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1958-1966 Thunderbirds ?
Unlike the pricey 55-57's why are the 58's-66's so resonably priced, often under 12 for well kept cars. To my eye they are handsome inside and out. I would like to know from informed collectors what are the strengths and weaknesses(engine, transmission,suspension,brakes,comfort,electronics,conv. tops,etc. of the 58 to 66 years. What year would you reccommend for a reliable driver, styling aside. Appreciate your opinions. Pining in Maine for a bird in the spring.
The '58 and newer 4-seat T-birds were much more popular than the 2-seater when new, but the car lost its original vision when it went bigger. The 1957 T-bird sold about 21,000 units, while the much more expensive, larger '58 model managed to pull off around 37,000, pretty good for a deep recession year. They ran off another ~76,000 units for '59 and something like 92,000 for 1960! Production fluctuated from around 60-90K units yearly from 1961-66.
The 4-seater was VERY popular when it was new. However, I think collectors just prefer the purity of the '55-57 style. Plus, the '55-57's were all convertibles. While a convertible was offered from 1958-66, it was comparatively rare. They built about 2,000 of them in 1958, and from then on out it rarely sold more than 10,000 units. I'd imagine the convertible models are pretty pricey, although the hardtops are probably reasonable.
The 1958-60 T-birds were unitized, and I think the next two generations were as well. That makes for an extra-solid body, but it also means that rust can be more serious than with a body-on-frame car. They've also got to be more comfortable than the '55-57 style to drive...those 2-seaters were way too cramped inside to be comfy, I'd imagine.
I hear that that the 1958-66 models all handle horribly. "Pig-like" is a common description, although I guess some years may be better than others. They're heavy cars, so they're probably rough on brakes and tires. They actually had problems with getting the convertible ready for production in 1958, so that might be a hint that it's troublesome. And considering that with the convertible, the top stows completely out of sight, under the boot, I imagine that adds to the complexity. Most convertibles back then, the top just sort of flopped down, and if you wanted a finished off look, there was a vinyl cover that you could snap into place to hide it. Sometimes it would still stick up, though.
T-birds tended to come with a lot of power features (windows, locks, etc), and that stuff can get troublesome as it ages. Now it may not be any worse (or better) than GM or Mopar electricals of the time, but it's still 40-50 year old components, and just something else waiting to break.
Considering the size of the engines and the horsepower, I don't think they're really all that quick. And I imagine they guzzle.
Still, they're cool looking cars, and if you just want something nice and old to cruise around in, I'm sure they could be a lot of fun. My favorite of the bunch is the '66, either as a hardtop or convertible (but not the landau coupe with the blind rear quarters). I don't think that's the one most people lust after, though!0
The 55-57 Birds competed with Corvettes as two-seat "roadsters". Once they went to a 4 seater, they became a very different automobile, and although T-Bird sold more cars, they stopped being "iconic" and "sporty" and became big luxo-barges. They lost the youth market immediately and the sports car image as well. By 1966, they were heavy, rather ponderous cars and nothing like their original conception IMO. In a sense, Ford abandoned the buyers who loved the cars already and re-created the T-Bird for a new audience.0
Thank you for your detailed response, very informative. Just what I had hoped to receive although the adjectives pig-like, big luxo-barges, heavy and ponderous were not music to my ears. Older cars are scarce in Maine, winter salt and the damp dissolving them. All my cars no matter the model succumbed to decay over the years, always a concern at inspection time. At 57 the idea of owning an older car with style and personality appeals to me but I don't want a money pit. Older cars being scarce, most are overpriced here compared with the glut of very reasonably priced cars from Florida and California. I want a driver not a show car, Barrett Jackson puts me to sleep watching overweight old men trying to out testosterone each other, so far removed from the average man. As handsome as many cars in the 40's and early 50's are their heavy formality and subduded colors are a little stodgy and cumbersome for me. Of course there are many exceptions. The years 55 to65 bloomed with color and excess and quality still seemed important. Again painting with a broad brush, later years saw American cars turn to plastic and faux wood grain, economy more important then elegance. I keep waiting for the return of pastel colors since everything comes back. 1959 produced some very stylish models. I just saw a 65 Thunderbird with $16,000 in restoration receipts sell for $6500. on EBAY. Painful to watch as these slip by but the timing isn't right. It is fun to dream. Thanks again for your intelligent feedback.0
Well andre considers the term "luxo-barge" to be a compliment! :P
I think the point I was trying to make (in my usual obscure way) was that IF you are going to buy a collectible car "to drive" rather than show, then by all means go out and DRIVE one before you buy that particular year and model.
Depending on your tastes and needs, a '65 Bird may please or may discourage you during a prolonged test drive.
Me, myself, I, Shiftright--I have a high tolerance for the limitations of old cars on the road at freeway speeds----however, putting a '65 Bird into a turn at speed can be a very scary business. Perhaps the problem is MINE, in that I do not drive cars like this in the stately manner for which they were built.
You will notice in period ads for the 60s Birds, that, unlike Corvettes, these cars are depicted cruising past golf courses with the driver waving at some squeaky clean rich people, or are parked in front of an opera house with the gentleman in his tux lightly grasping the hand of the be-jeweled wife or GF in her flowing strapless evening gown.
This is a far cry from Corvette ads:
Corvette AD 1966
As opposed to:
T-Bird AD0
You will notice in period ads for the 60s Birds, that, unlike Corvettes, these cars are depicted cruising past golf courses with the driver waving at some squeaky clean rich people, or are parked in front of an opera house with the gentleman in his tux lightly grasping the hand of the be-jeweled wife or GF in her flowing strapless evening gown.
It also seems that back in that era, you'd see a lot of T-birds of that vintage in movies and tv shows. They were always driven by rich playboys. You knew a guy was hip, swinging, loaded, and a little bit dangerous, if he was driving one of those babies! I remember an episode of "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" where Robert Redford was playing a spoiled rich boy who offed someone and then ran away with the hot housekeeper, in a '61-63 era T-bird!
As for the handling, I imagine one problem is that while the '58-66 T-birds are actually small-ish cars, they're very heavy, and they're designed for a comfy, big-car ride. So if you've never driven one, the size might be deceiving, making you think it should be a more nimble car than it really is.
Also, some of the car's faults, while noticeable at the time, might not seem so bad today. If you're used to newer cars and the way they handle and perform, then I imagine most cars from that era are going to feel awful. So while a '63 Grand Prix or Riviera might have been a great handling car for the time, compared to a '63 T-bird, put the typical modern-car driver behind the wheel and he's not going to notice the difference. They're all going to feel numb, floaty, and wallowy.0
True enough. There were a few actual good handling American cars (Corvettes, Hudson Hornets come to mind) but generally these cars were not built to "throw around".
My recollection was that the T-Bird simply did not idle, run or shift as well as a GM car. It's pretty hard to beat a Chevy small block or big block and a TH transmission. Everything slips, slops, dips and squashes in a T-Bird. There's not a clean, sharp, steady, firm molecule in the car's operation IMO. It's like driving a giant bean bag.0
isellhondas Issaquah WashingtonPosts: 20,225But the others summed things up pretty well.
I'm pretty familair with these cars and although I like the way they look they can be real dogs to drive and maintain.
My favorite of that era would be a 1965. I just love the style and looks of these.
The 352/390 engines were very good but they couldn't begain to compare with GM's offerings at the time. The Cruisomatic transmissions weren't bad either.
Like Andre said they handle like PIGS. They plow through turns like a cruise ship. Workmanship was mediocre at best. They had constant electrical problems and they would go through front end parts and tires like mad. Thankfully, they went to disc brakes in 1965. The earlier models woulf fry brake linings like no other car could.
As a comparision, a 1965 Buick Riviera was so much better of a car!
Even so, I wouldn't mind having a '65 Bird in my garage.
I just think there are better choices.
Hey, on Ebay there is a 1960 with factory air (rare) with only 23,000 miles! a San Diego car too!0
My 2 cents. About 6-7 years ago, I was "ga-ga" over 1964-65 T-Bird's. Then, I sat in one. OMG! Probably THE most uncomfortable seats I've ever experienced (I was about 42 at the time). That instantly cured me. Consequently, I don't think I could ever own one. Love the styling, but if you're serious about owning one of these, I'll repeat what someone else already said and that is to actually go drive one. Maybe your back will conform to the clamshell seat better than mine. Just make sure you'd be comfortable behind the wheel.0
My initial question. I so appreciate your comments. Not much good news. I must say I did enjoy your descriptive remarks (ie: piglike, drives like a beanbag etc.). I thought I might hear from some staunch supporters in defense of the negative observations. How many astronauts in the 60's were seduced by the Thunderbird advertising, the name, the interior styling. It is indeed sad to hear about the cars shortcomings. Visually, the inside looks like a posh booth in an Italian restaurant from the 40's. How can something that looks so sculpted and elegant be so bad? The proof is in the use and I will certainly defer to the experience of those who know these cars. How those astronauts must have felt duped when they realized how poorly these cars performed. I guess when you are breaking the speed of sound in your jet you can poke around in a sporty looking car in your spare time. Let me hear from those astronauts out there. Just an aside, when I was 10 I came across a pink Bullet Bird in a neighbors driveway. Boy, it caught my attention. I am not saying I liked it but it is my first memory of an automobile. Clearly its look made an impression on me. The next car that turned my head was a 64' Mustang. It was spring and it passed by like in slow motion, maroon in color with a foreground of yellow and red tulips and bright green grass. I looked at the Riviera and it was ok but didn't overwhelm me. I liked the triangular console but the inside didn't have the style of the Thunderbird. I won't jump into anything without a test drive and open eyes. Thanks again for your insights. Lots of snow here !0
Well the 58-66 Birds were MEANT to be a visual madhouse and they definitely succeeded in projecting a "surface" of technology, futurism and that kind of "realtor-elegance" that people in brocaded, gold-scripted, vinyl-topped, carriage-hinged Cadillacs have come to love.
Gore Vidal once called the astronauts "Rotarians in Outer Space" so I'm not so sure they would be the best judges of actual high-performance machinery that rolls on rubber tires. "The Right Stuff" shows some of them in new Corvettes and that seems to exonerate at least a few of them.
I'd surmise that if Mr. Glenn's jet fighter handled like a '58 T-Bird he would have punched out over the desert.0
lokki Posts: 1,200Remember that most Astronauts were test pilots. They were used to be on the every edge of control.... and hell - they LIKED it.
They probably enjoyed the fact that nobody else was
stupidbrave enough to drive an old T Bird fast.
(Seriously, though, I thought they were all Corvette guys, and even had some kind of unofficial deal to get them very cheaply).0
The astronauts didn't get them for free---they paid $1!
just to feed your tbird dreams a bit, i found this today:
tbird art
tbirds for sale2017 Ford Fusion SE 2017 Ford F-150 Limited0
Mr. Shiftright,
An idle curiosity. Perhaps I need to think earlier, substance and quality, let the facileness of the Thunderbird go. If you get this in time check out these two Packards on ebay: 1952 two door 110329744715, and 1950 four door 320327347702. What do you think , your thoughts just from the descriptions and pictures, purely hypothetically. Strengths and weaknesses of the engines? Just for fun, I won't buy one, just grist for the mill in the future.
Well they look like decent enough old relics, but being 4-door cars, there is no investment value, and they both seem like bottom of the line models. If they were 2-doors with AC and in nicer colors that might be of more interest to me. The '52 is a 4-door you know!
Both look quite solid I'd say the '50 is worth more.
These are big ponderous beasts with nice, torquey flathead 8 engines. You'd build up your arm muscles, that's for sure. No power steering looks like.
At least with the old T-Birds you are likely to get a more modern engine, power steering and if you're lucky, AC. On the negative side, the T-Bird is like driving a block of ice with a steering wheel. The old Packards should handle a lot better.
I'd choose the '50 for a number of reasons, such as manual transmission and the bathtub styling----but I suspect the paint job isn't very good on the car if you looked closely at it.
so I guess what I'm saying is neither car gets me very excited---they are just "old cars" and nothing special. They don't have the body style, the options, the colors, etc. that might have made them collectibles IMO.0
I kinda like that 1952 Packard. I think it's handsome and clean, and by 1952 standards, pretty modern looking.
I never liked the style of those "pregnant" Packards, but that 1950 at least looks like it's in nice shape.0
The '52 might "look" modern, but really, American cars did not become truly "modern", IMO, until 1955. Before that, most of them hid the vestiges of pre World War II engineering and styling. They had "modern bits" but they weren't totally modern until the famous '55 Chevy--with it's boxy look, completely flat sides, lightweight small-block, high-revving V8, and a "tight skin" stretched over the skeleton.
The 55-57 Birds have this modernity, whereas the '58-60 seems to regress in my eyes to an earlier and more cluttered look.0
What does one do? I wave my ignorance of old cars like a banner with every word I write. Can't tell the difference between a 2-door and a 4-door although you must admit that back door was well hidden on the 52' Packard with it's out of the way handle and tight fitting seams. I feel like "Rocky" in the movie when the gym owner (you) beseeches him with the plea, " I've got so much knowledge and I want to give it to you". I am out of my element and I must not be the only one who would benefit from your wise council when it comes to selecting an older car. My wife and I discovered a small auto museum, the Owls Head Transportation Museum, up the coast and very much enjoyed seeing the vast assortment of automobiles people would bring on various theme weekends(i.e. fabulous cars of the 50's and 60's). My biggest revelation was that average people owned these cars and they were often very modestly priced. It seems to me it would be a pleasant pastime in my later years to sit on warm summers night in my plastic, webbed, folding chair next to my vintage car during classics night at the local mall. Lacking any perspective myself may I ask you to recommend 10 post 1955 family cars (not sport cars, muscle cars or anything too exotic) that would make solid drivers, could be obtained in decent shape for under 20 and still match your standard, if not for agility,at least for conspicuous beauty and sound mechanicals. Just off the top of your head( I respect your time) to give us uninformed some idea of what in your experience is a direction to pursue.
Thanks Joe and Happy New Year !0
since you started with tbirds, i thought of you when i saw this.
not flashy, but way below your 20k threshhold.
plain 61 bird
ok ok, it's a '66, but under 20k
heck, just go to hemmings and browse!2017 Ford Fusion SE 2017 Ford F-150 Limited0
There are so many...what if you give us a list of cars you might like - that's the most important thing, after all! You'll have unlimited choices these days for $20k, since you're not looking for a numbers matching classic, just a fun '55-'70 car. Do any brands appeal? 2 or 4 doors? Anything you can tell us?0
Well, I'd say you should start by deciding if you want a hardtop or a convertible. A hardtop will cost significantly less and will allow you to get a much nicer car for the money. As an example, a spectacular hardtop would be about the same price as a convertible "with needs". Plus, the on-going maintenance on a hardtop is much less. Finally, on post-less (B-pillar) hardtops, the open air area is so big with all the windows down that you will hardly miss not having a top that goes down.
Just something to think about . . . . . .0
I still like the Thunderbird look inside and out. The up side is they are plentiful and cheap.Aside from seat comfort(which has been brought into question) the bucket seats look handsome and seem to me ahead of their time compared to other models in the same time period with front and back seats. I like the look of the dash and the layout of the instruments. The downside is rideability and electrical issues as has been stated which is a concern.
The 66' Charger is "BIG", I like it and the price. It is less refined then the 68' which is my favorite year. I prefer the 3 tail lights to the later bar. My boss bought a 69' on ebay, southern car, for $17,000. Two years and $20,000 later the car is still in pieces, needs a complete interior, was riddled with rust and the rear bumper was held on with epoxy. He is wealthy and can afford it but who needs the aggravation. I shiver to think of this happening to me. I need everything done and ready to roll. Thanks for your reply.0
How about this:
O.K. Now you are exposing my Achilles heel. My wife aside, I can see myself in a 50's chopped flat black Mercury, an imperfect classic on the surface but mechanically sound. You know what I am talking about, I came across a 56' Crown Victoria on the side of the road last year and while I was looking at it the owner drove up. The for sale sign was crossed out several times and it was priced at $6,000. It had bucket seats and 4 on the floor with a skull shifter. At the time it looked a little scary but now I think what the heck, I wouldn't have to worry about some kid slamming the door of the families SUV into the side at the local food mart. On the other hand I can see myself in a 59' Olds 88, dentist owned, with the wrap around back window. I think the 58 or 59 Impala has the same design. The 59 Ford Fairlane appeals to me. Many 59 automobiles appeal to me. Of course a convertible would be preferred but there is the maintenance. I am open minded, but shackled with a modest budget. Who wouldn't want to own a Corvette but the early ones are out of reach. I worry about drum brakes, oil bathes, 6 volt systems and cars without power steering and brakes. I will profit from your experiences.0
MrShiftleft Posts: 3In defence of the 2nd. Generation (58- 60) FORD THUNDERBIRD & recognizing Manufacture"s of the Day, One only has to do is ------------Exit Stage Left;;;;;; Literally----turn left----NASCAR if you will. Test Bed of Handling ,Brakes,Tires,Performance,Endurance,And Real Stock Cars.The date 2/22/59 Inaugral Daytona 500 Speedway,500 miles,Average speed 135.521 m.p.h.The First Photo Finish,Johnny Beauchamp (car#73),driving a 1959 FORD THUNDERBIRD,And Lee Petty (car#42),driving a 1959 New Oldsmobile. Reference Book, Title: Speed,Guts,& Glory................ 100 unforgetable moments in NASCAR History. Pages 10 & 11 . by the NEW YORK TIMES Bestselling Author; Joe Garner OR D.V.D. Stock Cars Grow Up : 1959-1962 by Steve Waid www.moviecraft.com0
How much is the asking price? Is this car listed on the internet somewhere? Thanks.0
Nope, not for sale, sorry - I googled it up, apparently it won a class at an Arizona Cougar Club show. Sounds like Picarso is more interested in '50s cars, anyway.0
Let's keep this topic on the 58-60 Birds, okay, so we don't drift off too much.
We have a nice long list of other topics to discuss the idea of choosing a classic car to buy, or we can start up a new topic for this very project!
As for NASCAR and T-Birds, keep in mind that you can make ANY car go fast and handle if you have the skill and the money.
What you saw on a NASCAR track had very little relation to what you drove away from a Ford dealership.
I mean, they even raced Ford Falcons in the Monte Carlo rally and they raced Crosleys at Lemans!!!
You got time, you got money, you got skill-----? Miracles can and do occur!0
I like it, very sharp. I have registered at the Hemmings site, thanks for the suggestion. Ebay has provided me with many hours of entertainment with intoxicatingly detailed pictures and descriptions of the cars and their owners feedback rating. A low "Buy Me Now" feature is always tantalizing, knowing the touch of a button can make a dream come true or your worst nightmare.It is fascinating that so many people buy cars unseen and undriven, brave and probably foolish.
It tickles me when I read about Southwest cars that have never been rained on, ever! Living in the Northeast I could almost say the opposite, my car has seldom seen a dry day. In Maine, going anywhere without a functioning top or working wipers would ensure a wet interior and impaired vision. As fantasy can blur with reality, one day I am James Bond driving an Aston Martin (dating myself from early Bond), the next I am Casper Milktoast in a Rambler. On the plus , non-Bond side, so many cars from the 50's and 60's have style that even the most modest, 50 years later, in good shape, still turns heads. I realize no one can know my personal tastes but it is very helpful knowing the strengths and weaknesses of the major auto makers during these years. I don't mind generalizations. You could tell me the transmission was weak on a particular model and that information might help me later. Thank you again for your input.0
i'm sure mr shifty can tell you how to go about getting an inspection for any car you are interested, so you don't end up with something that was misrepresented.2017 Ford Fusion SE 2017 Ford F-150 Limited0


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October 8, 2009
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From: President Jon Whitmore
Subject: Presidential Directive 2009-06, SJSU Process and Procedures for Wireless Devices
Employees of the university who are required to carry a personal wireless device* as part of their job responsibilities may be provided an expense allowance by the university towards the cost of services for the device. This policy establishes the levels and processes for providing an expense allowance to employees who are determined to qualify for such an allowance from the university.
In establishing this policy, the university is ending the practice of providing cell phone and other mobile communication devices through service contracts billed directly to the university. Instead, qualifying employees who are approved by their respective vice president to receive an expense allowance for business purposes are to establish a personal contract with a service provider. Employees receiving an expense allowance must provide the telephone number to the university in order to be accessible to the university when needed. Implementation details and guidelines will be distributed by the Division of Administration and Finance.
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As hints and evidence for ships are mostly speculation, this page may contain personal points of view.
CrystalShipping is the belief that Eusine and Crystal belong in a romantic relationship. CrystalShipping has a smaller following compared to other major Pokémon Adventures ships, but remains relatively popular. The name is derived from the characters' game counterparts debuting in Pokémon Crystal; Crystalshipping is also a shared name with the game counterparts.
Gold, Silver & Crystal chapter
- Round 127, Miltank Melee
- After Eusine first meets Crystal and flies off to continue his chase, he drops a card with an autographed photo of him that says, "With love...♥ Eusine"
- Later, Crystal confronts Eusine about tricking the couple at the Moo Moo Farm. Eusine tackles Crystal out of the way of an Ice Beam despite the fact they were arguing moments before.
- Round 128, Indubitably Ditto
- After Crystal defeats the Ditto that trapped her and Eusine, Eusine thinks, "What a girl! She's indeed a worthy rival!" (Chuang Yi version; in the VIZ version, he thinks, "What a resourceful combatant! A rival worthy of...ME!")
- Later, while chasing after Suicune and Team Rocket, Eusine suggests they split up, and that he will take on Team Rocket and Crystal should go after Suicune. Crystal is concerned and asks him if he's okay with that, and Eusine affirms his decision.
- Round 132, Suddenly Suicune (Part 3)
- Eusine arrives at the base of the Tin Tower to find Crystal unconscious on the ground. He immediately goes over to her to see if she is okay, then carries her up to the top floor of the Tin Tower. He is elated when Crystal awakens, but she is upset that she let Suicune get away, and Eusine comforts her.
- When they part ways, Eusine kisses Crystal on the hand and tells her he enjoyed the time they spent together.
- Round 172, The Last Battle VI
- Crystal rushes over to see Eusine as he emerges from the Crystal Wall with Misty and Suicune. He smiles and winks at her, but before they can say anything, the remaining half of the Masked Man's body attacks them. Eusine puts up his arm in front of Crystal to block the attack, but Falkner drives it off before it can strike.
HeartGold & SoulSilver chapter
- Round 448, VS Parasect
- After re-encountering Silver and taking him along with her, Crystal tells Silver that while Eusine may be strange, he is a great and trustworthy person.


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Posted on Friday, March 11, 2005 by Rob
Tampa Pro 2005 Team Manager/Industry VIP ContestWords and Photos by Rob Meronek
I swear, this isn't rigged. Ryan Clements won two years in a row and also is just coming off a win from the Old Man Bowl Jam we have every year at Tampa Am. This year his run included a backside disaster on the vert wall and more tricks made than any other old dudes in the contest. I bailed every trick in my second run and I don't even have the hangover excuse to use. Crap. See you at the sketchy Czar Bar in Ybor tonight, or maybe not.
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Shinjuku is the business, entertainment, and shopping center of Tokyo. Shinjuku Avenue is lined with tall buildings, complexes, and a feast of exotic neon light displays. The KCP neighborhood, however, is filled with smaller buildings and shops.
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The apparent stonewalling at the White House over vast areas of Barack Obama's background continues.
In response to a question today at the daily news briefing that concerned Obama's college records and transcripts, press spokesman Jay Carney said it was a good idea to have presidential candidates release their tax records.
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The question came from Ed Henry of Fox News.
"Now, I don't know how many years – maybe you do – George Romney released of his college transcripts, but Republicans like to complain the president has not released his college transcripts. What is the stated reason for that?" he asked.
"I'd refer you to the campaign. I mean, I think," Carney started.
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"Is it a question you could take," Henry said.
"Sure. I think we've answered this a bunch. I think that the tradition of releasing income tax records for presidential candidates, for serious potential nominees and nominees of the two parties is well established. It's not a law, but it's well established. And it's one that this president abided by when he was a candidate as senator. It's one that numerous Republicans and Democrats have abided by, and we just think it's a good idea," Carney said.
A video of the 50-plus minute briefing was posted on the government's White House website.
Les Kinsolving, WND's correspondent at the White House, previously has raised the issue of documentation for Obama several times, getting shut down each time, starting with Robert Gibbs when he was Obama's press secretary.
The earlier questions dealt with Obama's birth documentation because of the numerous questions that remain unanswered over his eligibility under the Constitution's requirement that a president be a "natural born citizen."
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That's thought to mean the offspring of two citizen parents, and possibly even the offspring born in the country of two citizen parents. That's why some of the documentation routinely released by presidents before Obama seems pertinent to reporters.
Among the other documents not released by Obama are his kindergarten records, Punahou school records, Occidental College records, Columbia University records, Columbia thesis, Harvard Law School records, Harvard Law Review articles, scholarly articles from the University of Chicago, passport, medical records, files from his years as an Illinois state senator, Illinois State Bar Association records, any baptism records, and his adoption records.
He released a "Certification of Live Birth" during his 2008 campaign, stating it was the only document available to confirm his story of his birth in Hawaii. Then in 2011 he released an image of a Hawaii "Certificate of Live Birth" saying that confirmed his Hawaii birth.
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The first time Kinsolving posed a question about Obama's eligibility, Gibbs' response was to guffaw in unison with members of the Washington press corps about the concerns of hundreds of thousands of petitioners who demanded it.
"Are you looking for the president's birth certificate?" he asked incredulously. "Lester, this question in many ways continues to astound me. The state of Hawaii provided a copy with the seal of the president's birth. I know there are apparently at least 400,000 people – (laughter) – that continue to doubt the existence of and the certification by the state of Hawaii of the president's birth there, but it's on the Internet because we put it on the Internet for each of those 400,000 to download. I certainly hope by the fourth year of our administration that we'll have dealt with this burgeoning birth controversy."
Gibbs was referring to the "Certification of Live Birth," touted at the time as the only document available. It was later supplanted by the "Certificate of Live Birth."
Bill Press later raised the question for Gibbs about whether the "birthers" ever would fade.
"I almost hate to indulge in such an august setting as the White House – and I mean this in seriousness – the White House briefing room discussing the made-up, fictional nonsense of whether or not the president was born in this country," Gibbs said at the time. "A year-and-a-half ago I asked that the birth certificate be put on the Internet because lord knows, you got a birth certificate and you put it on the Internet, what else could be the story?"
But again, he was referring to the "Certification of Live Birth" that later was replaced.
Even later, Gibbs stumbled over his explanation of where Obama was born.
"I can't tell you why somebody believes, despite all preponderance of the evidence, that the president was born … uhm … in … uhh, uhh … was born here and not somewhere else. I've stopped trying to explain that," he said.
In today's briefing, Carney again declined to allow Kinsolving to ask any questions. Kinsolving had come prepared to ask about the furor created by a video purporting to show U.S. Marines urinating on the bodies of apparent Taliban members in Afghanistan.
The issue was explored recently by Col. Ollie North in a commentary.
He noted, "Our so-called mainstream media have launched a new anti-military feeding frenzy. The furor is over a crude 39-second video showing four Marines apparently urinating on the bodies of three dead Taliban combatants. In hysteric rhetoric akin to 'news reports' on the 2004 Abu Ghraib photos, hordes of print and broadcast 'correspondents' rushed to describe the viral video, which surfaced Jan. 11, as evidence of an 'atrocity' and 'desecration' that reflects the 'depravity' of our military in general and the U.S. Marines in particular. As usual, the effort to denigrate our armed forces means that the potentates of the press ignored far more important stories."
He said that the proper procedure would be to investigate the truth, then make a determination on punishment should that be warranted.
"That's what should happen. But that wasn't enough for the masters of the media. Within hours of the video's appearing on the Internet, 'reporters' launched a global race to interview any and all who were willing to express righteous outrage over 'the actions of our servicemen' and thereby disparage the reputations of the millions of soldiers, sailors, airmen, guardsmen and Marines who have served honorably and courageously in more than a decade of war," he said.
Kinsolving had wanted to ask Carney whether the coverage levels were "overkill."


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Gov. Terry McAuliffe hit the road to sell Medicaid expansion Monday, touring a Northern Virginia hospital to make the human and business case for insuring more poor and working people — and to pressure House Republicans who have pledged to block the effort.
Launching a two-week media blitz, McAuliffe (D) sharply rapped the GOP-led House of Delegates for its role in the current impasse. He told doctors and administrators at Inova Loudoun Hospital that as a businessman and a person of deep faith, he finds Republicans' refusal to expand coverage nonsensical economically and "very disturbing" morally.
McAuliffe pointed to the 400,000 additional people who would qualify for Medicaid in Virginia under the Affordable Care Act, 70 percent of whom are in households where at least one person has a job. Under a plan written by moderate Republican Sen. John C. Watkins (Powhatan) — and rejected by the House — uninsured people earning up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level would quality for coverage. (The poverty level for a family of four is $23,850.) The proposal would use $1.7 billion a year in federal taxes collected in Virginia under Obamacare to buy private health insurance for those individuals.
"They come home from work on a hard day. They sit on their couch. And they think, 'I could get health care for the first time. I can provide for my family. It's already paid for,' " McAuliffe said in an interview. "How do you look that person in the eye and explain this? How? These are working folks. They work hard. I just have a hard time with it, to be honest with you, a hard time with it. We owe it to them, and they've waited long enough."
McAuliffe also acknowledged what was obvious 120 miles south in Richmond on Monday: that the solution to the deadlock over Medicaid is unlikely to come quickly. There, dueling business groups joined the fray by casting the proposed expansion as either a helpful jolt to the economy or an irresponsible increase in spending. The governor said it is likely the issue won't be resolved before the scheduled March 8 end of the General Assembly session.
The Virginia Chamber of Commerce endorsed an approach similar the Senate's "private option" plan, which would require enrollees to have a job or be looking for one. The chamber's plan would require an audit and reauthorization every four years, something not in the Senate proposal. And it endorses the two-year audit of Medicaid the House is pushing for, although, unlike the House version, it would not wait for the audit's completion before expanding the program.
Barry DuVal, president of the chamber, ticked off the details on the 11-point plan and said it would allow Virginia to tap into federal tax dollars to lower health-care costs and improve the health of its citizens.
"We understand it's politically difficult, but the business case is compelling," said F. Kevin Reynolds, president of Cardinal Bank and one of several business leaders who attended the news conference.
An hour later in the same room, House Speaker William J. Howell (Stafford) and other Republican legislators joined the National Federation of Independent Business to warn against expansion and criticize the Senate's decision to fold Watkins's plan into its budget proposal.
Howell said Medicaid, which without expansion has grown at 8 percent a year — and 1,600 percent over the last 30 — is already a budget-buster. "It's gonna break us," he said.
"Not everybody in the business community thinks expanding Medicaid is a good idea," said Nicole Riley, state director of the independent business federation, which is headquartered in Tennessee. "Many business leaders prefer complete reform of Medicaid before tossing more money on a raging wildfire."
McAuliffe said that many hospitals in rural parts of the state are facing existential financial troubles and that even in Loudoun, one of the state's wealthiest jurisdictions, failing to bring home billions of dollars in tax dollars collected under Obamacare would have far-
reaching consequences at the local hospital. Tens of millions of dollars that could be used for everything from high-tech research to covering the poor would be missing, hospital officials said.
"It's like the federal gas tax you pay every time you fill up the car," McAuliffe said. The message from House Republicans is "we don't want it," McAuliffe said.
To try to take the edge off of pain being felt by the state's hospitals, Republican delegates have proposed $118.6 million in additional Medicaid payments over two years.
But Katharine M. Webb, senior vice president of the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association, said the offer falls far short of what the hospitals would receive if there were 250,000 people newly insured under Medicaid.
That would bring hospitals $692 million, Webb said. "The difference is vast," she said.
Virginia's hospitals have been aggressive proponents of Medicaid expansion. Hospital executives and their backers point to the hundreds of millions of dollars a year they are set to lose because of cuts that were part of the Affordable Care Act.
As part of the restructuring of federal health-care spending under Obamacare, certain Medicare cuts were accompanied by efforts to insure more people. But the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the Medicaid expansion optional, rather than a requirement, as originally written.
Covering hundreds of thousands of new patients in Virginia under Medicaid could help the hospitals' bottom lines by adding new customers.
Sixty-six of the 67 Republicans in the House of Delegates voted against the Medicaid expansion plan.
Republican opponents say that the federal government is an unreliable long-term partner, given its own budget woes. The federal government has agreed to pay 100 percent of the Medicaid expansion costs for the first three years, and, after a gradual reduction, would pay 90 percent of those costs in the future. But even the 10 percent would be a costly hit to Virginia's budget, House Republicans say.
Barbra Jill McCabe, a top pediatric emergency physician and manager, helped show McAuliffe around the pediatric ER in Loudoun, where a child screamed behind a glass partition. Regardless of the different opinions on how to improve America's health system, she said, "I think expanding care for the folks who need it has to be part of the solution. . . . I'm faced with patients every day who are struggling because they don't have that access."
She said that with more patients on Medicaid, her emergency room would be less busy, which would benefit the children they treat.
"They'd be on medication to manage their asthma. They would have good preventative care. They would get their immunizations. . . . They would address their obesity. All of the epidemics that are coming along, primary care wants to try to address that," McCabe said. "But if they don't have access, how are they going to get that taken care of? They end up in here because they have complications that aren't being addressed."


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Several weeks ago, my local science museum hosted a special lecture by Raleigh chocolate maker Hallot Parson of Escazu Chocolates. The ad promised "sample chocolates made from several varieties of bean sourced from Costa Rica and Venezuela." No way will you ever see me turning down free chocolate, so hubby got babysitting duty and I headed off to my very first chocolate tasting.
At the museum, I received a cocoa bean and three samples of Escazu's own chocolate bars. I've eaten a few Escazu chocolate bars since I moved here, so I already knew they made some delicious chocolate. But they earned a few more points on my awesomeness scale when I learned that Escazu donated all of the chocolate for this packed lecture.
Parson began by describing the history of chocolate making. For the past hundred years, the chocolate industry has been dominated by a handful of very large companies. Small chocolate makers did not actually make their own chocolate - they would buy a chocolate product manufactured by another company, add their own ingredients, and mold it into a bar or candy. It has only been in the past five years or so that small artisans have started making chocolate bars from bean to bar, having a hand in every phase of the chocolate making process. Escazu's bars are also single-origin, meaning that a batch of chocolate contains cocoa beans from only one source.
Why single-origin? Why bean to bar?
Chocolate connoisseurs say that cocoa has a distinctive flavor depending on where it was grown, similar to wine or coffee. Escazu sources all of their cocoa beans from Venezuela and Costa Rica (Parson's company is named after the town in Costa Rica where he first decided to start a chocolate company).
To demonstrate this concept, Parson had us taste each of the chocolate squares in our sample packet while he described the origin of the cocoa and the flavors each batch of bean gave to the chocolate.
If you want to stage your own chocolate tasting at home, Parson says that you should:
- Start with the darkest bar (i.e. percentage of cocoa). If you start with the lightest bar, the darker bars will taste more and more bitter.
- Smell the bar first.
- Let the chocolate melt in your mouth.
As Parson illustrated how his company makes their chocolate, he explained why it costs more than your average Hershey bar:
- Economy of scale. As a ginormous chocolate-manufacturer, Hershey can buy massive machines and produce everything on assembly lines. Parson showed us some of the equipment from his shop and described how difficult and expensive it was to obtain just those few machines. Some of their equipment had to be custom-made.
- Handmade. Because the equipment is so expensive, the owners and employees of Escazu chocolates end up doing a lot of steps by hand. For example, all of their chocolate bars are hand wrapped. Also, Parson and his partners hand select the beans that go into their bars.
- Time. A quality chocolate bar takes time to prepare. For example, mass produced chocolate bars often use unfermented beans. Fermented beans are more expensive and take time to prepare, but they taste better. Also, a good chocolate bar will have aged for at least 30 days.
Parson barely touched on the darker side of chocolate making, but as The Conscious Shopper, I happen to know that conventionally grown cocoa uses more pesticides than any other crop besides cotton. Plus, cocoa farmers struggle in extreme poverty, "generally [earning] only $30 to $100 a year," according to Green America. Many farmers choose to keep their children out of school to help on the farm, sometimes in hazardous conditions such as spraying pesticides on plants without wearing proper protective gear. Other farmers resort to slavery - child slave labor has been documented in the Ivory Coast, Nigeria, and Cameroon, where most of the world's cocoa is grown.
Many artisan chocolate makers are certified fair trade and/or organic. Escazu Chocolates is not. So why do I still think they're a worthy company to support?
Certification is not everything. For one thing, Escazu purchases all of their cocoa from Central and South America, the native home of the cacao plant, from which we get cocoa. One of the main reasons so many pesticides are used to grow cocoa is that we are trying to grow it in a place where it does not naturally grow: the Ivory Coast. The cocoa farms on the Ivory Coast are also the main ones charged with slavery and child labor. By focusing only on Central and South American farms, Escazu bypasses two of the main issues with conventional chocolate.
Also, Escazu's main focus is on quality chocolate. They only purchase the finest beans they can find, and they pay a much higher price than the market value of fair trade certified beans. So they do not see fair trade certification as an issue for them.
Do I wish Escazu was certified organic and fair trade? Yes. Definitely. But I still think they are an awesome company that produces some darn good chocolate bars.
If you're interested in trying some Escazu Chocolates, you can find them at these stores across North America. I recommend the 74% Dark Chocolate with Roasted Pumpkin Seeds and Guajillo Chili.
Or find a bean-to-bar chocolate maker near you.
This post has made me hungry. Please excuse me while I scrounge up some chocolate.


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Happy Birthday Canada! To celebrate, American Appraisal has created the Defining Moments in Canadian History infographic to commemorate the last 147 years that have shaped Canada into what it is today.
July 1st is Canada Day and from coast-to-coast, Canadians will celebrate our country's 147th birthday with pride.
To kick off celebrations, here's a fun infographic with little-known facts about Canada, events that made headlines, and uniquely Canadian milestones.
I like the visual timeline of major events and milestones with illustrations and icons. The statistics should be visualized though. Big fonts are not data visualizations, and numbers alone don't give the audience any context about the values.
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The GBI said Wednesday morning that its probe into allegations of public corruption in the Pendergrass city government had not yet begun.
That contrasts sharply with what Pendergrass Mayor Monk Tolbert told a standing room only crowd at the town's Tuesday night council meeting when he indicated the GBI investigation into the city was over.
Tolbert read a letter that said, "We have been advised today that the investigation by the GBI and District Attorney cleared our City Court of any wrongful conduct or ticketfixing. Also there is no issue of any criminal act regarding our SPLOST expenditures."
Tolbert said there were some "personnel" matters about "other issues," but left the clear impression that the town had already been investigated and was cleared of all allegations.
"No, the investigation is not over," said GBI official Jim Fullington. "We just got the letter (from District Attorney Brad Smith asking for the investigation) this morning (Wednesday)."
Pendergrass has come under fire following the release of information from three city whistleblowers in July that indicate corruption in the town's government. Tuesday night's council meeting was the first time the group had met since the allegations surfaced.
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Meredith Davison told the council, "It is embarrassing to say that we live in Pendergrass."
Davison reported to the council that she called to set up a birthday event for her son and when she told the person on the other end of the phone that she lived in Pendergrass, they laughed at her.
For the full story on Pendergrass recent actions, see the Aug. 26 issue of The Jackson Herald.
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Monarch Insider No. 29- Selection Sunday
By ODU Athletics
March 13, 2011
Monarch Insider #29 - Selection Sunday Monarchs draw Butler, and a game close to home Brendan O'Hallarn Monarch Basketball Insider
Four years later, it's payback time. Old Dominion University will play the Butler Bulldogs on Thursday in its first NCAA Tournament game. A capacity crowd filled the North Cafeteria in Webb Center on Sunday night to watch the NCAA Tournament Selection Show on CBS.
For the second year in a row, ODU was one of the last teams announced. Unlike last year's 11 seed, however, the Monarchs received a nine seed in this year's Tournament. The reward: a game against last year's finalists, Butler, the same team that defeated the Monarchs in the first round of the 2007 NCAA Tournament in Buffalo.
The crowd roared its approval when the announcement was made, and Coach Blaine Taylor grabbed the microphone at the end of the Selection Show and summed up the feelings of Monarch Nation.
"This is just the start of the road," Taylor said, eliciting a big cheer. "The only thing I wanted was location. We got location.
"They say of your regular season,'The schedule is what you make of it.' It's the same in the tournament. We're going to make something out of this."
Thousands of Monarch fans are expected to make the trip to the Verizon Center for Thursday's game. "During our championship game in the CAA Tournament, I turned to one of our assistants and said, `They've got more fans than we do, but ours are louder,'" Taylor said.
ODU President John R. Broderick marveled at the crowd that showed up at Webb Center on the nicest Sunday afternoon of the winter. Broderick has been at Old Dominion since 1993. "I've never seen this level of enthusiasm with the basketball team. This is pretty unprecedented," he said.
The crowd started filtering into Webb Center well before the official 5 p.m. start of the party. As the players showed up, many early arrivers themselves, they were mobbed by autograph- and picture-seeking fans, plus Monarch supporters who simply wanted to say thanks and congratulations.
Trian Iliadis said he hadn't given a thought to who ODU might play in the Tournament. "It's great that we took care of business last week (winning a tournament berth in the CAA Tournament) so we didn't have to worry about it."
The players sat in a row across the front of the room, as fans filled every seat behind them, many wearing the glow-in-the-dark ODU buttons distributed at the CAA Tournament. Cal Bowdler, former Monarch great and current team radio color analyst, was a sophomore on the 1997 team that won the NCAA Tournament.
"For us, we didn't have the luxury that this team had, knowing we probably would have made the Tournament without winning the CAA Tournament. But once we did win the autobid, it was exciting to sit back and wait for Selection Sunday," Bowdler said.
There was excitement for this year's Selection Sunday because of the likelihood the CAA could receive two or even three bids. Conference rival George Mason was one of the first teams announced, being send to Cleveland as an eight seed, where they'll take on Villanova on Friday.
Then a big cheer filled the room when Virginia Commonwealth, perhaps surprisingly, was selected to play in one of two first-round games in Dayton, as one of the final four non-conference-winning teams. They'll take on the University of Southern California on Tuesday.
Brendan O'Hallarn, an employee in University Relations, writes Monarch Basketball Insider for ODU Athletics. Look for Brendan's blog posts on the ODUsports.com website. During the Tournament, he'll also be posting entries at http://monarchbasketballinsider.blogspot.com/. To contact Brendan, email him at firstname.lastname@example.com, or on Twitter, at http://twitter.com/#!/White__Knuckles.


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SEATTLE – Thanks to Robbie Keane's tying goal in the 78th minute, the LA Galaxy's tempers were soothed after Omar Gonzalez's apparent goal in the 42nd minute went uncalled by referee Mark Geiger and assistant referee Greg Barkey.
Following the match, the Galaxy players addressed the non-call that almost sent the team into the Knockout Round.
OMAR GONZALEZ: "The video shows it all. After I scored the goal, I looked at the linesman and he's in terrible position and inside the end line when I think that he should be on the end line to make sure that the goal went in. It was clearly a yard-and-a-half in. It's a bit disappointing that I didn't get the goal, but the fact that we kept on playing well, and playing well, and got over it as quick as possible, shows a lot of character from us. The fact that we were able to come out in the second half and play how we did was huge for us."
ROBBIE KEANE: "I mean, it was so obvious, wasn't it? I was standing right there. That's why I went a bit crazy at the referee, because I was right beside [the play] and I knew the ball was over the line. When something like that happens, it's very frustrating because you're hoping that the linesman can help you out. I don't know whether [Barkey] was in line or not, I'm not too sure, but if he wasn't, it's a big problem. I hope that he wasn't because that's an excuse. It was definitely a goal."
LANDON DONOVAN: "I saw it very clearly. I saw it as clearly as the linesman, so for me it was a no-brainer. I was looking right across, waiting for him to put his flag up and signal goal, but for whatever reason he didn't. I would suggest that goal-line technology would help, but that one didn't even need goal-line technology. It was real obvious. It's unfortunate. We've had a little hard luck with some linesmen this year, but hopefully it gets better in the playoffs."
ROBBIE ROGERS: "It was a goal. I watched the replay and it was a bit ridiculous. It was such an important game too and it was in the 42nd minute, which is a very important part of the game. I don't mean to be too harsh, but it was a really bad call."


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Reducing Early Marriage for Girls' Education (Available only in French)
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Child marriage is a violation of human rights and an obstacle to the achievement of almost all the Millennium Development Goals.
According to the United Nations Fund for Population Activities, if nothing is done to reverse the trend, there are more than 140 million girls, including 50 million within 15 years, who will be married between 2011 and 2020, 39,000 per day, the majority in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. France, like other European countries, is also affected by the phenomenon.
The impact of early marriage is, still today, very often evoked solely in terms of health (link with teenage pregnancy, HIV / AIDS, sexual and reproductive rights, etc.) without sufficient interest to its effect on education on the one hand, and of the role that can be played by education in the prevention of marriage on the other.
It is for this reason that Plan France has decided to centre its 2013 campaign for the education of girls, and this report, on the marriage-education relationship. Indeed, when a girl marries early, it usually results in the end of their studies if she is educated, ultimately taking away the possibility to take decisions about work, health, well-being and that of her children in her adult life. Conversely, we know that the longer the duration of schooling is for girls, the less likely they are to be married early. The 2012 report of the UNFPA indicates that girls who have completed primary education level schooling are two times more likely to marry earlier than those who have received secondary or higher education, and girls without a primary education three times more likely to marry before age 18 than those who have completed secondary or higher education.


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Phillies Playoff Hopes: Fool's Gold or the Real Deal?
Out of the 9 Phillies Opening Day 2012 starters, 6 have landed either on the disabled list or with another team at some point during the year. And that does not even include Ryan Howard and Chase Utley, who started the year on the DL. So basically, 8 out of 9 regular starters missed a lot of time this year. The only one who avoided either a trade or the DL was Jimmy Rollins.
It is fitting then that a 2-run shot from J-Roll last night led the team to a 3-game sweep of the Miami Marlins. Cliff Lee did his part as well, allowing just 1 run, which was unearned due to an error, over 7 innings.
The win has placed the Phillies only 3 games back in the Wild Card race, which is something not many people saw coming. This team was beaten up so badly throughout most of the year and played so poorly that a possible playoff run, until now, seemed impossible. Here is a look at the Wild Card standings:
But even after a 7-game win streak, is all this new playoff hope just fool's gold or can the Phillies really sneak in the backdoor? Consider this: 6 of those 7 games in the streak came against two of the worst teams in baseball, the Marlins and the Rockies. Just a few weeks ago, the Phillies lost a series to the Mets, who are also pretty bad.
Then again, the momentum of a 7-game win streak could be enough to help elevate the Phillies performance and confidence to the point where they can start stomping on good teams as well. But we are not going to know if that is possible for a while as the Houston Astros are next on the agenda. With a record of 45-98, the Astros are by far the worst team in all of baseball. Losing even 1 of the 4 games against the Astros would be a tragedy.
So maybe this series could be a descent barometer after all. Because if the Phillies struggle against the Astros, I think the faint light of playoff hopes would be markedly dimmed. But if they beat the crap out of the Astros, as they very well should, then go ahead and keep the light of hope burning. Then we can all say, "Watch out National League! Here come the Phillies…"


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Tire expert values relationships
Staff writer
Misalignment can cause uneven wear. Tread depths are measured in 32nds. In addition, if steel belts are showing, it is time to get new tires!
Rod Koons' life seems to revolve around tires. In a typical 5-minute whirl of shop activity on Monday, he measured tread depth, explained brand differences, itemized a billing, and recommended safety changes. However, Koons of Rod's Tire and Service in Hillsboro said building relationships was the most important part of his job.
"I've been doing this for 30 years now," Koons said. "It's a pleasure to come to work every day because of the people. In every business there will be some days that are not as good as others but I am thankful I can be here for those who are counting on me."
With more than 8,000 tires crossing his sales desk each year and 300 to 400 used tires going out the back door every two weeks, one might think the tire business is booming. Koons said it is just a matter of equalization in the whole scheme of things.
"Tire prices are starting to come down just a bit," he said. "There is a softening of the market in spots. It is all part of supply and demand."
Koons said tire production worldwide was seeing a tremendous increase, mostly because people in countries like China and India were buying more cars.
"Those people are realizing that cars mean freedom and a lot of production is taking part in those places to meet the demand," he said.
Increased global demand leads to increased global supplies, all of which trickles down in the softening of prices for the typical Kansas tire consumer.
"People forget that we have had very little inflation in this industry for a long time," he said. "When the prices of tires went up, it was blamed on rising energy costs, like oil, but really it was just the industry equalizing itself. People paid the price because they had to, but oil wasn't to blame at all."
Koons said manufacturers made tires more from chemical derivatives and natural rubber, than from oil products.
"There is a lot of competition between chemical industries to make synthetic rubber," he said. "But tires still require a high percentage of natural rubber in their makeup."
Natural rubber comes from rain forest trees in Brazil and Asia that are tapped for liquid latex. Heat is used to cure the latex and reduce it into large rubber balls. This product becomes the base of every tire that rolls down the road.
Koons said his mobile tire service traveled many roads, covering a large regional area, even helping out-of-state customers.
"If we can do it, we will," he said. "It takes a lot of resources and knowledge to do farm tire service. A lot of our business actually comes from outside of Marion County because there just aren't a lot of farm tire services out there anymore."
Safety is important to Koons in both farm and passenger vehicles. He often recommends new tires, not because he wants to make money, but because he wants drivers to be safe.
"Any time there is a change in how a vehicle rides, the road noise it makes, or if the traction decreases, it is time to think about getting new tires," he said. "Industry standards say a tire is worn out when tread depth is reduced to two-32nds of an inch. That is visibly pretty smooth."
Flats, blowouts, and shredded tires can cause accidents, and Koons said he would rather people check their tires regularly, than risk accident or injury on the road.
"People are important to me. Everyone has their breaking point," he said. "But under 'normal' circumstances, new tires are going to last about four to five years, then it is time to get new ones on."
Recently, Koons shipped a large load of tires to a customer in Mississippi.
"It's all about the relationships we build," he said. "We value the trust our customers place in us."
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of degrees
& programs
Fall: December 15
All application materials must be submitted in one package together directly to the department. Please read instructions at www.temple.edu/psychology/applications.
A supplemental application is required. It can be obtained by visiting: www.temple.edu/psychology/Applications/Links/DataSheet.htm?bhcp=1.
Applications are evaluated together after the deadline has passed.
Number Required: 3
From Whom: Letters of recommendation should be obtained from college/university faculty members familiar with the applicant's academic competence.
Applicants to the doctoral program must hold a B.A. or B.S. degree and must have completed at least four 3-credit courses in Psychology, including one laboratory course. In addition, a Natural Sciences laboratory course and a Statistics course are required.
A baccalaureate degree in Psychology is required. Depending on the area of interest, a bachelor's in a Biology-related discipline may be appropriate.
The Statement of Goals should be approximately 500-1,000 words in length and should include the following elements: your interest in Temple's program; your research goals; your future career goals; and your academic and research achievements.
The GRE is required. The minimum scores are 550 verbal, 550 quantitative, and 1150 total GRE.
The GRE Subject Exam in Psychology is strongly recommended.
Minimum TOEFL score or range of scores needed to be accepted:
620 paper-based, 260 computer-based, or 105 internet-based. Individuals for whom English is not a first language must take the Test of Spoken English or the SPEAK test at Temple.
Some applicants will be invited to interview with the Admissions Committee. Each area of specialization will schedule individual interviews.
A student enrolled in the Ph.D. program in Psychology may, after satisfactory completion of the initial semester, and with the approval of the Director of Graduate Studies in Psychology, transfer as many as 9 credits of coursework taken elsewhere. To be so approved, the courses must be deemed appropriate to stand as part of the student's training in the Ph.D. program, and the student must have received a grade of "B" or higher in the course(s). The maximum number of advanced standing credits awarded is 9.
Number of Didactic Credits Required:
Varies by specialization:
Brain, Behavior, and Cognition — 25
Clinical — 36
Developmental — 33
Social — 39
Required Courses:
PSYCH 522 and 524 in the first year
Minimum of four core courses from among PSYCH 808, 809, 811, 822, 837, 847, 851, and 855, differing for each area of specialization
Internship: An internship is required for the Clinical area of specialization.
Language Examination: No language examination is required.
Preliminary Examination:
The purpose of the preliminary examination is to demonstrate critical and interpretive knowledge in specialized areas of Psychology. The exam should be modeled after published literature reviews in the field and should be evaluated by the criteria applied to reviews that are submitted for publication to scholarly journals. The examination evaluates the student's ability to apply specific research foci to anticipated problems in Psychology. The student must demonstrate a high level of oral and written competency in reviewing, synthesizing, and evaluating an important topic in the field of Psychology.
The preliminary examination is generally completed by the end of the third year of study. The subject areas are determined, in advance, by the student and the Doctoral Advisory Committee. The Doctoral Advisory Committee evaluates the examination. Each member votes to pass or fail the student. In order to pass, a majority of the committee members must agree that the exam has been satisfactorily completed.
The examination is defended orally following an evaluation of the written document.
Students who are preparing to write their preliminary examinations should confirm a time and date with the Chair of the Doctoral Advisory Committee and notify all members of their training program.
The dissertation proposal demonstrates the student's knowledge of and ability to conduct the proposed research. The proposal should consist of the following: (a) the context and background surrounding a particular research problem; (b) an exhaustive survey and review of literature related to the problem; and (c) a detailed methodological plan for investigating the problem. The Doctoral Advisory Committee evaluates and approves the proposal or requests modifications by the student.
The doctoral dissertation is an original empirical study that makes a significant contribution to the field of Psychology. It should expand the existing wisdom and demonstrate the student's knowledge of both research methods and a mastery of her/his primary area of interest. Dissertations should be rigorously investigated; uphold the ethics and standards of the field; demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the primary area of interest and the broader field of Psychology; and be prepared for publication in a professional journal.
The Doctoral Advisory Committee must include at least three Graduate Faculty members from Temple's Psychology Department. The Doctoral Advisory Committee may be expanded to include other Temple Presidential faculty (from inside or outside the department) and/or doctorally prepared experts from outside the University, provided that a majority of the members of the committee are members of Temple's Graduate Faculty.
The Dissertation Examining Committee evaluates the student's dissertation and oral defense, including the student's ability to express verbally her/his research question, methodological approach, primary findings, and implications. The Dissertation Examining Committee consists of the Doctoral Advisory Committee plus at least three additional doctorally prepared individuals. The majority of the individuals on the committee must be members of the Temple University Graduate Faculty.
The Dissertation Examining Committee votes to pass or fail the dissertation and the defense at the conclusion of the public presentation.
If a student needs to change a member of a Committee, the new member must be approved by the departmental chair and registered with the department's graduate secretary and the Graduate School.
Students who are preparing to defend their dissertation should confirm a time and date with their Dissertation Examining Committee and register with the Graduate Secretary at least 15 days before the defense is to be scheduled. The Graduate Secretary will arrange the time, date, and room within two working days, and forward to the student the appropriate forms.
After the Graduate Secretary has arranged the time, date, and room for the defense, the student must send to the Graduate School a completed "Announcement of Oral Defense" form at least 10 working days before the defense. The Department posts flyers announcing the defense, and the Graduate School lists the defense on its website.
Dept. of Psychology
Temple University
651 Weiss Hall (265-67)
1701 North 13th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122-6085
See www.temple.edu/psychology for representatives in each area of specialization.
Program Coordinator:
Dr. Margo Storm
Graduate Chairperson:
Dr. Laurence Steinberg
Dr. Willis F. Overton
The Psychology program offers advanced study leading to a Ph.D. Training is directed toward excellence in scholarship, research, teaching, and practical applications. The Psychology program's focus varies depending on the area of specialization that the student enters. Graduates go on to positions as research scientists, teachers, and applied specialists.
Time Limit for Degree Completion: 7 years
Full-time study is required. Students complete the degree program through classes offered before 4:30 p.m.
The program encourages interdisciplinary coursework.
Not applicable.
Over the years, the program has been consistently ranked among the very best by all evaluating agencies.
The American Psychological Association has accredited the Clinical Psychology area of specialization. Other area emphases are not accredited.
Areas of specialization include Clinical Psychology, Cognition and Perception, Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience, Developmental Psychology, Developmental Psychopathology, Human Behavior Analysis, and Social Psychology.
The program is dedicated to producing well-trained psychologists with the Ph.D. who will work in academic and applied settings.
The field of Clinical Psychology requires licensure for its practice.
Non-matriculated students may take Ph.D. courses only with the permission of the instructor. Further, 800-level courses are not open to non-matriculated students.
The principal duties of a Teaching Assistant (TA) include assisting faculty members in classroom (field and observatory) instruction, conducting tutorials and discussion sections, and grading quizzes.
A Research Assistant (RA) is expected to devote 20 hours per week on average to research obligations. An RA is assigned to a faculty member or principal investigator who is working on a specific research project. The appropriate subjects are determined by consultation between the student and the student's research and academic advisors.
Both Teaching and Research Assistantships carry a stipend and full tuition remission (up to 12 credits per semester depending on year and specialization).
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The Amazon Fire TV with remote control.
The Amazon Fire TV video game controller. The retail giant is betting big on games with Amazon Game Studios.
Fire TV is about the size of Apple TV and comes with a remote control,
has a microphone for voice search.
Amazon's Peter Larsen says Amazon's digital video customers have grown by 350
percent since 2011.
Larsen says customers have complained that searches
are too hard, performance lags and closed ecosystems are restrictive.
Larsen identifies search, performance and "closed ecosystem" as issues that need to be simplified for customers.
Amazon vice president Peter Larsen holds up the Fire TV at a press event on April 2, 2014 in New York City.
Amazon vice president Peter Larsen unveils Fire TV.
Amazon Fire TV will come with 2 gigabytes of RAM.
Amazon vice president Peter Larsen says Fire TV performs three times faster than its competitors.
Amazon vice president Peter Larsen presents the features of Amazon's new video streaming device Fire TV.
Amazon Fire TV has a quad core processor.
Original content from Amazon Studios will be available through Fire TV.
Pandora and iheartradio will be available to stream music on Fire TV.
Music lyrics are synchronized and displayed on television.
"Free Time" is a feature for kids age 3-8
Amazon Games vp Michael Frazzini announces the faming features of Amazon Fire TV.
The Amazon Fire TV will cost $99 or $140 with the gaming controller.