking inherently have an agenda? @DBruceStudios responded, "Certainly there is a social agenda. Power structures work to reproduce spaces that ensure the order of social infrastructure." Because public spaces often become depositories of undesirable behavior, it is no surprise that some might believe that keeping order gives greater freedom and not less.
We have tried to provide a comprehensive summary of the topics discussed, but we know that what we have provided merely glazes the surface! So we invite you to find more information on facebook and Twitter with hashtag #mpplaces — and on the Making Public Places blog.
Invited guests included Annie Washburn of the Meatpacking District Initiative, Professors Erik de Jong and Arnold van der Walk of Wageningen University, and Joel Sanders.
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Flat in appearance but not in taste!
I was looking for something to bake the other week with ingredients that I had on hand and came across this recipe for Chewy Coconut Cookies on Allrecipes.com. They are one of my favorite sites because the reviews tend to be very accurate. These cookies were rated 4.5 out of 5 stars by 939 people, which means they must be pretty good. Well, I made them and I loved them. The original recipes does not call for chocolate chips, which I decided to put in half. I like then equally with and without the chips. The pictures that accompanied the original recipe also showed pretty fluffy cookies and you can see mine came out very flat. I read several of the comments which recommended chilling your dough before baking, which I did and they were still flat. In the end the cookies were incredibly chewy and delicious so I did not mind one bit that they came out flat. I will definitely be baking these again.
Chewy Coconut (Chocolate Chip) Cookies
recipe from allrecipes.com
1 1/4 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup unsalted butter (1 stick)
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/3 cups flaked coconut
1 cup chocolate chips (optional)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside. In a medium bowl, cream the butter, brown sugar, and white sugar until smooth. Beat in the egg and vanilla until light and fluffy. Gradually blend in the flour mixture, then gently mix in the coconut and chocolate chips. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 8 - 10 minuted in preheated oven, or until lightly browned. Cool on wire racks.


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In an age when few people can remember their lives without cell phones, fitness facility operators are finding it more difficult to enforce their policies on no cell phones in the locker rooms.
"The biggest challenge for our industry right now is cell phones in the locker rooms," says Jeff Linn, executive director of Weymouth Club, Weymouth, MA.
The challenge is how to balance the needs for both privacy and cell phones.
"If you say you can't use cell phones in a club, they'll just join another club," says Jim Evans, fitness consultant and vice president of Bay Area Family Fitness near San Francisco. "They're so connected to their phones right now, they don't want to give them up for anything."
Although the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) issued a report titled "Cell Phones in Health Clubs: An IHRSA Best Practice" that suggested that club owners establish a policy that bans patrons from using cell phones in locker rooms, some fitness facility operators see enforcing cell phone bans as a losing battle.
The University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign bans cell phone use in the locker room of its Activities and Recreation Center. However, that policy may be overturned in the next year, says Erik Riha, lead assistant director of marketing for campus recreation.
"We can't have staff in the locker rooms all the time, so there's really no way to enforce it," he says. "The students think the policy's foolish because nobody pays attention to it. They use their cell phones for everything, including checking class work."
Even though the policy may change, Riha notes that the rec center's locker rooms have more private space since a 2008 renovation. The facility now includes family changing rooms. Gang showers were replaced with individual stalls. The women's locker room now has a private area outside of each shower stall.
Gang showers are a thing of the past, says Christa Plaza, principal and architect with Essenza Architecture, Boulder, CO. Club owners now want private showers and changing rooms, she says, which adds protection against cell phone issues. Another layer of privacy can be added by creating semi-private pods of lockers with mirrors on each side.
"It makes it harder to see into the changing area," Plaza says. "And it's a lot more obvious if people are trying to record you with a camera because there are only a few spots they'd be able to stand."
But with several cases of people surreptitiously taking pictures in locker rooms reported each year, some legal experts say that club operators should not abandon having a cell phone policy. Posting a clear policy in locker rooms and including that policy on a separate piece of paper in new members' packets can provide extra protection in a legal case, says Cristina LaMarca, associate attorney at Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan LLP, New York.
"It helps you show that you took affirmative steps to prevent a policy violation," LaMarca says. "It makes it easier to overcome a lawsuit."
However, with that policy comes monitoring responsibility.
"Staff should do periodic sweeps in the bathrooms and changing rooms," she says. "Employees should walk through occasionally to help enforce the rules. The important thing is to just be aware."
Oftentimes, club members help spot problems, especially when the rules are clearly posted. At Wheaton Sport Center, Wheaton, IL, members have access to a locker room phone on which they can call the front desk to report violations.
"Someone can pick up the phone and say, 'Hey, there's someone on a cell phone in here,'" says Karla Butler, membership and marketing director for Wheaton Sport Center. "More often than not, it's someone who just didn't remember the rules and is on their phone talking."
Evans says that members often do not realize that the policies are intended to prevent issues with camera phones, thinking they refer to being polite.
"Once you talk to them about that potential of someone taking your picture in the locker room, then they start to understand," Evans says.


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Peter Pumpkin Cheese Puffs
Total TimePrep: 20 min. Bake: 20 min.
Makes10 servings
- 2 tablespoons cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/4 cup butter, cubed
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 4 drops yellow paste food coloring
- 1 drop red paste food coloring
- 1/2 cup grated Romano cheese
- 2 eggs
- 20 sprigs fresh Italian parsley, stems removed
- In a small bowl, combine cream cheese and vinegar. Cover and refrigerate. In a large saucepan, bring the water, butter and salt to a boil. Add flour all at once and stir until a smooth ball forms. Remove from the heat; let stand for 5 minutes.
- In a small bowl, combine the yellow and red food coloring; stir Romano cheese and food coloring into dough. Add eggs, one at a time; beating well after each addition. Continue beating until mixture is smooth and shiny.
- Drop by level tablespoonfuls 3 in. apart onto a greased baking sheet. Bake at 400° for 15-20 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to a wire rack to cool.
- Using a star tip and reserved cream cheese mixture, pipe stems onto puffs. Add parsley sprigs. Refrigerate leftovers.
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Oct 31, 2014
so cute and easy to make. the taste is excellent. i needed to keep them for a while so half of them received almond leaf inserts instead the cream cheese stems. worked perfectly and in my opinion looked better.
Sep 6, 2014
I expected these to turn out dry/plain-flavored for me, but they were actually perfect (which I guess means they were hard to mess up ;). Nice and cheesy--they disappeared quickly. The parsley actually added a nice touch of flavor too, so don't leave it out!
Oct 27, 2013
Not a good combination of flavors.
Oct 25, 2013
This is so cute and fun! Definitely going to make for my Halloween party this year.
Oct 31, 2012
This is basically a Pâte à Choux recipe. It was a hit at my halloween happy hour. For Thanksgiving I might make them bigger and fill them with something yummy like herbed cream cheese just like a cream puff!
Oct 31, 2012
This is basically a Pâte à Choux recipe that is savory instead of sweet. I would not think kids would like it but if you were to fill the pumpkins with say, herbed cream cheese or something they might go for it! I made this for halloween happy hour along with various other themed nibbles and everyone loved it! I may make them larger next time and fill them with something yummy for Thanksgiving. Like cream puffs!
Oct 30, 2012
Not the best- needs more cheese flavor and a better texture. My daughter wanted to spit it out. I thought they were slightly better than that- although we'll see tomorrow at the pre-K Halloween party!I cut a celery into little "stems" and used celery leaves at an accent instead of the parsley.
Oct 3, 2012
The cream cheese directions are very clear BUT why mess with that? I used a piece of a cinnamon stick(found in spice aisle)as looks just like a pumpkin stem.
Oct 3, 2012
The cream cheese mixture instructions are very clear but why mess with that-I used a peice of a cinnamon stick(found in spice aisle) as looks just like a pumpkin stem.
Dec 2, 2010
This is the type of thing that I remember kids in daycare liking to eat, but as an adult . . . it just seems like a waste of perfectly good cheese. :} The idea is cute, but the end product just tastes too much like artificial food for me to enjoy. I think that children would probably like it, though, so that's why it gets 2 stars instead of one.


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Guest Blog: A Man's Viewpoint on Women Business Leaders and the "Them vs. Us" SyndromeAugust 28th, 2012
Tom Peery reached out to me to discuss the concept presented in my blog "5 Pointers, How Women Business Leaders can Avoid the Them vs. Us Syndrome." I was interested in his point of view and had not realized how pervasive this issue actually is. Feeling confident as a woman and not having had adverse reactions from men, Tom's comments accompanied by his strong desire to change his upbringing and mindset was really enlightening.
Here is the response that he shared with me: "I agree with Bridget Ayers' response to Christopher Flett's "What Men Don't Tell Women About Business," in that the competition is not between men and women, it is between one company and another. Men who regard business like war have not experienced the horrors of combat, and may still be operating on the belief that "male" and stereotyped "masculinity" are the same thing.
A more interesting approach is "What can women tell men about business?" Today's gender roles are shifting as an expansion of societal definitions and needs, evolving from the formerly strict definitions of masculine stereotypes that once separated the sexes. I do not see that shift as a war between the sexes.
Mr. Flett does not mention the many men today struggling to find their place in this shifting sand. I was born in 1944, and grew up stuffing emotions and viewing the role of "breadwinner" as my sole purpose in my marriage. Self-sufficiency was my ideal, competing against peers. I couldn't nurture relationships. Believing that being rational and using reason were the only means of acquiring knowledge distanced me from my body's intelligence, my emotions, meditation, dream work, intuition, and my sense as a spiritual being among other humans.
In today's workplace, corporate training emphasizes teamwork, communications and leadership skills. Professional training companies trumpet "soft" skills, aka skills previously defined as "feminine."
Female entrepreneurs are more familiar with the soft skills that young to middle-aged men are beginning to seek. For these explorers they can
- provide a non-warlike competitive environment, a safe place to talk about fears, problems, hopes and desires.
- assure men that an emotional life contributes to their personal growth–that because their anger is theirs, not caused by others, men can learn to soften their anger.
- help men better communicate with themselves and others by being supportive rather than not.
- reward inner company relationships, rather than pitting employee against employee"
If you'd like to learn more about Tom and his philosophies on life, please visit his website at www.sodadwhatmakesaman.com.


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The future of the military justice system is uncertain this morning, as legislation aimed at stopping the growing number of sexual assaults in the armed forces was rejected by key members of Congress, on the grounds that the changes go too far. NBC's Kelly O'Donnell reports.
An effort to place military sex assault cases in the hands of an independent prosecutor was thwarted late Tuesday when Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin sided with the top brass – and against a fellow Democrat.
Levin (D-Mich.) will strip a proposal by Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) from the policy-setting Defense Authorization Act and replace it with a measure that instead requires senior military officers to review decisions when commanders refuse to prosecute a case.
Gillibrand's proposal - which had 27 co-sponsors, including 4 Republicans – came in response to complaints that the U.S. military has repeatedly failed to deal with the issue of sex assaults. The military has resisted efforts to involve outsiders in its handling of such cases.
Aides for Gillibrand told NBC's Capital Hill correspondent Kelly O'Donnell that the move was "a real setback."
She is expected to make another attempt to introduce her proposal when the defense bill comes up for a final vote later this summer.
Levin, who is not seeking re-election, is expected to accept an amendment from Senator Claire McCaskill to prevent commanders from overturning jury verdicts.
The intra-party showdown is an example of the generational and gender divide on this issue - even as it has gained more attention and support with the additional women now in the senate.
Last month, a Pentagon report revealed that the number of service personnel who made an anonymous claim that they were sexually assaulted but never reported the attack skyrocketed from 19,000 in FY11 to 26,000 in FY12.
Embarrassingly, the report was published just a day after it was revealed that the Air Force's sexual-abuse prevention chief has himself been charged with sexual assault.
Last week, a female midshipman who accused three U.S. Naval Academy football players of raping her last year said her client was actually disciplined for drinking while her alleged attackers went unpunished.
- Gillibrand, McCaskill grill military leaders over handling of sexual assault
- Lawyer for female midshipman says client was punished after sexual assault claim
- Air Force's sex-abuse prevention honcho charged with sexual battery
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The Labor Commissioner's child labor law booklet contains comprehensive information about child labor laws, school attendance, wage, hour, and age requirements, restrictions, employer requirements and work permits.
For table summaries of child labor law requirements and restrictions arranged by age, and for a summary of penalties which may be imposed for violating child labor laws, click here.
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Work Permits
Except in limited circumstances defined in law and summarized in the child labor law booklet, all minors under 18 years of age employed in the state of California must have a permit to work.
Prior to permitting a minor to work, employers must possess a valid permit to employ and work. The permit to employ and work are issued on the same form. A permit to employ and work in industries other than entertainment is usually issued by an authorized person at the minor's school. During summer months or when school is not in session the work permit is obtained from the superintendent of the school district in which the minor resides.
Typically, after an employer agrees to hire a minor, the minor obtains from his or her school a Department of Education form entitled "Statement of Intent to Employ Minor and Request for Work Permit". The form must be completed by the minor and the employer and signed by the minor's parent or guardian and the employer. After returning the completed and signed form to the school, school officials may issue the permit to employ and work.
Permits issued during the school year expire five days after the opening of the next succeeding school year and must be renewed.
Entertainment Work Permits
Minors aged 15 days to 18 years employed in the entertainment industry must have a permit to work, and employers must have a permit to employ, both permits being issued by the Labor Commissioner's. These permits are also required for minors making phonographic recordings or who are employed as advertising or photographic models. Permits are required even when the entertainment is noncommercial in nature.
There is no fee to obtain an entertainment work permit. The permit can be obtained by the new on-line application process, by mail or in person. If you are a parent or guardian who wishes to apply for an Entertainment Work Permit for a Minor on-line, click on the Permits link above. If you wish to apply by mail or in person, the application for permission to work in the entertainment industry must be filled out completely and mailed, along with any required documents and a pre-addressed, stamped envelope, to any office of the Labor Commissioner's. To find the nearest Labor Commissioner's office, use the division's office locator. Please note that the Van Nuys Office, located at 6150 Van Nuys Blvd, Room 100, (818-901-5484) is available for walk-in service. Effective June 1, 2015, the hours of the Van Nuys Minors Entertainment Work Permit Unit will change. The new hours will be 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Monday and Friday, and 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. We will continue to strive to offer the best service possible and believe the new hours will allow for enhanced efficiencies in the processing of permit applications. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation.
In addition to the standard six month Entertainment Work Permit, there is now a 10 Day Temporary Entertainment Work Permit which parents guardians can apply for on-line. The 10 day Temporary Entertainment Work Permit is subject to the following requirements:
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Employers intending to employ minors in the entertainment industry must complete the application for permission to employ minors in the entertainment industry and submit it, along with proof of workers' compensation insurance coverage, to any Labor Commissioner's office. To find a Labor Commissioner's office, use the division's office locator.
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Deloitte Oracle EBS Financials ORMB/CCB - Senior Consultant in Atlanta, Georgia
Oracle EBS Financials ORMB/CCB - Senior Consultant
Today s chief financial officers (CFOs) and financial executives are being asked to improve business performance and shareholder value, along with operational effectiveness and efficiency. Deloitte Oracle Financials Senior Consultants help clients delineate manufacturing strategy and vision, design and implement manufacturing process and systems which align with business objectives, having a measurable impact on growth. Do you want to be a part of a team that transforms the business landscape for its clients? Do you want to be on the winning team that drives transformation, improves productivity and streamlines business operations? Do you feel your skills surpass those of your peers and colleagues? If your answer is yes to all of these questions, it s very nice to meet you and we want to hear from you immediately!
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As a Diamond-level member of the Oracle Partner Network, Deloitte needs thought leaders like yourself to help pave the way for our clients and Oracle service line development. For our clients, our Oracle EBS Senior Consultants reduce cost and support innovation at the enterprise level by managing business requirements and leading the functional design, prototyping and process design stages of Oracle EBS implementations.
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Identifying, writing and managing business requirements.
Contributing to the functional and technical design, prototyping, and process design stages of implementations (including scenario design, flow mapping).
Supporting configurations, customization, reports and interfaces, testing and user training.
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Oracle Enterprise Solutions (OES)
Our Oracle Enterprise Solutions practice provides services from ERP and Cloud Strategy, through Business Transformation and Applications Implementation, to Operate and Cloud Release Management. We modernize our client s business and core environments to leverage technology innovations around Cloud, Digital, Mobility and Social Collaboration. We help our clients address digital transformation by designing modern applications and industry specific solutions to deliver outcomes that improve flexibility, scalability and cost management. Oracle ERP products include Oracle Cloud SaaS, EBS, PeopleSoft, and JD Edwards.
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Functional implementation experience with 2 complex, full lifecycle Oracle EBS Financials implementations (Oracle R12) with Oracle Revenue Management & Billing (ORMB) and/or Customer Care & Billing (CCB).
A minimum of 6 years of experience implementing some combination of Oracle Financials modules including: General Ledger (GL), Sub-ledger Accounting (SLA), Financial Accounting Hub (FAH), Accounts Receivables (AR), Accounts Payables (AP), Cash Management, Fixed Assets, Treasury, EBTax, Advanced Global Intercompany Systems (AGIS), Invoice modules.
Demonstrated experience as a senior resource assisting in the definition of systems strategy, gathering and documenting business requirements, leading fit-gap analysis, as-is and to- be business process designs, conference room pilots (CRPs) functional configuration, testing, client user training.
Up to 80% travel required
A Bachelor s degree
Ability to work independently and manage multiple task assignments
Strong oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills (MS Visio, MS PowerPoint)
Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills with the ability to exercise mature judgment
Experience mentoring junior staff
An advanced degree in the area of specialization
Experience leading an entire work stream of relevant Oracle applications
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At Deloitte, our professional development plan focuses on helping people at every level of their career to identify and use their strengths to do their best work every day. From entry-level employees to senior leaders, we believe there s always room to learn. We offer opportunities to help sharpen skills in addition to hands-on experience in the global, fast-changing business world. From on-the-job learning experiences to formal development programs at Deloitte University, our professionals have a variety of opportunities to continue to grow throughout their career. Explore Deloitte University, The Leadership Center. at https://zoomforth.com/s/deloitte/du#home
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Your stories about the Colorado Rockies, their unbelievable success and the bond between a manager and a dying 15-year-old boy ("Remarkable Rockies' magic number is '64'," Oct. 14 Mark Kiszla column) are truly compelling. My son and I are connecting in a positive way watching the Rockies, and he is even reading the newspaper! This team is truly international and befits the title "coalition of the willing," as they display a unique sense of class not normally seen in athletics these days. These are our men playing a boy's game while we have our "boys" in Iraq playing one man's game. For a brief period, this team and your stories bring us hope in a time of despair and shed light where there is darkness.
Hopefully, your front-page headline will soon read that "our boys" are coming home.
Go Rockies!
Gregory M. Sullivan, Littleton
The Denver Post should be commended for often editorializing in favor of opportunities for immigrants in the U.S. This is especially true now as the Colorado Rockies have reached the World Series, thanks in no small part to the 32 percent of the team's players born outside the U.S. Can anyone say that the 17 foreign-born Rockies on the official roster of 53 (active, eligible and injured) could be replaced by American workers, and still make the team so successful in 2007?
This is really an international team carried in large part on the shoulders of foreign workers. By my count, the Rockies have seven players born in the Dominican Republic, four born in Venezuela, three in Mexico, and one each from Canada, Panama and Japan. Among these foreign players (workers) are playoff heroes Manny Corpas, Jeff Francis, Ubaldo Jimenez, Franklin Morales, Yorvit Torrealba, Kazuo Matsui, and Willy Taveras. Other foreign players who contributed greatly to this season's success include Rodrigo Lopez, Elmer Dessens, Denny Bautista, Jorge Julio, Ramon Ramirez, Ramon Ortiz and Juan Morillo.
Thanks to all the Rockies, born wherever, for a great season.
Rex Stephenson, Denver
Re: "Faith on the field," Oct. 14 news story.
I'm disappointed in your "headline" on the front page of last Sunday's paper. Although I can understand leading with a Rockies story – their rags-to-riches run for the World Series has endless appeal to Americans – I don't understand the "Faith on the Field" angle.
In a world where nearly 90 percent of the world believes in some god or other, religion is not news. News must be unusual, not the norm. The fact that religion and some of its ceremonies can be declared superstitious has always been true and has been the basis of religious reform and schisms. There was nothing revelatory in the article. That some players are religious is a no-brainer, statistically and anecdotally, so I don't know that it would have fit well in a Religion or Perspective section of a paper either.
Chris Cousineau, Golden
Re: "Thanks to patient fans and political leaders, Denver baseball finds itself safe at home on the major-league map," Oct. 16 news story.
I have enjoyed Tom Noel's insights into Colorado history for some time now. When it comes to sports, though, he is less than accurate.
To refer to baseball as "the oldest professional sport" is way off. Boxing existed as a professional sport as far back as the 1700s in England. It was professional in the sense that the participants were paid, and the rules were codified. It was also integrated at the time, with all due respect to Jackie Robinson. Tom Molyneaux, a former slave, fought at a high level as a a heavyweight. Daniel Mendoza, a supposed Spanish Jew, also campaigned as a heavyweight. Descriptions of him and some pictorial representations suggest he was at least part Moor. When he retired as a boxer, he opened a gentlemen's club, offering boxing instruction.
I love baseball, although I am not a Rockies fan. (I had to endure the Mets' ignominous fall from grace this year.) I just like boxing more, and am somewhat tired of sportswriters ignoring it or, worse, distorting its history.
Chris Murphy, Lakewood
Among the most delicious things about this Rockies streak has been the hypocrisy exhibited by the majority of the sports columnists and sports talk hosts in this town. Not two months ago, these "smart guys" couldn't tell you often enough how moronic the Rockies leadership was or how necessary it was that the franchise be sold.
Now they can't stop talking about what a great team this is; but if you listen or read closely you'll realize precious few of them will take the appropriate next steps of acknowledging the possibility they might have been wrong or giving the Rockies' ownership even a smidgen of credit.
Kudos, however, to Dave Krieger of the Rocky Mountain News, the one truly smart guy who always kept the Rockies' difficulties in perspective by rationally reporting the problems they were up against and the steps they were taking to solve them without becoming a sycophant.
Russell W. Shurts, Centennial
Before we all get carried away (again) with the excitement over the Rockies making it to their first World Series, I would like to make a request of all sportswriters and broadcasters: Please stop referring to our sports champions as "world" champions. The last time I checked, all four of the major sports – baseball, football, hockey and basketball – are played at the professional level in other countries around the world. Furthermore, since none of the teams from those leagues are included in "our" playoffs, it is inaccurate at the least, and at worst arrogant, for us to refer to our champions as world champions. To be accurate, the Rockies are playing for the championship of Major League Baseball. The NFL awards the Super Bowl championship each year, basketball holds the NBA championship, and hockey has the NHL Stanley Cup championship. None of these are "world" championships.
Mark Lieberman, Littleton
It would appear that endo-October is the next procedure awaiting the American League champion.
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If you're a family historian seeking migrant ancestors who came to Natal from India, it's wise to do some preparation before starting a search of the Migrants Index. In keeping with all genealogy research, adhere to the maxim of proceeding from the Known to the Unknown.
|Migrants at Umzinto, Natal.
If your ancestor was one of the latter immigrants he naturally won't be found on the Migrants Index. (Bear in mind, though, that there are no hard and fast rules in researching migrants: it isn't always simple to categorise them. Many migrants who went back to India after serving their indenture contract, for a variety of reasons returned to Natal – some re-indentured for another five years, others came out again as 'free' Indians and thus were 'passengers' at that stage.)
Start by doing some homework, collecting as much information as possible from sources within the family about the migrant ancestor/s you are looking for; family memories, legends, stories, anecdotes. The main goal is to establish particular details about a migrant which could help identify him on the index.
(Note: where I refer to a migrant ancestor as 'he' this implies 'he' or 'she'. Migrants were men, women and children.)
Details for identification purposes include:
The migrant's name. This may sound obvious but can be a huge stumbling block. See note below*
A spouse's name.
Registration or Indentured Number.
An approximate year or period of possible arrival; at least try to pin it down to a decade by working out ages of succeeding generations.
Any clues as to the migrant's employer, in which industry, or the area where the migrant worked e.g. North Coast, South Coast or more specific places.
Family memory might point to a possible place of origin in India, even if only 'North' or 'South'.
Any clues as to caste/ religion/language of the migrant ancestor.
Knowledge of a special occupation the migrant may have had: e.g. coachman.
Any official documents preserved by family members.
* Names are the single most difficult aspect when it comes to using the Migrants Index.
There could be a large number of confusing variant spellings of a particular name. Names may have been recorded incorrectly by those compiling the original lists. Migrants sometimes changed their names during their time in Natal. The name by which descendants know them might not be the one that appears in the lists. These and other factors militate against finding the 'right' ancestor. It's therefore helpful to home in on a specific detail as an aid in identification of the individual.


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LSD causes the senses of space, distance, and time to become altered. People say they "hear" colors or "see" sounds, and have strange feelings and strong emotions.
Many users refer to an "acid trip" — when the effects don't let up and can last for up to 12 hours at a time. LSD also can cause "bad trips" — when users experience panic, confusion, sadness, and scary images. Bad reactions can happen with the first use and a user may have flashbacks later, experiencing the feelings of a bad trip even after the drug wears off.
Because LSD also affects judgment and behavior, users might find themselves in a dangerous situation.
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One of the environmental issues that seems to require much more attention at Geneva College is the harm caused by household cleaning products (including dish soap, laundry detergent, glass cleaner, multipurpose cleaner, etc.) used on campus.
Many of the chemicals contained in household cleaning products can have serious effects upon the environment. They can pollute the water supply and the air and harm local wildlife. In fact, the United States Environmental Protection Agency reports that the air inside the average home is 2-5 times more polluted than the air outside. Finally, some household cleaning products can be hazardous to human health, causing cancer or reproductive problems. Listed below are a few of these chemical ingredients and their effects
One hundred Geneva students were recently surveyed regarding their cleaning product use and awareness. These are the results:
One of the most effective ways to reduce the environmental harm caused by household cleaning products is to buy "green," or environmentally-friendly, cleaning products. Laundry detergent, dish soap, multipurpose cleaner and glass cleaner made from natural cleaning agents such as lemon and coconut oil can now be found at most supermarkets and are usually not much more expensive than other cleaning products.
If you would rather not spend the money to buy green cleaning products, you can make your own cleaning products instead. A simple mixture of equal parts distilled white vinegar and water makes a good multipurpose cleaner and can be used to clean countertops, mirrors, and other surfaces. To find more homemade cleaning product recipes, visit www.OrganizedHome.com.
In addition, be sure to recycle empty cleaning product containers. Many cleaning product containers, such as the clear plastic spray bottles that contain glass cleaner, are made from #1 plastic, which is incredibly easy to recycle.
Whatever you do, never dump extra cleaning product down the drain. In doing so, you may be killing aquatic life in the surrounding areas with the chemicals being introduced into the water system. Sewage treatment systems do not remove all toxins from the water. You can dispose of these chemicals at household hazardous waste collection events (click here for more information and a schedule of collection events in Western PA). However, an easier and better solution is to give extra cleaning products away to others who need them.
Finally, if you absolutely must use a cleaning product that harms the environment, use as little as possible. Preventing any amount of toxic chemicals from reaching the environment is always helpful.
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We have networked camera on my house. My brother is protected by user name and password. When I check my network in laptop, I can see the networked camera in my network but when I click to open, it direct to the webpage
10.143.210.12/index.htm and asking me user name and password.
I tried by using different ports, e.g.
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:8080 etc.. (still asking me user name and password). I doubt that someone (guest) who is using our home network can hack into our networked camera.
Is that possible to crack it in? Does being in the same network make it more easy to crack the camera or still the same security strength?


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A Scottish MP has demanded action to ban looped cords on curtains and blinds after two young children died in almost identical accidents just five days apart.A terrible tragedy, yes. But noy unknown, if children are left alone in rooms containing these types of blinds.
Gordon Banks, MP for Ochil and South Perthshire, has been campaigning to improve safety since the death of Muireann McLaughlin, a two-year-old from Menstrie, Clackmannanshire who was hanged by the cord of a window blind two years ago.Why is a ban always the first thing these people reach for? And what's going to happen when unattended children continue to hang or strangle themselves on other things?
A call for a ban on those too? Perhaps we should simply ban all cords, string, rope everywhere.
At least he only wants them banned in the UK. Some people have bigger ambitions:
Harrison's father Scott Joyce, 37, has set up a campaign called Harrison's Law, which is aimed at banning the manufacture of looped blind cords worldwide.*sigh*


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1. Remove the (2) Bolts at the top of the stock air cleaner to the left and right of the oval rubber hose coming from under the fuel tank. 2. Loosen the hose clamp at the base of the oval rubber hose on the top of the air cleaner. 3. A male barb protrudes from the rear of the air cleaner that inserts into a rubber grommet mounted to the cylinders. Pull the air cleaner away from the cylinders firmly and you will feel the barb release. Now pull the upper section of the air cleaner downward to remove it from the oval snorkel tube from under the fuel tank. 4. Now you can reach to the rear of the box and unplug the electrical lead for the Air Sensor" which sits just about in the middle of the rear of the air cleaner. Now remove the breather hose at bottom of the air cleaner. 5. Set the air cleaner aside and turn it over to access the back. Remove the single bolt that secures the Air Sensor" (This sensor will be installed into the Aluminum Manifold of your new BAK assembly later) 6. Remove the lower mounting arm assembly from the cylinders. (You will not reuse this). 7. Using the (2) Dome head m6 x 15mm screws install the (2) #1 Arms to the rear (the side without the groove) of the backing plate, the shiny/chrome side of the arms should face outward. The smaller of the two holes in each arm is the one you place the screws through. Use the m6 Flange Nuts to secure the bolts at the rear of backing plate. Snug these up but do not tighten fully.


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In a song honoring one of Chevy's all-time great mills, the Beach Boys used to sing she's real fine my 409. Todays Nice Price or Crack Pipe Trailblazer SS might have you intoning it's real great with a 408, but of course that's only if its price hits the right chord.
Have you ever read Stand On It, the sidesplittingly funny 'autobiography' of NASCAR racer Stroker Ace? What, you haven't? Motorboatin' Jebus, that just won't do! I heartily recommend that you do so as soon as possible, and perhaps that should be one of your New Year's resolutions. Do not - I repeat, DO NOT - think that watching the Burt Reynolds movie adaptation is the same thing as reading the book. That cinematic steamer is an insult to the William Neely-penned tome, and an affront to fans of the book everywhere.
What the book and movie do share however is a main character named Stroker Ace, and while outside of car culture that name may sound like that of a porn star who specializes in a particular and solitary fetish, we all know that a stroker is an engine that has been embiggened through the application of a longer
connecting rods crank. If you were to bump up displacement through the only other means, the fictional protagonist of Neely's book may have been named Bored Ace, and that just doesn't hold quite the same cache.
Stroker kits are a fairly common way to boost an engine's size and hence output, and today's 2007 Chevy Trailblazer SS has been imbued with just such a rod longering. That has bumped the displacement of the aluminum block LS2 to a capacious 408 cubic inches, and should be good for a decent increase in ponies, if possibly at the cost of rev-ability.
This might lead you to think- well, that's pretty nice and I'll bet this bad boy is a torque monster, offering a lot of grunt in the basement but I'm guessing not so much upstairs. Well good news, the builder of this beast - said to be Atlanta Chassis Dyno in Covinton GA - didn't stop at cubic inches. In addition to the longer stroke, those now bigger lungs are filled with a denser charge by way of a honking'-big 76-mm turbo.
All that is said to make the mill good for 732-hp at the flywheel and an honest 626 at the wheels. The ponies are corralled by what's described as a brand-new 4L70E auto box rocking a Coan 3200 stall TC, and which works through a stout Eaton posi rearend.
Wrapping around that is what the ad claims to be a perfect Trail Blazer SS body. This of course is the short wheelbase version - the elephant schlong-like EXT thankfully never having been offered in SS trim. The standard version not only was thus imbued but it also had the honor of being the first SUV so badged. Not only that but it had the stones to back up that venerated Super Sport name, the stock six-litre, 391-horse truck being good for zero to sixty runs in under six seconds. This one of course, will likely be faster.
Going that fast should also be comfortable experience as the suede and leather seats still seem to be in great shape, and there's an 800-watt stereo because, well, of course there is. The outside is appreciably free of tacky add-ons and in fact the Trailblazer SS in its pure, uncut form is one damn-fine looking truck. This one has only 35,000 miles under its belt, and the seller says everything works without issue.
What remains at issue is why, after going to all the trouble to build this monster, the owner now wants to be rid of it? Health or money issues? A fear that it's haunted by a particularly flatulent ghost? Or, does it just no longer stroke his beard?
Whatever the reason, it's now on the market, at $29,900, and you now need to determine if it's worth that much. What do you say, is this stroked and turbo'd SS worth that kind of scratch? Or, is this a Trailblazer whose price will give it no following?
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